Objective To explore the feasibility of repairing and strengthening the posterior wall of the inguinal canal with laparoscopic hernioplasty using autologous anterior abdominal wall tissues.Methods From January 2001 to September 2007,173 adult patients with inguinal hernia(141 cases of indirect hernia,28 cases of direct hernia,3 cases of femoral hernia,and 1 case of obturator hernia)were treated by laparoscopic hernioplasty with autologous tissues obtained from the median,internal,and lateral umbilical folds,and the U-shape fold.Three trocars were used to perform the laparoscopy by one surgeon,who completed the intracavity suturing using two hands.Results All the 173 operations were completed without converting to open surgery.Among the 152 cases of unilateral hernia,the mean operation time was 25 min(10-40 min),while in the 21 cases of bilateral hernia,the mean operation time was 40 min(20-60 min).Postoperative complications included retroperitoneal hematoma(1 case),scrotal swelling(3),testicular hydrocele(1),subcutaneous hemorrhage at the inguinal area(2),and scrotitis(1).The patients were followed up for 1-84 months(mean 35 months),during which 3 patients had recurrence.Conclusions Laparoscopic hernioplasty with autologous tissues is feasible and safe for adult patients with inquinal hernia with advantages of short hospitalization,minimal surgical trauma,quick recovery,and low rate of recurrence.

Objective To evaluate the dissection and hemostasis effects of harmonic scalpel in laparoscopic surgery. Methods The effect in patients underwent laparoscopic surgery with harmonic scalpel or with high frequency electricity scalpel was compared. Results All the operations were done by laparoscopy.No complications or massive blood loss occurred during and after operation.The average operation time ,blood loss of operation with harmonic scalpel were less than that with high frequency electricity scalpel. Conclusions Harmonic scalpel has precise cutting , controlled coagulation, and less tissue injury,it can increase the safety and microsurgery techinque of laparoscopic surgery.It is a very important equipmeat and useful for laparoscopic surgery .

In order to investigate in greater detail the two methods based on Hertz model for analyzing force-distance curve obtained by atomic force microscopy, we acquired the force-distance curves of Hela and MCF-7 cells by atomic force microscopy (AFM) indentation in this study. After the determination of contact point, Young's modulus in different indentation depth were calculated with two analysis methods of "two point" and "slope fitting". The results showed that the Young's modulus of Hela cell was higher than that of MCF-7 cell,which is in accordance with the F-actin distribution of the two types of cell. We found that the Young's modulus of the cells was decreased with increasing indentation depth and the curve trends by "slope fitting". This indicated that the "slope fitting" method could reduce the error caused by the miscalculation of contact point. The purpose of this study was to provide a guidance for researcher to choose an appropriate method for analyzing AFM indentation force-distance curve.
Actins ; Elastic Modulus ; HeLa Cells ; cytology ; Humans ; MCF-7 Cells ; cytology ; Microscopy, Atomic Force

Objective To construct the male and female rat model of fluorosis and to explore the gender difference in fluorosis. Methods A total of 48 clean-grade SD rats with the body weight of about 150 g (male∶female=1∶1) were equally divided into the control group and fluorosis model group. Rats in the fluorosis model group were fed with fluorine-containing (100 mg/kg) feedstuff. The general condition, changes in body weight and dental fluorosis of the rats were observed every three days. A batch of female and male rats were sacrificed by femoral artery bleeding on the 70th and 110th day of experiment, respectively, when all rats showed dental fluorosis. The levels of urinary fluoride and bone fluoride of the rats were measured by a fluoride ion-selective electrode. Results All the male and female rats in the control group did not show dental fluorosis during the entire experiment. The female and male rats in the fluorosis group showed dental fluorosis visible to naked eye began approximately on the 60th and 80th day, respectively, indicating that the appearance of dental fluorosis of the male rats was about 20 days later than the female rats. After 30 days or so, the male and female rats went into a rapid growth period, and there were significant differences between the body weights of the male and female rats (P＜ 0. 01). The body weight of the male and female rats in the fluorosis group was higher than that of the control group on the 110th day. With the progression of fluorosis, the levels of urinary fluoride and bone fluoride of the rats were gradually increased, and finally significantly higher than those of the control group (P＜ 0. 01). There was a positive correlation between the levels of urinary and bone fluoride and the time of fluorosis. The levels of urinary and bone fluoride of the male rats were significantly higher than those of the female rats (P＜ 0. 01), indicating that they are affected by gender. Conclusions The body weight of the rat model of fluorosis, the starting time when dental fluorosis occurs and the levels of urinary and bone fluorine are all different between male and female rats.