Objective To investigate the structural changes during the early stage of spinal cord injury,and the relationships between these structural changes and patients' motor recovery.Methods The clinical data of 25 patients with spinal cord injury collected from 2012 October to 2014 March were analyzed retrospectively.The spinal cord injury patients were split into two groups (Good recoverers group and Poor recoverers group) according to the clinical outcome of motor recovery at 6 months follow-up,and there were 10 Good recoverers (ASIA grade:1 A,4 B,3 C,and 2 D) and 15 Poor recoverers (ASIA grade:7 A,3 B,3 C,and 2 D).The study also recruited 25 matched healthy controls.The mean age of Good recoverers,Poor recoverers and healthy controls were 37.9± 13.9,35.8± 11.5 and 36.5±9.3,respectively.Structural MRI was used to investigate the regions with brain structural changes among the three groups.Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the relationships between these structural changes and patients' motor recovery.Results Compared to healthy controls group,both poor recoverers and good recoverers had significantly decreased cortical thickness in the bilateral primary motor cortex.Poor recoverers exhibited more serious and widespread structural damages,in addition to reduced cortical thickness in the primary motor cortex,poor recoverers also showed decreased cortical thickness in the right SMA and premotor cortex when compared to healthy controls.Compared to the healthy controls group,poor recoverers showed reduced white matter volume in the right primary motor cortex and posterior limb of the internal capsule;good recoverers showed no significant difference in white matter microstructure.Furthermore,these structural changes at the internal capsule and primary motor cortex were associated with the motor recovery rate at 6 months follow-up (r=0.75,P＜ 0.001;r=0.76,P＜ 0.001,respectively).Conclusion These findings suggest that spinal cord injury causes significant anatomical changes in the human sensorimotor system in the early phase,and these structural changes directly affect the motor recovery of spinal cord injury.Future treatment aimed at promoting neural function recovery of spinal cord injury patients should pay close attention to the injured brain.

Objective To investigate the pattern of outpatients traffic,orchestra service resources,and optimize service provision,for a harmonized outpatient service.Methods A baseline survey was made at the outpatient department in 30 days(six hours per day,7:00-11:00,and 13:00-15:00).On such basis,data of the hospital's HIS system within the last five years were called into play for statistics analysis and simulation test,for the purpose of shift scheduling and resources allocation optimization.Results This study discovered each January-February as the valley of clinic visits and each July-August as the peak.52-week data analysis of a year found that the days of daily registrations between 4000-5000 are up to 163 days,those over 5000 are up to 86 days,of which Mondays with over 5000 registrations are up to 35 days.Each Monday is found to be a peak of outpatient visits,with significant drop during Saturdays and Sundays; daily registrations peak between 7:00-10:00 in the morning,while the traffic rises again during 13:00-14:00 in the afternoon,yet up to 26 ％of the morning peak only.Conclusion Statistics analysis of the outpatient service and emergency service at the outpatient department can help identify their patterns of operations,for effective improvement of service provision,alleviation of peak hour workload,shorten patient waiting time and better patient satisfaction.

Objective To evaluate the association of the size of thyroid nodules and the diagnostic value of repeat fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) in diagnose of thyroid nodules.Methods One hundred and forty-three thyroid nodules in one hundred and thirty-five patients with repeat FNAC and thyroidectomy were retrospectively analyzed.The nodules were divided into three groups according to the largest diameter(L):GroupA,L＜0.5 cm;GroupB,0.5 cm≤L≤1.0cmandGroupC,L＞1.0cm.Yield of FNACs were divided into six levels according to the classification criteria of the Bethesda system,and Level Ⅰ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ,Ⅴ were defined as the indefinite cytological diagnosis.Results The diagnostic rate of repeat FNAC was obviously higher in group B compared with group A and group C,with significantly statistical difference (P ＜0.05).The risk of malignancy for persistently indefinite diagnostic aspirates after repeat FNAC was significantly reduced with statistical difference from the initial indefinite diagnostic aspirates in group B (P ＜0.05),while there was no statistical difference between group A and group C (P＞0.05).The diagnostic accuracy of repeat FNAC in group B was significantly higher than that in group A(P ＜0.05),but not in group C (P ＜0.05).Conclusions The repeat FNAC has a higher efficiency in those nodules with a largest diameter between 0.5 cm and 1.0 cm,and a repeat FNAC can be suggested.

