Objective To study the corelation of mucosal involvement and corticosteroid dosage in the control of bullous pemphigoid(BP). Methods One hundred and three in-patients with bullous pemphigoid hospitalized during 1988 - 2002 were retrospectively analyzed for their mean corticosteroid dosage for controlling the disease and the duration for complete relieving the skin lesions, as well as the duration to start corticosteroid tapering. All the patients were divided into two groups: group A (37 cases) with mucosal involvement and group B (66 cases) without mucosal involvement. Results The mean corticosteroid dosage used to control the disease in group A was much higher than that in group B (t = 3.488, P 0.05). Conclusion Patients with mucosal involvement require a higher dosage of corticosteroids to control the disease.

Purpose To investigate the imaging features of lumbar spinal epidural angiolipoma, and to improve the imaging diagnostic capability of the disease. Materials and Methods Four patients with lumbar spinal epidural angiolipoma confirmed by pathology were recruited in the study. CT and MRI images were reviewed and the imaging characteristics including the shape, size, location, density, and signal intensity were analyzed. Results The lesions located at the right front of the spinal canal in two cases, at the left front in one case, and the residual one case located directly behind the spinal canal. The longitudinal axis of the lesions paralleled to the longitudinal axis of the spine. The dura mater spinalis was compressed and inward shifted. All of the four cases showed homogeneous iso- or hypo-density on CT without calcification or necrosis in the lesions. The maximum diameter was 3 to 5 cm. The boundary was clear and smooth. Three lesions showed dumbbell-shaped and crossed foramen, but the adjacent bone were not absorbed or destructed. One lesion showed scallop-like. On MRI, four cases displayed slightly hypointense on T1WI and hyperintense on T2WI. On STIR images, the lesions showed hyperintense with patchy low signal intensity in it. The boundary of the lesions was clear. After administration of contrast media, two lesions presented remarkably homogeneous enhancement, one lesion showed dual tail sign, and one lesion displayed pen-tip-like at the both ends. Conclusion MRI plays an important role in locating the lesion and distinguishing internal tissue components of spinal angiolipoma, which is the gold standard for the diagnosis of the tumor. CT provides excellent supplement. The Combination of CT and MRI will improve the diagnostic accuracy of the spinal angiolipoma.

Objective: To observe the changes of heart rate and the contents of angiotensin Ⅱ(AngⅡ) in blood plasma in ventricular tachycardia(VT) rats with electro-acupuncture(EA) on ‘daling’(PC7). Methods: 40 SD rats were randomly divided into normal, model, treatment and control groups with 10 cases in each. VT model was duplicated by inject CsCl in femoral vein. To observe the rats’ electrocardiogram (ECG) and record their heart rates. EA was applied to‘daling’ (PC7) on treatment group and applied to‘Taiyuan’ (LU9) on control group for 5 minutes. Then, we detected the contents of AngⅡ in the rats’blood plasma respectively. Results: The heart rate and contents of AngⅡin rat increased obviously in model group were (547?30) time/min and (353.21?49.12)pg/mL). They restored to the normal state after EA ‘daling’ (PC7) are(474?25)time/min and(268.44?47.49)pg/ mL.But the effect was not obvious in ‘Taiyuan’ (LU9). Conclusion VT rat heart can be prompted to restore to the normal state after EA ‘daling’(PC7); AngⅡ played an important role in VT.

Objective To develop the measuring system used for the parameters of onboard oxygen supply equipment in the hypobaric chamber. Methods The programmable controller was applied to acquisition, processing and analysis of the data from the sensor. The host computer was used to accomplish control and information display. Results The system could display the parameters through digital, simulating meters, and recording curve. The numerical value in the recording curve was marked by the date and time. All data were saved in the computer for futural analysis and procession. Conclusion The measurement system of oxygen supply parameters can satisfy the desired requirements for the performance and precision.

