Humans ; Rectal Fistula ; surgery ; therapy

Humans ; Rectal Neoplasms ; surgery

Animals ; Aortitis ; pathology ; Biopsy ; Dendritic Cells ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Giant Cell Arteritis ; drug therapy ; etiology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Glucocorticoids ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Interleukin-12 ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; Polymyalgia Rheumatica ; pathology ; Temporal Arteries ; pathology

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of combination of echocardiography with electrocardiography for coronary artery lesions(CAL) in Kawasaki disease(KD).Methods Seventy eight children with KD received echocardiographic and electrocardiographic examination.Seventy eight cases were divided into 3 groups according to the results of echocardiogram.Results CAL was discovered in 45 cases and 32 cases with coronary artery dilation,the other 13 cases with coronary artery aneurysm among them.Abnormal electrocardiogram was found in 16 cases.ratio of abnormal electrocardiogram was higher in CAL group than that in normal coronary artery group(P

Chronic Disease ; Constipation ; surgery ; Humans

Acupuncture Therapy ; Aged ; Aging ; Hair Color ; Humans ; Male

Objective To investigate the effects of catheter balloon dilatation on patients with dysphagia caused by neurogenic cricopharyngeal achalasia.Methods Thirty-two patients with dysphagia caused by neurogenic cricopharyngeal achalasia were divided randomly into a treatment group (n =16) and a control group (n =16).The treatment group received catheter balloon dilatation therapy and routine dysphagia rehabilitation training; the control group was treated with routine dysphagia rehabilitation training only.Both groups were tested before treatment,after 3 weeks of treatment (after treatment) and at 6 months after treatment (follow-up).All cases were evaluated using Saitoh's 7-grade swallowing assessment and videofluoroscopy.Results After treatment,5 cases in the treatment group had been cured (31％) and 8 cases showed marked effectiveness (50％) ; in the control group,1 case was cured (7％) and 5 cases showed marked effectiveness (31％).These differences were statistically significant.At follow-up,5 cases in the treatment group had been cured (31％) and 9 cases showed marked effectiveness (56％) ; for the control group,1 case was cured (7％) and 6 cased showed marked effectiveness (38％).Those differences were also statistically significant.After treatment and also at follow-up,the average time for a bolus to pass the pharynx in the treatment group was significantly shorter than that in the control group.Conclusion Catheter balloon dilatation therapy is effective for treating neurogenic cricopharyngeal achalasia in both the short and long term.

AIM: To compare the effects of different surgeries in the treatment of angle closure glaucoma with cataract and the improvement of quality of life.METHODS: The clinical data of 60 cases (60 eyes) with angle closure glaucoma and cataract who were admitted to the hospital between January 2014 and October 2016 were collected.According to the surgical method, they were divided into the control group (simple trabeculectomy, n=28) and the observation group (trabeculectomy combined with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation, n=32).The changes of visual acuity and intraocular pressure before and after surgery were compared between the two groups.The incidence of postoperative complications was statistically analyzed, and the quality of life was compared between the two groups.RESULTS: Before surgery, there was no significant difference in visual acuity, intraocular pressure and anterior chamber depth between the two groups (P>0.05).At 4wk after surgery, the visual acuity of two groups increased and intraocular pressure decreased.The anterior chamber depth of observation group increased while that of the control group decreased (P<0.05).At 4wk after surgery, the visual acuity and anterior chamber depth of observation group were higher than that of the control group but intraocular pressure was lower than that of control group (P<0.05).The success rate of surgery and the opening rate of chamber angle after surgery in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P>0.05).The incidence of postoperative complications in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (P<0.05).Before surgery, there was no statistically significant difference in quality of life score between the two groups (P>0.05).At 4wk and 3mo after surgery, the scores of the two groups increased (P<0.05), and the quality of life scores of observation group were higher than those of the control group at different time (P< 0.05).CONCLUSION: The success rate of trabeculectomy combined with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation is high in the treatment of angle closure glaucoma with cataract.The regimen can improve the visual function, reduce the incidence of postoperative complications, and improve the quality of life of patients.

There is immense interest in the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids(LC-PUFAs) on account of their health-beneficial properties.There has been considerable interest in the production of LC-PUFAs in transgenic plants to provide a cheap,sustainable and clean source of these fatty acids.Several main LC-PUFAs,their roles and metabolic pathway in plant are introducedbriefly,progresses on biosynthesis of LC-PUFAs in transgenic plant are reviewed,and strategies for improving the yields of LC-PUFAs in plant are also discussed.

Many unusual fatty acids present in the seed oils of non-food plants are modified at the ?12 position either by the addition of epoxy or hydroxy groups or by the formation of triple (acetylenic) bonds or conjugated double bonds. The introduction of these functionalities into C18 fatty acids is catalyzed by a family of divergent forms of the fatty-acid ?12-desaturase (FAD2) enzyme. Genes encoding these enzymes have now been cloned from a variety of organisms and expressed in transgenic oilseeds. However,the accumulation of the intended fatty acids in transgenic plants has been relatively disappointing,and the mechanisms of these unusual fatty acids biosynthesis and transferring from phosphatidylcholine into storage triacylglycerols still need to be elucidated.