Objective To investigate curative outcomes of the limited-incision surgery under cold light source for treating calcified lumbar disc protrusion. Methods A total of 36 patients with calcified lumbar disc protrusion underwent limited-incision surgery under cold light visualization from January 2000 to June 2005. The patients were maintained at a prone position. The operation was carried out under local anesthesia. A longitudinal skin incision around 3 cm in length was made. After the inferior border of the vertebral plate and the intervertebral space were exposed, a lamina retractor was inserted above the superior border of the articular process. Then a fenestration and a discectomy were performed under cold light visulization. Results The operative time was 75.3?3.5 min and the intraoperative blood loss was 100.6?5.5 ml. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage occurred in 3 patients. All the 36 patients were followed for 6~60 months (mean, 27 months). Symptoms of low back pain, lower limb pain, and intermittent limping disappeared completely in all the 36 patients. According to the Nakai standard, the rate of excellent or good results was 94.4% ( 34/36 ). Conclusions Limited-incision surgery under cold light source for the treatment of calcified lumbar disc protrusion offers advantages of simplicity of performance, minimal invasion, and satisfactory outcomes.

To study tissue distribution of TTV in experimentally infected Rhesus monkey and if the TT virus is hepatotropic. Total DNA was extracted from tissues of 5 experimentally infected Rhesus monkeys. TTV was detected by PCR,and dot hybridization was done with virus double DNA strand probe or single antisense strand probe. The double strand probe was hybridized with DNA of liver, bone marrow, and spleen, stomach, small intestine, colon. and sera. In the above tissues , the virus was also positive as shown by PCR. The single strand antisense probe was only hybridized with DNA of liver, bone marrow,and small intestine of all 5 monkeys, but not with that of other tissues. It suggested that TTV could infect many tissues of Rhesus monkey. Only the liver ,bone marrow, and small intestine presented the virus positive single strand, which might be a replicative intermediate of the virus. It suggests that TT virus replicates in liver , bone marrow, and small intestine,and it might be hepatotropic.

OBJECTIVETo compare two kinds of method for treating lumbar tuberculosis with psoas abscess, to provide reference for clinical reasonable select of therapy treatment.

METHODSFrom January 2010 to January 2013,42 patients with lumbar tuberculosis combined with psoas abscess with obvious surgical indications were enrolled, including 24 males and 18 females with an average age of (38.5 ± 10.2) years old ranging from 21 to 63 years old. All patients were followed up for 18 to 24 months with an average of 20.9 months. Twenty-two patients underwent posterior vertebral body lesions cleared, bone graft fusion and internal fixation and percutaneous puncture catheter drainage for treatment of psoas major abscess as group A, and twenty patients underwent one-stage extraperitoneal approach to remove abscess, posterior vertebral body lesions cleared, bone graft fusion and internal fixation as group B. The operative time, loss of blood, length of hospital stay, clinical cure rate and other clinical results for the two groups were analyzed and compared.

RESULTSThe loss of blood was (452.3 ± 137.6) ml in group A and (603.5 ± 99.6) ml in group B, there was significant statistical difference (P < 0.05). The time of operation was (193.6 ± 91.2) min in group A and (230.5 ± 56.6) min in group B, there was significant statistical difference (P < 0.05). The time of operation and the loss of blood in group A were obviously less than which in group B. In group A 20 cases were cured and 2 cases relapsed, 19 cases were cured and 1 case relapsed in group B, there was no significant statistical differences between two groups regarding cure rate with chi-square test (χ² = 0.000, P = 1.000). All patients in two groups obtained good clinical curative effect. There were no significant statistical difference between two groups regarding for length of hospital stay with t-test (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONLumbar spinal tuberculosis with psoas abscess is not absolute indications for anterior open operation. Compared with the combined anterior and posterior surgical procedure, the percutaneous puncture catheter drainage combined with posterior debridement, interbody fusion and internal fixation can achieve the same clinical effect but less trauma for the patients.

Adult ; Case-Control Studies ; Debridement ; Female ; Humans ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Psoas Abscess ; etiology ; surgery ; Spinal Fusion ; Tuberculosis, Spinal ; complications ; surgery ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVEThe device of a bone age film of analysis and process was designed, can calculate the expected patient's height and identify growth level and development.

METHODSSelect the DR bone age of 100 children of 6-13 years old, used semi Lagrange algorithm of target region of interest on bone age piece (ROI) for image analysis, compared with 2 pediatric endocrinologists (A, B) who used TW3 artificial to judge bone age (two methods were detected 2 times), and report the results.

RESULTSBone age assessment process, forecast error of bone age reduced to 0.12 years.

CONCLUSIONSThis device can quickly calculate the expected patient's height and identify his growth level, improve the speed and accuracy of bone age assessment, especially in the poor medical conditions in rural and remote areas.

Adolescent ; Age Determination by Skeleton ; instrumentation ; Child ; Equipment Design ; Humans

Objective: To investigate the expression of heat shock response protein(HSP_ 70 ) in human squamous tongue cancer Tca8113 cells during the recovery periods of heat shock.Methods:Tca8113 cells were subjected to heat shock at 43 ℃ for 30 min, then the cells were cultured for 2,4,6,8,12,24 and 48 h respectively. The expression of HSP_ 70 in the cells was examined with immunohistochemical method, Quantitative analysis was performed by FCM and the cell vitality was detected by MTT method.Results:Heat shock induced HSP_ 70 expression in Tca8113 cells at 43 ℃ for 30 min and the maximum proportion of the positive cells were observed and HSP_ 70 reached the maximum value at 12 h after heat shock(P

Objective To assess the effectivity and safety of oxycodone plus acetaminophen for postoperative acute pain re‐lief .Methods Randomized controlled trials (RCT ) on combination of oxycodone plus acetaminophen treating postoperative pain re‐lief were searched from the following data‐bases as PubMed ,EMbase ,MEDLINE(Ovid) ,the Cochrane Library ,CNKI and WAN‐FANG from the date of their establishment to September 2014 .The data of RCT meeting the inclusive criteria were extracted ac‐cording to Cochrane methods by two reviewers independently ,and after the quality was evaluated and cross checked ,meta analyses were conducted using RevMan 5 .2 sotware .Results A total of 18 studies involving 2 213 patients were included .The results of Meta‐analyses showed that compared with placebo group or the equal dosage oxycodone alone group ,the combinations of oxycodone plus acetaminophen were more effective in postoperative pain relief (P<0 .01) .However ,there are no significant difference in the effective between the combinations of oxycodone plus acetaminophen and the higher dosage oxycodone alone group or the acetamin‐ophen alone group for postoperative pain relief (P>0 .05) .Adverse events occurred more frequently with combination therapy than placebo or acetaminophen alone group ,but were generally described as mild to moderate in severity and rarely led to withdrawal . There are no significant difference in the adverse events between the combination of oxycodone plus acetaminophen and the oxyc‐odone alone group .Conclusion The present study showed that combination of oxycodone plus acetaminophen is effective and high safe in postoperative acute pain relief .

Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of different dosages of oxycodone plus acetaminophen for treating acute pain after oral surgery,in order to provide a reasonable dosage of combination in clinic. Methods Randomized controlled trials ( RCTs ) on effect of combination of oxycodone plus acetaminophen on pain relief after oral operation were searched from the following data-bases:PubMed,EMbase,MEDLINE ( Ovid) ,the Cochrane Library,CNKI,and WANFANG from the date of their establishment to January 2015. The data of RCTs meeting the inclusive criteria were extracted according to Cochrane methods by two reviewers independently,and after the quality was evaluated and cross-checked,meta-analyses were conducted using RevMan 5.2 software. Results A total of 11 studies in 10 literatures involving 1 028 patients were included and were designated to 3 different dosage groups (5 mg/325 mg,10 mg/650 mg,10 mg/1 000 mg,respectively). The results of Meta-analyses showed that pain remission rate was significantly higher in the 3 different dosages of oxycodone plus acetaminophen groups than in the placebo group (RR5 mg/325 mg=3.35,95%CI [1.74,6.45],I2=38%,P=0.000 3;RR10 mg/650 mg=6.88,95%CI [4.00,11.83],I2=0%,P<0.000 01;RR10 mg/1 000 mg=4.94,95%CI [3.23,7.56],I2=81%,P=0.005). In additional,the RR of oxycodone 10 mg/acetaminophen 650 mg and placebo groups for pain remission rate was higher than that of the other 2 dosages groups,moreover,more studies were enrolled and its low heterogeneity led to high reliability. Usage rate of remedial painkillers was significally lower in oxycodone plus acetaminophen groups than in the placebo group (RR5mg/325mg=0.71,95%CI [0.60, 0.85],P<0.000 01;RR10mg/650mg=0.50,95%CI [0.41,0.61],P<0.000 01;RR10mg/1000mg=0.77,95%CI [0.66,0.90],P=0.001) ,In addition, the RRs of usage rate in oxycodone 10 mg/acetaminophen 650 mg and placebo groups were significantly lower than the other 2 dosages groups. Incidence rates of adverse effects were similar in the 3 different dosages groups and higher than that of the placebo group. However,the adverse events were generally described as mild to moderate in severity and rarely led to drug withdrawal according to all reports in the studies ( only one event ) . Conclusion The present study showed that combination of oxycodone plus acetaminophen can provide better analgesia in acute pain after oral surgery with high safety. In addition,combination of oxycodone 10 mg plus paracetamol 650 mg may be better for acute pain relief after oral surgery.

