Purpose To observe the curative effect of acupuncture on female urethral syndrome. Method A treatment group of 30 patients were treated with acupuncture at points Zhongji ( CV 3 ), Zusanli ( ST 36), Sanyinjiao ( SP 6), Shenshu ( BL 23 ), Pangguangshu ( BL28), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhaohai (KI 6) and Zhonglushu ( BL 29). A control group of 28 patients were treated with capsule Norfloxacini and capsule Cystocaps.Results Of the treatment group, 26 patients had effectiveness and 4 had ineffectiveness; of the control group,2 patients had effectiveness and 26 had ineffectiveness.There was a significant difference in effective rate between the two groups (P＜0.01). Conclusion The curative effect of acupuncture on female urethral syndrome is better than that of routine treatment.

Objective To assess the screening capacity of Ezscan for abnormal glucose metabolism .Methods A total of 1 732 permanent residents of Chongqing city underwent physical examination from August 2013 to August 2014 were selected as subjects ,questionnair survey ,physical examination and Ezscan measurement were performed .Additionally ,the levels of fasting blood‐glucose(FPG) ,OGTT 2h blood glucose ,HbA1c and serum lipid were detected .Results The prevalence rate of abnormal glucose metabolism for residents with high Ezscan score was higher than that in those with low Ezscan score .The AUC of Ezscan screening for abnormal glucose metabolism was 0 .616 ,the optimum diagnosis tangent point was 24 .0% ,the sensitivity was 67 .0% .The optimum diagnosis tangent point of FPG was 5 .5 mmol/L for abnormal glucose metabolism ,the sensitivity and speci‐ficity was 70 .5% and 61 .7% respectively ,and the AUC was 0 .824 .The sensitivity of FPG for screening abnormal glucose metabo‐lism was 47 .2% ,when the cut‐off value of FPG was 6 .1 mmol/L .Conclusion The sensitivity of Ezscan for screening abnormal glucose metabolism is higher than that of FPG (when the cut‐off value was 6 .1 mmol/L) ,Ezscan can be used as an efficiency meth‐od for early detection of abnormal glucose metabolism in the asymptomatic population .

Objective To study the value of PSADT in predicting the prognosis and the possibility of disease progression for patients with prostate cancer after MAB therapy.Methods Based on the retrospective review of the history and the follow-up of 159 prostate cancer patients,who received MAB therapy in our department from January 1994 to December 2010,PSADT values were calculated and survival analysis was performed.The ages at diagnosis ranged from 54 to 90 years with a median of 74 years.The pretreatment PSA value ranged from 2.6 to 275.0 μg/L with a median of 46.8 μg/L.The patients of Gleason score ≤6,7 and ≥8 constituted 27.7％,42.1％ and 25.2％,respectively.Only 26.4％ of the patients were staged as T1N0M0-T2N0M0 and the others had locally advanced disease or metastasis.A multivariate analysis with a Cox's proportional hazard model was used and the disease progression rates in different PSADT groups were also compared.Chi-square test and Log-rank test were applied in statistic analysis.Results The 159 patients received follow-up with a median period of 28 months (6-126 m).The median PSADT of these 159 patients was 5.7 months (0.5-21.0 m).The 3-year and 5-year survival for the 71 patients,whose PSADT were not less than 6 months,were 89.4％ and 47.6％ respectively,compared with 49.8％ and 30.6％ for the other 88 patients whose PSADT were less than 6 months.The survivals were significantly different between the two groups (P ＜ 0.01).It was confirmed by a further multivariate analysis with a Cox' s proportional hazard model that PSADT was one of the predictive factors of the prognosis of these prostate cancer patients with a hazard ratio of 2.6 (P ＜ 0.01).Moreover,disease progression were found in 19.7％ of the PSADT≥6 m group during the follow-up compared with 63.6％ in the PSADT ＜6 m group.The disease progression rates were also significantly different (P ＜ 0.0 l).Conclusions PSADT can be used to predict the prognosis of patients with prostate cancer after the MAB therapy.The survival for the patients,whose PSADT are not less than 6 months,is higher than those whose PSADT less than 6 months.Meanwhile,PSADT can predict the possibility of disease progression after MAB treatment.

