The diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an international hotspot of eye research.Successful clinical applications of anti-VEGF drugs promoted both basic research and clinical practice of AMD.A number of countries and professional societies have established clinical guidelines for AMD management,including the epidemiology,risk factors,diagnosis,classification,and treatment process.These AMD guidelines are mostly based on recently published results of clinical trials,provided good model of evidence based medicine.It is urgent and necessary to have our own guideline which is suitable for Chinese patients.Reviewing and learning existed guidelines will help us to improve the clinical practice of AMD in China.

Gastric cancer is common in the world. Only 40 % of the patients can be treated by radical operation. Even for those patients who undergo radical resection, the rate of recurrence or distant metastasis is high. To increase the chance of curative surgery and improve survival for gastric cancer, combined-modality treatments have been investigated. There are different therapeutic modes, chemotherapeutic regimens and treatment results between Eastern countries and Western countries. The current status and advance on the adjuvant and neo-adjuvant treatment of gastric cancer were reported.

Objective:To define the reference values of several salivary variables for the diagnosis of Sjgren syndrome (SS).Methods:Mixed saliva was collected by standard proceduer.Sodium,potassium concentration,sodium-potassium ratio,total value of sodium and potassium secretion per minute and pH of the saliva samples in 40 patients with SS and 40 healthy controls were measured by automatic biochemical instrument ISE900 and pH meter.The subjects were divided according to the European classification criteria for diagnosis of SS and normal controls.Independent-sample t test were used for statistic analysis.Results:The salivary concentrations of sodium,potassium and sodium-potassium ratio were significantly elevated and the tolal value of potassium per minute and pH were significantly reduced in patients with SS(P

Objective: To analyze the hospitalization expense and management status of severe mental illness, and to provide evidences for rational controls of medical expenses and the management of the patients. Methods:Collecting patients with severe mental illness from 2005 to 2012, analyzing the changing trends of hospitalization cost and management status with descriptive analysis, and use multiple linear regression to analyze the influence factors. Results: The average stay is 51 days, average medical costs by person and by day are RMB 8 319.69 and 169.02; treatment costs, drug costs and bed care costs are the main proportion. The medical costs were significantly affected by prolonged days of hospitalization, age, numbers of hospital admissions, nursing level and admitting diagnosis. The largest proportion of management system is schizophrenia, which counted 74.03% of current patients and the poverty incidence rate is 50.62%. Conclusions: Increasing the financial compensation to patients with severe mental illness, shorting hospital stay, strengthening the screening of patients with severe mental illness and incorporated into the management system would help to reduce the economic burden of the patients.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of Twin-block function al appliance in the treatment of transmissible obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (O SAS). Methods: 7 cases of OSAS, aged 8.6～13.2 years, with sk e letal Angle II malocclusion were treated with Twin-block fuctional appliance fo r 13 months on an average. The position of the mandible, tongue, soft palate,hyo id bone and the radius vector of the upper airway was measured by lateral cepha lometric radiographs, the indexes of sleep condition, breath function and cardio vascular system were measured by polysomnography before and after treatment. Results: At the end of the treatment, the average increase in the radius of upper airway was 4.84 mm (P

To evaluate the effects of sevoflurane and isoflurane at 1.0 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) on intracranial pressure(ICP) in patients undergoing craniotomy.Method:Sixteen patients without pre-existing increased ICP subjected to craniotomy for pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma were intubated with midazolam, fentanyl and atracurium.After intubation,midazolam and atracurium were pumped intravenously for 30 min.Then,sevoflurane or isoflurane was inhaled and the patients were randomly divided into two groups:A:1.0 MAC sevoflurane:B:1.0 MAC isoflurane.In the whole procedure,PaCO_2 with an average of 5.3 kPa was maintained. ICP was measured continuously by placement of a catheter into lumbar subarachoid space.Result:Sevoflurane maintained cerebral perfusion pressure slightly better than equipotent dose of isoflurane. During sevoflurane administration at 1.0 MAC.ICP decreased slighly,then increased gradually.However,ICP remained stable in group B.Conclusion:Sevoflurane and isoflurane at 1.0 MAC,Combined with midazolam and fentanyl,can be administered safely to the patients without preexisting increased ICP.

BACKGROUND: Nowadays stem cells have been isolated successfully from the epithelial tissue of human and rodents such as skin, hair follicle, cornea, oral mucous, intestinal mucosa dental epithelial cells, and salivary glands by the Chinese or foreign researchers. But according to the vaginal mucosa stem cells (VMSCs), it is not known in the field of isolation and application.OBJECTIVE: To find out the suitable method of isolation, identification, and culture of human VMSCs.DESIGN: Observational basic study. SETTING: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College. MATERIALS: This study was performed in the Zhongshan Ophthalmology Center of Zhongshan Medical College from October 2004 to August 2005. Two-week gestation mice were provided by the Experimental Animal Center of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. The sterile human vaginal mucosa was collected from five patients (25-38 years old) after the plastic operation of vagina from the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College. METHODS: Vaginal mucosa cells could be harvested from human vagina mucosa treated with trypsin-collagenase digesting. The VMSCs were selected by adhesion to type Ⅳ collagen for 20 minutes. The cell cycles of the VMSCs and primary human vaginal mucosa cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. VMSCs were cultured in vitro with 4 different media, including feeder layer cells plus epidermal total culture media, feeder layer cells plus DMEM/F12 (3:1), epidermal total culture media and DMEM/F12 (3:1). At the 12th day, their colony forming efficiency (CFE), CK19 and CK10 positive rates were compared. Then VMSCs were continuously cultured and passaged till they were apoptosis.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Positive rate of CK19 and CK10 and G0/G1 proportion; ② Positive rate of CK19 and CK10, the colony forming efficiency (CFE) and the times be passaged when primary VMSCs were cultured in different media after 12 days. RESULTS: The cells at the G0-G1 phase cell cycle, CK19 and CK10 positive rates between the VMSCs and primary human vaginal mucosa cells were statistical different (P < 0.05). When cultured at 12th day, the VMSCs cultured with feeder layer and epidermal total culture media had the highest CFE and CK19 positive rate and lowest CK10 positive rate. They could be passaged over 15 times in vitro. CONCLUSION: It is an effective way that select VMSCs by adhesion to type Ⅳ collagen for 20 minutes. In this research, culturing VMSCs in vitro with feeder layer and epidermal total culture media was the best way to keep VMSC characteristics.

Objective To evaluate the bony variations in lumbar vertebral body among the patients with lnmbar disc herniation and determine its significance to microendoscopic discectomy(MED). Methods The CT images of 160 patients who underwent MED for lumbar disc herniation were reviewed. Measurements of vertebral bony dimensions related to surgical procedure were recorded, which included the angle of spinal process and lamina, spinal process direction, length, thickness and angle of the laminar, facet depth, spinal process width, and the distance between facets and lamina. The relationship between the bony variations and clinical outcome was analyzed. Results The majority of anatomic parameters are greater in male patients and in L5S1 segment than those in female and in L 4-5 (P

Objective To determine the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for cervix cancer on cell proliferation and apoptosis. Methods A total of 24 patients with squamous carcinoma of the cervix (SCC) were treated with one cycle of cisplatin combined with hydroxycamptothecine, bleomycin regimen. The expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and apoptosis index (AI) were detected before and after NAC with flow cytometry and TUNEL. Results Clinical response was 58.3% (14/24). Before and after NAC, the expression of PCNA were (0.386?0.078) and (0.125?0.040) respectively and AI were (0.052?0.027) and (0.248?0.078). Significant difference of PCNA and AI could be observed before and after NAC (t=22.859, t=16.06, P