BACKGROUND: The complicated localization of intramedullary nails and osteotomy more dependent on surgeons' experience limit the application of conventional total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The occurrence of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology can achieve precise localization and osteotomy in TKA.OBJECTIVE: To explore the effectiveness of 3D printing technology-aided TKA versus conventional TKA for genu varum.METHODS: Thirty-four patients with genu varum undergoing primary unilateral TKA were recruited and were then divided into two groups (n=17 per group) in accordance with the random number table. One group was treated with TKA with 3D printing guild plate (3D printing group), while the other group received the conventional TKA (conventional group).The intraoperative and postoperative blood loss, operation time, as well as the Hospital for Special Surgery score, range of motion, and lower limb mechanical alignment at 2 weeks postoperatively were compared between two groups.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The range of motion of knee in the 3D printing group was larger than that in the conventional group, but had no significant difference at 2 weeks postoperatively (P=0.744). (2) There was no significant difference in the Hospital for Special Surgery scores between two groups at 2 weeks postoperatively (P= 0.532). (3) The postoperative lower limb mechanical alignment showed no significant difference between two groups (t=0.218, P=0.632).(4) The operation time in the 3D printing group was significantly shorter than that in the conventional group (P=0.000). (5) The blood loss in the 3D printing group was significantly less than that in the conventional group (P=0.000). (6) Our findings indicate that 3D printing technology-aided TKA exhibits similar results to the conventional TKA in the Hospital for Special Surgery scores, range of motion, and lower limb mechanical alignment, but it shortens the operation time,reduces the blood loss, and achieves precise osteotomy, which is available for the elderly with poor basic condition, and weak tolerance of surgery.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the intracellular transporters effect and the cytotoxicity of carboxyl nanodiamond (CND) - podophyllotoxin (PPT). Nanodiamond (ND) was treated with mixed carboxylic acid and finally got 64 nm CND by centrifugation, and then it was reacted with PPT to form CND-PPT. UV spectrophotometry was used to calculate the content of PPT in CND-PPT, the particle size distribution and zeta potential were measured by Dynamic laser scattering instrument. CND, PPT, CND-PPT and CND + PPT (physical mixture of CND and PPT) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, at the same time, thermal analysis and element analysis were used to estimate the content of the PPT in CND-PPT. The affect of CND, PPT, CND-PPT on HeLa cell was measured with MTT assay. The results showed that content of PPT combined with CND accounted for about 10%. MTT assay showed that CND has low cytotoxicity and CND-PPT can increase the water soluble of PPT. As a conclusion, CND as a hydrophilic pharmaceutical carrier combined with PPT is able to increase the water solubility of PPT, at low concentration, CND-PPT can enhance the antitumor activity in comparison with PPT, so CND can be used as a potential anticancer drug carrier.

Objective To observe the effects of combined penebyclidine hydrochloride-ketamine-propofoi intravenous anesthesia with local anesthesia in transcatheter occlusion of congenital heart diseases (CHD).Methods Eighty-six patients suffered in CHD scheduled for transcatheter Amplatzer occlusio were divided randomly and averagely into two groups with 43 cases each.Group A received combined ketamine--propofol ina'avenous anesthesia with local anesthesia. Group B received combined hydrochloride-ketamine-propofol intavenous anesthesia with local anesthesia.Results The rate of upper airway obstruction of child patient that was caused by increased oral secretion in group B (4.7%) was significantly lower than that in group A(14.0%) (P ＜ 0.05 ).The upper airway obsa-uction was removed by aspirating sputum and oxygen therapy in group A,while removed "by decreasing anesthetic depth in group B.The rate of arrhythmia in operation,the time of operation and wake-up time were not significantly different between two groups [37.2%,(2.65±1.85)h,(45.4±15.2)min in group A,but 34.9%,(2.58±1.74)h,(50.2±17.3)rain in group B (P＞0.05)].Conclusion The combined penehyclidine hydrochloride-ketamine-propofol intravenous anesthesia with local anesthesia is feasible and safe in transcatheter occlusion of congenital heart diseases.

Objective To investigate the treatment effect of atorvastatin in patients with soft carotid atherosclerotic plaques using contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS).Methods Sixty patients with acute cerebral infarction and soft carotid atherosclerotic plaques were divided into two groups:high-dose atorvastatin treatment group(40 mg daily)and control group without atorvastatin treatment.The same soft carotid plaque in each patient was examined before and after 3-months'treatment respectively using CEUS.The parameters of CEUS were compared between pretherapy and post-treatment,including arrived time (AT),time to peak(TTP),peak intensity(PI),based intensity(BI)and enhanced intensity(EI,EI=PI-BI).Results EI of carotid plaques in treatment group was decreased significantly than that in control group after three months'treatment(P＜0.05).While the difference of EI in control group has no significance between pre-therapy and post-treatment(P＞0.05). Conclusions The neovascularization in soft carotid plaques was reduced after 3-months'treatment of a high dose atorvastatin.CEUS can be used to evaluate the effect of atorvastatin in treatment of soft carotid plaques.

Objective To investigate the clinical value of Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) PET/CT examination to predict the prognosis of patients after colorectal cancer operation.Methods The retrospective cross-sectional study was adopted.The clinicopathological data of 80 patients with colorectal cancer who were admitted to the First Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from March 2007 to October 2015 were collected.Eighty patients received first preoperative 18 F-FDG PET/CT examination and underwent operations under decisions of patients and their families,and then adjuvant chemotherapy were performed according to the patients' condition.Observation indicators included:(1) preoperative imaging examination,(2) situations of treatment and follow-up,(3) analysis of prognostic factors.The patients were followed up by outpatient examination and telephone interview once every 3 months within postoperative 1 year,once every half a year within postoperative 2 years and then once a year up to May 2016.The follow-up included tumor recurrence or progression and survival of patients.Tumor-free survival time was from postoperative day 1 to tumor recurrence or progression and death or end of follow-up.Overall survival time was from postoperative day 1 to death or end of follow-up.Measurement data with skewed distribution were represented as M (Qn) and M (range).The optimal cutoff point of tumor-free survival of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax),mean standardized uptake value (SUV),metabolism of volume (MTV) and total lesion of glycolysis (TLG) were investigated using the ROC curve analysis,and calculating area under the curve (AUC).The median was used as a cutoff point if there was smaller AUC.The Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test were respectively used for survival analysis and univariate analysis,and COX proportional hazards model for multivariate analysis.Results (1) Results of preoperative imaging examination:results of PET/CT in patients with colorectal cancer showed there were circumscribed thickening of bowel wall,intestinal cavity strictures,fuzzy fat space around the some lesions,enlarged lymph node and 18 F-FDG uptake increased abnormally.The SUV SUV MTV and TLG of 80 patients were 11.83(4.26,35.42),7.06(2.38,20.92),20.47 cm3 (1.29 cm3,161.50 cm3) and 138.58 (14.17,857.89),respectively.ROC curve showed that the AUC of SUV SUV MTV and TLG were 0.453,0.448,0.815 and 0.749 [95％ confidence interval (CI):0.307-0.600,P ＞0.05;0.303-0.594,P ＞ 0.05;0.717-0.913,P ＜ 0.05;0.635-0.863,P ＜ 0.05],respectively.The median SUVmax (11.83) and SUV (7.06) were used as the cutoff points due to smaller AUC of SUVmax and SUV.The cutoff point of MTV was 18.79 cm3 (sensitivity =86.2％ and specificity =68.3％),and the cutoff point of TLG was 142.05 (sensitivity =75.9％ and specificity =70.7％).(2) Situations of treatment and follow-up:among 80 patients,13 underwent the radical resection of colorectal cancer and resection of liver metastasis and 67 underwent radical resection of colorectal cancer.Sixty-two patients received postoperative chemotherapy,including 45 with chemotherapy regimens of capecitabine and 17 with fluorouracil.Eighty patients were followed up for 41.8 months (range,6.5-109.1 months).During the follow-up,29 patients had tumor recurrence or progression,and 19 patients were dead.The median tumor-free survival time,1-,3-and 5-year tumor-free survival rates in 80 patients were 19.5 months (range,2.0-109.1 months),73.7％,36.3％ and 18.8％,respectively.The median overall survival time,1-,3-and 5-year overall survival rates were 31.8 months (range,3.3-109.1 months),76.3％,37.5％ and 20.0％,respectively.(3) Analysis of prognostic factors:results of univariate analysis showed that tumor location,N staging,M staging,clinical staging,postoperative chemotherapy,MTV and TLG were relative factors affecting postoperative tumor-free survival rate (HR =3.469,5.325,5.295,8.605,2.630,7.388,5.155,95％ CI:1.522-7.906,2.256-12.568,2.405-11.657,2.969-24.937,1.063-6.504,2.550-21.403,2.178-12.204,P ＜ 0.05).The tumor location,tumor differentiation,N staging,M staging,clinical staging,MTV and TLG were relative factors affecting postoperative overall survival rate (HR =2.697,2.814,3.083,2.916,4.193,5.450,4.876,95％ CI:1.011-7.197,1.121-7.062,1.166-8.149,1.140-7.454,1.386-12.678,1.581-18.786,1.727-13.766,P ＜ 0.05).In multivariate analysis,stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ of clinical staging and TLG≥ 142.05 were independent risk factors affecting postoperative tumor-free survival rate (HR =9.879,3.569,95％ CI:1.854-22.836,1.127-11.306,P＜0.05).The stage M1,stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ of clinical staging and TLG≥ 142.05 were independent risk factors affecting postoperative overall survival rate (HR =4.522,9.315,10.120,95％ CI:1.223-16.717,1.338-24.864,2.385-12.947,P＜0.05).Conclusion TLG through 18 F-FDG PET/CT examination is an independent prognostic factor affecting postoperative tumor-free survival rate and overall survival rate in patients with colorectal cancer after curative resection,and it has certainly reference value for prognosis.

Objective To observe the expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG), receptor activator of nuclear factor κβ ligand(RANKL) and receptor activator of nuclear factor κβ (RANK) in bone tissue of rats with chronic fluorosis and to explore the relation between OPG/RANKL/RANK system and bone damage in chronic fluoride poisoning rat and the antagonism effects of Danlan Xianpeng capsule. Methods SD rats were randomly divided into six groups according to body weight (equal male and female in each group): fluorosis group, high dose drug group, medium dose drug group, low dose drug group, control group, borax group(positive control), 12 rats in each group. The control group drank tap water and the remaining 5 experimental groups consumed 50 mg/L fluoride water, and high, medium and low doses drug group took Danlan Xianpeng capsule at doses of 0.8,0.4,0.2 g/kg,borax group took borax at dose of 0.8 g/kg. OPG, RANKL, RANK protein in rat tibial metaphysis was detected by immunohistochemistry at the 6 month. Results Compared with the control group(173.79 ± 5.23, 174.17 ± 5.01,155.63 ± 7.11), the expressions of OPG, RANKL were increased and the expression of RANK was decreased in fluorosis group(156.83 ± 5.80, 157.74 ± 6.70, 173.92 ± 4.37), the difference was statistically significant (all P ＜ 0.05). Compared with the fluorosis group, the expression of OPG and RANKL were decreased and the expression of RANK was increased in high-dose drug group, middle-dose drug group(169.67±5.07, 168.08 ± 5.05,162.12 ± 4.24, 170.78 ± 5.01, 168.41 ± 7.19, 166.69 ± 5.78, all P ＜ 0.05). Compared with the borax group (167.27 ± 4.08, 167.85 ± 5.01, 166.14 ± 3.95), the expression of OPG and RANKL was increased in the low-dose drug group (163.40 ± 4.11, 159.49 ± 5.78), the expression of RANK was increased in the high-dose drug group (162.12 ± 4.24) and decreased in the low-dose drug group(171.54 ± 8.06), the difference was statistically significant (all P ＜ 0.05). Conclusions Chronic fluoride poisoning can cause increased bone turnover and enhance the activity of osteoelastic absorption by increasing RANKL. Danlan Xianpeng capsule can affect bone remodeling through the OPG/RANKL/RANK system, and antagonises bone damage caused by fluoride.

OBJECTIVE:To study and compare the volatile constituents in Forsythia suspensa and old F. suspensa. METH-ODS:Steam distillation method was adopted to extract volatile oil. GC-MS was adopted to determine the content of volatile oil:the chromatographic conditions:the column was HP-5MS,inlet temperature was 200 ℃,the carrier gas was nitrogen,split ratio was 20 to 1,by programmed temperature,flow rate was 1 ml/min,the injection volume was 1 μl;MS conditions:ion source was electric bombardment ionization source,electron energy was 70 eV,the interface temperature was 280 ℃,ion source temperature was 230 ℃,quadrupole temperature was 150 ℃,electron multiplier voltage was 2 300 V,and mass scanning range was 29-350 amu. RESULTS:The extraction yield order of volatile oil was that F. suspensa heart was higher than F. suspensa,followed by F. suspensa shell and old F. suspensa;there were 18 common peaks in the volatile oil,and the content of β-pinene was the maxi-mum,followed by α-pinene,β-phellandrene,terpinen-4-ol and terpinene;in addition,4-methylene-1-cyclohexanone,3-cyclohex-ene-1-methanol,cumene formaldehyde,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylenedecahydro,palmitic acid,nutmeg aldehyde can only be detected in the volatile oil of old F. suspensa;while α-phellandrene,ocimene,α-terpineol,α-pinocarvone,cis-piperitol,bornyl acetate,α-cubebene and germacrene D can only present in F. suspensa. CONCLUSIONS:The main chemical components in the volatile oil of F. suspensa and old F. suspensa are basically the same,but there are also some differences. The discovery can provide some ba-sis for the material basic research in the pharmacodynamic differences of F. suspensa.

