Objective To observe the efficacy and safety of fluticasone propionate ointment in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. Methods A randomized comparative clinical observation was performed in 68 patients with pso-riasis vulgaris, they were divided into experimental group and control group. The experimental group of 34 cases was treated with fluticasone propionate ointment and the control group of 34 cases with kenacort-A ointment. The response was evaluated at 6 weeks. Results The total effective rate of the experimental group was 94.1% and 70.6% in the control group after 6 weeks. There was a significant difference between the two groups in treatment effective rate(P<0.01). Conclusion It is effective and safety for fluticasone propionate ointment in the treatment of psoriasis vulgar-is.

Objective To process the image of endoscopic uhrasonography(EUS)by digital imaging processing(DIP)and pattem recognition,and to evaluate its efficacy in diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.Methods Two hundreds and sixteen patients,who underwent EUS between Feb 2005 and Feb 2007,were randomly recruited to the study.The cohort jncluded 153 cases of pancreatic cancer,which were confirmed by cytological findings after fine-needle aspiration,and 63 cases of non-pancreatic cancer(normal pancreas and chronic panereatitis).The texture features of the EUS image were selected and extracted,and cases were automatically divided into cancer and non-cancer based on findings of support vector machine (SVM).Sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of the technique were calculated.Results From each region of interest(ROI),a total of69 texture features vest in 9 sets were extracted,and 25 features with most set interval were taken as initial.The images of 216 cases were divided randomly into training set(108 eases,76 cancer and 32 non cancer)and testing set(108 cases,77 cancer and 31 non cancer).After 50 times of random tests,the average accuracy,sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer were (97.98±1.237)%,(94.32±0.0354)%,and(99.45±0.0102)%respectively.Conclusion DIP,combined with computer aided EUS imaging,is an accurate and noninvasive technique in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.which warrants novel and further researches.

Objective To research the chronic respiratory infectious diseases caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa need to objectively the reflection of the real environment in the body, so established a mouse model of chronic pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and analyzed it's inflammatory response. Methods Establishment of chronic bronchial infection mice model that were inoculated with Pseudomonos aeruginosa-laden agarose beads, and analyzed its inflammatory response by detected the cytokines and MMP-2, and a differential cell count and a total leukocytes count were performed as well. Results Pseudomonas aeruginosa had been detected after infection, and there were changes in pathological. Pulmonary inflammation appeared in 1 d and reached near baseline levels by 7 d after inoculation. It was verified that the peak of inflammatory reaction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is in 2-3 d; the mice did have detectable levels of circulating matrix metalloproteinase-2 ( MMP-2 ) after infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. MMP-2 concentrations in the blood serum peaked at 3 d after inoculation. It is indicated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa can initiate a certain degree of pulmonary fibrosis on the basis of the pulmonary inflammation. Conclusion In this study, chronic bronchial infection animal model affected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa was established successfully. Base on this animal model, we can do the pathogenicity and drug resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa further study.

In order to identify novel genes involved in spermatogenesis, testis cDNA samples from Balb/C mice of different postnatal days were hybridized with the whole mouse genome Affymetrix chip to screen the testis-specific genes. The characteristics of the selected genes were analyzed by RT-PCR as well as other bioinformatic tools. A novel differentially expressed testis-specific gene (GenBank Accession No: NM_029042) in the developmental stages of testes was identified, and named TSCPA. Cellular mapping prediction of TSCPA indicated that its protein was probably expressed in nuclei, and one putative domain (aa 332-377) was anchoring domain of cAMP-dependent type II PK. The result of subcellular localization of GFP-TSCPA fusion protein in Cos-7 cells showed that TSCPA protein was expressed in nuclei. RT-PCR analysis revealed that TSCPA was expressed specifically in mouse and human testis. TSCPA gene was expressed weakly in 21-day-old mouse testis and the expression was increased gradually from 38th day to 6th month of mouse testes. No expression of hTSCPA was found in cryptorchidism and Sertoli-cell-only syndrome patients. It was concluded that the expression profile of TSCPA in human and mice indicated that TSCPA might play an important role in spermatogenesis.

