Objective To investigate the computer-assisted cognitive training (CACT) on cognitive function and functional independence of stroke patients. Methods Sixty patients were randomly divided into 2 groups: the CACT group and the control group. All patients received routine training. Patients in the CACT group received computer-assisted cognitive training additionally. Before and after the CACT, the cognitive function and functional independence of patients were assessed by MMSE, MoCA and FIM assays. Results Before the CACT, no significant differences in the scores of MMSE, MoCA and FIM were found between the two groups (P > 0.05). After the CACT, scores of MMSE, MoCA and FIM were improved in both groups, especially in the CACT group, with statistical differences (P < 0.05). Conclusions CACT can help improve the cognitive function and functional independence in stroke patients.

Objective To observe the functional connectivity (FC) pattern linking the hippocampus with the rest of the brain in ischemic stroke patients with cognitive dysfunction,especially the default mode network (DMN).Methods Resting-state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was performed on 15 ischemic stroke patients with cognitive dysfunction (the patient group) and 10 normal elderly controls.The bilateral hippocampus was the region of interest.Correlation analyses yielded a mapping of cerebral functional connectivity activation for both groups.Results Compared with the healthy controls,the patient group showed weakened functional connectivity between the hippocampus and other regions including the cingulate gyrus,the superior,middle and inferior frontal lobes,the inferior parietal lobule and the superior temporal gyrus.But there was enhanced functional connectivity with the cerebellar posterior lobe,the occipital lobe,the medial temporal lobe,the precuneus and the calcarine.The results were significantly different between the two groups.Conclusion The functional connectivity pattern of the hippocampus is impaired in stroke patients with cognitive dysfunction.Reduced functional connectivity between brain regions may be one cause of cognitive dysfunction after stroke,and enhanced functional connectivity may be an appropriate compensatory mechanism.

Background Choroidal hemangioma is a common benign intraocular tumor.Typical choroidal hemangioma is comparably easy to diagnose,but untypical one might be misdiagnosed as malignant tumor.Contrastenhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been used to diagnose multiple neoplasm for the past few years.However,the application of CEUSin ophthalmology is less.Objective This study was to investigate the CEUS characteristics of choroidal hemangioma.Methods Fifty-eight eyes of 58 patients who were diagnosed as choroidal hemangioma were included in Beijing Tongren Hospital during July 2010 to December 2012.CEUS was performed on the patients to check the manifestations of choroidal hemangioma.A time-intensity analysis was employed to quantitatively analyzed and compared the maximum intensity (MI),rising time (RT),time to peak (TTP),and mean transit time (mTT) between the choroidal hemangioma and normal orbital tissue and the parameters were contrasted using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.Results CEUS showed that choroidal hemangioma was gradually enhanced by the contrast after intravenous injection of sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles with a high-reference signal in choroidal hemangioma,and the fading procedure was slower in choroidal hemangioma than that of normal orbital tissue.MI,RT,TTP,and mTT were294.20％ (217.35％,373.25％),21.30 (17.35,23.35) s,25.00 (21.68,27.48) s and 59.30 (51.08,78.35) s in the choroidal hemangioma,which were significantly higher than 100.00％ (100.00％,100.00％),17.75 (15.00,20.30) s,22.40 (18.35,24.63) s and 47.25 (40.90,57.23) s in the normal orbital tissue (Z =-6.608,-4.998,-4.650,-4.332,all at P＜0.001).Conclusions Choroidal hemangioma has its own CEUS manifestation characteristics.CEUS is helpful to the differential diagnosis of choroidal hemangioma.

Objective To explore the relationship of a polymorphism c.757T ＞ C in C-reactive protein gene (CRP) and carotid artery atherosclerosis in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD).Methods A case-control study investigated 276 ICVD patients and 125 controls matched for age and sex.Genotypes of-757T/C in CRP were analyzed in patients with ICVD using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.The level of serum C-reactive protein was detected by using immune scatter turbidimetry and the intima-media thickness of common carotid artery and internal carotid artery were measured by color Doppler ultrasonography.The relationship between the polymorphism -757T/C in CRP and carotid atherosclerosis was assessed.Results The genotypes of the polymorphism -757T/Cin CRP in the ICVD group (207/276(75.0％),65/276(23.6％),4/276(1.4％)) was significantly different from the control group (75/125 (60.0％),46/125 (36.8％),4/125 (3.2％) ; x2 =9.531,P =0.008),the frequence of T allele in patients with ICVD (479/552(86.8％)) was increased significantly compared to the control group (196/250 (78.4％)),the frequence of C allele in the ICVD group (73/552(13.2％)) was decreased significantly in contrast to the control group (54/250 (21.6％) ;x2 =9.056,P =0.004).Among the patients with ICVD,the level of serum C-reactive protein in patients with-757TC/CC genotype was elevated significantly than that with-757TC/CC ((4.2± 1.6) mg/L vs (2.7 ± 1.9) mg/L; t =5.900,P ＜ 0.01).Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the-757C allele in CRP was related to the carotid artery atherosclerosis (OR =1.379,95％ CI 0.852-0.864,P =0.023).Conclusions The polymorphism-757T/C in CRP maybe related to the risk of developing ICVD.The frequency of the-757C allele can increase the level of serum C-reactive protein.And this polymorphism may be associated with carotid artery atheroselerosis in patients with ICVD.

BACKGROUND:Pelvic tilt,which is often seen in hip diseases,is also a common functional problem after total hip arthroplasty. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the mechanism of occurrence and recovery of pelvic tilt after unilateral total hip arthroplasty in patients with femoral head necrosis. METHODS:The clinical data of 100 patients with femoral head necrosis who underwent unilateral total hip arthroplasty in the Department of Femoral Head Necrosis,Bone Injury Center of First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine were collected retrospectively from June 2021 to February 2023.The patients were divided into three groups,namely,groups A(<2°,n=48),B(2°-3°,n=34),and C(>3°,n=18),according to the severity of pelvic tilt on postoperative 3 day.Statistical data were collected and compared between the pre-and postoperative periods of patients of these three groups in terms of the angle of the coronal plane of the pelvis tilt,the length of the gluteus medius muscles of the bilateral sides,the heights of the rotational centers of the femoral heads,the difference in the lengths of the gluteus medius muscles of the bilateral sides and the heights of the rotational centers of the femoral heads,and the ratio of changes in the angle of the pelvic tilt.Pearson correlation coefficient was used to examine the correlation between pelvic tilt angle and other indexes. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)Pelvic tilt aggravation occurred in the short term after surgery.(2)The ratio of change in pelvic tilt angle from postoperative 3 days to postoperative 1 month time period differed between the groups,with group C>group B>group A.There was a difference between group C and the other groups in the time period from postoperative 1 to postoperative 3 months,with the ratio of change being the smallest in group C.There was no difference in the ratio of change between the groups in the time period from postoperative 3 days to postoperative 3 months.(3)The difference in bilateral gluteus medius muscles decreased gradually after surgery,and there was no difference in the comparison of bilateral gluteus medius muscles in the time period from postoperative 3 months.(4)The difference between bilateral centers of rotation increased after surgery,and the difference between bilateral heights at 3 months after surgery was smaller than that before surgery.(5)The pelvic tilt angle at 3 days after surgery,the duration of the disease and the pelvic tilt angle at 3 months after surgery were significantly correlated(all P=0.000),and the difference between bilateral gluteus medius muscles before surgery and the pelvic tilt angle at 3 days after surgery was significantly correlated(P=0.006)(6)The functional pelvic tilt occurred in the patients with femoral head necrosis after total hip arthroplasty.Correction of the pelvic tilt after surgery was based on the adaptive restoration of the functional pelvic tilt angle after surgery.Functional pelvic tilt arises as a compensatory adaptation of the organism based on the short-term postoperative reconstruction of bony structures and the survival of cumulative soft tissue damage.

