Objective To evaluate the feasibility of CT staging for esophageal cancer. Methods A retrospective analysis of 304 patients treated,from Jan. 1996 to Dec. 1998 chiefly with radiotherapy(126 conventional radiotherapy,55-65 Gy/27-35 fx/5.5-7.0 w;178 late-course accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy ,55-60 Gy/33-36 fx/ 4.5 -5.5 w)complete with CT data before treatment was done. The long survival was compared with pre-therapy CT findings and CT staging. ResultsThe survival rate of stage T1+T2 was very significantly different from those lesion with stage T3,T4(? 2=12.90,P0.05).The survival rates of patients positive for lymph nodes or distant metastasis were lower. Conclusion CT staging is quite optimal for non-operable esophageal cancer in clinical staging,as it is conducive to predict the prognosis.

Preoperative qualitative diagnoses of 118 eases of renal tumour.made by B-mode ultrasound were analyzed.The final diagnoses were proven operatively and pathologically.The resultsshowed that by B-mode altrasound the detective rate was 92.2%,a correct qualitative diagnosis rate 49.1%,incorrect rate 18.1%and false positive rate 1.7%.Qualitatively unidentified turnouts accounted for 32.8%of all the cases.It is assumed that B-mode ultrasound can be used to make correct qualitative diagnosis only on certain tumours with typical image features.It is difficult for it to distinguish some tumours which have complicated displays.The accuracy of preoperative qualitative diagnosis could be raised by combining B-mode uhradound with other imaging technologicol examinations.

[Objective]To analyze the factors of post-operative deformity after posterior approach vertebral pedicle fixation in treatment of dorso-lumbar spinal fractures.[Method]Between 2000.10～2005.11,32 patients of single dorso-lumbar spinal fracture were hospitalized.compressive type 5 cases,explosive type 27 cases.T11 12 cases,T12 11 cases,L1 5 cases,L2 3 cases,L3 1 case.The patients were devided into 3 groups according to the severity of related chondral plates injuly,group 1: without chondral fracture 11cases,group 2: with upper chondral plate fracture 15 cases,group 3: with both upper and lower chondral plate fractures 6 cases.By the formula to measure the average height of fractured vertebral body and its kyphotic Cobb's angle before operation,after operation and at time of follow-up,and calculate the result stastically.[Result]All 32 patients were followed-up for 10～56 months(average 23 months).The results indicated that the patient's preoperative condition was negatively correlated with the average vertebral height which is followed-up.The worse condition was,and the greater loss of postoperative vertebral height was.Furthermore,the patient's situation before operation had a positive correlation with the Cobb's angle of vertebral followed-up.When the patient's condition was worse,the postoperative angle of deformity was larger.[Conclusion]Posterior approach vertebral pedicle fixation in treatment of dorso-lumbar spinal fractures may result in reccurence of vertebral deformity,which is related to the severity of injury of vertebra and its chondral plates,so that to those patients related with chondral plates injuries,the vertebral pedicle fixation should be combined with anterior bone grafting,or with bone grafting into vertebral body after reduction.

In this paper, a qualitative and quantitative analysis method was established for the scopoletin in herba Artemisiae hedinii hy HPLC. The chromatographic column was Agilent TC-C18 (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5μm);the tem-perature of column was 30℃, eluted with a mobile phase consisted of methanol and 0.3%phosphoric acid solution and gradient elution at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1. The detection wavelength was 344 nm. The results showed that the mass concentration and peak area of scopoletin had a good linear relationship within the range of measurement (r=0.999 9). The reproducibility was good;and the RSD was 1.51%. The average sample recovery rate was 101.42%. It was concluded that the established method was stable, reliable and simple. It provided theoretical evidences for the quality evaluation and quality control of herba A. hedinii.

