Aged ; Equipment Failure ; Foreign Bodies ; Humans ; Kyphosis ; Male ; Scoliosis ; Spine ; abnormalities ; Trachea ; Tracheostomy ; instrumentation

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of computed tomography?guided visceral nerve plexus ethanol neurolysis through post?curs of diaphragm approach in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer pain using,and study the safety and life quality improvement of patients . Methods A total of 58 patients suffered from pancreatic cancer pain,who were treated in the department of pain medicine of the First Hospital of China Medical University from October 2013 to December 2014,were recruited for the study. The patients were divided into two groups according to the willing of the patients and their families,group A(32 cases)was treated with Visceral Nerve Plexus ethanol Neurolysis,while group B(26 cas?es)was treated with oral opioid drugs. The analgesic effect,changes in the amount of opioid drugs,changes in the PSQI scores and the improvement of quality of life were evaluated before treatment and 1 day(T1),15 days(T15),30 days(T30),60 days(T60)after treatment. Record the adverse reactions in the course of treatment. Results All the patients of group A successfully received visceral nerve plexus ethanol neurolysis,the VAS scores,Karnofsky scores,and PSQI scores of all the observed time points(after the operation)were statistically different compared to those before treatment and group B. Statistically difference was also observed in quality of life between two groups(P<0.05). The amount of opioid drugs of group B was statistically increased than that of group A(P<0.01).The most common side effects in Group A were postural hypotension(6 cases),diar?rhea(2 cases),and intercostal neuralgia,while nausea(20 cases),constipation(11 cases)and dizziness(8 cases)were seen in the Group B. Con?clusion Visceral nerve plexus ethanol neurolysis through post?curs of diaphragm approach by the guide of CT is effective and safe for the patients with pancreatic cancer pain,and the complications were totally acceptable.

Objective:To explore the preoperative diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN).Methods:Data of 62 patients with IPMN confirmed by pathology who underwent EUS before surgery from 2008 to 2018 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were analyzed. Characteristics that could distinguish low-grade dysplasia (LGD), high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and invasive carcinoma (IC) were explored. A scoring system based on EUS findings was established to determine the preoperative pathology of IPMN by using logistic model.Results:Of the 62 patients, 15 (24.2%) were diagnosed as having LGD, 20 (32.3%) HGD and 27 (43.5%) IC. Univariate analysis showed that the size of mural nodules and width of main pancreatic duct (MPD) were predictive factors for IPMN pathology. The possibility of higher pathological grading would increase 8% for every 1 mm increment in mural nodules. Multivariate analysis showed that only mural nodules≥5 mm ( OR=7.31, 95% CI : 2.49-21.40, P<0.001) was an independent risk factor to distinguish LGD, HGD and IC. Mural nodules≥5 mm, main pancreatic duct (MPD)≥10 mm and mural nodules <5 mm were assigned 2 points, 1 point and 1 point, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, and area under receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) of the EUS scoring system to distinguish benign and malignant IPMN were 0.830, 0.867, and 0.867, respectively. Conclusion:Preoperative EUS helps to distinguish LGD, HGD and IC. The size of mural nodules and the width of MPD are vital risk factors to distinguish benign and malignant IPMN.

Objective The detection of malignant lymphoma with invasion in liver and spleen using PET/CT has not been well documented in the literature. This study aimed to investigate the usefulness of PET/CT in this regard and to compare it with plain CT. Methods Forty-one pathologically confirmed malignant lymphoma patients with liver and spleen invasion were recruited into this study. Among all patients, there were 38 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and 1 gastric mucosa associated lymphoma. PET/CT imaging was recorded 1h after injection of 296～444 MBq 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). Results (1) There were 30(30/41) patients with liver invasion, including hepatic nodules, mass and portal nodes. The mass was large to invade surrounding liver parenchyma. (2) There were 23(23/41) patients with spleen invasion. The spleen was enlarged and demonstrated diffused hyper-metabolism. (3) Other invasion included: lung (n=13), cortical bone and marrow (n=12), stomach (n=9), pleural (n=6), and subcutaneous soft tissue (n=5) and so on. Conclusion PET/CT could accurately diagnose the invasion in liver and spleen of malignant lymphoma, which was of potential role on the diagnosis and staging of lymphoma.

Objective To compare mobilization effects of endogeneous MSCs in the treatment of ulcerative colitis rats by Shenling Baizhu Powder and Tongxie Yaofang Decoction. Methods Twenty SD male rats were randomly divided into blank group, model group, Shenling Baizhu Powder group and Tongxie Yaofang Decoction group. TNBS/ethanol method was used to build the ulcerative colitis model. Administration groups were given Shenling Baizhu Powder and Tongxie Yaofang Decoction for gavage and model group and blank group were given normal saline for gavage. After gavage, MSCs from peripheral blood and bone marrow were extracted for primary culture. MSCs of bone marrow and peripheral blood were detected by flow cytometry. Results MSCs from bone marrow showed: Compared with the blank group, the percentage of positive cells in the model group decreased (P<0.05); Compared with the model group, the percentage of positive cells in Shenling Baizhu Powder group and Tongxie Yaofang Decoction group increased, and the expression of Shenling Baizhu Powder group was more obvious (P<0.05). MSCs from peripheral blood showed: Compared with the blank group, the percentage of positive cells in the model group increased (P<0.05); Compared with the model group, the percentage of positive cells in Shenling Baizhu Powder group and Tongxie Yaofang Decoction group decreased, and the expression of Shenling Baizhu Powder group was more obvious (P<0.05). Conclusion Shenling Baizhu Powder and Tongxie Yaofang Decoction have the function of promoting the increase of bone marrow-derived MSCs and the reduction of peripheral blood source of MSCs in model rats, and Shenling Baizhu Powder is better than Tongxie Yaofang Decoction.

Objective:To explore the value of six free microRNAs (miRNAs) in gastric juice in diagnosing gastric adenocarcinoma.Methods:Totally 53 patients who underwent gastroscopy in 2013 were enrolled.The free miRNAs in gastric juice were extracted and detected by quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay (qRT-PCR).The patients were divided into gastric cancer group (24 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma) and control group (16 cases of gastric ulcer and 13 cases of chronic gastritis).The nonparametric Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the miRNAs expression in gastric juice between the two groups and the area under receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy.Results:All of the six miRNAs had an increased tendency in gastric cancer.Compared with control group,miR-17,-18a,-20a,-21,and-378 were significantly increased in gastric cancer group (all P＜0.05),and miR-17,-18a,-21,-378 had a moderately diagnostic value,while miR-20a and-106b had a lowly diagnostic value.Conclusions:Free miRNAs in gastric juice have potential diagnostic value in gastric adenocarcinoma.

OBJECTIVETo compare the predictive values of eight staging systems for primary liver cancer in the prognosis of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocellular carcinoma (cHCC-CC) patients after surgery.

METHODSThe clinical data of 54 cHCC-CC patients who underwent hepatectomy or liver transplantation from May 2005 to Augest 2013 in Chinese PLA General Hospital were collected. We evaluated the prognostic value of the Okuda staging system, Cancer of the Liver Italian Program (CLIP) score, French staging system, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system, 7th edition of tumour-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), Japan Integrated Staging (JIS) score, and Chinese University Prognostic Index. The distribution, Kaplan-Meier method, Log-rank test, and area under a receiver operating characteristic curve were used to compare the prognosis-predicting ability of these different staging systems in 54 cHCC-CC patients after surgery.

RESULTSThe TNM staging system for ICC and JIS score had a better distribution of cases. The 12-and 24-month survivals of the entire cohort were 65.5% and 56.3%, respectively. A Log-rank test showed that there was a significant difference existing in the cumulative survival rates of different stage patients when using TNM staging system for ICC (stage 1 vs. stage 2, P=0.012; stage 2 vs. stage 3-4, P=0.002), Okuda staging system (stage 1 vs. stage 2, P=0.025), and French staging system (stage A and stage B, P=0.045). The 12-and 24-month area under curve of TNM staging system for ICC, BCLC staging system, JIS score, and CLIP score were 0.836 and 0.847, 0.744 and 0.780, 0.723 and 0.764, and 0.710 and 0.786, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe 7th edition of TNM staging system for ICC has superior prognostic value to other seven staging systems in cHCC-CC patients undergoing surgical treatment.

Bile Duct Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Cholangiocarcinoma ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Hepatectomy ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Neoplasm Staging ; methods ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prognosis ; ROC Curve ; Survival Rate

OBJECTIVETo culture human dental papilla cells (HDPCs)and to study its cytobiological characters in vitro.