Objective:To investigate the feasibility of transplantation of neural stem cells (NSCs) modified by hypoxia-regulated nerve growth factor (NGF) gene to treat acute spinal cord injury (SCI) and observe the functional repair after SCI.Methods:Adeno-associated virus (AAV) was used as the vector to construct gene-modified NSCs. Three days after SCI attack on the animal model, the NSCs modified by hypoxia-regulated NGF were transplanted to the site of SCI as the NGF group. The GFP-modified neural stem cell group (GFP group), sham group, SCI group were set up. Hindlimb motor function was assessed by Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan (BBB) Locomotor Rating Scale, inclined plane tests and footprint analysis at 10 time points on day 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and 60 after transplantation. The video cassette recorder (VCR) image and quantitative measurement of the height of the rat from the ground, the foot error and plantar steps were used to test the hindlimb support and flexibility of the rats. The degree of spinal cord injury in rats was roughly measured by observing the visual map of the spinal cord. The neuronal repair and morphological changes in SCI area were evaluated by Nissl staining, HE staining and immunofluorescence. CM-DiI was used to trace neural stem cells and to analyze the differentiation of NSCs by immunofluorescence.Results:Two months after transplantation of genetically modified NSCs, the BBB, inclined plane tests and footprint Analytical scores of NGF group rats were higher than those of SCI group and GFP group ( P<0.05); Through VCR image analysis, the hindlimb support and mobility of the rats in the NGF group were better than those in the SCI group and GFP group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). Visual analysis showed that the spinal cord of the rats in each group was visually compared to the NGF group, and the spine did not show significant atrophy and color deepening, and the degree of injury was lower than that of the SCI group and GFP group; Through Nissl staining, HE staining and immunofluorescence detection, obviously positive in NeuN at the transplant site was noted at NGF group, and evidently regenerated neural structure can be seen at the morphological level. The cavity in SCI was obviously reduced, neurons and Nissl bodies were distinctly increased ( P<0.05). CM-DiI was used to track NSCs, NeuN was used to mark neurons, and GFAP was used to mark astrocytes. It was found that neural stem cells could differentiate into neurons and astrocytes. Neural stem cells in GFP group were more differentiated into astrocytes, and neural stem cells in NGF group were more differentiated into neurons. Conclusion:NSC transplantation with oxygen-regulated NGF gene mediated by adeno-associated virus can treat SCI, NSCs can differentiate into neural stem cells and astrocytes to fill the damaged cavity, NSCs secrete NGF as the carrier, playing the protective role on adjacent damaged nerve cells and reducing the death of neurons, which is expected to provide new ideas for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, and at the same time make new attempts for the development of NGF protein drugs.

Objective:To investigate the pathogeny, diagnosis and treatment of solitary fibrous tumors of the abdomen and pelvis.Methods:Retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of 12 SFT patients undergoing surgical resection in Peking University International Hospital from Jul 2015 to Jul 2019.Results:All patients underwent radical resection. After operation, complications in clued pelvic hemorrhage in 1 case and ureteral fistula in 1 case, all improved after conservative treatment.According to pathological and immunohistochemical results, 7 cases were MSFT and 5 cases were SFT. All patients were followed up for 2-53 months. 5 cases were recurrent, among which 1 case died of intestinal obstruction caused by tumor compression.Conclusion:The clinical manifestations of solitary fibrous tumors are mostly nonspecific.Imaging examination and puncture pathology are of great significance for preoperative diagnosis. Radical resection is an important means to improve the prognosis of patients.