Objective To investigate if distribution of stone composition and onset age in the upper urinary tract changed during the past 12 years in China.Methods There were 1 878 urolithiasis patients of the upper urinary tract in our hospital from 2003 to 2014 enrolled in present cross-sectional study.There were 1 300 male and 578 female patients with a median onset age of 46 (6-95) years.Stone composition was measured by infrared spectrophotometry.All the patients were divided into 3 groups according to the onset year:Year 2003-2006,Year 2007-2010 and Year 2011-2014.The distributions of stone types were compared among the 3 groups.Age and gender were included as potential confounders.Chi square test,P trend test,Kruskal-Wallis test and logistic regression were employed in the statistical analysis.Results Calcium oxalate was the most common type with a dominant proportion of 78.1％ (1 466/1 878),while uric acid had a small proportion of 4.8％ (91/1 878).The proportions of uric acid in the 3 groups were 2.7％ (12/441),5.1％ (39/758) and 5.9％ (40/679),showing an increasing trend (P ＜0.05).Multivariate analysis showed that year group was independently correlated with the proportion of uric acid,with an OR of 1.385 (95％ CI,1.027-1.867).From 2003 to 2014,the proportion of uric acid calculus increased by 0.42％ (95％ CI,0.25％-0.59％) annually.The median ages of disease onset were 43,46 and 49 years respectively in those three groups,also showing an increasing trend with time (P ＜0.01).Conclusion From 2003 to 2014,the proportion of uric acid and onset age in patients of upper urinary tract calculi were increased in the present cohort.

Objective To investigate the proportion , risk factors and tendency of change of stone composition in recurrent urolithiasis .Methods Eighty-five recurrent urolithiasis patients from 2002 to 2014 were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study .There were 61 male and 24 female patients with a median age of 51 (21-89) years at initial events.Among those patients, 70 had two events, 12 had three events, and 3 had more than 3 events.Compositions of initial and recurrent stones were measured by infrared spectrophotometry.Stone type, recurrence interval and recurrence frequency were studied as potential risk factors for composition change . Chi square test and logistic regression analysis were employed in the statistical analysis.Results Stone composition changed during recurrence in 26 patients ( 30.6%) . Univariate analysis showed the risk ratio of composition change in the patients with recurrence interval of 1-5 years was 0.518 (95%CI, 0.277-0.967, P<0.05) when compared with those of less than 1 year or more than 5 years.Logistic regression analysis showed the odds ratio of recurrence interval of 1-5 years was 0.231 (95%CI, 0.075-0.707, P=0.010).The mutual conversion between calcium oxalate and infection stones was mostly observed when stone composition changed during recurrence .Twenty percent of calcium oxalate stones changed to infection stones and 29.2% of infection stones changed to calcium oxalate .
Conclusions Stone composition changes in about one third patients of recurrent urolithiasis .The mutual conversion between calcium oxalate and infection stones is the most common change .Recurrence interval is an independent risk factor to predict composition change .Repeated stone analysis should be suggested to patients with recurrent interval of less than 1 year or more than 5 years.

Asymptomatic cerebral artery stenosis (aCAS) is closely associated with cognitive impairment, which can lead to multiple cognitive domain impairments, thereby affecting the behavior and daily life of patients. This article reviews the main involved cognitive domains, injury mechanisms, and treatment in different types of aCAS, with the aim of increasing attention to aCAS, early clinical intervention, and delaying cognitive deterioration.

Objective Articular cartilage injury is one of the most common orthopedic diseases with high morbidity and morbidity,especially in the elderly. Articular cartilage injury causes degenerative changes of articular cartilage, such as osteoarthritis, which can lead to disability, pain during joint movement and deformation of bone and joint. The prevalence of osteoarthritis accounts for 10% ～12% of the total population in the world. It is a common disease. The prevalence of osteoarthritis has increased to 49. 7% for the elderly aged over 65 years old ( Statistics of the World Health Organization ( who) in 2010 show that with the development of social aging and obesity and other adverse factors,these figures will continue to rise. It is known that osteoarthritis is related to aging,trauma,genetic susceptibility,obesity and inflammation,but the specific cause of osteoarthritis has not been fully identified, which leads to many obstacles in clinical treatment of osteoarthritis. At present,most of the clinical and research work in this field is focused on the restoration of cartilage trauma. In this review, we summarize and discuss the methods of cartilage defect repair,as well as the hot spots and directions of future research work.

