AIM: To investigate the effect of Ba 2+ concentration on L-type of Ca 2+ channel in hypothalamic neurons.METHODS: The cell acute isolation technique and cell-attached patch-clamp technique were used. RESULTS : The slope conductance of L-type Ca 2+ channel were 28.6 pS (110 mmol/L) and 19.1 pS (10 mmol/L), and the open probability (NP 0) obviously different with different Ba 2+ concentration as carrier. CONCLUSION: Ba 2+ concentration had the obvious effect on the L-type Ca 2+ channel.

Combined Modality Therapy ; Humans ; Stomach Neoplasms ; therapy

Objective To evaluate the relationship between classification of clinical,the infarct size in patients with acute cerebral infarction and electrocardiographic(ECG)changes.Methods The ECG were done in 216 patients with acute cerebral infarction.ECG results of the patients were analyzed according to classification of the Oxfordshire Commumity Project Criteria(OCSP)and infarct size.Results The rates of ECG abnormality in classification of OCSP were 95.5% for total anterior circulation infarction(TACI),80.4% for partial anterior circulation infarction(PACI),62.5% for posterior circulation infarction(POCI)and 48.5% for lacunar cerebral infarction(LACI).The rates of ECG abnormality of TACI and PACI were signficantly higher than that of group of LACI(P

To improve the microsurgical curative effect of petroclival cholesteatoma (PCC), 52 patients harbouring PCC removed from 1993 to 2002 were analyzed retrospectively. Of all patients in this group, total tumor removal was achieved in 47 patients (90%), subtotal removal in 5 (10%). The new cranial nerve injuries occurred postoperatively in 4. Operative death occurred in 1 patient due to severe lung infection (1 9%). The key goal of surgical resection of the tumor was good. Suitable basicranial approaches and skillful microsurgical technique can increase the total removal rate, and decrease its mortality and morbidity.

To probe the treatment effects of the syringomyelia using microsurgical technique, a total of 127 patients with syringomyelia confirmed by CT or MRI in our department were analyzed retrospectively. The patients underwent occipitocervical decompression, syringostomy or syringo subarachnoid shunting (S S shunting) with microsurgery. All patients were followed up for more than 1 5 years and the treatment results were evaluated The results indicated that the collapse of the syrinx was achieved in 84 patients who underwent S S shunting or syringostomy. Decreased size of the syrinx was also noted in 43 Arnold Chiari malformation and spinal dysraphism patients who underwent occipitocervical decompression alone. The authors consider that the patients with syringomyelia should be microsurgically treated. The occipitocervical decompression, syringostomy or S S shunting may be an alternative method of surgical treatment for syringomyelia.

Objective To evaluate the diagnosis and microsurgical treatment of intraspinal abscesses. Methods The clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and microsurgical treatment of sixty-two patients with intraspinal abscess were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 36 were male and 26 were female, with an average age of 41 years. Thirty-seven were suffering from extradural abscesses, 23 subdural abscesses and 2 intramedullary abscesses. The diagnosis was made based on the history, clinical manifestations, MRI and myelogram. Prompt decompressive laminectomy and removal of the abscesses were carried out. Results Fifty-one patients were followed up. Of them, 27 completely recovered, accounting for 52.9%; in 18 the recovery was graded as good, accounting for 35.3%; and in 6 the recovery was fair, accounting for 11.8%. Conclusion Early diagnosis and microsurgical intervention of intraspinal abscesses could result in satisfactory recovery.

Objective To sum up the experiences in microneurosurgical treatment of spinal cord cavernous hemangiomas (SCH). Methods A retrospective analysis was made of 17 cases of SCH admitted from March 1992 to December 2002. Operations were performed via a posterior midline approach under a microscope. Results Total SCH resection was done in 13 cases, and subtotal removal in 4. The postoperative neurological status was improved in 11 cases, unchanged in 4, and aggravated in 2. No postoperative death occurred. Conclusion Spinal MRI examination is a reliable diagnostic method of SCH. Skillful microneurosurgical technique can achieve a rather good result.

This paper reports a study of three components of stature for a sample of 605 healthy children aged 8-15. Suprapelvic height, pelvic height, and subischeal height are obtained by calculation on the basis of standing height, sitting height, total lower limb length, ankle height and bi-iliac width. By statistical analysis, sexual dimorphism is revealed in both suprapelvic height and pelvic height. The increase in pelvic height is greater in girls than boys, and occurs before the appearance of secondary sexual charateristics. The relationships between suprapelvic height and idiopathic scoliosis, and between pelvic height and low back pain are discussed.

Biological Dressings ; Dermis ; cytology ; transplantation ; Extracellular Matrix ; transplantation ; Gingival Recession ; surgery ; Humans ; Mouth Diseases ; surgery

Fatty Acids ; metabolism ; Humans ; Myocardial Ischemia ; diagnostic imaging ; metabolism ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon