Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic and progressive cerebrovascular disease which is characterized by the bilateral internal carotid artery ends and (or) stenosis or occlusion of anterior cerebral artery and middle cerebral artery initial segments,compensatory proliferation of small blood vessels in the skull base and formation of abnormal vascular network.Its etiology and pathogenesis remains unclear.The present studies speculate that MMD may be a polygenic disease,inflammation,immune response,abnormal cytokine secretion,endothelial progenitor cell change and nitric oxide level change are associated with the occurrence and development of MMD.This article reviews the advances in research on the genetics and pathophysiological mechanism of MMD.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of transumbilical single-incision retrograde laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Me,otis The clinical data of 979 patients with gallbladder diseases who were admitted to the Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from May 2009 to December 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.The numbers of patients who were admitted in the year of 2009,2010,2011 and 2012 were 51,265,374,289,respectively.The preoperative preparation of transumbilical single-incision retrograde laparoscopic cholecystectomy was similar to that of traditional multi-portal laparoscopic surgery.During the operation,the umbilical incision was selected.After the body and bottom of the gallbladder was dissociated,the cystic duct of gallbladder was dissociated and straightened,which was vertical to the common bile duct.After clipping the proximal part of the cystic duct of gallbladder with 2 hem-o-lock clips,the cystic duct was cut off with the ultrasonic knife,and then the gallbladder was removed.Postoperative nursing was also similar to that of traditional laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Patients were followed up via phone call or out-patient examination till March 2013.The wound infection,incisional hernia,incisional pain,cosmetic benefits were observed.Results No patient was converted to open surgery.Twenty patients were converted to multi-portal laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of severe inflammation (3 patients in 2009,5 in 2010,5 in 2011 and 7 in 2012).The mean operation time and volume of blood loss of the 959 patients were 48.5 minutes and (27 ± 25) mL.The operation time in 2009,2010,2011 and 2012 were 51.8 minutes,49.2 minutes,48.9 minutes and 46.7 minutes.The volumes of blood loss in 2009,2010,2011 and 2012 were 35.0 mL,32.1 mL,33.8 mL and 22.9 mL,respectively.The postoperative pain was slight.Forty-seven patients were administered antalgesics (5 in 2009,12 in 2010,18 in 2011 and 12 in 2012).In the 959 patients,umbilical swelling occurred in 4 patients,and was cured by disinfection treatment.Bile duct injury occurred in 3 patients from 2010 to 2011,timely repair wad done in 2 patients,and 1 was cured by drainage.The mean time of postoperative exhuast time and duration of hospital stay were 2.2 days and 4.2 days.A total of 924 patients were followed up for 1-3 months.The scar was hidden in the navel,and no incisional hernia occurred.Conclusion Transumbilical single-incision retrograde laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and effective with cosmetic benefits.

Objective To explore selection of the procedures in one stage urethroplasty for treatment of the coexistence of urethral strictures in anterior and posterior urethra.Methods Between January 2008 and December 2014, a total of 27 patients with coexist strictures simultaneously in anterior urethra and posterior urethra were treated in our hospital.The mean age was 38 years old (ranging 13-83 years old.Stricture etiology was secondary to lichen sclerosus in 2 patients, iatrogenic in 3 and posttraumatic in 22.The mean length of urethral stricture was 11cm (ranging 6-14cm).Two procedures for treatment of anterior urethral stricture, including augmentation of urethroplasty using penile skin flap was performed in 20 patients and augmentation of urethroplasty using lingual mucosa in 7.Three procedures for treatment of posterior urethral stricture, including non-transecting spongiosum end to end anastomosis of the two urethral ends was performed in 3 patients, end to end anastomosis of the two urethral ends was performed in 17 and substitution urethroplasty using different tissues was performed in reminder 7 patients.Of them, pedicle scrotal skin urethroplasty was performed in 2 patients and lingual mucosal graft urethroplasty in 5 patients.Results The patients were mean followed up 2.6 years (ranging 0.545.0 years) with an overall success rate of 88.9％ (24 of 27 cases).Complications developed in 3 patients (11.1％).Of the 17 patients with end to end anastomosis, urethral stricture developed respectively 4 and 6 months in 2 patients and voiding well after pedicle scrotal skin urethroplasty.Urethral pseudodiverticulum developed 9 months after pedicle penile flap urethroplasty in another patient and voiding well after urethroplasty.Urethrography showed patent urethra with adequate lumen in the remaining patients and mean urinary peak flows was 21.3 ml/s (ranging 14.2-37.9 ml/s).Conclusions Substitution urethroplasty using penile skin or oral mucosa was more good procedure for anterior urethral stricture during the treatment of the coexistence of urethral stricture in the anterior and posterior urethra.The treatment of posterior urethral stricture was based on the length of the stricture, local condition to make a choice between anastomotic urethral reconstruction and substitution urethroplasty using other tissue.

