The efficiency of conservative treatment for cervical radiculopathy was retrospectively reviewed. Eighty-one patients were included; 40 patients presented with C7, 37 with C6, 2 with C5, and 2 with C8 radiculopathy. Seventy-eight patients underwent MRI examination prior to treatment, showing intervertebral disc protrusion in 71 cases, and spinal stenosis in 7. Eighty-one patients underwent a treatment wearing a cervical collar and home-based halter cervical traction: 5-6 kg for 20 minutes, once a day for 3 to 6 weeks. The mean duration of symptoms prior to neurosurgical evaluation was (43.0?8.3) days. Sixty-three (78%) of 81 patients responded to therapeutic traction, experiencing significant or total pain relief, three could not tolerate the traction, and traction failed in 15 patients. Three (1.89%) of the 63 patients undergoing traction treatment suffered recurrence of symptoms and required surgery.

Objective To study the clinical characteristics of silent paraganglioma ( PGL) .Methods A total of 21 patients with silent PGL confirmed by surgical pathology and hospitalized in the First Affiliated Hospital of chongqing Medical University from Mar .2008 to Dec.2013 were enrolled in this study .The clinical manifesta-tions, hormone level, imaging findings, pathologic characteristic, treatment and follow-up data were reviewed and analyzed retrospectively .Results Among the 21 cases of silent PGL , 8 were male and 13 were female, with 47.05 years as the mean age(ranging from 26 to 67 years old).PGL tumors in silent group were mainly located in the right side, and left to right ratio was 2∶5.Silent PGL with tumor diameter <3 cm, 3-5 cm, >5 cm were 5, 7,and 9 cases respectively.Its constituent ratio was 23.8%, 33.3% and 42.9% respectively, significantly higher compared with that of symptomatic PGL (9.8%,43.9%,and 46.3%respectively).Silent PGL can be i-dentified from other adrenal incidentaloma based on enhanced CT value in each period .Biochemical examination or functional imaging further could facilitate the diagnosis of silent PGL .All the 21 cases were conducted with surgical treatment , and hypertensive crisis occurred to 4 cases during operation .Conclusions Silent PGL is not easy to be detected due to its non-specific clinical manifestations .The diagnosis needs the combined analysis on anatomical imaging characteristics , biochemical examination , functional imaging and pathological findings .Sur-gery is the most effective treatment .Postoperative pathological tips and long-term follow-up are both required for PGL, no matter benign or malignant .

AIM: To elevate the stability of the volatile oil in Jiufen Cataplasm (Semen strychni,Herba ephedrae,Oilbanum and Myrrha) with the help of inclusion with ?-Cyclodextrin. METHODS: The quality of the volatile oil in Jiufen Cataplasm before and after stability test was examined by thin layer chromatography and differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric analysis. RESULTS: The combination of volatile oil and ?-cyclodextrin could form stable inclusion compound that helped constant in before and after inclusion. CONCLUSION: The process of enclosure with ?-CD can keep the active components of the volatile oil in Jiufen Cataplasm.

Medical physics is the important basic for rapid development of model medical theory and technology.Innovation to physical education prompts the progress of high-level medical education.This study based on relevant educational practice will be beneficial to the progress of high-level medical education through primarily exploring the reforming of educational objective,educational model,educational instrument and educational teaching content.

In this paper,the teaching in medical microbiology experiment to the first group of foreign students in our college is analyzed and summarized,which will give us many experiences for later teachering.

Objective To investigate the effects of local wet hyperthermia combined with microwave ablationon tumor growth and serum levels of interferon-β(IFN-β)and interleukine-12(IL-12).Methods An experimental mouse model beating mammary carcinoma was established in Balb/c mice and then treated with microwave ablation after 14 d.Seven d after ablation,local wet hyperthermia was administered once weekly for 2 weeks.Tumor growth and lung metastasis,as well as the survival of bearing tumor mice were observed.The serum levels of IFN-β and IL-12 were detected with enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay(ELISA). Results When local wet hyperthermia was combined with microwave ablation tumor growth and lung metastasis were significantly less than when microwave ablation or local wet hyperthermia was used alone(P＜0.05).Furthermore,the survival of bearing tumor mice in combined therapy group prolonged significantly compared with those receiving either therapy alone(P＜0.05).Serum levels of IFN-β and IL-12 were also significantly higher in combined therapy group compared with the other groups (P＜0.05). Conclusions Local wet hyperthermia combined with microwave ablation is more effective than either local wet hyperthermia or microwave ablation alone in retarding tumor growth,which may be related to the enhanced immune response.

Objective To summarize the nursing experience of combination therapy of highly agglutinative staphylococcin (HASL) with cisplatin for patients with malignant pleural effusions. Methods After fully draining of pleural fluid in 62 cases with malignant pleural effusion through pleural puncture through central venous catheters and simply suction bottles, we injected HASL and cisplatin into the patients' pleural cavities. During the therapeutic process, firstly, we drained the pleural fluid fully before injection, secondly, we directed the patients to cooperate well and alter the positions properly, and thirdly, we closely observed the patients' condition and adverse reactions. Results 54 of 62 cases were effective after the therapies. The effective rate was 87.1%.Conclusions In order to achieve a satisfled curative effect and reduce the adverse reactions, we need the cooperation of the patients, fully draining of the pleural fluid before injection and proper alternation of the patients' positions during the treatment process.

Diabetic foot is one of the chronic complications of diabetes,which has great harm.Through active treatment such as anti-infection,debridement,surgical intervention,amputation rate can be declined.

Purpose To study clinical pathological characteristics,margin status and its influencing factors in different type of facial basal cell carcinoma (BCC).Methods The histopathological features,margin status of the first frozen section and influencing factors was retrospectively analyzed,with review of the relevant literature.The primary outcome variable was the rate of initially positive frozen section margins.Multivariable Logistic regression was used to study histologic subtype,surgical margins,tumor size,location and other factors influence on the rate of initially positive frozen section margins.Results The pathological subtype is the major risk factor,the infiltrative (OR =4.463,95％ CI =1.919-10.380,P ＜0.05) and morpheaform (OR=5.018,95％CI=2.025-16.623,P＜0.05) had higher risk on positive surgical margin compared with the nodular.The rate of initially positive frozen section margins of nodular and superficial BCC at different margins were observed but the difference were not significant (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The pathological subtype is the major risk factor.Surgical excision with a 3 mm margin can achieve ideal results for nodular and superficial BCC in facial area.

To study the expression and significance of CD44 splice variant V6 in squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. The expression levels of CD44v6 protein were determined immunohistochemically in 40 squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue specimens (24 non metastatic primary tumors and 16 metastatic lymph nodes), 12 squamous cell papilloma and 9 normal tongue mucosa using murine exon V6 specific monoclonal antibody. The CD44v6 overexpression was detectable in 29 of 40 squamous carcinoma of the tongue, in 2 of 12 squamous cell papilloma, in 0 of 9 mormal mucosa, P