Objective To evaluate the application of Sigma stent in treatment for esophagn-tracheal fistula. Methods Clinical data of 22 cases of esophago-tracheal fistula treated with Sigma stent were retrospectively analyzed, including 17 cases of esophageal cancer and 5 cases of benign esophageal diseases, with length of 4 days to 2 months. One single stent was placed in 5 cases, two stents ( both in trachea and esophagus each) in 15 cases, and three stents in 2 cases, and 18 eases with tube-type trachea stent, 3 with obtuse angle L-type and 1 with Y-type. Placement of stent was by interventional method or/and endoscopy. Results Forty-one stents were successfully placed in 22 patients with no death in the procedure. And, all patients with fistula were healed successfully and could have normal eating 2 to 4 days after operation, except 1 patient who received a tracheal stent inserted first, but an esophageal stent inserted again due to incomplete seal of the fistula and another benign case who received surgical operation 1 year after stent placement due to protracted unsealed fistula, with an overall cure rate of 91% (20/22). Conclusions Placement of Sigma stent in the esophagus or/and trachea could effectively heal esophago-tracheal fistula. All the patients can eat normally after the procedure. Stent can be recycled and formation of secondary esophago-traeheal fistula can be prevented effectively with such procedure.

Objective To develop and evaluate the digital discrimination system for pancreatic ultrasound endoscopy images. Methods EUS images of 153 pancreatic cancer and 63 non-cancer cases were selected. According to the multi-fractal feature vectors based on the M-band wavelet transform, we acquired the fractal features with lower dimension with the feature screening algorithm. With the optimal feature combination, cases were classified into pancreatic cancer group and non-pancreatic cancer group automatically.Then the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of this method were calculated, and compared with those of traditional 9 dimension fractal feature vectors. Results Three kinds of multi-fractal dimensions were introduced to the framework of M-band wavelet transform according to the EUS images to form fractal vectors of 18 dimension. With the selection by sequence forward search (SFS) algorithm, 7 dimension of feature vectors were chosen and were combined with bi-order multi-fractal dimension to a better feature combination. The Bayes, support vector machine (SVM) and ModestAdaBoost classifiers were introduced to evaluate the classification efficiency, resulting in a classification accuracy of 97.98% and short running time of 0. 49 s with lower feature dimension. Conclusion These data suggest the feasibility, accuracy, noninvasiveness and efficacy of classification of EUS images to differentiate pancreatic cancer from normal tissue based on the Mband wavelet transform algorithm. It is a new and valuable research area in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Objective:To assess the guidance of 3D reconstruction in the surgical and orthodontic management of maxillary palatal impacted canines with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).Methods:22 adolescent patients with 26 impacted maxillary conines were examined by CBCT.CBCT 3D reconstruction was used to observe the impaction of the canines.Measurements were taken to evaluate spatial relationship between the canine and adjacent structures and resorption of neighboring incisor roots.Results:CBCT was effective to localize the impacted canines.All of the maxillary palatal impacted canines inclinated mesially,angles of impacted ca-nines to occlusal plane were 61.1°±18.1°,there were 8,5,3 and 10 impacted canines found in classⅠ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ mesial mal-position respectively.3 adjacent lateral incisors and 2 central incisors were extracted because of severely root resorption.Normal occlu-sion was achieved for 26 impacted canines by the traction of the canines into dental arch and reaching the occlusal plane.Conclusion:CBCT can spatially show the palatal impaction of maxillary canines and the relationship to adjacent tooth,can guide the treatment plan and traction direction,therefore increase therapeutic effect.