Objective To explore the influence of gender and age on hip and plantar pressure changes in the sit-to-stand transition. Methods Kinematic parameters such as changes in hip joint angle,motor velocity and speed,and also plantar pressure changes such as stress,pressure and contact area were observed as subjects of different ages and genders performed sit-to-stand transitions. Results ①Hip kinematics:The speeds of trunk movement and hip joint angle change in men and women were significantly different.Their average speed in rising was also significantly different.The young and middle-aged people rose faster with faster hip joint angle changes than the elderly.Their total rising time was therefore significantly shorter as well.()Plantar pressure kinematics:The men's plantar pressures were significantly higher than those of the women throughout the rising process.The plantar pressure of the young and middle-aged subjects was also significantly higher than that of the elderly.At the last stage of sit-to-stand transfer process the ground contact area of the women's was significantly larger,on average,than that of the men,and the elderly had significantly larger contact areas than young or middle-aged people. Conclusion During sit-to-stand transfers,men and young people move faster than women or the elderly.Women and older people tend to have larger foot-ground contact areas than men and younger persons.Different rehabilitation measures are required for different ages,genders and diseases.

Objective Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) is a recently described brainstem-predominant inflammatory disorder responsive to steroids with characteristic magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) feature.There was no case report in China.The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical and imaging patterns of CLIPPERS for early diagnosis and treatment.Method Clinical and imaging data and therapeutic methods and following up after treatment of 1 patient diagnosed CLIPPERS were reviewed retrospectively.Results The patient presented with subacute weakness of the lower extremities,gait ataxia and facial numbness.Cerebellar ataxia and pyramidal signs were the main positive signs on neurological examinations.Brain MRI showed punctate gadolinium enhancement peppering the pons and cerebellar.Treatment with steroids led to rapid clinical improvement and marked resolution of MRI lesions which accorded with characteristics of CLIPPERS.Conclusions There are no characteristic clinical manifestations of CLIPPERS.Punctate gadolinium enhancement peppering the pons is the distinct magnetic resonance imaging feature which may suggest the clinical diagnosis of CLIPPERS.Early treatment with steroids can improve the prognosis.

Objective To compare the efficacy difference of Green Forsythiae Fructus and Ripe Forsythiae Fructusby using Lianqiao powder and Yinqiao powder in the classic formula; To provide experimental evidence for the guidance of one for dual-use of the Forsythiae Fructus. Methods The guinea pig sore model was made with Staphylococcus aureus. 40 guinea pigs were randomly divided into blank group, model group, Lianqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus group and Lianqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus group. The blank group and the model group were fed with normal saline, while Lianqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus group and Lianqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus group were treated with 1.2 g raw medicine/kg liquid Lianqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus and Lianqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus for 7 d. The symptom score, blood and pathological changes of guinea pig soreness were observed. The model of acute lung injury was induced by 10% LPS aerosol inhalation. 40 rats were randomly divided into blank group, model group, Yinqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus group and Yinqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus group. The blank group and the model group were fed with normal saline, while Yinqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus group and Yinqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus group were treated with 4 g raw medicine/kg liquid Yinqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus and Yinqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus for 10 d. The levels of IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β in the lung lavage fluid were detected. Results The effect of Lianqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus on the wound healing of guinea pig sore wound was faster than that of Lianqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus, but there was no significant difference between Lianqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus group and Lianqiao powder Ripe Forsythiae Fructus group in inhibiting the secretion and pathological changes of guinea pig sore wound. The levels of IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β in Yinqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus group was lower than that in Yinqiao powder Green Forsythiae Fructus group, without statistical significance. Conclusion It is verified that there is efficacy differences between Green Forsythiae Fructus and Ripe Forsythiae Fructus in the different Chinese herbal compound.