1.Aresting-state fMRI study on first-episode, treatment-naive patients with major depression disorder be-fore and after antidepressant treatment
Lili GUO ; Cheng XU ; Jie XIANG ; Xia LI ; Mingpeng GUO ; Wenhui WU ; Qiang GAO ; Junjie CHEN ; Kerang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2013;(11):646-650
Objective To examine the values of Regional Homogeneity (ReHo) in first-episode, treatment-naive patients with major depressive disorder before and after antidepressant treatment in order to explore the neural mechanism of antidepressants. Methods Twenty-five first-episode, treatment-naive patients with major depressive disorder, which met with DSM-IV diagnosis criteria underwent fMRI resting-state scans before and after 8-week antidepressant treat-ment. Paired Samples T-test was used to analysis the differences between two groups. Results The ReHo in the patient group after treatment were significantly decreased in the right medial frontal gyrus, left inferior parietal lobule, left middle temporal gyrus, left insula, right precuneus, left cingulate gyrus and posterior lobe of the cerebellum , while significantly in-creased in the right medial frontal gyrus, left medial frontal gyrus, right inferior parietal lobule, left postcentral gyrus and right middle temporal gyrus compared with before treatment. Conclusions E xtensive abnormal activity within the default mode network in the resting-state may be involved in the neuropathophylogical substrate of depression and the abnormal activity can be partly reversed by antidepressant treatment, suggesting that regional homogeneity can be used to dynamical-ly evaluate the effect of antidepressant treatment.
2.A prospective case-control study of the ERPs in depression
Yan SUN ; Li LI ; Kewen WU ; Huijun DUAN ; Weidong SHANG ; Yanfang WANG ; Juyi PENG ; Jintang MA ; Kerang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(10):904-906
Objective To explore the event-related potentials (ERPs) P300 is changeable or not before and after treatment. Methods 99 cases of patients with first onset of depression diagnosed by DSM-Ⅳ as case group,and 100 cases matched with patients as control group were collected. P300 of two groups were obtained before and after treatment for 6 weeks,12 weeks,24 weeks. T test was used to analysis the difference of indicators of P300 among groups; repeated measure analysis of variance was used to analysis the longitudinal changes. Results shorter latency of N2-P3 ( (P < 0.01 ); and lower amplitude of N2, P3, N2-P3 (P < 0. 05 ), higher amplitude of P2-tency and a upward one in N2-P3 latency in the four periods; a upward trend could also be found in P3, N2-P3 amplitude, but there were no statistical differences(P > 0. 05 ). The results of paired-samples t test: P3, N2-P3 amplitude in case group were higher after treatment for 6 weeks than before, the difference was significant (P < 0.01 ); no significant results were found in P300 latency or amplitude between the 62 cases of depression after treatment for 24 weeks and the 65 normal controls selected (P > 0. 05 ). Conclusion P300 latencies and amplitudes tend to be partly recovered after the acute treatment in patients with depression, but after the long-term therapy not clear.
3.Ureteral fistula after kidney transplantation.
Yong ZHANG ; Zhiyou HAN ; Delin GUAN ; Kerang WU ; Runyun GUAN
Chinese Journal of Surgery 2002;40(4):251-253
OBJECTIVETo study pathogeny, diagnosis and treatment of ureter fistula after renal transplantation.
METHODSThe clinical data from 30 cases after renal transplantations were analyzed.
RESULTSFour patients received conservative treatment, and 2 repairment of the fistula. Eleven patients had resection of the ureter or adjustment of the kidney, followed by the anastomosis of the ureter and bladder again. After the turning of the bladder's lamella, 13 patients were given 20 - 24 Foley's tube connecting the pelvis and bladder and nine of them were not subjected to re-anastomosis waiting for the pelvis crawling to the bladder as a tunnel. The one-year survival rates for 30 cases and kidneys was 96.7% (29/30) and 86.7% (26/30) respectively.
CONCLUSIONSThere a lot of causes for ureter which are fistula, running related to every aspect of transplantation. Early diagnosis and treatment is important to prognosis. Most patients need reanastomosis. According to the blood stream, edema, length of the ureter, operative procedures are selected to ensure free of strain.
Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Postoperative Complications ; Urinary Fistula ; diagnosis ; therapy