Background Heparanase degrade heparan sulfate side chains of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix.Heparanase induces angiogenesis and likely promotes the vascularization of tumor.ObjectiveThe present study is to investigate the expression of heparanase and perlecan in retinas with oxygen-induced retinopathy.Methods Sixty-five clean neonatal C57BL/6J mice were raised in a hyperbaric oxygen box with a volume percentage of 75%±2% for 5 days and then returned to the normal air room.Another 65 matched mice were raised in the normal environment as controls.Evans blue was infused by the superior vena cava in all the mice on postnatal days 12,13,17,21 and 30,afterwards fluorescein angiography was performed and then the mice were sacrificed.The retinas of mice were isolated and prepared and the retinal vessels were examined under a fluorescent microscope and optical microscope.Heranase and perlecan mRNA was detected using reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR).Heranase and perlecan proteins were detected by Western blot.The analysis of variance was used to compare the mRNA and the protein levels of heranase and perlecan between the experimental and control groups.Results The expression of heparanase mRNA in the retinas of different ages of mice and the different groups showed significant differences (F_(group)=16.303,P=0.000;F_(time)=18.614,P=0.000;F_(interaction)=11.299,P=0.000),and the expression of heparanase mRNA was significantly enhanced in mice from postnatal days 12,13,17 and 21 compared with normal control mice (P=0.001,0.000,0.000,0.001,respectively).The expression of heparanase protein in the retinas of different ages of mice and the different groups followed the same tendency(F_(group)=458.134,P=0.000;F_(time)=78.466,P=0.000;F_(interaction)=71.398,P=0.000).The expression of perlecan mRNA in the retinas of different ages of mice and the different groups showed significant differences (F_(group)=7.351,P=0.013;F_(time)=9.098,P=0.000;F_(interaction)=3.349,P=0.000),and increase in differences also were clearly seen in mice from postnatal days 13,17 and 21 compared with normal control mice (P=0.048,0.000,0.003,respectively).Conclusion The expression of heparanase and perlecan is associated with the development and progression of retinal neovascularization,and perlecan and heparanase together produce a synergistic effect.Heparanase and perlecan may participate in the angiogenesis of oxygen-induced retinopathy.

Objective: To study the cellular immunoregulatory effect of Huangqi through intravenous injection in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods: In treated groups, light and mild chronic hepatitis B (15 patients in each group) were treated with Huangqi and Ganlixin. In control groups, 10 patients in each group with light and mild chronic hepatitis B were treated with Ganlixin. Normal control group included 10 healthy volunteers. Results: Compared with control group, the level of CD3 +, CD4 + and CD4 + /CD8 + in treatment group increased significantly ( P

Objective To investigate the association between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs894278 and rs11931074 of α-synuclein (SNCA) and non motor symptoms in Parkinson' s disease (PD).Methods One hundred and twenty PD patients and 100 healthy controls enrolled from Tonglu Hospital Affiliated to Ruijin Hospital and Ruijin Hospital,Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine from 2012 to 2014 were recruited and the motor subscale of the Unified Parkinson' s Disease Rating Scale Ⅲ (UPDRS-Ⅲ) was used to evaluate motor function.The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE),17-item Hamilton Rating Scale (HAMD-17),the Rapid Eye Movement Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire (RBDSQ) and the ROME-Ⅲ criteria for chronic constipation were used to evaluate non motor symptoms.SNCA SNPs (rs894278,rs11931074) were genotyped by direct sequencing.Results There was no statistically significant difference in age,sex,non motor symptoms scores among the three genotypes of the two SNPs in control group.There was no statistically significant difference in age,sex,UPDRS-Ⅲ scores and Hoehn-Yahr stage among the three genotypes of the two SNPs in PD group.The results demonstrated that there was no association between the two SNPs and RBDSQ scores,HAMD-17 scores,MMSE scores and constipation in PD patients.However,additional analysis showed that patients with GG rs894278 had a greater proportion of clinical probable RBD than those with GT and TT types (GG 52.2％,12/23;GT 18.2％,10/55;TT 21.4％,9/42;x2 =9.254,P=0.002;x2 =6.424,P=0.005).In Logistic regression analyses adjusting for age and sex,we observed that rs894278 GG genotype could increase the risk of RBD in PD patients (OR =5.367,95％ CI =1.607-17.925,P =0.006).There was no association of RBD with allelic and genotypic distributions of SNCA rs11931074.Conclusion The results indicate that the rs894278 polymorphism correlates with RBD,while rs11931074 does not.