Objective To explore the strategy and outcomes of surgical treatment of thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum(OLF),especially combined with ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament,thoracic kyphosis and epidural adhesion.Methods Fifty-three cases of thoracic OLF from January 2003 to December 2009 were reviewed retrospectively.All patients were treated by the methods of en bloc resection of semi-facet and lamina.All patients were followed up for more than half an year,including 32 males and 21 females,aged from 43 to 73 years(average 54.7 years).The lesions located in upper thoracic for 18 patients,and in thoracolumbar for 35 patients.For multi-level or jumping OLF patients,the responsible levels were determined by combination of images and clinical symptoms.For multi-level OLF with ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament(OPLL)or thoracic kyphosis(＞50°),multi-level pedicle screw fixation and correction of kyphosis were performed.For dural adhesion patients,part of cerebrospinal fluid was released with a caudal incision of dural sac resulting in collapse and epidural arachnoid separation.Ossific and adhesion dura mater were removed with integrity of arachnoid.The surgical outcomes were evaluated with preoperative and postoperative thoracic Japanese Orthopaedic Association(JOA)score,Nurick grade and neurologic functional recovery ratio.Results Fifty-three cases were followed up for 6 months to 6 years,with an average of 18 months.The average preoperative JOA score was 4.3±2.3,which significantly increased to 8.3±1.8 after operation.Postoperative neurologic functional recovery rates were 11% to 80%(average 65.8%),including excellent in 18 cases,good in 20,fair in 10,and poor in 5.The excellent or good rate was 71.7%.The mean preoperative Nurick grade was 3.7(2-5 grade)and decreased to 2.3 grade after operation.Conclusion En bloc resection of semi-facet and lamina is a safe and effective method for treatment of thoracic OLF.For the patients with OPLL or kyphosis,pedicle screws fixation and kyphosis correction was beneficial for recovery of neurologic function of thoracic OLF patients.

Objective To improve the prognosis and radical resection of the extended pancreaticoduodenectomy for patients with pancreatic cancer in the ucinate process involving mesentery mot. Methods From Jan. 2004 to Dec. 2007, a total of 23 ( 14 male and 9 female, aged between 30 and 72 years old) patients with pancreatic cancer in the ucinate process involving mesentery root were treated in our department. Curative resection was performed for all patients by the extended pancreaticoduodenectomy with superior mesenteric artery (SMA) isolation and mesentery root resection. The surgical procedure, the safety and prognosis were analyzed retrospectively. Results 12 patients underwent the procedure, among them 11 also underwent combined SMV partial resection and reconstruction. The operation time was (4.2 ± 1.1 ) hours, and the blood loss was ( 1 635 ± 1 362) ml with the blood transfusion of ( 1 609 ± 1 462 ) ml. There was no operation related death in this case series, and mild to severe diarrhea occurred in 6 cases. The post-operative stay ranged 9 to 30 days. The pathological examination showed that the tumor size was (5.3 ± 1.4) cm. 13 patients (57%) had one or more lymph nodes metastasis. 20 patients (87%) had nerve involvement. Among 11 patients with SMV partial resection and reconstruction, 10 patients had endangium involvement. 22 patients had negative surgical margins for all specimens. Rapid intra-operative frozen pathological examination showed negative surgical margins in one patient, however, post-operative paraffin section pathological examination revealed nerve involvement between SMA and celiac trunk. After a follow-up of 5 to 42 months, liver metastasis occurred in 4 patients, and local recurrence occurred in 3 patients. The 1-year and 2-year accumulated survival rates were 77.2% and 42.5%, respectively. Conclusions Isolation SMA and the mesentery resection in extended pancreaticodudenectomy were safe and useful. Using this modified technique, Radical operation resection could be achieved in the treatment of pancreatic cancer in uncinate process.

