Professor CHAO En-xiang accumulates abundant clinical experience,thinks highly of syndrome differentiation and treatment in clinic,emphasizes the pathogeny and method of treatment in accordance with formula and Chinese medicine,notices avoiding to be limited by individual experience.He cautiously grasps pathogenesis in clinical diagnosis and treatment,and is good at applying the theories of TCM,emphasizes the application of the theory of the lung and the large intestine being interior-exteriorly related in treating lung system diseases.He is expert in treating acute diseases with purgative therapy. He learns from ancient physicians,but not limited by their academic thinking,and has formed the special thinking on syndrome differentiation and treatment.

Objective To compare the effects of different surgical techniques for treatment of concealed penis. Methods A retrospective review of 219 patients underwent surgical correction of concealed penis between 1986 and 2007 was performed. The mean age was (10.3±2.4) years(3-15 years). The penile length was (1.9±0. 5)cm(0. 5-3. 0 cm)before operation. Ninty-three patients were the severe degree of concealed penis. The others were the moderate degree. All patients under-went operation with different techniques, including Johnston's technique in 34, Devine's technique in 42, modified Devinds technique in 125 and Brisson's technique in 18. The increased length of penile af-ter operation was compared among the 4 groups with different surgical techniques by statistical meth-od. Results The postoperative increased length of penile in Johnston's technique, Devine's tech-nique, modified Devine's technique and Brisson's technique was (1.8 ± 0. 4) cm, (2. 0 ± 0. 5) cm, (2.1±0.4)cm and (2.3±0.4)cm respectively. The difference was significant by ANOVA test (F=13.1,P<0. 001). Devines technique, modified DevineSs technique and Brisson's technique were better than Johnston's technique considering the increased length of penile. The complication of severe penile lymphedema of 4 groups developed in 8, 5, 6 and 2 patients respectively. Conclusion Modified De-vine's technique has the satisfactory increasing of penile length for treatment of concealed penis and less complication rate after operation.

Objective To investigate the peripheral blood cytopenias in patients with portal hypertension complicated with splenomegaly. Methods The clinical data of 309 patients with portal hypertension who had been admitted to our department from January 1991 to December 2006 were retrospeetively analyzed. Results Of all patients, 278 showed peripheral blood cytopenia, ineluding 71 with paneytopenia, 48 with leukocyte and platelet decrease, 25 with erythroeyte and platelet decrease, 33 with leukocyte and erythroeyte decrease, 28 with platelet decrease, 26 with leukocyte decrease, and 47 with erythrocyte deerease. The number of blood cells increased significantly after splenectomy ( t=6.53, P<0.01). The whole blood cells of the remaining 31 patients without hematocytopenia were normal. Conclusions Patients with portal hypertension eomplieated with splenomegaly do not always accompany peripheral blood eytopenia. Peripheral blood cytopenia is one of the complications of splenomegaly, hut it dose not always appear. Splenectomy is effective in the treatment of hematocytopenia. The reason for some patients do not have peripheral blood cytopenia may be related to the slight pathological changes of spleen and severe hyperplasia of bone marrow.

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects of latarjet nerve and pylous preserved pancreaticoduo-denectomy (LPPPD). Methods Clinical data and postoperative follow-up of Latarjet nerve and Pylous Preserved Pancreaticoduodenectomy since1996 of 32 cases were analyzed retrospectively, and 36 cases being carried out con-temporaneous Pylous Preserved Pancreaticeduodenectomy(PPPD) were compared with. Results The recovery time of postoperative gastrointestinal function recory time is five days of LPPPD group on average; but the time is eight days of PPPD group on average, and significantly slower than LPPPD group ( t = 3.01, P < 0.05 ) ; the occurrence of abdominal distenal, retention of gastric juice and enterogastric recurrent flow are significantly slower in LPPPD group than that in PPPD group( P < 0.05 ). Conclusion The postoperative gastrointestinal function recovered fas-ter, and the postoperative complications were less in LPPPD group than that in PPPD group.

This article analyzes the concept,the formation process,the main content of the United States food defense plan,the duties of stakeholders and the key points of the implementation.This article also summarizes the characteristics,similarities and differences between China and the United States in terms of food defense system,discusses the difficulties and put forward some suggestions for the food defense plan in China.

Gorham-Stout disease (GSD) is a sporadic chronic disease characterized by progressive bone dissolution, absorption, and disappearance along with lymphatic vessel infiltration in bone-marrow cavities. Although the osteolytic mechanism of GSD has been widely studied, the cause of lymphatic hyperplasia in GSD is rarely investigated. In this study, by comparing the RNA expression profile of osteoclasts (OCs) with that of OC precursors (OCPs) by RNA sequencing, we identified a new factor, semaphorin 3A (Sema3A), which is an osteoprotective factor involved in the lymphatic expansion of GSD. Compared to OCPs, OCs enhanced the growth, migration, and tube formation of lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs), in which the expression of Sema3A is low compared to that in OCPs. In the presence of recombinant Sema3A, the growth, migration, and tube formation of LECs were inhibited, further confirming the inhibitory effect of Sema3A on LECs in vitro. Using an LEC-induced GSD mouse model, the effect of Sema3A was examined by injecting lentivirus-expressing Sema3A into the tibiae in vivo. We found that the overexpression of Sema3A in tibiae suppressed the expansion of LECs and alleviated bone loss, whereas the injection of lentivirus expressing Sema3A short hairpin RNA (shRNA) into the tibiae caused GSD-like phenotypes. Histological staining further demonstrated that OCs decreased and osteocalcin increased after Sema3A lentiviral treatment, compared with the control. Based on the above results, we propose that reduced Sema3A in OCs is one of the mechanisms contributing to the pathogeneses of GSD and that expressing Sema3A represents a new approach for the treatment of GSD.
Animals ; Mice ; Endothelial Cells/metabolism* ; Lymphatic Vessels ; Osteoclasts/pathology* ; Osteolysis, Essential/pathology* ; Semaphorin-3A/metabolism*