Objective To analyze the therapeutic effect of Masquelet technique in the treatment of bone defects.Methods From January 2008 to December 2014,20 patients with bone defects were treated by Masquelet technique.There were 15 males and 5 females,from 18 to 69 years of age (average,38.4 years).Four cases had open bone defects and 16 infectious ones.At the first stage,radical debridement of the bone defects and soft tissue was conducted via conventional approaches.The bone defects ranged from 2 to 9 cm,averaging 6.1 cm.At the second stage,internal fixation was applied in 18 cases and external fixation in 2.The interval from the second stage to the first stage operation ranged from 6 to 23 weeks (average,11.5 weeks).The healing of bone defects and the functional recovery of adjacent joint were evaluated by Paley scoring at the last follow-up.Results The 20 patients were followed up for 12 to 50 months (average,19.7 months) after the second stage operation.All the patients obtained uneventful wound healing and control of infection after the first stage operation except the one with infectious defects who had to receive 2 operations to control the infection at the first stage operation.At the second stage operation,obvious injury and defect of the induced membrane occurred in 4 cases.All the patients achieved clinical healing of bone defects after 3 to 6 months (average,4.8 months).The bone defect healing was graded as excellent in all.After bone healing,all the patients resumed weight-bearing activities,with no breakage or infection of fixators,or recurrence of infection.By the Paley scoring at the last follow-up,the functional recovery of the adjacent joint was excellent in 8 cases,good in 10 and fair in 2,yielding an excellent and good rate of 90.0％.Conclusion As a kind of modified free bone grafting,Masquelet technique has advantages of simplicity,limited complications,a high rate of healing,and good control of bone infection.

Objective To compare the clinical results of percutaneous compression plating (PCCP)and Trigen short reconstruction intramedullary nail for intertrochanteric hip fractures. Methods During 2005 and 2008, the patients suffered with AO/OTA Al and A2 intertrochanteric hip fractures were divided into two groups; 36 fractures were treated with PCCP and 48 fractures with Trigen short reconstruction nail.During an average of (16.3±3.2) months follow-up, clinical evaluation involved visual analogue scale(VAS)score for pain in the 1st week, the 1st month, the 3rd month, the 6th month and the 12th month, and a Harris hip score one year post operation. Radiographs were examined for fracture healing-time, displacement scale of the neck screws and fracture impaction scale. All the complication in both groups was recorded. Results There were no difference in blood loss and operation time in both groups. The postoperative pain was significantly lower in the PCCP group in the initial three months after the surgery. Larger scale of fracture impaction and screw telescoping were seen in PCCP group. Also shorter healing time, higher Harris score results were achieved in PCCP group than those of Trigen short reconstruction nail group. Four peri-implant fractures occurred in Trigen short reconstruction nail group, which included one in the greater trochanter and three in the femoral shaft, but only one case need revision for bone displacement. In PCCP group, it was found that the superior neck screw was slightly displaced for tendency to cut-out in one patient. Conclusion Both PCCP and Trigen short reconstruction intramedullary nail can be successfully used to treat Al and A2 intertrochanteric hip fractures with minimal invasive technique. And the PCCP showed more rapid pain relief and bone healing, easily bony reduction and fewer complications.

Objective Metabonomics method based gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS)were used to analyze the urine samples of patients with hyperlipidemic pancreatitis (HLP) to describe the characteristics of metabolism changes of HLP,identify potential biomarkers,and investigate the role of metabonomics study in the management of AP.Methods 24 patients of HLP and 40 age,sex matched volunteers were enrolled and their urine samples were collected.The urine samples underwent preparation,derivation and GC/MS analysis,Orthogonal-Projection to Latent Structures-Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA)were performed to detect the metabolic profile difference between the HLP and control group.Results HLP patients can be precisely distinguished from healthy controls.21 metabolites (credibility ＞ 700 ) were identified using the reference compounds available in the libraries of NIST and Wiley.It was identified that levels of nicotinic acid,aconitie acid,citric acid,hippurie acid,hydroxyphenylacetic acid,hydroxyphenylpropionicacid were decreased,while the levels of tryptophan,tyrosine,tyramine,16-hexadecanoic acid,18octadecanoie acid were increased.It was also suggested that there was change in tricarboxylic acid cycle and gut bacterial flora,as well as fat metabolism and metabolism of amino acid.Conclusions There are differences between healthy controls and HLP patients in the term of GC/MS metabolic profiling,and the biomarkers in the metabolites could be found through metabonomics analysis,and the mechanisms of the metabolic changes could be explored.It was noted that the research of metabolites in the urine samples may be a useful tool to help diagnose and understand the pathogenesis of HLP.Metabonomics analysis is a promising research method.

