Objective To study the vascular architecture and the indication of endovascular embolization of intramedullary AVMs and evaluate the therapeutic effect. Methods 15 patients (male 9 and female 6 , 9 to 43 years old) with acute or progressive paralysis were undergone DSA and endovascular embolization. The embolic material was PVA particles and silk suture segments. Lidocaine test was performed before embolization if it was necessary. Results There were 3 glomus AVMs and 12 juvenile AVMs among the 15 cases. The glomus AVM was usually fed by single artery, the juvenile AVM was fed by two or more arteries. Among 15 patients, 2 were cured, 3 had excellent effect, 6 had good effect, 4 showed no changed and no one became worsening. After 6 months to 5 years follow up, 7 patients with recurrency were re embolized,another 2 patients were lost of follow up. Conclusions Endovascular embolization is a mild invasive, safety and effective therapeutic method for curing AVMs by avascularizing the rudus and decreasing the drainage vein pressure and bleeding.

Objective To study the local recurrence,distant recurrence and survival rate of anastomotic leak after surgery in patients with colorectal cancer.Methods Chinese and English related studies published from January 1970 to June 2011 were searched in PubMed/Medline,Excerpta medica database (EMBASE),Springger,Google scholar,China national knowledge infrastructure (CNKI),China biomedical literature database (CBM),Wanfang data.All controlled trials related to anastomotic leak after surgery in patients with colorectal cancer were retrieved.Outcomes were evaluated including local recurrence,distant recurrence and survival rate,then Mate-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.0 software provided by the Cochrane network.Results Fifteen studies were included,including a total of 18 225 patients.There were 1 425 patients with anastomotic leak and 16 800 patients without anastomotic leak.The patients with anastomotic leak were compared with patients without anastomotic leak.The OR value of local recurrence was 2.47 (95％ CI 1.72-3.55,P ＜ 0.01),the OR value of distant recurrence was 1.18 (95％ CI 0.98-1.43,P =0.08),and the OR value of 5-year survival rate was 1.68 (95％ CI 1.36-2.07,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Anastomotic leak after surgery is a bad prognosis factor in patients with colorectal cancer.It can increase the local recurrence rate,and decrease survival rate.

Objective To explore the regulatory relationship between CCAAT enhancer binding protein beta(CEBPB)and four-jointed box kinase 1(FJX1)in colon cancer and their effect on colon cancer(CC)malignant progression and angiogenesis.Methods Bioinformatics was used to analyze the expression of FJX1 and CEBPB in CC and the regulatory relationship between them.Real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(qRT-PCR)was used to verify the expression of FJX1 and CEBPB in CC cells,and chromatin immunoprecipitation(CHIP)and dual luciferase assay were used to verify the binding relationship between FJX1 and CEBPB.The effects of FJX1 and CEBPB on the viability,migration,invasion and angiogenesis of CC cells were detected by cell counting kit-8(CCK-8),scratch test,Transwell and angiogenesis test.Results This study revealed that FJX1 was highly expressed in CC.Inhibiting the expression of FJX1 could significantly inhibit the cell viability,migration,invasion and angiogenesis of CC cells.Subsequently,we found that CEBPB was an upstream regulatory gene of FJX1,and CEBPB was highly expressed in CC.CHIP and dual luciferase experiments showed that CEBPB could bind to FJX1.The results of cell experiments showed that the transcription factor CEBPB could promote the proliferation,migration,invasion and angiogenesis of CC cells by activating FJX1.Conclusion CEBPB/FJX1 axis played a cancer-promoting role in the progression of CC,suggesting that CEBPB and FJX1 may be potential therapeutic targets for CC.