BACKGROUND: Gallie, Brooks steel wire, and Halifax vertebral plate clamp are tools for internal fixation of atlas-axis joint. They can keep the flexion-extension stability of atlas-axis joint, but weaken the ability to against lateral bending and rotation. Magerl+Gallie implantation shows good biomechanics stability, but cannot well prevent axial dislocation. OBJECTIVE: To introduce the surgical technique from posterior approach for atlas, and explore the effect on biocompatibility and biomechanics of implants. RETRIEVAL STRATEGY: The articles related to atlas-axis joint dated between January 1970 and June 2007 were retrieved through Pubmed, PML, OVID and Wanfang database using of "atlas, axis, dislocation, fixation, posterior" and "atlas, dislocation, internal fixation, implant, posterior approach, biocompatibility, biomechanics" in Chinese. All collected articles were selected firstly and the articles related to implants, surgical skills, and biomechanics were selected. For articles in identical field, only those published in recently or in authoritative journals were selected. Repetitive articles and Meta analysis were excluded. 127 articles met the criteria and 30 of them were involved. LITERATURE EVALUATION: The articles involved were related to the surgical treatment of dislocation of atlas-axis joint. Of 30 articles, 3 were review articles, 3 were monographs, and the others were clinical or basic researches. DATA SYNTHESIS: ①Lateral mass and pedicle screw implantation techniques can achieve three-dimensional fixation. ②The screw entrance points of atlantoaxial pedicle screw implantation is higher than lateral mass technique, it is unnecessary to expose C1, posterior arch and other deep parts of anatomic structures. C2 nerve root and venous plexus are not separated completely, which reduce injury rate and blood loss. In addition, screw passage of pedicle screw is longer than Harms technique, so screw can completely contact with skeleton to enhance the fixation. CONCLUSION: Atlantoaxial fixation by posterior pedicle screw implantation shows good biomechanics and biocompatibility. It may become the optimal approach for atlantoaxial short segmental fixation.

Objective To assess the value of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods The clinical data of 41 patients with AMI complicated by CS receiving emergency PCI with IABP support were retrospectively reviewed, and 47 patients receiving emergency PCI without IABP support at the same time were included as the control group. Left ventricular function was evaluated in the 2 groups at 2 weeks and at 3 months after the operation respectively. The incidence of MACE was compared between the 2 groups at 30 days and also at 3 months after the operation. Results Patients receiving IABP support had greater improvement in left ventricular function at 2-week and 3-month after operation (43.8?8.2% vs 39.4?5.9%, 45.5?6.6 vs 40.6?4.6%, both P

Autophagy is a crucial biological process of eukaryotes, which is involved in cell growth, survival and energy metabolism, while the premise of the autophagy function is activated autophagic flux. It has been confirmed that impaired autophagic flux promotes pathogenesis of many chronic inflammatory diseases, especially cancer, neurodegenerative disease and tissue fibrosis, therefore the analysis of autophagic flux state is important for revealing autophagy function and the mechanism of autophagy related diseases. Given that autophagy is a dynamic process with multiple steps, it is very hard to observe the real state of autophagic flux. Summarized here is the novel concept and current approach to detect autophagic flux. This knowledge is crucial for the researching of the biological function of autophagy, and may provide some strategies for developing autophagy-related drug.
Autophagy ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Inflammation ; pathology ; Neoplasms ; pathology ; Neurodegenerative Diseases ; pathology

Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of children with epilepsy in the people's hospital of Guizhou province.Methods The clinical data of 860 children ( below 14 years old ) with epilepsy diagnosed by the people's hospital of Guizhou province was collected.After followed-by for 1 year, the curative effect was evaluated according to the change of seizure frequency after treatment.And the results were statistically analyzed.Results The clinical characteristics of children in the people's hospital of Guizhou province showed main part of children were 1-3 years old, and most of them were male;neonatal asphyxia and fetal distress were the leading perinatal causes in children with epilepsy, 5.26%children had family history of epilepsy.The result showed that 57.23% children came from rural areas, and the related indexes which had significant differences in children age, history of birth, birth method, fetal distress function, elderly primiparous and pregnancy medication history between rural and city children ( P<0.05 -0.01).Poor compliance of therapy was the risk factor of prognosis in children with epilepsy (OR=0.06, 95%CI:0.023-0.152, P<0.01).Conclusions Children in the people's hospital of Guizhou province are mainly 1 -3 years old, and most of them were male and rural.Good medication compliance is the key factor to affect the prognosis.Improvement of rural production conditions and enhanced health education during pregnancy may reduce the incidence of rural children with epilepsy.

Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of hospital admission cases with chemical poisoning in Guangdong Province from 2016 to 2020. Methods Data of hospital admissions for chemical poisoning in Guangdong Province from 2016 to 2020 were collected through Guangdong Province Health Statistics Network Reporting System，and descriptive analysis was conducted. The seasonal characteristics of the number of hospitalized poisoning cases were analyzed by the concentration method，the seasonal index（SI）was calculated by the weighted annual ratio averaging method，and the spatial auto-correlation of regional poisoning trend was analyzed by the global and local spatial autocorrelation. Results From 2016 to 2020，the number of hospital admissions for chemical poisoning in Guangdong Province was 54 656，showing a general decreasing trend. The sex ratio（male to female）was 0.90 ∶1.00. The top three types of hospitalization rates were carbon monoxide poisoning，alcohol poisoning and organic solvent poisoning. The main poisoning groups were students and children， farmers，workers and unemployed people，accounting for 31.74%，18.53%，13.91% and 10.39%，respectively. The 74.37% of poisoning cases were cured or improved and discharged，and the case fatality rate was 0.48%. The top three hospitalization rates in age group of 0-<5 years were organic solvent，metal and carbon monoxide poisoning. The hospitalization rate of carbon monoxide poisoning ranked the first among all age groups of ≥5 years. The top three regions with the highest average annual hospitalization rate were Shaoguan City （25.14/105 ），Qingyuan City （17.04/105 ） and Meizhou City （16.09/105 ）. Carbon monoxide poisoning had a strong seasonality（M=0.77），with high incidence months of January，February and December（SI were 3.60，3.08 and 2.48，respectively）. The inpatients with chemical poisoning showed non-random distribution and spatial correlation（all P<0.01），with a high-high clustering among 13 districts and counties in northern Guangdong（all P<0.05）. Conclusion The number of hospital admission cases of chemical poisoning showed an overall decreasing trend in Guangdong Province from 2016 to 2020. The main types of poisoning were carbon monoxide poisoning，alcohol poisoning and organic solvent poisoning. The spatial distribution of chemical poisoning types showed spatial correlation and there were high-high clustering areas.

objective To analyse the incidence of technical breakdown and clinical problem leading to the failure of capsule endoscopy examination and their influence on the diagnosis and to evaluate its feasibility and safety in special patient population.Methods A retrospective study of 300 consecutive patients referred to Renji Hospital for evaluation of suspected small bowel diseases between May 2002 and May 2006 was done.This included 300 consecutive patients.The median age of the patients was 51y (range,3～91Y).The young children group was defined as less than 10 years and the elderly group as more than 80 years.Technical problems were those related to the functioning of the equipment and clinical problems were those related to the patient.The incidence and the type of above-mentioned events and their influence on the diagnosis were analyzed.The safety and feasibility of the capsule endoscopy procedure were evaluated in the young children group,elderly group and patients with pacemakers,gastrectomy and Billroth Ⅱ gastrojejunostomy,intestinal diverticula,Crohn's disease and polyp of small intestine.Results A total of 300 patients were involved.The incidence of technical problems was 1.3%.including one case of failing in activating the capsule,one case of failing in loading the data and two cases of short life of battery.Failure of diagnosis was encountered in two cases.The incidence of clinical problems was 33.0%(99 cases)and they caused 35.4%(35 cases)failure of diagnosis in the 99 cases.Three patients in the young children group were unable to swallow the capsule and endoscope-guided overtube technique was used with success in all.In the elderly group.the incidence of capsule retaining in the oesophagus and stomach was as high as 23.0%.In two patients with pacemaker no interference between pacemaker and capsule was detected.In two patients with Billroth Ⅱ gastrojejunostomy uo capsule retention occurred.In 16 patients with diverticulum,capsule retention occurred in 1 case(6.0%).In 42 patients with Crohn's disease,capsule retention occurred in 5 cases.No acute gastrointestinal obstruction was found in the 42 patients with Crohn's disease and in 5 patients with polyp of small intestine.Conclusions With capsule endoscopy technical mistakes causing failure were very rare.The majority of the clinical problems were related to the inability capsule to reach the colon during the recording time.Capsule endoscopy provides a well-tolerated,safe and effective tool to investigate the gastrointestinal diseases.especially some small bowel diseases.