METHODSHDPCs were isolated and cultured with explant culture technique in vitro; Type I collagen, fibronection and laminin were detected in HDPCs and its secreted matrix with the immunocyto-chemical stain; HDPCs were incubated in mineralized promoting solution containing 10 mmol/L beta-glycerophosphate, 100 mg/L of ascorbic acid and 10 nmol/L dexamethasone supplemented with 10% FBS and the form of mineralized nodules was tested with Alizarin Red S stainning.

RESULTSCultured HDPCs in vitro were well growing in DMEM/F12. Type I collagen, fibronection and laminin staining were all positive in both HDPCs and its secreted matrix, and laminin was stained with bunchiness in matrix. Mineralized nodules formed after cultured 27 days by Alizarin Red S stainning.

CONCLUSIONHDPCs isolated and cultured are well growing in vitro, have a capability of synthesizing and secreting matrix and in mineralized promoting solution, are able to form mineralizer, so, HDPCs have a capacity of seed cell of tissue engineering regeneration tooth.

Cell Culture Techniques ; Cells, Cultured ; Collagen Type I ; Dental Papilla ; Dexamethasone ; Glycerophosphates ; Humans ; In Vitro Techniques ; Tissue Engineering ; Tooth

OBJECTIVETo observe the protective effect of the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and the associated lung injury.

METHODSIn rat models of the SAP established with injection of 5% sodium taurocholate into the biliary-pancreatic duct, the changes of the serum amylase and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in the pancreatic and lung tissues were evaluated. The pathological changes of the pancreatic and lung tissues were also observed.

RESULTSMG-132 significantly decreased serum amylase, pancreatic weight/body weight ratio, and pancreatic and pulmonary myeloperoxidase activity (P<0.05). Histopathological examinations revealed milder edema, cellular damage, and inflammation in the pancreatic and lung tissues of rats pretreated with the peptide (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONMG-132 ameliorates SAP and the associated lung injury in rats.

Acute Disease ; Amylases ; blood ; Animals ; Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors ; pharmacology ; Leupeptins ; pharmacology ; Lung ; pathology ; Lung Injury ; drug therapy ; Pancreas ; pathology ; Pancreatitis ; drug therapy ; Peroxidase ; blood ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

OBJECTIVETo classify the Chinese isolates of Coltiviruses.

METHODSThree sets of primers were selected among them two were specific to the 9th and 12th segments of subgroup B2, and one was for the 12th segment of subgroup B1-All the Chinese isolates of Coltivirus selected in the experiment were classified according to the lengths of different amplicons of the reverse transcriptase-polymerase Chain reaction (RT-PCR). The homogenicity of the nucleic acids of the isolates BJ95-75 and YN-6 was also compared with other Coltivirus strains belonging to subgroup B2.

RESULTSWith the primers 12-854-S/12-B2-R, which were specific to the 12th segment of Coltivirus subgroup B2-850 bp amplicons were obtained from Beijing isolate BJ95-75 and all the Yunnan isolates such as YN-6, -67-1, -68-1, -69, -70-1, -70-2, -90, -92-2, -93 of Coltivirus 492 bp DNA fragments were also amplified from all of them with the segment 9th specific primers 9-JKT-S/9-JKT-R. However no positive results were obtained from Northeast isolates NE97-12, NE97-31 and control viruses YN-99(Orbivirus),YN-151-1(JEV) with the same two sets of primers. With 12-B1-S/12-B1R primers specific to the 12th segment of subgroup B1, no amplicons of right length were obtained from any of the Chinese isolates of Coltivirus and the control viruses. When compared the nucleic acid sequences of BJ95-75 and YN-6 with other Coltivirus strains such as Bannavirus, JKT6423, JKT6969, JKT7043, the amplicons from segment 12th of these two strains had more than 89.4% homology with the other strains, especially to the earlier Chinese isolate Bannavirus, the homolog was more then 98.9%. Nearly 96.5% and 99.2% of the nucleic acids of the amplicons from segment 9th of the two strains were being homologous to Bannavirus and about 84.0% to JKT6423, which had been classified into type B2a. But the maximal homogenicity was about 53% when compared with the other two coltivirus strains. JKT6969 and JKT7043 which had been classified into type B2b.

CONCLUSIONGenotyping the recent Chinese isolates of coltivirus for the first time in our country. Most of the Chinese isolates belong to subgroup B2, more exactly type B2a. The Northeast isolates NE97-12 and NE97-31 were not correctly grouped with the available primers.

Animals ; Base Sequence ; China ; Coltivirus ; classification ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Culicidae ; virology ; Genotype ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid