Objective To investigate therapeutic ways a nd effects of using prosthetic materials to repair incisional hernia of the abdo minal wall.Methods Marlex mesh was used in 32 cases and Com posix mesh in 5 cases. Positions of mesh implanted: Retromuscular placement in 1 5 cases, premuscular placement in 12 cases and inlaying mesh into abdominal wall defeat in 10 cases.Results 33 patients were followed for 3 months to 28 months postoperatively, 32 patients were cured without reccurrence. One reccurented at 6 months postoperatively.Conclusion App lication of prosthetic materials to repair incisional hernia of abdominal wall i s safe, and has a low reccurrent rate.

Forty patients who underwent sub-total gastrectomy were divided into four groups, one of them for comparison, the other three groups received 10%, 30% and 100% branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) respectively. The results showed that in BCAA-10 and BCAA-3H group, negative balance was partially corrected, but in BCAA-10 group nitrogen remained an obvious negative balance on the 3rd postoperative day. There were more than ten of plasma AA lower than preoperative day in these two groups. In BCAA-30 group, after surgery, negative nitrogen balance was significantly corrected, and changes of plasma AA had no statistic significance compared with that before operation.Creatinine of urine had no significant difference between each group.In BCAA-30 group, transferrin (Tf) was increased compared with that before operation. It is suggested that the protein synthesis is corrected but the catabolism is not restrained.BCAA may play a regulatory role in muscle protein metabolism, BCAA can serve as fuel substrate to promote synthesis and reduce breakdown of muscle protein to correct negative nitrogen balance.Application of large quantities of BCAA should be based on isotonic AA solution.

Objective: To compare the effects of ordinary nylon toothbrush,bamboo fiber toothbrush and silicone rubber toothbrush. Methods: 30 and 156 college students were respectively included by the enrolment criterion and were respectively divided into 3 groups. Tooth brushes with the same specification and with the 3 materials were respectively used in the 3 goups with the same methods. Plaque index(PI) (n = 10) was examined before and 1 month after use of the brushes; gingival index(GI) was examined(n = 52) before,1 and 3 month after use of the brushes. Results: 1 month after use of the brushes full mouth PI removal rate(n = 10) and GI reduction(n = 52) were not statistically different among the 3 group(between each 2 groups,P＞ 0. 05). 3 months after use of the brushes GI reduction of the silicone rubber toothbrush group was more than that of ordinary nylon toothbrush and bamboo charcoal toothbrush groups(P ＜ 0. 05). Conclusion: Plaque removal efficiency of the 3 kinds of toothbrush is similar. The silicone rubber toothbrush is more effective for gigiva health than ordinary nylon toothbrush and bamboo charcoal toothbrush.