Objective: To explore the relationship between depression and life events among junior middle school students in Shanghai, and to provide the scientific reference for the construction of psychology in the schools. Methods: A total of 3 648 junior middle school students were investigated by the Chinese version of the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale and Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List(ASLEC) , to measure their depression and life events. χ2 test and multiple stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors of depression. Results: Among 3 648 junior middle school students, 846 were positive for depression, and the detection rate of depression was 23.2%. There was a statistically significant difference in the detection rate of depression among junior middle school students in different grades(χ2=143.24，P<0.01). Study pressure(r=0.54), interpersonal relationship(r=0.54), other(r=0.51), health adaptation(r=0.41), being punished(r=0.40), and loss(r=0.26) in the Adolescent Life Events Scale were positively correlated with depression (P<0.05). Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that being punished and loss scores had negative association with depression scores(β=-0.10, -0.08). Interpersonal relationships, study pressure, health adaptation and other scores had positive predictive effects on depression scores(β=0.29, 0.26, 0.04, 0.22)(P<0.05). Conclusion There was a wide positive correlation between depression and life events in junior middle school students. Some factors of life events had certain predictive effects on depression of junior middle school students in Shanghai.

Objective: To learn the impact of abolishing medicine markups on the revenue structure of public hospitals in Qingdao city. Methods: The business performance of 12 public hospitals directly under the Qingdao Health and Family Planning Commission was analyzed to compare their revenue structure the year before (July 2015 to June 2016) and the year since the reform (July 2016 to June 2017). Results: The reform has witnessed increased government subsidies, and decreased revenue from drugs and healthcare materials. For example, the proportion of drug expenditure decreased from 44.21% to 32.71%, while the proportion of medical service income and that of examination and laboratory examination increased to some extent. Conclusions Given the initial success of the reform, challenges remain in further curbing revenues from examinations and checkups, and growing revenue from TCM drugs as well.

Objective To investigate the effectiveness of predicting the incidence of supine hy-potension syndrome (SHS)after spinal anesthesia measured by ultrasonic measurement of the varia-tion of brachial artery peak velocity in different positions of parturient.Methods Parturient scheduled for elective cesarean section,ASA physical status Ⅰ or Ⅱ,were divided into SHS group and no-SHS group (SBP in the upper extremity decreased by > 30 mm Hg or decreased to < 80 mm Hg)after spinal anesthesia.HR,SBP,DBP of supine position and left lateral position before anesthesia were re-corded,and brachial artery peak velocity were measured by Ultrasonic.The differences of the above indexs before and after the transformation position were calculated.The receiver operating characteris-tic curve (ROC)was plotted by indexs of which P values were less than 0.05,to evaluate the predic-tive effect of each index on SHS after spinal anesthesia.Results Among the 196 patients,89 cases (45.4%)developed SHS after spinal anesthesia.SBP,DBP,peak velocity of brachial artery (Vpmin) and brachial artery peak velocity variation (ΔVp)were different before and after the transformation position (P<0.05).The difference in SHS group was significantly higher than no-SHS group.The areas under ROC curve (AUC)of ΔSBP,ΔDBP,ΔVpmin,ΔΔVp were 0.711 (95%CI 0.575-0.846), 0.573 (95%CI 0.419-0.727),0.948 (95% CI 0.895-0.987),0.864 (95% CI 0.770-0.958),and the cut-off values were 17.5 mm Hg,7.6 mm Hg,17.8 cm/s,and 13.1%.Conclusion The differ-ence of brachial artery peak velocity measured by ultrasonic in different positions of parturient can ef-fectively predict the occurrence of SHS,in which ΔVpmin≥ 17.8 cm/s has better predictive effect.