Medical imaging is an interdisciplinary subject closely related to clinical and pathological subject. Its clinical reading skills' training has become the focus of postgraduate teaching. In the process of clinical teaching, the interactive reading mode of problem-based learning (PBL) combined with multi-disci-plinary team (MDT) was introduced into clinical reading meeting. The tutors chose the reading cases proved by pathology; designed in-depth issues step by step for execution of PBL teaching; guided postgraduates to delineate imaging signs and propose the diagnostic results, evidences and differential diagnoses according to the step from localizing to qualitative and then to pathological diagnosis;then guided postgraduates to attend in-depth case analysis of MDT and analyze the correlation or inconsistency between the imaging diagnosis and clinical and pathological diagnosis; exercise document retrieval and verbalization, multimedia design, and writing level of the records of the reading cases and papers. The interactive reading mode of PBL com-bined with MDT has achieved significant effects, which is worthy of further exploration and promotion.

Objective To investigate the correlations between P53 expression and clinicopathologic factors and prognosis of Luminal breast cancer.Methods From January 2009 to December 2012,a total of 283 patients with Luminal breast cancer in the Shanghai General Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong Univer-sity were included.P53 expressions of them were assayed by immunohistochemistry.Survival analysis was applied using Kaplan-Meier curve and Log-rank test.Single factor analysis and mutiple-factor analysis were applied using Cox proportional hazard regression model.Results The rate of P53 expression was associated with tumor size (χ2 =6.285,P =0.043),lymph node metastasis (χ2 =15.881,P =0.000),histological grade (χ2 =8.132,P =0.043)and Ki-67 (χ2 =6.476,P =0.039),but it was not associated with age (χ2 =0.955,P =0.328),menopausal status (χ2 =3.808,P =0.051),pathological pattern (χ2 =0.847,P =0.655),estrogen receptor (χ2 =1.867,P =0.172),progesterone receptor (χ2 =0.937,P =0.333)and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (χ2 =0.110,P =0.741 ).In all the 283 patients,the 5-year relapse-free survival rates for P53-positive group and P53-negative group were 66.7% and 90.7% respectively (χ2 =12.609,P =0.000),while the 5-year overall survival rates were 84.4% and 93.4% respectively (χ2 =4.153,P =0.042),with significant differences.In Cox mutiple-factor analysis,lymph node metastasis (HR =2.484,95%CI:1.393-4.431,χ2 =9.497,P =0.002)and P53 over-expression (HR =3.627,95%CI:1.061-12.401,χ2 =4.220,P =0.040)were independent prognostic factors for the relapse-free survival of patients with Luminal breast cancer,and lymph node metastasis (HR =3.451,95%CI:1.891-6.297,χ2 =16.290,P =0.000)and higher histological grade (HR =2.806,95%CI:1.091-7.219,χ2 =4.582,P =0.032)were independent prognostic factors for overall survival.Conclusion P53 over-expression of patients with Luminal breast cancer is associated with prognostic factors such as lymph node metastasis and histological grade,which indicates the worse prognosis.

Objective To evaluate the limit of blank (LoB),limit of detection (LoD),limit of quantitation(LoQ)and functional sensitivity (FS)of prealbumin (PA)detected by the Roche Modular P automatic biochemical analyzer.Methods According to the EP17A file of the American Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI),saline as the blank sample and a series of low con-centration samples were detected by the Roche Modular P automatic biochemical analyzer for determining LoB,LoD and LoQ.And FS was determined based on the domestic universal method .Results LoB of PA was 16.35 mg/L,LoD was 18.23 mg/L,LoQ was temporarily unable to evaluate and FS was 25.00 mg/L.The report scope and the report mode in clinic were affirmed by combi-ning with the low value of the reportable scope.Conclusion LoD of PA detected by the Roche Modular P automatic biochemical an-alyzer is established,which provides more valuable information for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Conducting the comparison of different evaluation methods determines the advantages and limitation of the practical application of different methods.