Objective To evaluate the efficacy of hysteroscopic adhesiolysis for intrauterine adhesion. Methods Thirty-two patients with intrauterine adhesions underwent hysteroscopic adhesiolysis between January 2001 and December 2003. Results In the 14 patients with stage Ⅰ or Ⅱ adhesions, the uterine cavity regained normal status after surgery. Among the 9 patients with stage Ⅲ adhesions, the oviductal orifice of the diseased side could be exposed in 6 patients. Of the 9 patients with stage Ⅳ or Ⅴ adhesions, the uterine cavity was dissected to normal configuration but the oviductal orifice was not exposed in 5 patients, and perforation of uterus occurred in 1 patient, who later received a laparoscopic repair and recovered uneventfully. No complications such as overhydration or postoperative infection took place. Out of 27 patients with abnormal menstruation, a regular menses was obtained in 25 patients (92.6%) postoperatively, and amenorrhea remained in 2 (7.4%). The periodic abdominal pain of 12 patients was relieved after operation. The postoperative pregnancy rate was 42.9% (6/14). Conclusions Hysteroscopic adhesiolysis is a safe and effective option for women with intrauterine adhesion.

In this article,we discussed the limitations of present clinical teaching situation, which included curriculum concept, clinical practice condition and quality of teachers. Based on the analysis of present education,we should constitute effective teaching mode,set curriculum system reasonably and take effective teaching means in the clinical teaching of laboratory medicine. It’s very important for educate students with practice talent and high integrative quality.

Objective To evaluate the consistency of psoriasis-involved body surface area (BSA) measurement among raters from different clinical centers after training in a new standard operating procedure (SOP) for involved BSA measurement,so as to provide a method for the evaluation of psoriasis with high accuracy and operability.Methods Firstly,two raters from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (GPHCM) independently and alternately assessed the disease severity in 40 patients with psoriasis after systematic training in the BSA-SOP.Then,one of the raters from GPHCM and 11 raters from 11 subcenters separately assessed the disease severity in 209 patients with psoriasis by using the BSA-SOP,and the consistency was evaluated by using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).Results There was a very high degree of consistency in involved BSA values between the 2 raters from GPHCM (ICC =0.989,95％ confidence interval:0.979-0.994).The consistency of involved BSA values for the assessment of psoriasis severity was also high among the rater from GPHCM and the raters from 11 subcenters (ICC ranging from 0.849 to 0.998).Conclusion The raters from different centers showed high consistency of involved BSA measurement for the assessment of psoriasis severity after training in the new BSA-SOP,so the BSA-SOP can serve as a reliable reference for multicenter clinical studies.

Human corneal epithelial cells are continuously replenished by limbal stem cells to maintain ocular homeostasis and normal visual function.Some ocular surface injuries or diseases, such as thermochemical burns and Stevens-Johnson syndrome, can result in limbal stem cell deficiency, severely compromising patients' visual acuity.Non-limbal autologous epithelial tissue transplantation should be considered when both eyes are affected.Oral mucosal epithelial cells are an important source of seed cells for ocular surface reconstruction.What's more, cell sheets constructed ex vivo have achieved good results in clinical applications.This article reviews the research progress on the use of oral mucosal epithelial cells for the treatment of limbal stem cell deficiency, focusing on various factors including carriers, culture conditions, and techniques that may affect the culture of oral mucosal epithelial sheets.In addition, the strengths and weaknesses of the application of cell sheets in clinical ocular surface transplantation are also discussed, so as to provide a research direction for the safe and effective reconstruction of ocular surface epithelium.

Objective:To observe any effects of contralateral repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the swallowing motor cortex on the swallowing and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) of stroke survivors with dysphagia.Methods:A total of 83 stroke survivors with dysphagia were randomly divided into an ipsilesional stimulation group ( n=22), a contralesional stimulation group ( n=21), a bilateral stimulation group ( n=20), and a control group ( n=20). In addition to their conventional dysphagia training, those in the three stimulation groups received 3Hz rTMS while the control group was given fake stimulation. The treatment was administered daily for 20 minutes, 6 days a week, for 5 consecutive weeks. Before and after the treatment, swallowing function was assessed videofluoroscopically and using the Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale (DOSS). The oral and pharyngeal stages of swallowing were evaluated using the videofluoroscopic dysphagia scale (VDS). Brain stem conduction was assessed using BAEPs. Results:After treatment the average DOSS scores of all 4 groups were significantly better than before the treatment. The average DOSS scores of the contralesional and bilateral sti-mulation groups were then significantly better than those of the other two groups. The sub-item and total VDS scores of all 4 groups had decreased significantly, but the average score of the bilateral stimulation group was significantly lower than the control group′s average. Ipsilesional stimulation significantly improved the VDS sub-item scores for the triggering of pharyngeal swallowing, laryngeal elevation, and pharyngeal transit time compared with the control group. In the contralesional stimulation group the average total score and the VDS sub-item scores for apraxia, premature bolus loss, oral transit times, the triggering of pharyngeal swallowing, vallecular residue, laryngeal elevation, coating on the pharyngeal wall, and pharyngeal transit time were significantly lower than those of the control group, on average. After the treatment the latencies of BAEP waves I, III and V and the I-III, III-V and I-V interpeak intervals had decreased significantly in all four groups, but the average latencies and intervals of the bilateral and contralesional groups were significantly shorter than those of the control group. The latencies and intervals of the bilateral stimulation group were then significantly shorter than those in the ipsilesional stimulation group on average. The average latency of wave V in the bilateral stimulation group (6.53±0.73ms) was significantly shorter than that in the contralesional stimulation group after the treatment.Conclusion:Bilateral rTMS over the swallowing motor cortex combined with conventional dysphagia training can significantly improve the swallowing of dysphagic stroke survivors.

Liver transplant patients require lifelong immunotherapy， and if they are infected by SARS-Cov-2， their immune function will face double whammy. This report described the integrated approach of traditional Chinese and western medicine in the treatment of a liver transplant patient with severe COVID-19. The treatment was involved with western medicine such as antiviral， immunosuppressive， focusing on maintaining immune balance. Traditional Chinese medicine was given based on the differentiation of syndromes， targeting at the core pathogenesis and using methods such as promoting qi circulation， clearing heat and resolving dampness， draining lung and relieving panting. Following the treatment， the patient exhibited notable improvement in clinical symptoms and liver function， leading to the effective cessation of disease progression and a shortened recovery period.

We reported a case of a patient dignosed as tuberculosis and severe malnutrition with coronavirus disease 2019 （critical type） treated with a combination of Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Through the retrospective analysis of the diagnosis and treatment process of this patient， on the basis of Chinese medicine's understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of “old state” and “deficient state”， the critical coronavirus pneumonia combined with pulmonary tuberculosis and severe malnutrition was mostly due to the physical condition and the invasion of epidemic toxin， resulting in dysfunctions of the internal organs such as the lungs， spleens， kidneys and other organs. Based on the understanding of the cause and mechanism of the coronavirus disease， the treatment combined Chinese and Western medical therapies was given. The western medicine was used with the main treatments of oxygen therapy， anti-viral， intestinal nutritional support， and anti-coagulation， while the Chinese medicine was used by tonifying qi， blood， yin， and yang， warming yang and dissipating cold， and clearing heat and dampness， then tonifying qi， nourishing yin and eliminating heat， in which tonifying middle and replenishing qi ran through the whole process. The integrated treatment eventually improved the patient's symptoms and accelerated the negative conversion of nucleic acid of the coronavirus.