OBJECTIVETo study the applied value of double joystick technique in reduction-internal fixation for femoral shaft fracture in adults.

METHODSThirty-four patients (24 males and 10 females) with femoral shaft fractures were treated with reduction assisted by double joystick technique and internal fixation with interlocking intramedullary nail from September 2010 to June 2013. The average age of the patients was 41 years old, ranged from 17 to 65 years old. The duration of the disease course ranged from 3 to 7 days, with a mean of 5 days. The fractures belonged to AO types 32A (5 cases), 32B (20 cases) and 32C (9 cases) and located in left femur for 18 patients and right femur for 16 patients. The patients were followed up, and fracture healing and complications were observed. The curative effect were evaluated according to Thorsen femur fracture evaluation standard.

RESULTSThe operative time ranged from 40 to 110 min (mean 75 min) and intraoperative blood loss ranged from 200 to 300 ml (mean 250 ml). All the patients obtained a good fracture reduction and were followed up for 12 to 24 months (mean 18 months) after the surgery. All the fractures united between 4 and 8 months with a mean of 5 months. No complications such as breakage of nail, infection, osteofascial compartment syndrome, refracture and fracture malunion were found. According to Thorsen femur fracture evaluation standard, 30 patients obtained an excellent result, 3 good and 1 fair.

CONCLUSIONIn surgery of reduction-internal fixation for femoral shaft fracture in adults, the use of double joystick technique obtains good reduction result, short operative time, less injury, high healing rate of bone fractures, less complications and good limbs function, so it is worthy of popularizing in clinic.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Bone Nails ; Female ; Femoral Fractures ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary ; instrumentation ; methods ; Fracture Healing ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult

Drug Industry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Holistic Health ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; United States ; United States Food and Drug Administration

Drug Industry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; United States ; United States Food and Drug Administration

The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) literature database of jaundice is an important means of the realization of the standardization and digitalization of TCM liver disease syndrome differentiation and treatment.
This article analyzed the background of jaundice literature database and its establishment and significance . The building of TCM jaundice database was described in this paper from literature data source, TCM jaundice the-saurus, literature collection and analysis. A brief introduction was made on contents of the database and the function. Deficiencies of the literature database such as the standardization, quality, daily maintenance, talent and team training were also explained .

Evidence-Based Medicine ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Objective To investigate the efficacy of tamsulosin in the distal ureter calculi expelling after ureteroscopic lithotripsy. Methods A total of 120 patients with distal ureteral calculi were enrolled and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group with 60 patients in each group. Patients in the observation group received tamsulosin and traditional treatment ( including liquid impact therapy,anti-inflammatory and analgesia) ,while patients in the control group received placebo and traditional treatment after operation. The number of colic episodes,lower urinary tract symptoms,analgesic dosage,and time of calculus removing were recorded and all the data were statistically analysed through software SPSS 13. 0. Results There was no singinificant difference between the two groups in the rate of calculus removing (P>0. 05), but it took less time in the observation group (P<0. 05). In addition, it was of less low urinary tract symptoms, low-er rate of analgesic usage and colic episodes in the observation group with statistically significant differences compared with the control group (P<0. 05). Conclusion The application of tamsulosin after ureteroscopic lithotripsy can reduce the rate of colic episodes and analgesic dosage and time of calculus removing.

Objective To create a new drying surgical instruments drying cabinet for the drying equipment with some technical short-comings and without widely used. Methods The air cleanliness,temperature and speed of special properties in the process of drying surgical instruments were study to create a new technology of drying cabinet for surgical instruments with a low cost,advanced features and the maneu-verability. Results A new type of dry prototype for surgical instruments was successfully developed and tested with heating and drying,the average heating time and the shortest processing time under 70 ℃ were 5. 1 min and 15. 6 min,respectively,the average heating time and the shortest processing time under 90℃ were 7. 8 min and 14. 2 min,respectively,which has more advantages than traditional drying equipment. Conclusion The new surgical instruments drying cabinet has a high application value and good prospect of industrialization,which can be the basic equipment for CSSD and operating departments of hospital.

