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Objective To observe the clinical outcomes of modified posteromedial and posterolateral approaches for the treatment of posterior tibial plateau fractures.Methods Between January 2006 and October 2011,25 patients with posterior tibial plateau fracture were identified.They were 17 men and 8 women,aged from 22 to 76 years (average,46.4 years).According to the AO/OTA classification,there were 4 cases of type 41-B1,6 cases of type 41-B2 and 15 cases of type 41-B3.According to Luo's three-column classification,they were all posterior column fractures.Ten patients with posterolateral tibial plateau fracture were treated by the modified posterolateral approach and the other 15 patients with posteromedial tibial plateau fracture by the modified posteromedial approach.The posterior fractures were fixated with a buttress plate.The knee function was evaluated at the last follow-up by the The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Score.Results All the 25 cases were followed up for a mean time of 13.2 months (from 10 to 24 months).By the radiological Rasmussen criteria for fracture reduction,the mean score immediately after surgery was 16.5 points (from 13 to 18 points),with 20 excellent cases,4 good cases and one fair case.All patients were pain-free with full range of motion.Radiologically,bone union was achieved in all cases after a mean time of 13.9 weeks (from 12 to 18 weeks).No surgery-related complications were found.The mean HSS score was 91 points(range,74 to 97 points) and the good to excellent rate was 100％ (17 excellent and 8 good cases) at the last follow-up.The average range of knee motion ranged from 0° to 125°.Conclusion In the treatment of posterior tibial plateau fractures,because the modified posteromedial and posterolateral approaches can result in excellent fracture reduction under direct visualization and allow for posterior buttress plating,soft tissues can be well preserved and good functional results can be expected.

In order to study the relationship between sex hormone and gynecomastia, the levels of plasma sex hormone in the male patients with gynecomastic were determined by using radioactive immune assay. Seventy-eight gynecomastic patients were regarded as the experimental group which was divided into 3 subgroups: the youth group with the age ≤30 years old, the middle-aged group with the age ranging from 30 to 60 years old and the old-aged group with the age ≥60 years old in the light of age and 24 normal men served as control group. The results showed that the levels of E2 and E2/T in the gynecomastia patients were much higher than in the control group (P<0.05, 0.01)；In the experimental group, the ratio of T reduction in the old-aged group was much higher than in the youth group or the middle-aged group（P<0.05). In conclusion, gynecomastia was related to the dysfunction of the level of sex hormone, to a large extent, with the increasing of estrogen. In addition, senile gynecomasti was closely related with the decreasing of male hormone.

Objective To explore the relationship between epilepsy and stroke,the features of secondary epilepsy and its treatment. Methods 233 stroke patients were observed and the clinical data of 21 patients who had secondary epilepsy were analyzed. Results Secondary epilepsy after stroke was mainly seen in the cortical stoke patients, the incidence of epilepsy of the cortical stroke group was 16.7% , which was significantly higher than that of the gubcortical stroke patients(5.7% ) ,and there was significant difference between the two groups. The incidence of epilepsy of stroke with a lesion >4cm group was 17. 3% .which was significantly higher than that of stroke with a lesion <4cm group(5.4% ), there was also significant difference between the two groups. There was no significant difference between ischeraic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke(P>0.05). Conclusion The incidence of secondary epilepsy after stroke had no correlations with the stroke types,but was related to the area and the location of the stroke.

Objective To explore different pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B(CHB)and asymptomatic H BV carriers(ASCs)by identifying differentially expressed genes.Methods Subtracted library was constructed by suppression subtraetive hybridization(SSH),and α-defensin was identified by dot blot hybridization.Peripheral blood was collected from 46 CHB patients and 11 ASCs.and the expressions of α-defensin mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cell and protein in plasma were determined by the real time RT-PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results Real time RT-PCR showed that the expression of α-defensin mRNA in blood samples of CHB was 1.4-fold higher than that of ASCs.As shown by ELISA,the plasma level of α-defensin in CHB was higher than that of ASCs [(216.40±81.25)μg/L vs.(156.00±57.26)μg/L,t=2.23,P<0.05].Conclusion α-defensin may involve in the pathogenesis of CHB,for it iS over-expressed in CHB patients.

The proteome is the entire complement of proteins expressed by a genome, cell, tissue or organism,which are all types of proteins expressed by one cell in the specific physiological or pathological states. The study of proteomics not only can help us to understand the general rules of activity of proteins,but also illuminate the pathologic mechanisms of numerous diseases. By proteomic analysis of normal individual and pathological individuals, we can find some disease-specific protein molecules, which not only can be a new target for drug design, but also can be a molecular markers of some diseases especially tumors.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly seen malignant tumors,and the metastatic colorectal cancer is of poor prognosis. The median overall survival for chemotherapy is only 1-1. 5 years. Recently,molecular targeted therapy targeting at vascular endothelial growth factor and epidermal growth factor receptor was used widely for metastatic colorectal cancer and becoming a hot spot of related researches. This article focused on the strategy and hypothesis of molecular targeted therapy for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

BACKGROUND:Domestic scholars use the potentiodynamic polarization technique to determine the corrosion potential of the dental aloys, which is used to evaluate the corrosion performance of the lownoble metal. They have discovered that the main reason affecting corrosion resistance is the content of noble metal. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the corrosion resistance of Ti, Au aloy, Co-Cr aloy, Ti aloy, and Ni-Cr aloy. METHODS: Five aloys were immersed in synthetic saliva solution. The corrosion potential and corrosion current density of the aloys were determined with potentiadynamic polarization technique. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The galvanic series of five kinds of aloys were ranged as folows: Au aloy > pure Ti > Ti aloy > Co-Cr aloy > Ni-Cr aloy. Au aloy and pure Ti had more positive potential that were not easy to produce corrosion; Ti aloy and Co-Cr aloy could form stable oxidation film with a strong ability of anti-pitting and crevice corrosion; Ni-Cr aloy potential was more negative and easy to be dissolved. The corrosion current density of five kinds of aloys was ranged as folows: Au aloy < pure Ti < Ti aloy < Co-Cr aloy < Ni-Cr aloy. Au aloy and pure Ti had lowest current density which was 10-8, indicating that the corrosion rate of Au aloy and pure Ti was lower; in contrast, Ni-Cr aloy possessed the maximum corrosion rate. These findings indicate that Au aloy and pure Ti exhibit a very high corrosion resistance. The corrosion rate of Ni-Cr aloy is the highest; therefore, Ni-Cr aloy is the least acceptable material for implant suprastucture.

Sixty cases of acute lumbar sprain were treated by puncturing Yintang(Ex-HN 3) toward Shenting(GV 24), among which, 50 cases were cured, 9 were improved and only one failed, and the total effective rate was 98.3%.