1.Clinical application of the 25 electrodes electroencephalogram system in detecting temporal epileptiform discharges in patients with epilepsy
Yu FENG ; Qianqian ZHANG ; Minzhi LYU ; Kuidong WU ; Yijun ZHANG ; Lingyan MAO ; Jing DING ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2021;54(1):9-15
Objective:To compare the difference of epileptiform discharges detection in patients with epilepsy between the 25 electrodes electroencephalogram (EEG) system proposed by the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology in 2017 and the previous 19 electrodes EEG system.Methods:Patients suspected of epilepsy or with confirmed epilepsy who need a follow-up EEG were collected in Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University from March 2018 to November 2019, and conventional video-EEG recording was performed on all patients for two hours with the standard 25 electrodes EEG system. Two neurophysiologists reviewed the recordings blindly using the 19 electrodes system and the 25 electrodes system, marking the epileptiform discharges and their amplitudes. Finally, the data were statistically analyzed.Results:A total of 403 patients were included in the study, in which 263 cases were diagnosed as epilepsy, including 129 cases of generalized epilepsy, 115 cases of temporal lobe epilepsy, 13 cases of frontal lobe epilepsy, two cases of parietal lobe epilepsy and four cases of occipital lobe epilepsy. In 115 temporal lobe epilepsy patients, 76 (66.09%) and 100 (86.96%) records were detected epileptiform discharges by the 19 or 25 electrodes EEG system respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=13.939, P<0.001). While in patients with non-temporal lobe epilepsy, there was not statistically significant difference between the two systems. In 76 patients whose temporal epileptiform discharges were detected by the two systems, the amplitudes of epileptiform discharges in the newly-added inferior temporal electrodes (F9/F10, T9/T10, P9/P10) and the original temporal electrodes (F7/F8, T7/T8, P7/P8) were (61.53±22.64) μV and (48.25±20.90) μV, respectively, with statistically significant difference between the two groups ( t=5.486, P<0.001). In patients with abnormal [79.59% (39/49) vs 61.22% (30/49), χ2=3.967, P=0.046] and normal [95.45% (42/44) vs 70.45% (31/44), χ2=9.724, P=0.003] imaging, the ability of the 25 electrodes EEG system to detect epileptiform discharges was higher than that of the 19 electrodes EEG system. Conclusion:The 25 electrodes EEG system can significantly improve the detection ability of temporal epileptiform discharges in patients with epilepsy, which is recommended for regular use to increase the detection ability of temporal area abnormal wave and assist the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.
2.Effect of eNOS gene G894T mutation on the ability of vascular endothelial cells to produce nitric oxide and its significance
Liwen ZHENG ; Wanchun WANG ; Xinzhan MAO ; Jiangdong NI ; Jianwei WEI ; Ding CHEN ; Ding LI ; Minzhi MAO
Journal of Chinese Physician 2019;21(5):677-681,687
Objective To investigate the relationship between vascular endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene polymorphism and the pathogenesis of avascular femoral head necrosis (ANFH).Methods The eNOS full-length CDS fragments,containing 894G or 894T separately,was subcloned into lentiviral expression vector,and then infect the human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC).The contents of nitric oxide NO and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in cell culture supernatant were detected in a time-dependent manner.The luciferase-labeled reporter plasmid pNF-κB-luc was co-transfected with the reference control plasmid pRL-TK into HUVEC cells infected with LV-eNOS-894G,LV-eNOS-894T,and control lentivirus (LV-NC) for 48 h.The luciferase activity of each group was detected.The expression of nuclear factor (NF)-κB protein and eNOS protein in HUVEC cells were detected by Western blot assay.The HUVEC cells in each group were co-cultured with hFOB1.19 cells,and the concentration of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) or osteocalcin (OCN) in the supernatant were detected at different time points.Results The contents of NO and cGMP in the cell culture supernatant of the full-length lentivirus expressing eNOS gene (containing 894G or 894T) were significantly higher than that in the empty cell group and the empty vector group,and the contents of NO and cGMP in the cell culture supernatant of the 894G group were significantly higher than that of 894T group (P < 0.01).Compared with blank cells,the expression levels of NF-κB/p65 protein and eNOS protein were significantly increased in cells expressing eNOS,and the expression of NF-κB/p65 protein in 894G group was significantly increased than 894T group,but there was no difference in eNOS protein expression between the 894G and 894T groups;each group of HUVEC cells were co-cultured with hFOB1.19 osteoblasts,and at each of the same time points,the concentrations of ALP and OCN in the cell culture supernatant expressing lentivirus were significantly higher than that in the empty cell group and the empty vector group,and the ALP and OCN concentrations in the cell culture supernatant of the 894G group were significantly higher than those in the 894T group.Conclusions The eNOS gene exon G894T mutation reduces the levels of nitric oxide and cGMP produced by vascular endothelial cells through the eNOS-NO pathway,affecting the expression levels of NF-κB/p65 protein and eNOS protein,and reducing osteoblast activity,and blood supply to blood vessels.It may be one of the pathogenic mechanisms leading to femoral head necrosis.
3.Observation of clinical effects of improved surgery on adolescent concomi-tant strabismus
Yuanyuan YANG ; Baoqin ZHANG ; Yujia MAO ; Lei ZHENG ; Minzhi ZHANG ; Dapeng TAN
China Modern Doctor 2015;(22):63-66
Objective To observe the application of improved Parks incision combined with proparacaine surface anes-thesia in the correction surgery of adolescent concomitant strabismus and the postoperative recovery situation. Methods Fifty-five patients who had received concomitant strabismus correction surgery in our hospital were randomly selected and divided into the improved group and the traditional group, of which the improved group (35 patients) was given the improved Parks incision combined with proparacaine surface anesthesia surgical method and the traditional group (20 patients) was given traditional corneal limbus trapezoid incision combined with lidocaine local anesthesia surgical method. The surgical anesthesia tolerance, postoperative cosmetic results and preoperative and postoperative tear film stability of the two groups were observed. The data were analyzed statistically. Results The patients received propara caine surface anesthesia and the patients received lidocaine local anesthesia were not significantly different in the toler-ance(P>0.05). Regarding to cosmetic results, the Parks incision concealed itself better than the traditional corneal limbus trapezoid incision, and showed faster and better recovery and better postoperative orthotopic effects, with statis-tically significant differences. The improved group was better than the traditional group in the fluorescein staining tear film break-up time (FBUT) and schirmer's Ⅰ experiment (S1T) 30 days after surgery, with statistically significant dif-ferences. Conclusion The improved surgery has better anesthetic tolerance effect, less invasive operation, less damage to normal tissue, better postoperative cosmetic results and smaller influence on ocular surface tear film function than the traditional surgery, thereby worthy of promotion.