BACKGROUND:The patients with lumbar intervertebral disc protrusion can be treated with internal fixation of posterior surgery way. We can choose the conventional posterior intervertebral fusion nail stick system internal fixation. Isobar non-fusion internal fixation system was used in recent years. As a kind of a strong internal fixation of lumbar posterior dynamic screw rod fixation system, it has been gradual y applied in clinic, and has been one of patient’s treatment options. OBJECTIVE:To compare and analyze the clinical efficacy of Isobar non-fusion internal fixation system and traditional intervertebral fusion nail rod system internal fixation operation method in treatment of lumbar disc herniation. METHODS:From September 2011 to September 2012, 40 patients with lumbar disc herniation who were treated in the Department of Orthopedic, Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medial University of Chinese PLA were enrol ed in this study. They were equal y assigned to the Isobar non-fusion internal fixation system group (Isobar group) and the traditional intervertebral fusion nail rod system internal fixation group (rigid internal fixation group) and subjected to corresponding treatments. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Surgery was successful y completed in patients of the two groups. These patients received at least 2 years of fol ow-up, no drop out. Compared with pre-fixation, low back pain Visual Analog Scale and Oswestry Disability Index were improved significantly after fixation in both groups. Compared with the rigid internal fixation group, range of motion of lumbar spine was larger in the Isobar group. Low back pain Visual Analog Scale and Oswestry Disability Index were similar between the two groups. These results indicated that posterior Isolbar non-fusion internal fixation obtained identical outcomes as traditional treatment, and showed more advantages in range of motion of lumbar spine.

Allergens ; immunology ; Animals ; Asthma ; etiology ; Enzyme Activation ; Lung ; pathology ; Matrix Metalloproteinases ; physiology ; Mice ; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections ; enzymology ; pathology

Objective To evaluate the abilities and thresholds of stroke volume variation (SVV) and pleth variability index (PVI) in predicting fluid responsiveness during increased intra-abdominal pressure.Methods 28 patients undergoing laparoscopy-assisted radical gastrectomy were selected.PV1 was continuously displayed by the Masimo.Radical 7.All patients were also monitored with Vigileo/FloTrac system.Haemodynamic data such as MAP,HR,SVI,SVV,PI,PVI and C VP were recorded before and after volume expansion(HES 6％,7ml/kg).Fluid responsiveness was defined as an increase in SVI≥ 15％ (△ SVI ≥ 15).Results The SVV threshold of 9.5％ before volume expansion was able to diserimihate the responders from the non-responders with a sensitivity of 100％,and a specificity of 63.6％.The threshold for PVI was 14.0％,the sensitivity of 100％ and specificity of 81.8％ were obtained.There was no significant difference between the area under the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves of SVV and PVI(0.981,0.939,respectively),and there was significant correlation between the baseline SVV and the baseline PVI(r =0.740,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion SVV and PVI can predict fluid responsiveness accurately during increased intra-abdominal pressure,the baseline SVV is correlated well with baseline PVI,and the ability of SVV and PVI in predicting fluid responsiveness is similar.