Objective:To develop a deep transfer learning method for the differential diagnosis of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) with other common hip diseases using anteroposterior hip radiographs.Methods:Patients suffering from ONFH, DDH, and other hip diseases including primary hip osteoarthritis, non-infectious inflammatory hip disease, and femoral neck fracture treated in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine from January 2018 to December 2020 were enrolled in the study. A clinical data set containing anteroposterior hip radiographs of the eligible patients was created. Data augmentation by rotating and flipping images was performed to enlarge the data set, then the data set was divided equally into a training data set and a testing data set. The ResNet-152, a deep neural network model, was used in the study, but the original Batch Normalization was replaced with Transferable Normalization to construct a novel deep transfer learning model. The model was trained to distinguish ONFH and DDH from other common hip diseases using anteroposterior hip radiographs on the training data set and its classification performance was evaluated on the testing data set.Results:The clinical data set was comprised of anteroposterior hip radiographs of 1024 hips, including 542 with ONFH, 296 with DDH, and 186 with other common hip diseases (56 hips with primary osteoarthritis, 85 hips with non-infectious inflammatory osteoarthritis, 45 hips with femoral neck fracture). After data augmentation, the size of the data set multiplied to 6144. The model was trained 100 050 times in each task. Accuracy was used as the representative parameter to evaluate the performance of the model. In the binary classification task to identify ONFH, the best accuracy was 95.80%. As for the multi-classification task for classification of ONFH and DDH from other hip diseases, the best accuracy was 91.40%. The plateau of the model was observed in each task after 50 000 times of training. The mean accuracy in plateaus was 95.35% (95% CI: 95.33%, 95.37%), and 90.85% (95% CI: 90.82%, 90.87%), respectively. Conclusion:The present study proves the encouraging performance of a deep transfer learning method for the first-visit classification of ONFH, DDH, and other hip diseases using the convenient and economical anteroposterior hip radiographs.

Objective:To evaluate the clinicopathological features of primary retroperitoneal paragangliomas.Methods:Data of 24 patients with retroperitoneal paragangliomas who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital from Jan 2015 to Dec 2018 was collected and analyzed.Results:Hypertension, abdominal pain/discomfort and headache were the most common complaints while 10 patients were asymptomatic and were diagnosed accidently in routine body examination. Tumor size ranged from 3.4-13.0 cm (6.9±2.5) cm, and all the tumors were located in the vicinity of abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava. All the patients received surgical treatment. Intraoperative blood pressure fluctuations were significantly correlated with prolonged operation time, more blood loss, more blood transfusion and prolonged length of stay (all P<0.05). The median follow-up time was 29 months and 1 patient died from tumor recurrence and progression. The other patients have had a tumor free survival. Conclusions:Surgical resection was the principal treatment of primary paraganglioma. Preoperative assessment was very important for perioperative safety.

Objective:To compare the biomechanical properties of triangular supporting fixation and Gamma nail fixation for intertrochanteric fractures of the femur.Methods:The femoral CT imaging data provided by a healthy adult male volunteer aged 40 years, height 172 cm, and weight 75 kg were used to reconstruct the femur model using Mimics 21.0 software and Geomagics 2013 software. Evans type I intertrochanteric fracture models were established using UG12.0 software, and Gamma nail and triangular supporting intramedullary nail models were reconstructed to simulate intertrochanteric fracture internal fixation, respectively. In Abaqus software, two internal fixation models of Gamma nail and triangular supporting intramedullary nail in standing state are simulated, and the stress peaks of the main nail, fixation screw and bone substance were collected, also the stress peak of supporting screw of the triangular supporting intramedullary nail is obtained. Additionally, the maximum displacement of the fracture model fixed by Gamma nail and triangular supporting intramedullary nail is measured.Results:Under the load of 1 200 N, the peak stress of the two fracture internal fixation models was located in the main nail, in which the peak stress of the triangular supporting intramedullary nail was 233.73 MPa, which was 11.9% lower than that of the Gamma nail (265.21 MPa); the peak stress of the fixation screw was located in the contact area between the pressure screw and the main nail, which was 23.2% lower in triangular supporting intramedullary nail than that of the Gamma nail (138.86 MPa vs. 180.75 MPa); the peak stress of the bone model was located in the medial cortex of the femur, which was 61.67 MPa and 32.38 MPa, respectively, 47.5% lower in the triangular supporting intramedullary nail than that of the Gamma nail; the peak stress of the supporting screw in the triangular supporting intramedullary nail was 92.04 MPa. The maximum displacement of the fracture model fixed with triangular supporting intramedullary nail was 17.34 mm, which was 10.5% less than the maximum displacement of the fracture model fixed with Gamma nail (19.37 mm). Conclusion:Compared with Gamma nail, triangular supporting intramedullary nail fixation can significantly improve the stability of intertrochanteric fractures and stress distribution as well as reduce stress peak and stress concentration area, which is helpful to improve the efficacy of intertrochanteric fractures.