Objective To study the clinical discrepancy between patients with post infectious irritable bowel syndrome(PI-IBS) and non post infectious irritable bowel syndrome(NPI-IBS),and assess the value of serum intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) for differential diagnosis.Methods A total of 117 patients with PI-IBS,201 patients with NPI-IBS and 31 healthy controls were prospectively recruited in General Liberation Army Hospital from 2010 to 2013.Plasma samples and clinical data were collected.Serum I-FABP level was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results The median age of patients with PI-IBS was 36 years.The median time to diagnosis in PI-IBS group was significantly longer than that in NPI-IBS group [(19.7 ± 10.3) months vs (11.4 ± 5.3) months,P ＜ 0.05].Similarly,the proportion of anxiety [58.1％ (68/117) vs 28.9％ (58/201),P ＜ 0.05] and the value of I-FABP[(42.6 ± 14.8) μg/L vs (17.3 ± 11.5) μg/L,P ＜ 0.05] in PI-IBS group were significant higher than NPI-IBS patients.The level of I-FABP of healthy controls [(10.6 ± 8.2) μg/L] was also significantly lower than that of PI-IBS patients (P ＜ 0.05),yet no difference from that of NPI-IBS group.The I-FABP value of subgroup PI-IBS patients with diarrhoea (IBS-D) was significant higher than that of NPI-IBS group [(54.8 ± 9.3) μg/L vs (12.3 ± 6.2) μg/L,P ＜ 0.05].However,other parameters including gender,age,GSRS score,and I-FABP value of subgroup constipation (IBS-C) and mix (IBS-M),were not different between PI-IBS group and NPI-IBS group (all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion PI-IBS is an occult intestinal inflammation disease with mucosa injury.I-FABP might be a potential testing marker for the diagnosis of PI-IBS.

Objective To understand the prevalence and Influencing factors of Metabolic Syndrome(MS) of 40～74 year-old non-diabetes population in Minhang District.Methods A population-based sample(diabetes screening of Minhang District in 2007) of 3 947 individuals aged 40～74 years was investigated by cluster random sampling.They completed a questionnaire and underwent triglyceride,high density lipoprotein measured cholesterol and an oral glucose tolerance test.Results The standardized prevalence rate of MS,overweight,diabetes,impaired glucose regulation(IGR),hypertension,high triglyceride and low HDL were 15.67%,2.45%,5.60%,17.72%,16.47% and 2.00%.The male with MS,overweight or obese,diabetes and hypertension were higher than the female in terms of incidence.The prevalence of MS was increased with age,the highest rate at the ages of 50 years and above.There was no significant difference between male and female at the ages of 45 years and above.The incidence of MS in people with BMI or hypertension or abnormal blood glucose or hige TG or low HDL-C was obviously higher than that of normal population.The OR value were 15.71,28.21,10.09,30.31 and 3.14 respectively.The prevalence of diabetes,coronary heart disease and stroke in people with MS was higher than that of people with out MS.The OR value were 10.09,9.94 and 2.40.Multiple factor analysis showed that the factors related to MS were male,the aged,family history of diabetes and having no physical activity.Conclusions MS and realated diseases are a serious threat to population of 40 years old and above in Minhang District.

Objective To evaluate the clinical features of and appropriate surgical modality for congenital choledochal cyst(CCC). Methods Retrospective study on the clinical data of 85 surgically treated CCC cases was made. Results Among the 85 cases 12 were found malignant in character(14%). Out of the 29 cases in which the junction of pancreaticobiliary ductal system was showed by image, junction anomaly was identified in 26 cases. Surgical correction was applied to 83 cases with cyst excision and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy as the main procedure. External drainage of the CCC was adopted first in 4 cases to tide the patients over serious infection, before second stage definite radical resection was carried out. Excellent and good result were achieved on follow-up in 47 out of 60 CCC cases undergoing CCC resection and Roux-en-Y reconstruction, while only one out of 6 undergoing CCC internal drainage enjoyed fair result. Conclusions External drainage is mandatory for CCC patients with severe infection. The total choledochal cyst excision, with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunstomy is effective in the treatment of CCC.