This article reviewed the literatures in this area over the past 5 years according to three parts: simple traditional Chinese medicine external application, combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, combination of traditional Chinese medicine and physical therapy, and came to several effective prescriptions.
Drug Therapy, Combination ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Phlebitis ; chemically induced ; drug therapy ; Physical Therapy Department, Hospital

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of thermal electroacupuncture therapy in treating lumbodorsal myofascitis. Method Sixty-two patients with lumbodorsal myofascitis were randomized into a treatment group of 30 cases and a control group of 32 cases. The treatment group was intervened by thermal electroacupuncture therapy, while the control group was by orally taking Meloxicam tablets. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was observed before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacies were compared.Result The total effective rate was 100.0% in the treatment group versus 78.1% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The VAS scores were significantly changed after treatment in both groups (P<0.05). After treatment, the VAS score in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Thermal electroacupuncture therapy is an effective approach in treating lumbodorsal myofascitis.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical outcomes of anterior lumbar discectomy and interbody fusion with cage under laparoscopic assistant.MethodsFrom January 2006 to June 2009,37 cases with degenerative low back pain were entered the study,including 22 males and 15 females with an average age of 43.7 years(range,16-55).The responsible discs were determined according to the three dimensional computed tomography of artery and vein angiography of anterior lumbosacral spine and discography,including L5S1 in 21 cases,L4-5 in 11,L3-4 in 2,L2-3 in 2,and L1-2 in 1.All cases underwent anterior lumbar discectomy and interbody fusion with cage under laparoscopic.ResultsThe operation time was 100 min in average (range,60-140),the blood loss was 120 ml in average(range,50-300).There was no case with severe complications of retrograde ejaculation and injury of great vessels or nerves.Delayed intestinal obstruction was discovered in two intraperitoneal route patients.The average follow-up time was 18.7 months(range,6-35).According to the back pain grading criteria of Chinese Medical Association Orthopedics Society of Spine Group,the results were excellent in 23 patients,good in 11,and fair in 3.The interbody fusion was obtained in 3 months later in 23 cases and 6 months later in 12 cases.Cage subsidence occurred in 2 cases in 6months after operation,in which the height loss of intervertebral space was 1.3 mm and 1.9 mm,but no obvious symptoms of discomfort.No fixation displacement or loosening occurred.ConclusionThe anterior discectomy and interbody fusion by internal fixation with laparoscopic technique is feasible with low complications rate,less trauma and shorter bedtime.Postoperative ileus by abdominal approach is relatively common.The surgeons experience and the anatomy of artery and vein of anterior lumbosacral spine should be considered before the choice of surgical approach.

Objective To perform classification analysis of project applications,analyze the difference(s) between the approved projects and disapproved projects,identifying possible experiences and lessons to improve the project application management,as well as the guidance of applicants.Methods Based on the assessment scoring system built on informative platform,we collected the project application information including scores of both initial and re-review during the year 2013 and 2014.According to the assessment procedures and final decisions,all projects involved were categorized into three groups:granted project,project failed during the re-review process,and project failed in the initial review.Statistical analysis was performed on the ratings and detailed scoring of all these projects.Results Pair wise comparisons showed that granted projects were superior to other disapproved projects (P ＜ 0.05),in terms of declaration evidence,context and design of projects.Conclusions The current application and granting procedures works well for identifying high quality applications.Projects granted have their advantages satisfying the key indicators highlighted during the review process.With the help of informative platform,it's possible to achieve further detailed quantified analysis for scientific project applications,in which way,it renders the improvement of evaluation efficiency,equality and the guidance of the applicants.

Objective To explore the demand of peer support in tumor patients, to provide the basis for the construction and improvement of peer support systems for cancer patients. Methods Self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the demand of peer support in 94 tumor patients.Results Results showed that among the 94 patients surveyed, 46. 8% of them had received peer support; up to 77. 6% of the patients were willing to accept peer support; three aspects of patients′ demand for peer support in a descending order were emotional demand ( 72. 34%) , information demand ( 68. 9%) and evaluation requirements ( 56. 6%) . Conclusions Tumor patients need peer support, and peer support development has a broader space.

Objective To develop a peer support demand scale for patients with malignant tumor, and to test its reliability and validity,so as to provide an assessment tool for evaluating demand of peer support in patients with malignant tumor.Methods Guided by peer support theory,with theoretical review and qualitative interview,item pool of the peer support demand scale was preliminarily made. After a two-round expert consultation and preliminary scale investigation,first draft of the items was determined. 300 patients with malignant tumor were surveyed by the first draft of the scale,so that reliability and validity of the scale were tested.Results In the peer support demand scale for patients with malignant tumor,4 factors with 21 items were included,namely demands on peer support understanding,emotion,information and evaluation,The cumulative variance contribution rate was 59.684%. The content validity (S-CVI) was 0.920. Cronbacha′s α coefficient of the internal consistency reliability was 0.815,and the retest reliability was 0.824. Conclusions Content validity and internal consistency reliability are within acceptable range,which makes it basically qualified and can be used for investigation on patients with malignant tumor about their peer support demands.

The present study explored the main active ingredients and the underlying mechanism of Spatholobi Caulisin the treatment of ovarian cancer(OC) by network pharmacology, molecular docking, and in vitro cell experiments. The active ingredients and their predicted targets(AITs) were first acquired online with the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform(TCMSP). Theoretical disease targets(DTs) were obtained through professional databases including GeneCards, OMIM, PharmGkb, TTD, and DrugBank. The common targets in the intersection of AITs and DTs were used for the construction of a "drug-ingredient-disease-target" network by Cytoscape 3.7.1. STRING database was used to construct a protein-protein interaction(PPI) network. R 4.0.5 was used for GO and KEGG functional enrichment analyses. Schr9 dinger Maestro was used to perform and optimize the molecular docking and virtual screening.Twenty-three active ingredients of Spatholobi Caulis were screened out, involving 75 OC targets and 178 signaling pathways.Network analysis revealed that Spatholobi Caulis presumedly exerted an anti-OC effect by acting on key protein targets such as GSK-3β, Bcl-2, and Bax. Molecular docking showed that GSK-3β possessed goodbinding activity to prunetin. In vitro cell experiments preliminarily verified the core targets and pathways of prunetin, the active ingredient of Spatholobi Caulis against human OC SKOV3 cells.CCK-8 assay was used to detect the cell proliferation, and flow cytometry was used to detect the effect of prunetin on apoptosis of human OC SKOV3 cells.The expression of prunetin targets and related regulatory proteins was detected by Western blot.In vitro cell experiments demonstrated that prunetindisplayed significant inhibitory effects on the proliferation of OC cells and could induce apoptosis of SKOV3 cells. Western blot showed that prunetin could induce SKOV3 cell apoptosis by inhibiting GSK-3β phosphorylation and regulating the expression of downstream Bcl-2 and Bax proteins. This study reveals the scientific nature of network pharmacology in the prediction and guidance of experimental design, confirming that prunetin can treat OC by blocking the GSK-3β/Bcl-2/Bax cell signal transduction pathway. The findings are expected to provide a basis for the investigation of the mechanism of Spatholobi Caulis in the treatment of OC.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology* ; Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta/genetics* ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Network Pharmacology ; Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics*