Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of pre-hospital mild hypothermia in patients with severe craniocerebral injury,and to explore the possible mechanism by the changes of serum Malondialdehyde (MDA).Methods 120 cases of severe craniocerebral injury were divided into pre-hospital mild hypothermia group (group A,65 cases) and control group(group B,55 cases) by random number table.Patients in group A were gave pre-hospital mild hypothermia treatment,and patients in group B were gave mild hypothermia therapy only after hospitalization.Comparison of the change of serum MDA at admission,the 7th and 14th day between two groups,and the functional outcomes were evaluated by GOS score in 6 months after treatment.Results The MDA levels of two group at seventh days and 14 days were higher than that at admission [(10.4 ± 1.5)nmol/L and (8.2 ± 1.2)nmol/L in group A,(12.6 ± 1.9)nmol/L and (10.0 ± 1.4)nmol/L in group B,P ＜0.05],and it was the highest at 7th day,and its in group A was significantly lower than that in group B at 7th,14th day [(6.9 ± 1.1) nmol/L in group A,(6.6 ±1.0) nmol/L in group B,P ＜ 0.05].The good prognosis rate was 47.7％ (31 cases) in group A,higher than the 38.2％ (21 cases) in group B;The mortality rate was 12.1％ (8 cases) in group A,lower than the 21.4％ (12 cases)the group B,and the difference was statistically significant (Z =-2.132,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Pre-hospital mild hypothermia treatment can improve the prognosis of patients with severe craniocerebral injury and alleviate the damage of brain tissues.

Objective To investigate the clinical effects of standard large trauma craniectomy in patients with acute posttraumatic brain swelling. Methods A cohort study was performed in 74 patients of acute posttraumatic brain swelling with midline shifting more than 5 mm, who were divided randomly into two groups: standard large trauma craniectomy group (n =37) and routine temporoparietal craniectomy group as control group (n =37). The vital sign, the intracranial pressure (ICP) and complications were observed during the treatment. The Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) and mortality rate as well as the complications were evaluated after treatment. Results The mean ICP in the large trauma craniectomy group at 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours was much lower than those of the control group ( P

Objective To evaluate the causes and prognosis of severe trauma in the elderly.Methods The 168 patients in elderly group (aged 60 to 91 years), 517 in middle-aged group (aged 36to 59 years) and 405 in young group (aged 18 to 35 years) were evaluated using an abbreviated injury scale (AIS2005) and injury severity score (ISS). All patients with ISS ≥ 16 were selected during a seven-year period. The injury severity, injury site number, cause of injury, injury site, emergency operation, diseases before injury, secondary infection after injury, development of multiple organ dysfunction, number of patients with Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay, length of stay in ICU and prognosis were compared among three groups. Results The main cause of injury was accident (64patients, 38.1%), followed by traffic accident (63 patients, 37.5%) in elderly group. The traffic accident was major cause of injury in middle-aged and young group (246 patients, 47.6%; 153patients, 37.8%, respectively), followed by fall from high places (128 patients, 24.8%; 102 patients, 25.2%, respectively). The main injury sites were head and chest in elderly, middle-aged and young group (155 patients, 92.3%; 411 patients, 79.5%; 321 patients, 79.3%, respectively).There were significant differences among three groups in injury site number, emergency operation,pre-injury diseases, secondary infection after injury, number of patients with ICU stay and length of stay in ICU (F=8. 299, P＜0.01; x2= 14.88, P=0.001; x2=254.6, P＜0.01; x2=10. 54, P=0. 005; x2 = 15.62, P＜0.01; F= 5.760, P= 0.005, respectively ). In spite of injury severity (F=2.950, P= 0.053), there were significant differences between elderly group and middle-aged or young group (t=2.325, P=0.021; t=2.128, P=0.034, respectively). The incidence of multiple organ dysfunction had no significant difference among the three groups (x2 = 1.142, P= 0.565). The cure rate and unhealed automatically discharged patients had significant differences (x2 = 13.77, P= 0. 001;x2 =6.025, P= 0.049, respectively). The mortalities were similar (x2 = 1.397, P= 0.497). The leading cause of death among three groups was a serious head injury. Conclusions For elderly patients, it is important to reduce accidental injuries and traffic accidents, to improve the cure rate,and to reduce the unhealed and mortality rate.

Objective To investigate the gradient changes of bilateral cerebral hemisphere pressure after lateral hemisphere injury and observe their effects on craniotomy. Methods Twenty-four patients with cerebral contusion and subdural intracerebral hematoma were included in this study. All patients received brain parenehyma pressure (BPP) monitoring by introducing optic fibro sensor into each cerebral hemisphere via the frontal lobe. All patients underwent surgical craniotomy for evacuation of space occupying lesions such as cerebral hemisphere contusion, subdural and/or intracerebral hematoma.Preoperative and postoperative BPP data at different time points were recorded and analyzed. Results Preoperative BPP value of the injured hemispheres was significantly higher than that of the other hemisphere (P ＜ 0. 01 ). There was no significant statistical difference upon BPP value at 0, 24 and 48 hours after operation between both hemispheres ( P ＞ 0.05 ). The postoperative BPP value of bilateral hemispheres was lower than the preoperative one. Conclusions BPP monitoring sensors should be introduced into the injured hemisphere so that the valuable information can be timely showed. When the cerebral hemisphere has lesions after brain injury, such lesion becomes the source of elevated intracranial pressure and can result in bilateral hemisphere pressure gradient. Craniotomy can not only effectively lower the intracranial pressure, but also eliminate the BPP gradient, which contritbutes to reposition of the oppressed brain tissue.

Objective To investigate the diagnosis and the effect of microsurgery in patients with acute spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (ASSEH). Method Five patients with ASSEH treated with microsurgery and confirmed pathologically were retrospectively analyzed. Results The main clinical presentations were root pain and palsy. The main manifestations of MRI were long-segment epidural lesion of high intensity in T1 and T2-weighted images without enhancement. With the microsurgery system, laminectomy via posterior approach and hematoma removal were successfully undergone with full recovery in all cases. Conclusions MRI assisted with the main clinical symptoms may aid preoperative diagnosis in symptomatic ASSEH. Microsurgery is an effective method for treating ASSEH. Postoperative (rather than preoperative) spinal DSA is advantageous for exclusion of spinal vascular malformation in treating ASSEH.

Objective To investigate the role of Heme oxygenase-1 in the effect of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning (HBOP) against the brain edema formation after experimental intracerebral hemorrhage in rats.Methods The study was carried out by animal experiment in two steps by using 54 Spradgue-Dawley rats weighting from 300-350 g.In the first step,rats were treated with HBOP (HBOP group,n =3) or with sham pre-conditioning (Sham pre-conditioning group,n =3).All the rats were sacrificed 24 h after the preconditioning,and basal ganglion of brain tissue was taken for detect HO-1 level by using western blot analysis.In the second step,rats were divided into 4 groups (n =12 in each group):HBOP +ZnPP group,in which rats had a micro-pump intra-peritoneally implanted containing a specific HO-1 inhibitor ZnPPⅨ (Zinc protoporphyrin IX,0.01 mg/kg),Sham pre-conditioning + Znpp group,HBOP + DMSO group,in which rats with a intra-peritoneal micro-pump containing 2 mL Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO,a solvent vehicle) and Sham pre-conditioning + DMSO group before HBOP.At 24 hours after the pre-conditioning,rats received an infusion of 100 μL autologous blood into the caudate nucleus to form a simulated intracerebrum hemorrhage (ICH),and were sacrificed 72 h later for brain water content measurements.All data were analyzed by using Stata 7.0 software and statistical analyses were carried out by two-tailed Student t test.Results Compared with the Sham pre-conditioning group,the HBOP group had significant higher level of HO-1.Compared with the Sham pre-conditioning + DMSO group,the HBOP + DMSO group had a significant lower level of water content in the ipsilateral basal ganglion [(81.4 ± 0.9) ％ vs.(82.6 ± 0.8) ％ (P ＜ 0.05)],however,peritoneal infusion of ZnPP Ⅸ before HBOP abolished HBOP-induced protection against brain edema formation after experimental ICH [(82.8 ± 0.9) ％ vs.(82.6 ± 0.7) ％ (P ＞ 0.05)].Conclusions Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning attenuate brain edema formation after experimental ICH in rats,and this protection is attributed to the activation of HO-1.

Objective To investigate the expression of PI3K, AKT and PTEN in gliomas. Methods The pathological specimens of 66 glioma patients who underwent surgery in our hospital and Huashan Hospital from January to December 2017 were analyzed, and another 50 normal pathological specimens were selected as reference group. Immunohisto-chemistry was used to detect the expressions of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, protein kinase B and homologous phos-phatase-tensin. The expression of three indicators between glioma tissues and normal brain tissues was compared to analyze the correlation between the three positive expressions in glioma tissues. Results The positive expression rates of PI3K and AKT in normal brain tissue were significantly lower than those in low-grade gliomas and high-grade gliomas, and the difference was significant (P＜0. 05). And the positive expression rates of PI3K and AKT in the low-grade gliomas were significantly lower than those in high-grade gliomas, and the difference was statistically significant (P＜ 0. 05). The positive rate of PTEN protein in normal brain tissue was 100. 0％, which was significantly higher than that in low-grade glioma and high-grade glioma, with significant difference (P＜0. 05). And the positive rate of PTEN protein in the low malignant glioma was significantly higher than that in high grade glioma, and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0. 05). Conclusion PI3K and AKT are highly expressed and PTEN is low-expressed in gliomas, which is related to the degree of malignancy.