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of pneumoconiosis patients and the basic status of medical treatment. Methods: Research objects were chosen by stratified sampling method and typical survey method from existing pneumoconiosis patients in China. The survey was carried out from March 2017 to January 2018 in nine provinces including provinces from east, medium and western region in China. Source of pneumoconiosis cases were inpatient cases, outpatient or physical-examined cases and household-investigation cases. The survey mainly included demographic and sociological characteristics, economic status, occupational history and dust exposure history, disease status, work-related injury insurance and social security status and related indicators of pneumoconiosis treatment. Results: Investigated 1037 pneumoconiosis cases which included 186 (19.9%) household-investigation cases, 212 (20.4%) outpatient or physical-examined cases and 639 (61.7%) inpatient cases. Demographic and sociological characteristics, individual monthly income, economic source, occupational history and work-related injury insurance were statistically significant among different source of pneumoconiosis patients (P<0.05) . Among all of the household-investigation cases, there were 74 cases (40.2%) had no income, 117 cases (62.9%) used to work in private enterprises, 36 cases (19.4%) had work-related injuries insurance, 95 cases (51.1%) were at three phase of pneumoconiosis, 108 cases (59.0%) haven't had any drugs for pneumoconiosis. 65 cases (39.4%) haven't went to the clinic, 53 cases (28.5%) hadn't seek medical advice although they needed medical treatment very much. Among all of the outpatient or physical-examined cases, there were 95 cases (46.1%) had no income, 36 cases (17.0%) had work-related injuries Insurance, 139 cases (65.6%) went to the clinic for treatment of pneumoconiosis, 81 cases (38.2%) went to the clinic for more than ten times. Among all the inpatient cases, 310 cases' (49.3%) personal monthly income was above 2000 yuan, 352 cases (55.1%) had work-related injuries Insurance, 588 cases (92.2%) were taking drugs for treatment of pneumoconiosis, 153 canses (24.2%) had hospitalization for than ten times. Conclusion Household-investigation cases have lower economic conditions, lower rates of Insurance coverage for work-related injuries, severer pneumoconiosis and higher clinical service utilization. Clinical or physical-examined cases have lower economic conditions, lower rates of Insurance coverage for work-related injuries and higher clinical service utilization. Hospitalized cases have better economic conditions, higher rates of insurance coverage for work-related injuries and higher hospitalization service utilization.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of angiogenesis inhibitor combined with erlotinib versus erlotinib alone in the targeted treatment of epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)-mutated advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma. Methods:A computer-based online search was performed using PubMed,Cochrane Library,Excerpta Medica Database(Embase),Web of Science,VIP,China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),and WANFANG databases.The retrieval time is from the establishment of the database to March 2022.After literature screening and rigorous data extraction,Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 software.The primary endpoints of this study were median progression free survival(mPFS),median overall survival(mOS),objective response rate(ORR)and safety. Results:A total of 11 articles containing data of 3 805 patients was included in this study.Meta-analysis results showed that compared with the treatment of erlotinib alone(control group),the treatment of angiogenesis inhibitors combined with erlotinib(experimental group)could effectively improve the mPFS[hazard ratio(HR)=0.64,95％confidence interval(CI)=0.58-0.70,P＜0.000 01]and ORR[odds ratio(OR)=1.2 5,95％CI=1.02-1.54,P=0.03]in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients,while it did not show an advantage in improving mOS(HR=0.91,95％CI=0.78-1.07,P=0.26)and the difference was not statistically significant.In terms of safety,adverse events(AE)of grade 3 and above are higher in experimental group than that in control group(OR=2.09,95％CI=1.70-2.58,P＜0.00001),the experimental group had a higher rate of hypertension(OR=5.48,95％CI=2.78-1 0.8,P＜0.000 01),dermatitis acneiform and rash(OR=2.27,95％CI=1.33-3.89,P=0.003),diarrhea(OR=3.78,95％CI=2.13-6.69,P＜0.000 01),and proteinuria(OR=5.71,95％CI=1.73-18.82,P=0.004).There was no statistically significant difference in bleeding events(OR=1.37,95％CI=0.79-2.38,P=0.26)or hepatic injury(OR=1.08,95％CI=0.77-1.52,P=0.65)between the 2 groups. Conclusion:Compared with erlotinib alone,the combination of angiogenesis inhibitors could effectively improve the ORR and mPFS in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer.However,the combination of angiogenesis inhibitors with erlotinib increased the incidence of several grade 3 treatment-related AE,such as hypertension,dermatitis acneiform and rash,diarrhea,and proteinuria,compared to erlotinib treatment alone.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between interleukin-6(IL-6) polymorphism and susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) and clinical prognosis after hepatitis B. Methods: From September 2016 to September 2017, 100 patients with HCC after hepatitis B admitted to Linfen People's Hospital were selected as the observation group, and 100 healthy people were selected as the control group.Peripheral blood samples of the two groups were collected.IL-6 gene polymorphisms were detected to explore the relationship between IL-6 gene polymorphisms and the risk of HCC after hepatitis B. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the risk factors of clinical prognosis in patients with HCC after hepatitis B. Results: The genotype C/T, T/T ratio and allele T ratio of IL-6 rs13419896 locus in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(all P<0.05). The C/C genotype of occasional smoking was used as the reference.The risk ratio of HCC was 1.92, the risk ratio of combined family history of HCC was 2.01, the risk ratio of frequent smoking was 2.16.Family history of HCC (P=0.023) and rs13419896(T/T)(P=0.017) were independent risk factors for death, metastasis or recurrence. Conclusion IL-6 gene rs13419896 carrying T gene is a risk factor for HCC, and genotype(T/T) is a risk factor for poor prognosis in HCC patients.