Gouty arthritis is a clinical common joint disease caused by metabolic disorder. TCM therapy has unique advantages, such as good efficacy and few adverse reactions. Professor WEI Zi-xiao advocates differential treatment for this disease. In his opinion, acute gouty arthritis is equivalent to TCM damp-heat arthralgia, and therapy of eliminating dampness and heat should be used. During the intermission, therapy of reinforcing spleen and nourishing kidney is appropriate because of deficiency of them. Deficiency of liver and kidney and phlegm and blood stasis are basic pathogenesis in chronic phase of the disease, therefore, activating blood, reducing phlegm and nourishing liver and kidney should be adopted. In addition, Professor WEI pays attention to pharmacological research achievement of TCM, disease differentiation and life and diet regulating in treatment of the disease.

OBJECTIVE: The design and development of split memory alloy sternum bone plate are discussed, and the effect of split memory alloy sternum bone plate internal fixation in the treatment of sternal fractures are analysed. METHODS: The structure of the product is designed according to the anatomy and physiological characteristics of human bones, and the cross section shape of the product is designed according to the cross section shape of human bones. Internal fixation is effective in the treatment of sternal fracture. RESULTS: The split memory alloy sternal plate was successfully designed and developed, and all the patients with sternal fractures treated by internal fixation were clinically healed, the hospitalization and fracture healing time were significantly shortened, and no obvious complications occurred. CONCLUSIONS The application of split memory alloy sternal plate internal fixation in the treatment of sternal fracture has the advantages of small trauma, simple operation, safety, reliable fixation, good histocompatibility and less complications, and is conducive to promoting fracture healing and respiratory function improvement.
Alloys ; Bone Plates ; Fracture Fixation, Internal ; Fracture Healing ; Humans ; Sternum/surgery*