Adrenal Gland Neoplasms ; Adult ; Humans ; Male ; Pheochromocytoma ; Rupture, Spontaneous

Adolescent ; Classical Lissencephalies and Subcortical Band Heterotopias ; diagnosis ; Female ; Humans

Coronary Disease ; complications ; Erdheim-Chester Disease ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Objective To assess the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic uterine artery blockage for the treatment of adenomyosis. Methods Laparoscopic uterine artery blockage was performed in 38 patients with adenomyosis. Enucleation and excision or vaporization of endometriosis were performed at the same time in patients with chocolate cyst of ovary and endometriosis. Lysis of adhesion and presacral neurectomy were performed in some patients. Symptoms and uterine volumes of all patients were investigated after the treatment. Results Relieved clinical symptoms were found in all 38 patients. Menorrhagia was reduced to (56?16)%. Complete disappearance of dysmenorrhea was found in 17 patients (44.7%), significantly alleviated in 14 patients (36.8%), partially alleviated in 6 patients (15.8%), but ineffectiveness in 1 patient (2.6%). Pain score and classification were decreased significantly (P

AIM: To discuss the effect of wearing customized curvature soft corneal contact lens to dry eye degree of flight attendants.
METHODS:Eighty cases (160 eyes) of flight attendants from China Southern were divided into two groups:control group 40 cases ( 80 eyes ) wearing ready-made Bausch soft corneal contact lens ( curvature 8. 4 ); the experiment group 40 cases ( 80 eyes ) , wearing Bausch soft corneal contact lens with customized curvature. Tear break-up time ( BUT ) , Schirmer Ⅰ test ( SⅠt ) and fluorescein ( FL ) staining were as dry eye evaluation index. The results was statistically analyzed.
RESULTS: BUT, SⅠt average shortening value of the experimental group were less than that of the control group, there was statistical significance (P<0. 01). FL staining positive increase, the number of experimental group was fewer than that of control group, with statistical significance (P<0. 05).
CONCLUSION: Wearing customized curvature soft corneal contact lens can prevent the flight dry eye more effectively than fixed curvature product.

OBJECTIVETo understand preliminary relation between patient's confident degree in acupuncture and moxibustion with the therapeutic effect on pain.

METHODSFifteen cases with pain were investigated. The confident degree for acupuncture and moxibustion and pain degree were evaluated by the patient with visual analogue scale (VAS), and the pain VAS scores before and after acupuncture were recorded as the indexes for assessment of the therapeutic effect.

RESULTSAfter acupuncture treatment, the average pain VAS score was decreased by 3.3 +/- 2.8 (P< 0 . 5). There was no significant correlativity between the patient's confident degree VAS and the pain VAS change rate before and after the treatment (R = 0.62, P = 0.83).

CONCLUSIONThere is no significant correlativity between the confident degree of the patient of pain in acupuncture and moxibustion and clinical therapeutic effect.

Acupuncture Analgesia ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Moxibustion ; Pain ; psychology ; Pain Management ; Pain Measurement

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for removal of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Methods Data of 22 patients with GISTs,who underwent ESD, were reviewed in terms of personal situation, location and size of lesions, clinical manifestation, managements, pathology, complications and follow-up findings. Results The procedure was successfully performed in all patients and all lesions were removed by one procedure. The lesion size ranged from 0. 8 to 4. 0 cm and the operation time was 35-150 min ( mean 64. 5 min). Mild bleeding occurred in all cases, which was successfully managed by argon plasma coagulation, hot biopsy probe or endoclip. Perforation occurred in 4 patients (18. 1%), which were closed with endoclip. Abdominal distension was relieved with decompression, acid suppression with proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics in 3 cases, additional trans-abdominal puncture was needed in the other case. No severe hemorrhage occurred. The average length of hospitalization was 4. 5 days (3-10 d). The patients were followed up for 3 to 18 months, and no tumor residue or recurrence was observed. Conclusion ESD is an effective and safe endoscopic procedure to remove GISTs. The main complications are bleeding and perforation, which, however, can be cured.

In order to quantitate the bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) infection in vitro, a BIV indicator cell line (BIVL) was established by transfecting baby hamster kidney cells with reporter plasmids containing the firefly luciferase gene driven by a BIV long terminal repeat promoter. The BIV activates promoter activity of the LTR to express luciferase upon infection. BIV infection could therefore by quantified by detection of luciferase activity. Compared to standard assays used to detect BIV infection, the BIVL-based assay is 10 times more sensitive than the the CPE-based assay, and has similar sensitivity with the viral capsid protein Western blot assay. BIV indicator cell line could detect BIV infection specifically. Luciferase activity of BIV infected BIVL cells showed a time dependent manner, and 60 h post infection is the optimal time to detect BIV infection. Luciferase activity of BIVL cells correlates with the BIV capsid protein expression. Moreover, a linear relationship was found between MOI and the activated intensity of luciferase expression. In brief, the BIV indicator cell line is an easy, robust and quantitive method for monitoring BIV infection.

The clinical therapeutic effect of acupoint catgut-embedding for simple obesity was systemically analyzed to provide reference and assistance for its clinical treatment and research. By searching in the CBM, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, Pubmed, Springer and Medline databases, clinical randomized controlled trials (RCT) of acupoint catgut-embedding for simple obesity published from Jan, 2009 to July, 2013 were collected while Revman 5. 2 software was applied to perform the Meta-analysis. Totally 19 articles were acquired with 1 658 cases involved. The effective rate was selected as primary outcome measure in 19 articles. The Meta-analysis was performed among homogeneous researches. The results indicated that compared with other therapies, pooled OR of acupoint catgut-embedding was 2.45 with 95% CI [1.81, 3.32]; in the test for overall effect, Z = 5.81, implying the efficacy difference of two therapies was significant in the treatment of simple obesity (P < 0.01). In subgroups analysis, in the event of treatment session with more than 3 months, compared with other therapies, pooled OR of acupoint catgut-embedding was 2.61 with 95% CI [1.53, 4.46]; in test for overall effect, Z = 3.51, implying the efficacy difference of two therapies was significant in the treatment of simple obesity (P < 0.01); in the event of treatment session with less than 3 months, compared with other therapies, pooled OR of acupoint catgut-embedding was 2.38 with 95% CI [1.65, 3.44]; in test for overall effect, Z = 4.46, implying in the treatment of simple obesity the efficacy difference of two therapies was significant (P < 0.01). Compared with electroacupuncture, OR of acupoint catgut-embedding was 1.79, 95% CI [1.08, 2.95] (P = 0.02). Compared with acupuncture, OR of acupoint catgut-embedding was 1.89, 95% CI [1.16, 3.09] (P = 0.01), which explained that compared with electroacupuncture and acupuncture, the efficacy of acupoint catgut-embedding was significantly different. In a word, the clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut-embedding is superior to other therapies in the treatment of simple obesity.
Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Catgut ; Electroacupuncture ; Humans ; Obesity ; therapy ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Child ; Diagnostic Errors ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome ; diagnosis ; Humans