Objective To evaluate the accuracy of multi-detector spiral CT (MSCT) semiautomated volumetric measurement of right lobes and its value in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Methods Fifty-six donors underwent four phases MSCT. Pre-operative liver volumes of two measurements [IQQA(R)-liver semi-automated (Vs) and manual volume (Vm) measurements] in portal vein phase were compared with intra-operative measurement (Vio) by means of water displacement. Results Correlation analysis and Bland-Altman tests were used for statistical analysis.Results Pre-operative measurements of grafts resulted in a mean Vs, Vm, Vio of (818. 60 ± 161.43)cm3 , (880. 16 ± 169. 92) cm3 and (669. 84 ± 141.37) cm3 respectively. All corresponding pre-and intra-operative data were correlated significantly with each other. There was a good correlation between Vs and Vio(r= 0. 778, P＜0. 05), so did Vm and Vio(r= 0. 746, P＜0. 05). The equations of linear regression were Vio = Vs × 0. 681 + 112. 26, and Vio = Vm × 0. 620 + 123. 81 respectively. Exact 95 % CIs and the extent of concordance were 121.57-175. 95 cm3, -354. 135-56. 62 cm3 for semiautomated measurements, and 180. 09-240. 56 cm3 , - 438. 66-18. 01 cm3 for manual measurements,respectively. Conclusion Semi-automated method for the volumetric measurements of the right liver lobes in LDLT is more accurate than the manual method.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of Probiotics in the treatment of ulcerative colitis(UC).METHODS:The recent pertinent literature about the use of Probiotics in the treatment of UC was retrieved from PubMed and Medline and the methodology and literature quality were evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria for the quality of literature of evidence-based medicine.RESULTS & CONCLUSION:The majority of the studies showed that Probiotics are of positive value for the remission of the US at acute stage and maintaining of remission induction of drugs in the treatment of UC.Strictly designed and randomized controlled trials(RCTs)remain to be done to tackle the problems encountered by the micro-ecological preparations as a new therapy in the treatment of UC.

OBJECTIVE:To prepare anti-microbicide contraceptive gel and establish its quality control method. METHODS: The gel was prepared with octoxynol and policresulen as main ingredients and HPMC as matrix. The content of octoxynol in the gel was determined by HPLC,and the content of policresulen in the gel was determined by titration method. RESULTS:Prepared gel was well-proportioned and of good viscidity and its identification and test were up to the standard. The linear rang of octoxynol was 250～1 500 mg?L-1(r=0.999 6)with an average recovery of 100.84%(RSD=0.74%,n=9). The average labeled amount of policresulen was 106.64%(n=3). CONCLUSION:This preparation is feasible and stable in quality,and the quality control method is simple and accurate.

Objective To estimate the application value of colony PCR in the detection of pathogenic filamentous fungi. Methods Colony PCR was established and performed to amplify the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of 19 species (strains) of filamentous fungus followed by sequencing analysis. At the same time, DNA extracts from 8 of the 19 species of filamentous fungus were subjected to conventional PCR. Hha I and Hinf I endonucleases were used for restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the conventional and colony PCR products. Comparison analysis was carried out between the colony and conventional PCR. Results Of the 19 strains, 16(84.2%) yielded positive results by colony PCR; sequence analysis of the PCR products of ITS region revealed a 96% - 100% similarity with the reference sequence (NCBI database)of corresponding fungi. The amplification product length and RFLP profile of these products from the 8 species of filamentous fungus, except for those from Aspergillus nidulans, were consistent between the colony and conventional PCR. Conclusions Compared with conventional PCR, colony PCR-based detection of filamentous fungi is easy to operate, time and labor-saving, with high accuracy and reliability, and can be applied to the rapid identification of filamentous fungi.

Objective To summarize the diagnostic efficacy of ADC value for differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes on diffusion MRI with Meta-analysis. Methods Published papers on differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes with ADC value were searched and reviewed.Quality evaluation was performed for the eligible papers before data extraction.Test for heterogeneity was performed first,then appropriate model was selected to calculate the weighted mean difference,sensitivity,specificity,positive likelihood ratio,negative likelihood ratio,diagnostic odds ratio,pretest and posttest probability.The potential of ADC value for differentiation of benign and malignant lymph nodes was assessed qualitatively and quantitatively.Results Fifteen papers including 735 cases and 1963 lymph nodes were selected.According to Meta-regression analysis,subgroup analysis and robust analysis,two studies with benign lymph nodes in patients with benign lesion and one study using chemical shift saturation technique were excluded because of their impact on the robustness of the pooled results. The weighted mean difference (WMD) between malignant and benign lymph nodes was -0.355 × 10-3mm2/s[95％ confidence interval (CI):-0.423 ×10-3- -0.288 × 10-3 mm2/s].Although the cutoff of ADC value for differentiation in each study was different,the diagnostic efficacy was stable,the pooled sensitivity,specificity,positive likelihood ratio,negative likelihood ratio,diagnostic odds ratio and area under summarized receiver operator's curve were 0.87 (95％ CI:0.79-0.92),0.87 (95％ CI:0.82-0.90),6.5 (95％ CI:4.7-9.2),0.15 (95％ CI:0.09-0.25 ),43 ( 95％ CI:21-87 ),0.93 ( 95 ％ CI:0.90-0.95 ).The posttest malignancy probability of benign lymph node indicated by ADC was 6％,while that of malignant lymph node was 72％.Conclusion The ADC value can be used to differentiate benign and malignant lymph nodes with good sensitivity and specificity noninvasively.

Objective To investigate the difference of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and fraction of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation(fALFF) between Alzheimer's disease (AD)patients and normal aging (NA) controls by voxel-based analysis.Methods Thirty-one AD patients and 44 NA controls were enrolled in the study.Blood oxygen level dependent functional (BOLD) EPI data were obtained during resting-state by using 32-channel head coil.Data were realigned,normalized and then smoothed with 8 mm FWHM kernel.Resting-state fMRI toolkit(version 1.6) was used to generate ALFF and fALFF images.Independent two sample t-test was performed with SPM5 to compare ALFF and fALFF of AD and NA controls.Pearson correlation analysis was performed to examine the relationship between MMSE score and ALFF,fALFF parameters.The significance level was set to be uncorrected O.001 on the voxel level and 0.05 on the cluster level.Results AD patients showed increased ALFF in left temporal lobe (0.492 ±0.119) and right cingulated cortex (0.434 ± 0.093) of AD patients,which were 0.443 ± 0.068 and 0.380 ±0.081 in NA controls (t =2.658,2.227,P ＜ 0.05).Decreased fALFF was found in bilateral posterior cingulate cortices (1.167 ± 0.203) and increased fALFF was found in bilateral temporal lobes (left 1.226 ±0.127,right 1.146 ±0.214) with left side dominance,which were 1.453 ±0.269,1.134 ±0.088,1.014 ± O.132 in NA controls (t =5.001,3.695,3.285,P ＜ 0.05).Bilateral temporal ALFF and fALFF correlated with MMSE positively (r =0.768—0.909,P ＜ 0.05) with left dominance.Conclusion AD patients showed increased resting-state functional MRI changes correlated with MMSE score in the temporal lobes with left dominance,which indicated left temporal lobe may be the best location for the observation of disease progression in AD patients.

Objective To genotype Trichosporon spp. with rDNA-ITSAGSl-RFLP analysis followed by cluster analysis, and attempt to apply this method to rapid species identification of human pathogenic Trichosporon spp.. Methods Fourteen strains of Trichosporon, which belonged to 8 species, were collected. The rDNA-ITS/IGSl regions were amplified by PCR and sequenced. Simultaneously, the amplicons were digested separately with restriction enzymes, including Hae III, Hha I , Hae IH and Hha I , Hinf I , Msp I and Taq I . Results The 8 species of Trichosporon could be classified into 4 subgroups with rDNA-ITS-RFLP, while inter-species identification of all the 14 strains from 8 species of Trichosporon could be realized with rDNA-IGSl-RFLP. Also, those genotypes of T. asahii which had relative long phylogenic distance could even be discriminated with rDNA-IGSl-RFLP. Conclusion The rDNA-ITS/IGSl-RFLP analysis is expected to be used in rapid interspecific identification of genus Trichosporon.

Objective To develop a PCR-RFLP method to rapidly identify filamentous fungi causing deep infection. Methods Universal fungal primers were used to amplify the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus Bavus, Aspergillus terreus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus versicolor, Aspergillus nidulans, Scedosporium apiospermum and Fusarium moniliforme followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis with restrictive endonucleases Hha I, Hae III, Hinf I, Taq I and Msp I. Then, 22 clinical and 2 environmental fungal isolates were identified with the developed PCR-RFLP method. Results The RFLP analysis of PCR products with restrictive endonucleases Hha I and Hinf I allowed discrimination of 8 filamentous fungi causing invasive infection, and it took only 1 day to carry out the whole procedure from DNA extraction to PCR and restriction digestion. The identification results of 22 clinical strains and 2 environmental isolates with this PCR-RFLP method were completely consistent with those with conventional morphological method. Conclusion PCR-RFLP analysis is an efficient method for rapid identification of cultured filamentous fungi.

Objective To compare the advantages and disadvantages of smear immunohistochemistry and biopsy of bone marrow in the detection of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) infiltration. Methods 60 newly diagnosed patients with NHL were collected. Smear immunohistochemistry and biopsy of bone marrow were applied to detect bone marrow involvement in those patients. The relations between the results of two detection methods and the relevant clinical characteristics, such as age, blood routine examination, lactic dehydrogenase, extensive infiltration, B symptom, performance status, clinical stage and so on were analyzed. Results Positive rate of bone marrow involvement in bone marrow smear immunohistochemistry group was higher than that in bone marrow biopsy group [10.0 % (6/60) vs. 3.3 % (2/60), P=0.008]. When detection on B cell infiltration, positive rates were 6.6 % (4/60) and 3.3 % (2/60) in smear immunohisto chemistry group and biopsy group, respectively (P=0.007), and when detection on T cell infiltration, the positive rates were 3.3%(2/60) and 0 (0/60), respectively. Furthermore, two detection method was not correlated with related clinical characteristics, such as bone marrow biopsy, immunohistochemistry, gender, age, Karnofsky score, B symptom, extranodal involvement, lactic dehydrogenase, thrombocyte, Hb, neutrophils, lymphocyte and staging (all P>0.05). Conclusions The positive rate of bone marrow smear immunohistochemistry is superior to bone marrow biopsy in the detection of bone marrow involvement of NHL. As for the immunophenotyping of NHL, sensitive rate of bone marrow smear immunohistochemistry is also better than that of bone marrow biopsy.

Objective To systemically evaluate the accuracy of CT and MR estimating whole liver volume with evidence based medicine methods.Method Published papers about whole liver volume estimation with CT or MR modality were searched in Cochrane library,MEDLINE,EMBASE,CMBdisc(China biology medicine disc) for English and Chinese abstracts.Inclusion criteria were formulated according to validity criteria for diagnostic research published by the Cochrane collaboration.Heterogeneity test of extracted data of Eligible papers was performed first to determine the appropriate statistical model used to pool the result.Finally,sensitivity and publish bias analysis was performed.Result Seventeen articles with 37 studies including 351 patients met the inclusion criteria.There was no heterogeneity between included studies (I2 =0％,Q =5.85,P =1).Fixed effect model was selected for the meta analysis and there was no statistically significant difference between true and radiological estimated whole liver volume (WMD =21.61 mL,95％ confidence interval:-6.33-49.57 mL,z =1.51,P =0.13).Sensitivity analysis revealed the result was robust which was not affected by excluding any of the included studies.Funnel plot and publish bias analysis showed no publish bias (t =-1.55,P=0.13).Conclusion CT and MR volume estimation is accurate for liver volume measurement,which provides important information for preoperative evaluation,postoperative monitoring and follow-up studies of other hepatic pathologies.aximum benefit to patients.