Objective: To observe the effect of double LVIS stent intussusception assisted coils embolization in treatment of intracranial blood blister-like aneurysm (BBA). Methods: Data of 45 patients with BBA and treated by stent-assisted coils embolization were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into double LVIS stent group (DLS group, 18 cases) and non-double LVIS stent group (NDLS group, 27 cases) according to the disparate therapy method. The operation outcomes, perioperative complications and follow-up results were compared between groups. Results: The immediately completely embolization rate in DLS group was 72.22% (13/18), in NDLS group was 55.56% (15/27), and the perioperative complications rate in DLS group was 16.67%(3/18), in NDLS group was 25.93%(7/27) (both P>0.05). No significant difference of the immediately completely embolization rate nor of perioperative complications rate was found between 2 groups (both P>0.05). At the 3- and 6-month follow-up, no significant difference of neurological recovery outcomes post operation was found between 2 groups (both P>0.05). The aneurysm recurrence rate in DLS group was 15.38% (2/13), lower than that in NDLS group (57.89%, 11/19) at 3-month follow-up (P=0.03). No significant difference of aneurysm recurrence rate at 6-month follow-up was found between groups (0 vs 13.33%, P>0.05). Conclusion: Double LVIS stent intussusception assisted coils embolization is safe and effective for treatment of BBA, which can significantly reduce 3-month aneurysm recurrence rate.

One hundred and thirty patients with esophageal carcinoma were randomly asigned into two groups:62 cases received thoracoscopic esophagectomy (TE group) and 68 cases received open thoracic esophagectomy group (OE group).All patients underwent lymph nodes dissection along bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve.Compared with OE group,TE group had a less blood loss during the lymph nodes dissection (P ＜ 0.05) and a lower incidence of pulmonary infection (P ＜ 0.05).There were no significant differences in the number of dissected lymph nodes,dissection time,incidence of temporary hoarseness,permanent hoarseness and mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The study suggests that lymph nodes dissection along bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve can be succesfully completed by thoracoscopic esophagestomy,and it has the advantage of less intraoperative blood loss and lower incidence of pulmonary infection,compared to open thoracic surgery.

Objective To analyze clinical features and sum up experience for the treatment of ischemic bowel disease. Methods Clinical data of 73 patients with the diagnosis of ischemic bowel disease were retrospectively analyzed. ResultsTwenty-eight patients were male and 45 patients were female. The median of age was 65 years (range of 38 to 89 years). Forty-eight patients were associated with hypertension, 23%(17/73) patients had a history of coronary disease and 15% (11/73) had diabetes. Seventy patients presented symptom of abdominal pain and 93% (68/73) had hematochezia. Symptoms relieved by conservative treatment in 96% (63/66) patients. Nine patients underwent a surgery. One patient died of sepsis postoperatively. One suffered from colostomy necrosis and leakage of the rectum segment. Conclusion 1. Elder patients presenting symptoms of abdominal pain and hematochezia, especially with a history of cardio-cerebrovascular disease and diabetes should be considered for the possibility of ischemic bowel disease. 2. Most patients with ischemic bowel disease could be successfully treated by conservative therapy. 3. Surgery for patients with chronic relapsing and nonresponsible symptoms was difficult and patients often suffer from high postoperative complications.

Objective To explore the outcome of modified bladder neck reconstruction in treating the urinary incontinence due to the sphincter dysfunction.Methods Between January 2010 and December 2014,a total of 23 patients,including 16 male and 7 female cases,with incontinence due to sphincter dysfunction had undergone a procedure of modified bladder neck reconstruction.The mean age was 36 years (range 17-61 years).Etiology of incontinence was secondary to pelvic fracture and urethral rupture procedure in 19 patients and other failure procedures in 4 cases.The mean duration of incontinence was 2 years (range 1-5 years).Urodynamic examination was performed in all patients and the mean maximum urethral pressure was 34 cmH2O (range 21-43 cmH2O).The modified bladder neck reconstruction was performed in 23 patients.Under the general anesthesia and vertical bladder incision,triangular mucosal strips,from the bladder neck to ureteral office,were denuded and leaving the central urethral plate,which was 2.0-2.5 cm in width.In order to form a neourethra and bladder neck,the multilayer triangular muscles were sutured interruptedly over a 14-16 F catheter using 2-0 or 3-0 polyglactin.And the anterior wall of the bladder was then closed over the new bladder neck using continuous sutured.Results The 23 patients were followed up for 6 months to 3 years,mean 1.4 years.Continence achieved in 5 patients.Of them,2 patients had difficulty in voiding but corrected by indwelling the catheter for another 2 weeks.Social continence was achieved in 7 patients.Incontinence status was improved in 7 cases and failed in 2 cases.Urodynamic examination was performed in 4 patients and the mean maximum urethral pressure was 64 cmH2O (range 52-72 cmH2O).Conclusions Our study suggested that the modified bladder neck reconstruction was a good procedure for the treatment of urinary incontinence due to sphincter dysfunction,particularly for the incontinence secondary to the traumatic urethral stricture or other operation.

