BACKGROUND:A favorable application prospect has been showed in basic and clinical research of porous material implantation in recent years. OBJECTIVE:To retrospect the progress in basic and clinical research of porous materials in the past 10 years and to summarize the existing problems and clinical prospects. METHODS:A computer-based search of PubMed and CNKI databases was performed for relevant articles using the keywords of“porous material, bone implantation”in English and Chinese, respectively. The included articles were related to porous materials and composite materials used in vitro, in vivo or in clinic, as wel as porous materials closely related with bone defect repair or bone tissue engineering. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Hydroxyapatite, titamium and its al oys, polyethylene, calcium phosphates are porous materials that have been studied presently. Increasing experimental studies have shown that the porous materials have good histocompatibility and osteoinductive features in vitro and in vivo. But the uniform standards for porosity size in favor of tissue growth that is fastest and most effective have not been obtained. It is unclear how to gain and control the porosity of porous materials that are irregular, how to control the elasticity modulus, and how to gain 100%porosity effectively. Furthermore, whether the inflammation and exposure of porous materials in clinical application are related to the above-mentioned problems are unable to confirm.

The sex difference in stroke is increasingly receiving attention. The incidence and prevalence of stroke in males are higher than in females. There are greater differences both among the age groups and populations. The incidences of cerebral infarction and intracerebral hemorrhage in males are higher than females, while the incidence of subarachnoidal hemorrhage is even higher in females. Studies have shown that mortality of stroke in males is higher; however,because the females are older and have more serious symptoms at the onset of stroke, therefore their prognosis is poorer. Poststroke depression is common in females and their quality of life is lower. Stroke in females is mostly involved in cerebral cortex; their atypical symptoms are more common. Both males and females can benefit from thrombolytic and stroke unit therapies. Females with cardioembolic stroke may benefit more from anticoagulant therapy.

Adolescent ; Adult ; CD4-CD8 Ratio ; Cerebrospinal Fluid ; cytology ; immunology ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Sclerosis ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Phytotherapy ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets ; drug effects

ABSTRACT:Objective To observe the structural changes of dentin irradiated with Nd:YAG laser under dif-ferent parameters and the changes of calcium-phosphorus ration,and evaluate the optimal parameters of Nd:YAG laser in treating dentin hypersensitivity (DH).Methods The model of dentin hypersensitivity was established by acid etching method.Samples were irradiated with Nd:YAG laser under different parameters.The morphological alterations of the dentin surfaces and Ca-P ratio were examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM)combined with energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis.Results Compared with those in the control group,dentinal tubules could be blocked partially or totally with no cracks in A-C (30 mj,5 Hz),(30 mj,10 Hz)and (50 mj,5 Hz)groups. Dentinal tubules could be entirely blocked but with cracks in D (50 mj,10 Hz)and E (80 mj,5 Hz)groups.Dentin was carbonized in F (80 mj,10 Hz)group.Compared with that in the control group,Ca-P ratio was decreased sig-nificantly (P <0.05).Conclusion The suitable energy parameter of Nd:YAG laser in treating dentin hypersensi-tivity is (30 mj,10 Hz)and (50 mj,5 Hz).

Heart failure and stroke are the important causes of death worldwide, and both are closely related. This article reviews the prevention and reperfusion therapy of ischemic stroke in patients with heart failure.