Objective: To elucidate the functions of peripheral blood NK cells in chronic hepatitis B patients treated with interferon. Methods: Venous whole blood samples were obtained from patients in the immune clearance (IC) phase treated with peg-interferon-alpha-2a (Peg-IFNα-2a) at baseline (t=0), 12 weeks (t=12) and 24 weeks (t=24). The frequencyies of peripheral blood CD3^-CD56⁺ NK cells, CD56^brightNK cells and CD56^dimNK cells, the expression level of IFNAR2 and NKp46 on NK cells were detected by flow cytometry. The levels of serum HBV DNA, HBsAg, HBeAg and ALT were detected by Ditan Hospital clinical laboratory. Results: Forty-one patients in the IC phase treated with Peg-IFNα-2a, including 21 poor response (PR) patients and 20 good response (GR) patients, were recruited for this study. Theresult were as follows: The frequency of peripheral blood CD3^-CD56⁺ NK cells was increased at week 24 in GR compared with the baseline(11.74, 5.69%-18.15% vs 13.7, 9.36-20.18%, P>0.05), and it also was increased in PR(8.94, 6.26%-14.15% vs 12.5, 7.64-16.55%, P>0.05). The frequency of peripheral blood CD56^brightNK cells was increased at week 24 in GR compared with the baseline(9.49, 6.2%-12.48% vs 12.98, 7.75%-20.93%, P>0.05), and it also was increased in PR(11.45, 8.27%-19.13% vs 17.52, 12.3%-22.42%, P=0.0239). The expression level of NKp46 on NK cells was significantly increased at week 24 in GR compared with the baseline(90.55, 83.8-94.78 vs 93.8, 92.28-96.4, P=0.0263), but it was not increased in PR(95, 90.6-96.15 vs 94.3, 92.1-95.6, P>0.05). The expression level of NKp46^high on NK cells was significantly increased at week 24 in GR compared with the baseline(12.4, 8.58-19.08 vs 39.3, 23.15-49.3, P=0.0011), at that range of the increase was significantly higher than PR(14.2, 9.78-17.65 vs 27.58, 19.13-36.56, P=0.006). Conclusions The frequencies of peripheral blood CD3^-CD56⁺ NK cells and CD56^brightNK cells were increased from patients in the IC phase treated with Peg-IFNα-2a. The expression level of NKp46 on NK cells was increased in GR patients treated with Peg-IFNα-2a. The expression level of NKp46^high on NK cells was significantly increased, especially in GR patients treated with Peg-IFNα-2a.

Objective: To investigate the prognostic factors of hyperamylasemia following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) . Methods: Clinical data of 359 patients were collected prospectively who underwent PD by the same group at Changhai Hospital of Navy Medical University from January 2017 to June 2018.There were 212 males and 147 females.The median age was 63 years old (range: 23 to 82 years old) .According to whether the patient′s serum amylase was greater than 120 U/L at 0 or 1 day after surgery,the patients were divided into hyperamylasemia group and non-hyperamylasemia group. Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis were used to find out the prognostic factors of hyperamylasemia after PD. Results: Of the 359 patients, 238 cases (66.3%) developed hyperamylasemia.The incidence rate of clinically related pancreatic fistula (15.1% vs.2.5%, P<0.01) , grade B/C post pancreatectomy hemorrhage (8.8% vs. 2.5%, P<0.01) , and surgical site infection (9.2% vs. 3.3%, P=0.04) was significantly higher in the hyperamylasemia group.The severity of complications (CD grade≥Ⅲ: 11.3% vs.4.1%, P=0.023) and postoperative hospital stay (11 days vs. 9 days, P=0.001) were higher in the hyperamylasemia group.In the multivariate analysis, the main pancreatic duct diameter (MPD) ≤3 mm (OR=4.469, 95% CI: 2.563-7.793, P<0.01) , pathological type of disease (pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis) (OR=0.230, 95% CI: 0.122-0.436, P<0.01) and soft texture of pancreas (OR=3.297, 95%CI: 1.930-5.635, P<0.01) were independent prognostic factors for hyperamylasemia. Conclusions Post-PD hyperamylasemia increased the incidence and severity of postoperative complications after PD.MPD≤3 mm, soft texture of pancreas and pathological type of disease were independent prognostic factors of hyperamylasemia.