Objective To investigate the influence of FOXP 3 expression in pancreatic carcinoma cells (PCCs) on the maturation and immunologic function of dendritic cells (DCs).Methods The siRNA sequences targeting FOXP3 gene (siRNA-FOXP3) and negative control siRNA (siRNA-NC) were specifically designed and transfected into PCCs , then the level of IL-10 and TGF-β1 of culture supernatant were detected by ELISA.The supernatants of pancreatic carcinoma cell transfected by FOXP 3-siRNA were collected , then it was mixed with GM-CSF and IL-4 to induce the differentiation of DCs .Flow cytometric analysis were used to measure the expression of surface markers CD 86 , CD80 , HLA DR on DCs which were treated with supernatants . The levels of IL-12p70, IFN-γin supernatants were detected by ELISA .The DCs were co-cultured with T lymphocytes, and then the lymphocytes proliferation and cytoxicity were analyzed by CCK -8 assays.Results Compared with PANC1 with siRNA-NC transfection, PANC1 with siRNA-FOXP3 transfection had a decreased expression of IL-10, TGF-β1 [(8.93 ±3.06)ng/L vs (26.60 ±5.57)ng/L;(2 544 ±78)ng/L vs (2 856 ± 92)ng/L], the positive expression rate of CD86, HLA DR in DCs cultured in the medium containing the supernatants of the pancreatic carcinoma cell transfected by siRNA-FOXP3 was significantly increased [(28.10 ±3.11)%vs (13.90 ±0.42)%;(66.15 ±4.17)%vs (43.15 ±3.32)%], the expression of IL-12p70, IFN-γwas significantly increased [(52.75 ±7.89)ng/L vs (26.14 ±4.50)ng/L, (898.43 ±88.82) ng/L vs (412.76 ±24.68) ng/L], after co-culture with lymphocytes at ratios of 1:5, 1:10, 1:20, the proliferation was significantly increased [(95.27 ±3.80)% vs (71.77 ±5.70)%, (78.97 ±5.73)% vs (52.30 ±8.72)%, (57.60 ±4.36)% vs (43.73 ±6.01)%], and the cytoxicity of CTL to PANC1 cells with 1:20, 1:40 co-culture was significantly increased [(28.44 ±5.20)% vs (8.82 ±2.29)%, (40.85 ± 5.15)% vs (17.38 ±4.86)%], and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusions FOXP3 expression in PCCs can inhibit the maturation and immunologic function of DCs.

Objective A successful salvage treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after liver transplantation(OLT) with prognosis of immune tolerance was reported and the treatment experience was summed up.Methods A 46-year-old man with hepatic carcinoma recurrence after resection underwent OLT from an ABO-identical male donor after cardiac death due to brain death.Post-transplant immunosuppression regimens consisted of induction with anti-interleukin-2 receptor monoclonal antibody (basiliximab) followed by maintenance with tacrolimus,mycophenolate mofetil and low dose of steroids.On the postoperative day (POD) 20,the patient developed skin rashes on his limbs and trunk,and skin biopsy showed histological features consistent with acute GHVD.Donor-recipient dominant HLA was matched at 6 loci,with donor CD3 + T-cell chimerism positive Results Immunosuppressants were withdrawn.Basilixirnab combined with high dose of steroids was used,and the dosage was quickly reduced.Anti-irnfection treatment was strengthened.The skin rash recovered quickly,while the hemogram was significantly decreased,which was insensitive to colony stimulating factor.The fever came back with the skin rash on the POD 46.The modified hormone regimen was used,low dose of steroids with slowly reduction,and the patient recovered with the normal hepatic function.Conclsion With the untypical clinical presentation,pathological examination,HLA-matching and chimerisms,aGVHD could be early detected and diagnosed,with a therapy of low dose of steroids with slow reduction combined with basiliximab.Recipient achieved immune tolerance,which may result from the high match of HLA and chimerisms.