Objective To explore the characteristic and pattern of children injury of Zhejiang Province,and provides scientific evidence for the prevention and control strategy of children injury. MethodChildren diagnosed as injury at emergency department in sentry hospitals (Tnere are 5 monitoring sites for injury surveillance in Zhejiang in 2005: Jinhua, Shengsi, Tongxiang, Yinzhou dislrict of Ningbo, Hailing; each monitoring site has 3 sentry hospitals: one county level hospital, one town center hospital and one town level hospital) from January to December,2005 were investigated by trained doctors or nurses in emerncy department. The investigation included basic information, when injury happened, where injury happened and type of injury. Children were investigated when they were conscious, and their parents or accompanies could answer if they were not able to. The contents of investigation were kept private. The distribution of variables which included sex, age, when injury happened, where injury happened, why injury happened and severity level were described mainly with proportion and means, and chisquare test was used to analyze the proportion difference. RemitsA total of 1 794 injury cases were recorded in 2005 among which 67.56% were male and 32.44% were female. The majority were native people and the average age was 7.33±3.84 years old. The injury occurred mostly at home and was of high frequent occurrence from April to November. The most common causes of injury were tumble (47.94%).traffic accident (17.17%) and blunt injury(10.26%). The injury happened mostly during spare time(67.66%), and then school aetivities(11.25%)ant]sports activities(9.96%). Totally 90.33% of the injured children went home after been treated, 1.40% stayed for obsrvafion, 7.04% were in hospital, 0.56% were transferred to other hospitals, 0.22% died and 0.45% unknown. The slight superficial injury and moderate injury were the most common injuries. The most common three types of injury were haemaloma and stasis injury(31.29%), superficial abrased wound(23.69%) and bone fracture(8.67%). Among the injury, 39.47% were head injury, 25.80% were upper limb, 28.55% were lower limb, 4.81% were trunkand 1.38% wereothers. Conclusions The most common three types of injury in Zhejiang province were haemawma and stasis injury, superficial abrased wound and bone fracture. The main reasons of injury were falling injury,traffic accident injury and blunt injury. The injury happened mostly during spare time, and scbool activities and sports activities. Thus, safety education and safety protection should be strengthened to reduce children injuries.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Angiofibroma ; radiotherapy ; Humans ; Male ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms ; radiotherapy ; Neoplasm, Residual ; Postoperative Period ; Young Adult

AIM: To investigate the inhibitory effects of genistein(Gen) on mouse allergic contact dermatitis(ACD).METHODS: The animal model of ACD was induced by DNFB.The effects of different doses of Gen on mouse ear swelling,body weight,histopathological changes in mouse ear skin,thymus index and spleen index were observed.RESULTS: All groups of Gen inhibited mouse ear swelling induced by DNFB significantly.The infiltration of inflammatory cells and thymus index were also reduced.However,the increase in mouse body weight was not affected.Low dose of Gen increased spleen index,high dose of Gen decreased spleen index.CONCLUSION: Genistein has significant inhibitory effects on mouse ACD induced by DNFB.

Humans ; Occupational Diseases ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Risk Assessment

Objective To investigate the effect of acupuncture decompression operation on the quality of life of patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension. Methods 74 cases of mild to moderate essential hypertension were divided into experimental group and control group by random number table, 4 cases were lost. Finally, a total of 70 patients were included in the data analysis. In the control group, 35 cases were given routine drug taking and health guidance, the experimental group of 35 patients increase the treatment of acupuncture decompression operation points on this basis. The two groups of patients were measured with blood pressure before and after intervention, and World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) was used to evaluate the quality of life, and the data were analyzed. Results The scores of physiological and psychological fields in the experimental group were (15.23 ± 2.66) points and (16.68 ± 2.23) points while the control group were (13.98 ± 2.18) points, (15.25 ± 2.52) points, the difference was statistically significant (t=2.305, 2.522, P<0.05). The experimental group of social relations, environmental score were respectively (1.37 ± 2.24) points, (14.16 ± 1.24) points, while the control group were (13.29 ± 2.30) points, (13.56 ± 1.36) points, 2 groups were not statistically significant (t=0.770, 3.063, P > 0.05). The experimental group systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure were (121.43 ± 6.43) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), (71.74 ± 3.88) mmHg, compared with the control group were (128.34±5.72) mmHg, (76.06±4.43) mmHg. The difference was statistically significant (t=-4.753,-4.210, P<0.05). Conclusions acupuncture decompression operation can improve blood pressure in young and middle-aged patients with hypertension, improve the quality of life.