Objective To compare the humoral immunity features of acute glomerulonephritis and nephritic syndrome(NS) in children for earlier differential diagnosis and rational administration.Methods Nephelometry was used to determinate the serum level of immunoglobulin(Ig)G,IgA,IgM,C3,C4 in children by England MININEPH machine and correlated reagent. The serum level of IgE was determined by IgE enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA),assay ELISA kit of America E&ELABSINC company. Immunoturbidimetry and westergren method were used to detect anti-streptolysin O(ASO) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR),respectively.Results There were significant diffe-rence features of humoral immunity between acute glomerulonephritis and NS in children.IgG,IgA,IgE,C3,C4 had significant difference between acute glomerulonephritis children and healthy children(Pa

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a critical role in cancer metastasis,and is relevant to the inflammatory microenvironment.Lipopolysaccharide (LPS),a cell wall constituent of gram-negative bacteria,has been reported to induce EMT of cancer cells through TLR4 signal.We previously reported that LPS promoted metastasis of mesenchymallike breast cancer cells with high expression of cyclin D 1 b.However,the role of cyclin D1b in LPS-induced EMT has not been fully elucidated.In the present study,we described that cyclin D1b augmented EMT induced by LPS in MCF-7 breast cancer cells.Cyclin D1b markedly amplified integrin αvβ3 expression,which was further up-regulated under LPS stimulation.Our results showed ectopic expression of cyclin D1b promoted invasiveness of epithelial-like MCF-7 cells under LPS stimulation.Additionally,LPS-induced metastasis and EMT in MCF-7-D1b cells might depend on αvβ3 expression.Further exploration indicated that cyclin D1b cooperated with HoxD3,a transcription factor promoting αvβ3 expression,to promote LPS-induced EMT.Knockout of HoxD3 repressed LPS-induced EMT and αvβ3 over-expression in MCF-7 cells with high expression of cyclin D1b.Specifically,all these effects were in a cyclin D1a independent manner.Taken all together,LPS up-regulated integrin αvβ3 expression in MCF-7 cells with high expression of cyclin D 1b and induced EMT in breast cancer cells,which highlights that cyclin D1b may act as an endogenous pathway participating in exogenous signal inducing EMT in breast cancer cells.

Objective To observe the in vitro effect of leptin, alone or in combination with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) on inducible nitric oxide (NO) and on inducible matrix metallo-proteinase-1 3 (MMP-13) in rabbit articular chondrocytes. Methods The chondrocytes from the articular cartilage of 2-month-old rabbits were cultivated and identified, and the second filial generation chondrocytes were cocultured on plates with different concentrations of leptin alone or in combination with TNF-α for 48 h or 96 h after 12 h starvation. The concentration of NO and MMP-13 was measured in the chondrocytes culture supernatant fluid. The results were statistically analyzed. Results There was no significant difference in the concentrations of NO between the different concentrations of leptin alone groups and the blank control group (P ＞ 0. 05). In combination with the same concentration of TNF-α (10 ng/mL), leptin could dose-dependently increase the concentration of NO in the chondrocytes culture supernatant fluid in vitro. There was significant value in average concentration of MMP-13 on the main effect of both time and dose (P ＜0. 05) . No MMP-13 was detected in the blank control group. Conclusion Leptin can induce MMP-13 and have synergistic induction effect on NO with TNF-α in rabbit articular chondrocytes in vitro.