Objective:To evaluate systematically the outcomes of prevention of fragility fracture with alendronate use for 3 to 4 years.Methods:We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE and CBM for relevant randomized controlled trials published before 16 July, 2020. The quality of included studies was evaluated according to the Cochrane tool for assessing risk of bias. Fix- or random-effects were taken for meta-analysis depending on the magnitude of heterogeneity. Sensitivity analysis was used for high risk studies to assess the robustness of results. The results were reported according to The PRISMA 2009 Check-list.Results:A total of 8 reports from 4 studies were included. Two reports from 2 studies were rated as high-risk while the other 6 reports from the other 2 studies as low-risk. The meta-analyses showed that use of alendronic acid for 3 to 4 years effectively prevented new vertebral fracture ( RR=0.54, 95% CI: 0.44 to 0.66, RD=-0.03), clinical fracture ( RR=0.82, 95% CI: 0.73 to 0.92, RD=-0.03), non-vertebral fracture ( RR=0.84, 95% CI: 0.75 to 0.95, RD=-0.02), clinical vertebral fracture ( RR=0.51, 95% CI: 0.34 to 0.76, RD=-0.01) and hip fracture ( RR=0.56, 95% CI: 0.37 to 0.87, RD=-0.01), but did not prevent wrist fracture ( RR=0.85, 95% CI: 0.67 to 1.09), serious adverse event ( RR=0.95, 95% CI: 0.80 to 1.14) or upper gastrointestinal adverse event ( RR=1.02, 95% CI: 0.96 to 1.07). By the sensitivity analysis of the 6 results from the high-risk reports, the HRs for clinical fracture, non-vertebral fracture, vertebral fracture, hip fracture, wrist fracture, and serious adverse event were, respectively, 0.81, 0.85, 0.49, 0.62, 0.94 and 0.94. Conclusions:Alendronate use for 3 to 4 years can effectively prevent fragility fractures in postmenopausal women with low bone mass or osteoporosis, leading to better prevention effect on vertebral fracture than on non-vertebral fracture.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) for refractory ulcerative colitis (UC).Methods In this study 60 refractory UC patients received IPAA operation during the period of 1990 to 2010.Data were collected regarding early and late postoperation complications,anal continence function,and characteristics of feces.The patients' quality of life was objectively accessed using the Clevend Global Quality of Life (CGQL)index.0ne-way analysis of variance was used.Results Mean follow-up period was 2 years.Early postoperative complication rate developed in 15％ (9/60),including abdominal or pelvic infection,anastomotic leak,pouch bleeding,pouch-vaginal fistula,and intestinal obstruction.Late postoperative complication rate was 12％ (7/60),including pouchitis,intestinal obstruction,and male sexual dysfunction.Stool frequency per 24 hours and that at night was 3.5 ± 1.3 and 1.4 ±0.6.93％ (56/60)patients differentiated gas and feces well and 3％ (2/60) needed daily pads.According to Kirwan Grading Scale,anal function outcomes were Grade Ⅰ:54 (90％),Grade Ⅱ:4 (7％),and Grade Ⅲ:2 (3％).According to Bristol Stool Form Scale,characteristics of feces were Grade Ⅳ:31 (52％),Grade Ⅴ:25(42％),and Grade Ⅵ:4 (6％).Postoperative CGQL result showed a much better quality of life than preoperative CGQL (F =12.368,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Refractory UC is surgically indicated and IPAA is the operation of choice with safety,satisfactory long-term outcome and improved quality of life.

A certain amount of image noise is increased in low-dese protocols, but image quality is still acceptable without problem in CT localization. The reduction of radiation dose and the radiation harm to patients are the superiority.

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of Yishen Zhongzi Pill (YZP) on the sperm motility of Shen-essence deficiency syndrome (SEDS) patients.

METHODSTotally 144 patients were randomly assigned to the treatment group (71 cases) and the control group (73 cases). Ten cases dropped out during the therapeutic course. A total of 134 patients completed this clinical study, 67 in each group. Patients in the treatment group took YZP (6 g each time, twice daily), while those in the control group took Wuzi Yanzong Pill (6 g each time, twice daily). The therapeutic course for all was one month. Changes of the sperm motility, clinical efficacy, and Chinese medical symptoms scores were observed between the two groups before and after treatment.

RESULTSCompared with before treatment in the same group, percentages of class a spermatozoa and class a + b spermatozoa were enhanced in the two groups after treatment (P <0. 01). Besides, they were higher in treatment group than in the control group (P <0. 05). The total effective rate of the treatment group was 77. 61 % (52/67 cases), while it was 58. 21 % (39/67 cases) in the control group. It was better in the treatment group than in the control group (Z= -2. 914, P =0. 004). Compared with before treatment in the same group, scores for Chinese medical symptoms decreased in the two groups (P <0. 01). The difference of pre-post integrals was higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P <0. 01).

CONCLUSIONYZP showed favorable effect in treating asthenospermia patients with SEDS and could effectively elevate the motility of sperm.

Asthenozoospermia ; therapy ; Biomedical Research ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Oils, Volatile ; Phytotherapy ; Sperm Motility ; Spermatozoa ; Syndrome

BACKGROUND:Until now, there is yet no complete recovery from spinal cord injury in terms of structure and functional recoveries. Neurotrophic factors have limited effects on nerve regeneration. Currently, stem cel transplantation may be an effective way to repair spinal cord injury.
OBJECTIVE:To separate, cultivate and purify mouse spinal cord-derived neural stem cels using serum-free suspension method folowed by morphological observation, immunofluorescence technology and multi-lineage differentiation experiments.
METHODS:By using the suspension culture method, mouse spinal cord-derived neural stem cels at embryonic day 13.5 were cultured and purified. Cel morphology changes were observed under inverted microscope. Cel proliferation ability was detected using cel counting kit-8. Nestin and Sox2 expression was detected by immunofluorescence technology. Multilineage differentiation of spinal cord-derived neural stem cels at passage 4 was detected by natural differentiation method in order to prove the differentiation ability.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Serum-free medium suspension culture method was successfuly applied to separate spinal cord-derived neural stem cels. Cultured cels had good proliferative ability and highly expressed Nestin and Sox2 that was in accordance with the results of DAPI nucleus staining, suggesting the high purity of cels. After induction, the cels could express both Tuj1 and GFAP, indicating the cels had good differentiation potential. This experiment has successfuly established the isolation, culture, identification system of spinal cord-derived neural stem cels, providing experimental basis for subsequent studies of neural stem cels.

Objective To evaluate the pharmacokinetic profiles of lopinavir(LPV) in Chinese HIV-infected patients.Methods A total of 16 patients were enrolled in the LPV pharmacokinetic study.Blood samples were collected before LPV intake and 0.5,1.0,1.5,2.0,2.5,3.0,4.0,6.0,8.0,10.0,12.0 h after administration.Serum level of LPV was determined by the developed high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method.The pharmacokinetic profiles were assessed by WinNonlin software.Results The non-compartment model pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters were as follows:the peak time of LPV (Tmax) (3.88 ± 0.23) h,maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) (10.36 ± 3.42) mg/L,minimum plasma concentration (Cmin) (2.18 ± 0.34) mg/L,the 24 h area under plasma-concentration-time curve (AUC0-24) (116.22 ± 15.68) mg · h · L-1,half life(T1/2) (4.5 ± 0.13) h,and clearance rate (CL/F) (3.44 ± 1.34) L/h respectively.Conclusions The pharmacokinetic profiles of LPV in Chinese HIV-1 infected patients demonstrate lower Cmin than those of reported studies,while other parameters are similar.Patients should be educated for compliance based on the narrow gap between Cmin and minimum effect concentration.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the therapeutic effect of retroviral endostatin gene transfer on the human colon cancer cell line, LoVo.

METHODSA retroviral vector pLESSN expressing secretable endostatin was constructed and packaged with a titer of 8.2 x 10(5) CFU/ml. A LoVo cell line was subjected to retrovirus-mediated endostatin gene transfer. The proviral integration of endostatin was analyzed with PCR. The function of endostatin was tested by MTT assay in vitro and a mouse xenograft model in vivo.

RESULTSAfter transfection and superinfection, amphotropic retrovirus was collected, and transduction with amphotropic retroviruses resulted in endostatin proviral integration. The endostatin secreted by transduced LoVo cells markedly inhibited cell growth up to 67% (P<0.001), compared with the control cells. The gene expression of endostatin in LoVo colon tumor cells significantly inhibited tumor growth in vivo. There was an 86% reduction in tumor size in the endostatin-transduced group, accompanied by a reduction in vessels, compared with the control group (P<0.01).

CONCLUSIONRetroviruses can allow functional expression of the endostatin gene in human colon tumors, showing promise for an antitumor strategy using antiangiogenesis.

Cell Division ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Colonic Neoplasms ; pathology ; therapy ; Endostatins ; genetics ; Gene Transfer Techniques ; Genetic Vectors ; Humans ; Retroviridae