Objective To investigate the types of ultrasonographic appearance of post-hepatectomy in operative position. Methods The data about operative manner,operative position, type of plugger in residul cavitity of 176 cases who underwent hepatic operation,were collected. Their ultrasonographic findings of post-operative liver in operative position in different phrases after operation were analyzed retrospectively. Results The main appearance was: ① Absence of partial hepatic lobe or hepatic segment; ② anechoic area with thin wall or mixed mass in operative position; ③ conformation of irregular high-echo conglomeration in operative position, irregular wall thickeness and inhomogenous internal echoes appeared in anechoic area and mixed mass in operative position, color Doppler twinking artifact appeared around some plugger and residual cavity which made by curettage and aspiration technique with time passing by. Conclusions Ultrasonographic appearance of post-hepatectomy in operative position varies with different operative manner, operative position, resected area, and Absence or existence of plugger in residual cavity, different type of plugger in residual cavity.

Objective To evaluate the value of high frequency color Doppler ultrasound in diagnosis of malignant tumor in the parotid gland.Methods High frequency ultrasound was used to observe shape and internal echo texture of tumor,color Doppler flow imaging(CDFI) was added to observe blood flow signal,peak systolic velocity(PSV) and resistance index(RI) were measured by pulsed wave Doppler, and lymphonodus around parotid gland were examined.Results The features of ultrasonography included round,lobulated and irregular shape.Three types of boundary were clear but not smooth,unclear,irregular and invasive.Internal echo texture included low and irregualr echo,cystic echo,spot like and intensive echo,honey comb like echo.CDFI showed spet like,stick like blood flow signal.PSV and RI were 4.6 17.5 cm/s,and 0.69 1.14 .Eight cases were misdiagnosed for benign tumor,the correspondent rate was 87.1% .Conclusions The high frequency ultrasonogram of malignant tumor in the parotid gland were similar and specific,adding the CDFI,PSV,RI and lymphonodus examination around the parotid gland may help to improve the diagnostic accuracy.

BACKGROUND:Internal fixation is commonly used in an early stage of intertrochanteric fractures of the aged worldwide, and can apparently reduce complications and fatality rate. The commonly used internal fixators contain proximal femoral nail anti-rotation and dynamic hip screw, whose comparison is current research hotspot.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hip function and stability after internal fixation with proximal femoral nail anti-rotation and dynamic hip screw in repair of intertrochanteric fractures of the aged.
METHODS:A total of 64 aged patients with intertrochanteric fractures were enroled in this study, and assigned to dynamic hip screw group (n=30) and proximal femoral nail anti-rotation group (n=34). The fracture reduction and healing were evaluated using anterioposterior and lateral X-ray films. Operation time, intraoperative blood loss, complication rate, healing time and postoperative hip function were compared and analyzed between the two groups, and then assessed in accordance with Sander’s scoring system.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with dynamic hip screw group, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, healing time and complication rate after treating unstable intertrochanteric fracture (Tronzo-Evans III, IV and V types) showed significant advantages in the proximal femoral nail anti-rotation group (P < 0.05). Hip function restored better, and the complication rate of stable intertrochanteric fracture (Tronzo-Evans I and II types) was lower after treatment in both groups (P > 0.05). These data show that the effects of proximal femoral nail anti-rotation were better than that of dynamic hip screw for treatment of intertrochanteric fractures, and hip function recovered better. Moreover, proximal femoral nail anti-rotation had biomechanical stability, especialy for unstable fracture.

Objectives: To investigate the affecting factors on expenditure in Medical insurant inpatients. Methods: 593 medical insurant inpatients, who were from Feb 1, 2001 to Feb 31, 2002 in Nanjing Jinling hospital, were enrolled in this study. The inpatient expenditure was analyzed from the aspect of operation or not, age, and payment mode, used the descriptive analysis and multi factor analysis on affecting factors of the total expense, self bearing expense, and self affording expense. Results: The hospitalized days, operation or not, severity of disease were important affecting factors. The self bearing expense of medical insurant inpatients was associated with hospitalized days, operation or not, and total expense. While the self affording expense of them was associated with expense of drug, hospital bunk, radiation and others. Conclusions: We can control these associated affected factors to lighten the economic weight of patients, and to reduce the ratio of individual payment.

Cerebrospinal fluid and level of blood S100B protein are significantly higher in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage,which are associated the differentiation of stroke,damage of blood-brain barrier,hematoma volume,brain edema,degree of nerve function defect,and outcomes.Therefore,S100B is expected to be used in the diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage,assessment of injury and outcomes,and even as a biomarker of therapeutic targets.

Objective To evaluate the significance of sonographically detected thyroid calcification in the diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma.Methods Five hundred and twenty-two patients with thyroid disease,including 119 with thyroid cancer,were included in the study.Each patient underwent preoperative,highresolution sonography to evaluate the thyroid gland for the presence of calcification.Calcifications were classified:type Ⅰ,microcalcification;type Ⅱ,coarse calcification;type Ⅲ,annular or"egg-shell"calcification;typeⅣ,calcified nodules within a cyst.Results The incidence of calcification and microcalcification was significantly higher in thyroid cancer than in benign nodules(P＜0.001).The appearance of microcalcifications was highly specific for malignancy with a sonographic specificity of 88%.The sensitivity was 60%,and the odds ratio(0R)was 11.28.The incidence of calcifications of type Ⅱ and type Ⅲ did not differ significantly between the benign and malignant groups.Calcifications of type Ⅳ were showed totally in benign groups.Patients younger than 45 years with calcified nodules constituted a highrisk group,with a OR of 11.33 versus 2.96 in patients older than 45 years with calcified nodules.In the group of solitary thyroid nodules,the incidence of cancer in the calcified nodules was higher than in the nodules without calcifications,with a OR of 20.48.Conclusions The detection of thyroid calcifications by sonography is diagnostically valuable,especially in eases involving a solitary nodule or a young person.The presence of calcifications in these cases should raise the suspicion of malignancy,especially microcalcification.

The apparent digestibilities of two preparations of corn as staples in men were estimated during March and April in 1979. Seven healthy adult men, who lived in this region for many years, were accustomed to eat corn as their staple diets. Each of the two preparations from the same batch of corn was used in the experiment. One preparation was "cooked corn meal" and the other was Jian-bing, the latter was considered the better way of cooking. Other ingredients of food in these two test diets were the same. During the test periods, the volunteers ate the test diets and drank boiled water ad lib, but the quantities were recorded. No other foodstuffs and drinks were allowed. The nutritive values of test diets were sufficient to meet the subjects' physiological needs. The 12 days period was divided into adaptative and testing periods of three days each for the two kinds of test diets. During the test periods, the total foodstuffs and the volunteers' faeces were analysed for the contents of water, anhydrates, total ni- trogen, crude fat, ash and fiber in the samples. From the data obtained, the apparent digestibilities of anhydrates, total nitrogen and crude fat ware calculated. Urine nitrogen was analysed and the nitrogen balance was calculated. The body weight at the beginning and the end of test periods were measured.The apparent digestibility (%) of anhydrates was 93.31?0.393 and 94.79 ? 0.578, total nitrogrn 84.60 ? 0.843 and 87.77 ? 1.080 and crude fat 86.32 ? 1.296 and 94.68 ? 0.838 in cooked corn meal diet and the corn flour Jian-bing diet respectively. The apparent digestibility in corn Jian-bing diet was higher statistically than that of cooked corn diet. Body weights fluctuated within the normal range. The nitrogen balances of all subjects were positive and the difference of nitrogen balance studies between the two test diets was not statistically significant.The results of the experiment suggest that, the differences of apparent digestibility between two diets was mainly due to the methods of preparation, Jian-bing being better than cooked corn diet in human nutrition.