Objective To develop a equipment of vehicular multifunctional water,and the problem of water in disaster medical rescue was solved. Methods According to the features of the field water in earthquakes,floods and other disasters,a kind of disaster relief in the wild integrated production,supplying softening water and water purification technology was created,and a system by the pretreatment system, ion exchange,reverse osmosis systems,and storage and transportation system and other parts of the small truck-mounted multifunctional water treatment equipment was developed. Results The vehicular prototypes of multifunctional water treatment machine was developed,the pond water and river water were tested to prove that the throughput of the equipment in production and supply in the land of disaster relief,the puri-fied water and softening water reached 2 080 L/day and 12 100 L/day,which could meet the conducted large-scale medical treatment de-mand. Conclusion The successful design of the vehicular multifunctional water processor carried out the medical rescue with water prob-lem,and provided a new method and new equipment,which was worthy of popularization and application.

Objective To investigate the distribution, isolation and culture of the epidermal stem cells from rats. Methods Immnohistochemical methods were used to confirm the location of the epidermal stem cells. The skin of neonatal rats were dissociated into single cells by dispaseⅡ and trypsin solution,the rapidly adherent cells to collgenⅣ were cultured with KSFM,and those no rapidly adherent cells were regarded as control. Immunohistology and flow cytometry were conducted to identify the epidermal stem cells. Results ? 6-integrin and K15 were expressed in the basal layer cells and hair follicle bulge cells, while the CD71 was negative negatively expressed. CD34 were expressed in the hair follicle bulge cells while not in the basal layer cells. The epidermal stem cells isolated by collgenⅣ had higher colony forming efficiency. Immunocytochemical staining showed that ? 6-integrin and K15 were strongly expressed in the cultured epidermal stem cells. Flow cytometry indicated that 84% cultured epidermal stem cells were expressed ? 6-integrin. Conclusion The epidermal stem cells of rats are located at the basal layer of epidermis and the hair follicle bulge.

Objective: To explore the relationship between lower extremity atherosclerosis disease (LEAD) and cardiovascular risk factors in elder people.
Methods: A total of 700 consecutive patients receive lower extremity Color Doppler ultrasound in our hospital from 2013-05 to 2014-11 were investigated. The patients were divided into 3 age groups: Young and middle group, n=83, Elder group, n=377 and Senile group, n=240. Based on ultrasound scoring system, the patients were divided into 4 groups: Normal group, n=112, Mild atherosclerosis (Mild) group, n=81, Moderate group, n=466 and Severe group, n=41. The cardiovascular risk factors among different groups were compared.
Results: Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that age, smoking, history of diabetes, uric acid (UA), ankle-brachial index (ABI) were the independent risk factors for LEAD (B=0.144, 1.496, 0.963, 0.004, -2.510; 95% CI: 1.120-1.190, 2.257-8.824, 1.456-4.716, 1.001-1.007, 0.012-0.534;P=0.000, 0.000, 0.001, 0.006, 0.009 respectively. Ordinal logistic regression analysis indicated that age, male gender, smoking, ABI, UA, history of hypertension were related to the severity of atherosclerosis (B=0.130, 0.737, 0.592, -3.365, 0.003, 0.735; 95% CI: 0.097-0.162, 0.222-1.252, 0.052-1.132, -4.674 to -2.055, 0.001-0.005, 0.313-1.157;P=0.000, 0.005, 0.032, 0.000, 0.005, 0.001 respectively. Compared with Young and Middle groups, Elder and Senile groups had increased rates of moderate and severe arteriosclerotic lesions; compared with Elder group, Senile group presented the higher incidence of moderate and severe lesions, allP<0.01. With elevated age, the severity score of LEAD increased accordingly,P<0.01.
Conclusion: Lower extremity atherosclerosis lesions were more severe in elder patient, and it was particularly severe in senile patients.