Objective To extract the texture features of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) by digital imaging processing(DIP) and pattern recognition,and then to investigate its value for differential diagnosis between pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis.Methods Two hundred and two patients with pathologicaly confirmed pancreatic malignancy,who underwent EUS from Feb 2005 to Mar 2011,and 104 patients with chronic pancreatitis (including 34 cases of autoimmune pancreatitis),who underwent EUS from May 2002 to Aug 2011,were randomly recruited in this study.The optimal texture features of EUS images in this study were selected by the sequence forward search (SFS) algorithm.With the optimal feature combination,cases were automatically divided into pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis based on the findings of support vector machine (SVM),which were compared with the real results.the sensitivity,specificity,accuracy,positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated.Results Nine categories and 105 texture features were extracted based on all EUS images,and 13 features were chosen as optimal combination.Images of 306 cases were randomly divided into training set ( 153 cases,101 cases of cancer,52 cases of chronic pancreatitis) and testing set ( 153 cases,101 cases of cancer,52 cases of chronic pancreatitis).The classifier was trained with the training set and tested with testing set.We proceeded 200 times randomly.the average accuracy,sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value and negative predictive value were ( 86.08 ± 0.14) ％,(79.47 ± 0.32) ％,( 89.71 ± 0.18 ) ％,( 81.21 ± 0.26 ) ％,( 88.93 ± 0.14 ) ％,respectively.Conclusion Differential diagnosis of pancreatic cancer from chronic pancreatitis by Computer-assisted EUS image analysis,highly accurate,convenient,non-invasive and less costly,is a novel and valuable method of early diagnosis.

Objective To discuss the value of transcatheter artery embolization for the treatment of GI massive hemorrhage. Methods Seventy-eight GI massive bleeding cases underwent emergency angiography. Intraarterial embolization was performed in 86 arteries of the 78 patients. All patients were followed up for 1 to 10 years. Results Bleeding stopped immediately in 100% of the patients. Bleeding recurred in 16 cases from 48 hours to 37 monthes. Conclusion Arterial embolization for digestive tract bleeding is safe and effective during emergency angiography to buy a time for definite treatment for some patients.

A quantitative analytical method based on HPLC coupled with the charged aerosol detector (CAD) for quantitative analysis of multi-components with a single marker (QAMS) was established for simultaneous determinations of astragaloside Ⅰ, astragaloside Ⅱ, astragaloside Ⅳ, calycosin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, formononetin and 7,2'-dihydroxy-3',4'-dimethoxyisoflavan in Astragalus membranaceus. The separation was performed on an Agilent SB-C18 (150 mm×4.6 mm, 3.5 μm), with gradient elution using the mobile phase consisting of 0.05% formic acid solution and 0.05% formic acid acetonitrile at the flow rate of 1.0 mL·min^-1. The column temperature was 35 ℃, and the injection volume was 20 μL. For CAD, the drift tube temperature was at 50 ℃. The contents of six components in A. membranaceus were determined by both external standard method (ESM) and QAMS, and then were compared. The results showed that chromatographic peaks were separated well and the linear ranges of astragaloside Ⅰ, astragaloside Ⅱ, astragaloside Ⅳ, calycosin-7-glucoside, formononetin and 7,2'-dihydroxy-3',4'-dimethoxyisoflavan were 0.113-2.250 mg·mL^-1, 0.012-0.240 mg·mL^-1, 0.004-0.080 mg·mL^-1, 0.065-1.300 mg·mL^-1, 0.005-0.100 mg·mL^-1 and 0.007-0.150 mg·mL^-1, respectively. The content ranges of astragaloside Ⅰ, astragaloside Ⅱ, astragaloside Ⅳ, calycosin-7-glucoside, formononetin and 7,2'-dihydroxy-3',4'-dimethoxyisoflavan were 0.306-0.922 mg·g^-1, 0.053-0.183 mg·g^-1, 0.015-0.092 mg·g^-1, 0.069-0.823 mg·g^-1, 0-0.098 mg·g^-1 and 0.020-0.107 mg·g^-1 in 20 batches of A. membranaceus, respectively. Using astragaloside Ⅱ as an internal reference, the relative correlation factors of astragaloside Ⅰ, astragaloside Ⅳ, calycosin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, formononetin, and 7,2'-dihydroxy-3',4'-dimethoxyisoflavan were calculated as 0.561, 0.835, 0.299, 0.796, and 0.799, respectively. The results were compared with those obtained by the external standard method to verify the feasibility, rationality and repeatability of QAMS method, and there was no significant difference in assay results between the two methods. In conclusion, the QAMS method is accurate and feasible, and could be used to determine the contents such as astragaloside Ⅰ, astragaloside Ⅱ, astragaloside Ⅳ, calycosin-7-glucoside, formononetin and 7,2'-dihydroxy-3',4'-dimethoxyisoflavan, and it can be used for quality control of A. membranaceus.