Objective To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of capsule endoscopy(CE) in a large cohort of the elderly patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding(OGIB). Methods The demographic, clinical and diagnostic data of all geriatric patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding who underwent CE between May 2002 and February 2007 were retrospectively analyzed. For comparison, non-geriatric patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding who underwent CE during the same period were selected as the control group. Results Ninety-seven geriatric patients [40men/57 women, mean age (70.84-6.8) yrs]and ninety-nine non-geriatric patients [61 men/38women, mean age (44. 4±10. 3) yrs)were retrospectively reviewed. Eighty-nine patients presented with overt OGIB while eight patients had occult OGIB in the geriatric group. The section in the nongeriatric group was ninety-one and eight respectively. No significance was seen in the gastric transit time, completion rate and delay rate between two groups. The small bowel transit time was significantly longer in the geriatric group than that in the non-geriatric group (P<0. 05). Sixty-two patients in the geriatric group obtained positive diagnosis and angiodysplasia was the most frequent lesion;while sixty-seven patients in the non-geriatric group obtained positive diagnosis and Crohn's disease was the most frequent lesion. No significance was seen in the positive diagnostic rate between two groups (P>0. 05). However, the constituent ratio of the positive diagnosis was significantly different between two groups (P<0. 01). Conclusions CE is a safe and effective procedure for geriatric patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Angioectasia accounts for the majority of positive findings in geriatric group.

Autophagy is an active research area in the biomedical field as its role has been identified in many physiological and pathological processes. Accordingly, there is a growing demand to identify, quantify and manipulate the process accurately. Meanwhile, there is great interest in identifying compounds that modulate autophagy because they may have applications in the treatment of a variety of autophagy-related diseases. In this review, we summarize the current status of autophagy screening systems to facilitate identification of autophagy modulators.
Autophagy ; Humans

Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus umbilicus application with Chinese medicine for detrusor underactivity.Methods:A total of 46 male patients with detrusor underactivity who were admitted to our hospital between January and December 2017 were randomized into a control group and an observation group,with 23 cases in each group.The control group received intermittent catheterization and routine nursing,and the observation group was treated with acupuncture plus umbilicus application with Chinese medicine on the basis of the treatment of the control group.The comprehensive efficacy,the improvement of bladder urine residue and maximum flow rate of the two groups were observed.Results:No cases dropped out in the two groups.After the intervention,the total effective rate of the observation group was 78.3％,which was significantly higher than 52.2％ of the control group (P＜0.05).After intervention,the improvements of bladder urine residue and maximum flow rate in the observation group were statistically different from those in the control group (both P＜0.05).Conclusion:The combination of acupuncture and umbilicus application with Chinese medicine added on the basis of intermittent catheterization and routine nursing has a certain effect in treating male patients with detrusor underactivity,and is worth further clinical study.

OBJECTIVETo invesitigate the clinical effects of percutaneous closed reduction and cannulated screw internal fixation combined with external fixation in the treatment of unstable pelvic fractures.

METHODSFrom April 2006 to May 2009,29 patients with pelvic fractures of rotatory instability were treated with closed reduction and screw internal fixation combined with external fixation. There were 19 males and 10 females with an average age of 31 years old (ranged from 19 to 53 years). Based on the Tile classification,17 cases were type CI and 12 case were type C2. Tornetta standard and Majeed score were used to evaluated the clinical effect after operation.

RESULTSAll patients were followed up from 10 to 24 months with an average of 16 months. There were no nerve injuries and other organ injuries, only one case of infection was found and it was cured with wound dressing. Time of fracture union was from 14 to 18 weeks with the mean of 16.2 weeks. No loosening, slippage or breakage of the screw were found. According to the Tornetta standards,14 cases obtained excellent results, 10 good, 4 fair and 1 poor. The Majeed score was 87.2 ± 11.3, 16 cases got excellent results, 9 good and 4 fair.

CONCLUSIONClosed reduction and screw internal fixation combined with external fixation is an effective way to treat unstable pelvic fractures with Tile type C1 and Tile type C2.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; External Fixators ; Female ; Fracture Fixation, Internal ; methods ; Fractures, Bone ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pelvic Bones ; injuries ; surgery