Carotid Arteries ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Feasibility Studies ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; blood supply ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Humans ; Radionuclide Imaging

Objective To investigate the etiology and provide data for clinical treatment and therapeutic assessment of congenital clubfoot(CCF) via neuroelectrophysiology on motor and sensory nerves and ultrastructure of sural nerve.Methods Totally 248 patients diagnosed with CCF(338 clubfeet) were studied.Motor nerve conduction velocity(MCV),sensory nerve conduction velocity(SCV) and wave amplitude were detected for any changes.An ultra-structural study of sural nerve ramification was also conducted in 36 patients(36 clubfeet) under electron microscope.The correlation between deformity degree,nerve conduction abnormality and therapeutic outcomes was analyzed.Results The motor nerve conduction in 291 clubfeet(86.1%) and the sensory nerve conduction in 252 clubfeet(74.6%) were found with different degrees of abnormalities such as prolonged latency,declined/disappeared wave amplitude,etc.The ultrastructural observation of sural nerve ramification demonstrated abnormalities in all the 36 cases,showing proliferation of myelin sheath in peripheral myelinated nerve fibers,formation of vacuoles,segmental demyelinating lesions and so on.Part of axial cord was squeezed by the proliferated myelin sheath,which resulted in disappearance of axoplasm.The correlation study showed that as deformity became more severe,the nerve conduction abnormality was more evident,requiring more complicated treatments,and the therapeutic outcomes were less satisfactory.Statistical analysis by Mantel-Haenszel method showed that:① the abnormality rate of motor nerve in different types of CCF is signifi-cantly different(?2=32.31,P

An internal amplification control, which could be co-amplified with the invA target gene of Salmonella in the PCR system, was constructed in order to indicate possible PCR inhibitors derived from food samples. Specificity of this PCR system was tested with 9 Salmonella strains and 15 non-Salmonella strains, and the results showed that there was a 374 bp amplicon resulted from all Salmonella strains, while only a 513 bp IAC amplicon appeared after the amplification for all non-Salmonella strains. The detection sensitivity of this PCR system was 12.8 fg/?L for purified target DNA, and the detection limit for artificially inoculated milks was 8 cfu /25g if they were enriched for 8h in buffered peptone water. Salmonella in 80 samples of seriously contaminated milks was detected by the PCR method developed in this study, and the experiments demonstrated that it could successfully eliminate false-negative results.

Objective To analyze the mechanism of nasal deformity by reviewing the possible pathogenesis and nasal anatomy and to find the effective and reliable operative methods to correct nasal deformities in unilateral cleft lip.Methods 57 patients (37 males,20 females,and range in age from 12 to 25 years,with mean of 18.6 years) with nasal deformities in unilateral cleft lip were available for this study.The nasal deformities were treated with the following surgical procedures according to the different locations and degree Of nasal deformities.The eompositive techniques included:alveolar bone grafting was taken to correct the collapse the nasaI base;a cortical plate was inserted between the two medial crura of the alar cartilage.According to the nasal contours of non-cleft side,the alar cartilage was resected and suspended to its normal and symmetrical position.The alar cartilaginous ring was reconstruction,which maintained the nostril shape 3 month postoperatively.Results A total of 57 cases were treated by the method above,and were ranged with score by operators and patients.93% of cases were evaluated as satisfaction after operation.The follow-up for 3 to 24 months showed that 52 cases had achieved satisfactory effects,5 cases showed the trend to relapse.Conclusion The cause of nasal deformities in unilateral cleft lip is complex.The study has achieved a significant improvement by synthetical correction of deformities of maxilla,cartilage and soft tissues, and the restoration of nasal-labial muscles.The rigid suspending is more important to maintain the nostril contour and avoid relapse.

Humans ; Meniere Disease

Humans ; Metabolic Syndrome ; prevention & control

Objective To explore the effect and utilization of comprehensive treatment on intrahepatic recurrence after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods One and two year recurrent rate of 60 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent hepatic resection in a two-year follow up were analyzed retrospectively,control group 30 cases,comprehensive treatment group 30 cases.Results One and two year intrahepatic recurrent rate of comprehensive treatment is 13％(4/30)and 40％(12/30)respectively.The difference was statistically singnificant(x2=4.176,4.310,all P＜0.05).Conclusion The effect of comprehensive treatment on postponing intrahepatic recurrence after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma is obvious.

Objective: To clone human interleukin 10(hIL-10) gene full-length cDNA sequence and to construct its eukaryotic expression vector in Chinese hamster ovary(CHO) cells. Methods: cDNA fragment encoding hIL-10 gene was amplified from human peripheral normal white blood cells by RT-PCR and confirmed by DNA sequencing.The ds-DNA was inserted into pcDNA3 vector.This recombinant expressing vector was transfected into CHO cell.The IL-10 molecules expressed were detected by ELISA and the role of inhibition of IL-10 was determined with MTT. Results: The cDNA encoding hIL-10 was cloned by RT-PCR and inserted into T-easy vector and sequence analysis verified that the cloned fragment was hIL-10 cDNA.The IL-10 was expressed in the CHO and it blocked the lymphocyte transformation.Conclusion: The eukaryotic expression plasmid was constructed successfully,which will contribute to further studies on the role of hIL-10 in autoimmunity,transplantation immunity and inflammatory disease.

Objective To explore the relationship of serum leptin,adiponectin concentrations and leptin/adiponectin ratio to carotid intima-media thickness(IMT)in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius.Methods Serum levels of adiponectin and leptin in 121 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius were measured by specific monoclonal antibody-based amplified ELISAs;carotid intima-media thickness(IMT)were measured using B-mode ultrasound in 121 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius.The patients with type 2 diabetes mellitius were subdivided into control groups(IMT

Objective To investigate the feasibility and technique of combined endoscopic resection of esophageal carcinoma with VATS. Methods From April 2004 to November 2005, 32 patients with esophageal carcinoma underwent esophagectomy, including 10 cases by routin thoracotomy, 20 cases by 6cm thoracotomy associated with VATS and 2 cases by mediastinoscope and laparoscope. Gastric mobilization was performed with laparoscope in all patients. Results All the gastric mobilizations were successfully performed by laparoscope without blood transfusion. The number of removed celiac lymph nodes by laparoscopic surgery was 5.5?1.9. 20 patients underwent esophagectomy by minithoracotomy associated with VATS successfully, without conversion to open surgery. The number of removed mediastinal lymph nodes was 10.3?2.7. Postoperative complications included arrhythmia (4 patients), bleeding in chest (1 patient) and functional gastric obstruction (1 patient). 2 patients underwent esophagectomy by mediastinoscope and laparoscope successfully, no bleeding and no postoperative complications occurred. All patients were followed up from 1 to 20 months; no postoperative death and tumor recurrence were found. Conclusion Resection of esophageal carcinoma by laparoscope associated with VATS is a safe and feasible technique. The method of esophagectomy by minithoracotomy associated with VATS is wirth encouraged.