Objective:The benefits of postoperative adjuvant therapy method for low-risk early-stage cervical squamous cell carcinoma were investigated. Methods:A total of 133 patients with low-risk early-stage cervical squamous cell carcinoma were treated at Shandong Cancer Hospital&Institute from February 2008 to March 2012. All patients received adjuvant therapy:42 were treated with pelvic ra-diotherapy (RT), 47 were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy (CT)+intracavitary radiotherapy (ICRT), and 44 were treated with concurrent chemoradiation (CCRT). Disease-free survival (DFS) and complications of the therapy were evaluated. Results:No significant differences in DFS were observed in the patients treated with RT, CT+ICRT, and CCRT (P>0.05), and the three-year DFS rates were 94.0%, 93.4%, and 97.6%, respectively. The frequencies of grade III to IV acute toxicities were significantly higher in patients treated with CCRT (34.1%) than in those treated with RT (9.5%) or CT+ICRT (16.7%) (P<0.05). No statistically significant difference was observed between the RT group and the CT+ICRT group (P>0.05). Grade I to II late toxicity was significantly more frequent in the CCRT (25%) and RT (19.0%) groups compared with the CT+ICRT group (4.3%) (P>0.05), but no statistically significant differences were observed between the CCRT and the RT groups (P>0.05). Conclusion:CT+ICRT or RT has a three-year DFS rate equivalent to CCRT but with fewer therapy com-plications for low-risk early-stage cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

A spectrophotometric method for the determination of calcium in milk, hair and urine was developed using metal complezing dye orthocresolphth-alein complexone(OCPC).The organic matter in the tested sample was destroyed by digestion. An aliquot of the digested solution was mixed with color developing reagent, alkaline OCPC, cantaining 8-quinolinol to suppress interference such as magnesium, and the absorbance was measured at 570 nm.The coefficients of variation were 0.87, 3.6 and 1.2% for milk, hair and urine samples; and the analytical recoveries of calcium from milk, hair and urine averaged 100.4, 101.0 and 98.5% respectively. The calcium content of milk and hair determined by this method was closely correlated with that of the ICP-AES method (r =0.994, p

ObjectiveTo investigate the feasibility and superiority of video-assisted minithoracotomy surgery (VAMT) in treatment of adolescent patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax. MethodsThe clinical data of 103 adolescent patients with spontaneous pneumothorax were analyzed retrospectively. VAMTS was performed in 56 cases and video-assisted thoracoseopic surgery(VATS) was performed in 47 cases. complications Statistical analysis were undergoing in middle-operation, post-operation and ambi-operation in the two groups were analyzed. ResultsNo statistically significant difference were found in blood loss ,operating time,pain grade, out-of-bed activity time, antibiotics use time,chest drainage time,hospital day pulmonary infection between the two groups( all P ＞0.05 ). The cost of hospitalization was lower in VAMTS group compare to VATS group ( P ＜ 0.05). ConclusionVAMT in treatment of adolescent patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax had the advantage of simple performance, reliable effectiveness, practical,lower cost of hospitalization fee.

Objective To investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2295080) inmTOR gene with the susceptibility to acute leukemia (AL) in Chinese children.Methods A case-control study was performed by recruitment of 180 children with AL and 296 healthy children as controls. The genotype of this SNP was detected using PCR-RFLP. The data were analyzed by SPSS19.0.Results There was a signiifcant difference in genotypes in three groups (ALL, AML and con-trol) (P=0.026). And the SNP was associated with AL, with G allele being higher in AL group than that in controls (OR=1.413, 95%CI: 1.050-1.901,P=0.022). In ALL group, G allele was also higher than that in healthy group (OR=1.456, 95%CI: 1.052-2.015, P=0.023). However, no signiifcant association was observed in AML patients (P=0.302). In addition, ALL patients with GG gen-otype were associated with disease severity compared with patients with TT or GT genotype (OR=2.044, 95%CI: 0.569-7.341). ConclusionThe rs2295080 was associated with ALL, with G allele being a risk factor.

Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics, mycology and therapeutics of 5 cases of cutaneous zygomycosis collected in recent 3 years. Methods A retrospective study was performed using clinical data on 5 cases of cutaneous zygomycosis collected in recent 3 years. Also, previous reports of this entity were reviewed. Results There were 1 male and 4 females among the 5 patients with cutaneous zygo-mycosis confirmed by mycology and/or pathology. The onset of age varied from 5 to 49 years, and course of disease from 7 months to 16 years. Of the 5 patients, 1 presented with superficial cutaneous zygomycosis, and the other 4 with gangrenous cutaneous zygomycosis; 3 had a history of trauma or surgery, 2 had no obvious inducements. Eruptions were located in the face of 2 patients and in the extremities of 3 patients. The isolate was identified as Rhizomucor variabilis in 3 cases, and species remained unclear in 2 cases. Four patients were treated by amphotericin B, and 1 by oral flueonazole as well as oral and injected itraconazole. Finally, 2 patients were healed, 1 was improved, 1 experienced no obvious improvement, and 1 died. Con-clusions Cutaneous zygomycosis is a rare severe devastating deep fungal infection. The first choice of drug is amphoteracin B for it. To improve the understanding of this disease may benefit the early diagnosis and therapy of it.

Objective To investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) (rs1053005 and rs744166) and expression level of STAT3 gene and the susceptibility to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in Chinese children.Methods A case-control study was performed,and 184 children with ALL and 377 healthy children as controls were recruited.The genotypes of 2 SNPs were detected by using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method.And the expression level of STAT3 gene was detected by using real-time PCR;All the data were analyzed by using SPSS 16.0 software.Results (1) In this study,the genotypes (GG,AG,AA) of rs1053005 had a significant difference between the ALL group and control group (x2 =6.737,P =0.034).Compared with control group,the A allele had a higher frequency in ALL group and A allele was a risk factor(x2 =5.853,P =0.016).But,there was no difference in frequency of genotype rs744166 between the 2 groups (x2 =1.866,P =0.393).(2) There was no significant association between genotypes and risk degree among 3 groups (high risk group,medial risk group and standard risk group) (x2 =0.335,P =0.987).(3) The expression level of STAT3 gene in patients with AA genotype was lower than that of the patients with GG genotype (t =4.758,P =0.009);and compared with patients of the standard risk group,high risk patients had a lower expression level of STAT3 gene (t =5.284,P =0.007).Conclusions The polymorphism of SNP rs1053005 was associated with ALL,with A allele being a risk factor;and the expression level of STAT3 gene maybe associated with the risk degree in ALL patients.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine for improvement of postoperative analgesia with sufentanil in pediatric patients with a large area of burn after tangential excision and skin grafting.Methods Forty-two pediatric patients of both sexes with a large area of burn,of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱ or Ⅲ,aged 2-10 yr,weighing 13-36 kg,scheduled for elective tangential excision and skin grafting under combined propofol-remifentanil-sevoflurane anesthesia,were randomly divided into 2 groups (n=21 each) using a random number table:sufentanil group (group Suf) and dexmedetomidine plus sufentanil group (group Dex-Suf).The patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) was used for postoperative analgesia.PCIA solution contained sufentanil 2 μg/kg and granisetron 100 μg/kg in 100 ml of normal saline in group Suf,and contained dexmedetomidine 2.5 μg/kg,sufentanil 1.5 μg/kg,and granisetron 100 μg/kg in 100 ml of normal saline in group Dex-Suf.The PCA pump was set up with a 0.5 ml bolus dose,a 15 min lockout interval and background infusion at a rate of 2 ml/h after a loading dose of sufentanil 0.1 μg/kg.When Faces Pain Scale score＞2,sufentanil 0.1 μg/kg was injected intravenously as rescue analgesic.The consumption of sufentanil was recorded within 48 h after operation.Ramsay sedation scores at static and dynamic (during dressing changes) conditions were assessed after operation.The parents' satisfaction,requirement for rescue analgesics and incidence of adverse reactions such as agitation,nausea and vomiting were recorded after operation.Results Compared with group Suf,Ramsay sedation scores at static and dynamic conditions and patients' satisfaction scores were significantly increased,and the consumption of sufentanil,requirement for rescue analgesics and incidence of agitation,nausea and vomiting were significantly decreased after operation in group Dex-Suf (P＜0.05).Conclusion Dexmedetomidine significantly improves postoperative intravenous analgesia with sufentanil in the pediatric patients with a large area of burn after tangential excision and skin grafting,and combination of dexmedetomidine and sufentanil is recommended for this type of pediatric patients.

Objective To evaluate the short-term outcome of local intraarterial thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke of the anterior circulation. Methods 24 patients with acute ischemic stroke of the anterior cir-culation within 8 hours were treated by local intraarterial thrombolysis. Arterial recanalization was divided into total, partial and occlusive respectively according to angiography. Evaluation of clinical outcome was performed on the 30th day after thrombolysis,and was classified as good for Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) scores of 0 to Ⅲ and poor for MRS scores of Ⅳ to Ⅵ. Results Total recanalization was obtained in 54.2 % of patients, partial recanalization in 25.0%. Clinical outcome was good in 15 patients (62.5%). Cerebral hemorrhage occurred in 4 patients (16.7%). Four patients died (16.7%). Conclusion Local intraarterial thrombolysis is an effective method for treatment of a-cute iachemic stroke of the anterior circulation. It needs further practice and long-term follow-up study on safety and long-term efficacy.

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Objective To evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine on Toll-like receptor 4 ( TLR4)/myeloid differentiation factor 88 ( MyD88)/nuclear factor Kappa B ( NF-κB) signaling pathway in the pe-ripheral blood mononuclear cells of elderly patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing lower extremity surger-y. Methods Forty elderly patients of both sexes with type 2 diabetes mellitus, aged 65-80 yr, with body mass index of 18. 5-27. 9 kg/m2 , of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱ or Ⅲ, with New York Heart Association Ⅰ or Ⅱ, undergoing lower extremity surgery with tourniquets under general anesthesia, were divided into 2 groups ( n=20 each) by using a random number table method: control group ( group C) and dexmedetomidine group ( group D) . Combined intravenous-inhalational anesthesia was applied. Dexmedetomidine was infused over 15 min in a dose of 1μg/kg after induction of anesthesia, fol-lowed by a continuous infusion of 0. 5 μg·kg-1 ·h-1 until the end of surgery in group D, while the equal volume of normal saline was given instead of dexmedetomidine in group C. Before using the the tourniquet and at 15 min, 1 h and 24 h after loosing the tourniquet, arterial blood samples were collected for determi-nation of the expression of TLR4, NF-κB and MyD88 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and concentra-tions of tumor necrosis factor-alpha ( TNF-α) , interleukin-1β ( IL-1β) , cardiac troponin I ( cTnI ) and creatine kinase-MB ( CK-MB) in plasma. Results Compared with group C, the expression of TLR4, NF-κB and MyD88 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was significantly down-regulated, and the concentra-tions of TNF-α, IL-1β, cTnI and CK-MB in plasma were decreased at each time point after loosing the tourniquet in group D ( P＜0. 05) . Conclusion The mechanism by which dexmedetomidine reduces myo-cardial damage may be related to inhibiting TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway and reducing systemic inflammatory responses in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing lower extremity surgery.