1.Value and difficulties in the application of measurement uncertainty for routine HbA1c assay
Zijie LIU ; Zhen JIN ; Yong DUAN
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2014;37(12):884-886
Diabetes mellitus has became a growing public health problem,its acute and chronic complications threaten the patient's dramatically.HbA1c is recognized as the gold standard for blood glucose evaluation in patients with diabetes It has reported that the incideut rafe of diabetes related will decline remarkably when HbA1c decline by 1%,so the detection accuracy of the HbA1c is very important in the diabetes patient's management.Uncertainty of measurement can reflect the detation accuracy,which will benifite the value of HbA1c.
2.Investigation of ethnic medicinal plants Orobanche, Cistanche and Boschniakia.
Zhen-Fang BAI ; Yong LIU ; Xiao-Qin WANG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2014;39(23):4548-4552
In this paper the species of ethnic medicinal plants Orobanche, Cistanche and Boschniakia, and their ethnopharmaceutical uses were comprehensively summarized by field investigation, systematical data analysis and comparison of relevant specimen and references. The results showed that six plants belonging to Orobanche were used as seven kinds of ethnic medicinal plants, two plants attributing Boschniakia were used as ten kinds of ethnic medicinal plants, two plants of Cistanche were used as three ethnic medicinal plants. The same plant was often used as different ethnic medicine in varied ethnic minorities. The effects of the ethnic medicines included yang-tonifying, hemostasis and analgesic activities. Hence, it is necessary to develop the rich plant resource of Orobanche for alleviation of Cistanche resources shortage.
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3.Effect of cervical curvature and intervertebral height on the surgical outcome of posterior decompression
Zhen CHENG ; Linfeng WANG ; Yong SHEN ; Hui LIU ; Wenyaun DING
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2012;32(4):304-308
Objective To analyze the effect of cervical.curvature and intervertebral height on the surgical outcome of posterior decompression in patients with multi-level cervical spondylotic myelopathy.Method A total of 50 patients with multi-segment cervical spondylotic myelopathy (≥ 3 segments),treated with posterior decompression from June 2006 to January 2009 were retrospectively analyzed.Twenty six patients underwent cervical omni-posterior decompression and lateral mass screw internal fixation (group A); 24patients underwent expansive open-door laminoplasty (group B).The effects of changing of cervical curvature and intervertebral height on JOA score and VAS score were analyzed.Results All patients were followed up for 8 months to 4 years (average,24 ±5.5 months).There were statistical differences of cervical curvature angles between preoperative and 3 days postoperatively in group A,while no statistical differences in group B.There were no statistical differences of cervical curvature angles between 3 days,6 months and 3 years postoperatively in group A,while there were differences in group B After further analysis of the loss of cervical curvature and intervertebral height,the result showed that JOA score and VAS score in the low-loss group were better than those in the high-loss group.Conclusion Lateral mass screw internal fixation after cervical omni-posterior decompression had many advantages such as reducing the change of cervical curvature,the loss of intervertebral height and incidence of cervical axial symptoms.
4.Chitosan/PVA nerve conduits repair sciatic nerve defect in rats
Yong LIU ; Chunlin HOU ; Haodong LIN ; Zhen XU ; Changzheng WEI
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery 2011;34(4):297-300
ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of chitosan/PVA nerve conduits which used for repairing sciatics nerve defect in rats.MethodsTwenty-seven rats were divided into 3 groups randomly,with 9 rats in each group. Firstly, the 15mm defects in the left sciatic nerves were made in the rats and were respectively repaired with chitosan/PVA conduits graft (group A), the silicon conduits graft (group B),and autografts (group C). At 12 weeks after the operations, the left sciatic nerves were taken out, and the comparative evaluation was made on the repairing effects by wet weight of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, histological examination,computerized imaging analysis and True Blue retrograde tracing. ResultsThe wet weight of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles showed no significant difference between the chitosan/PVA graft and autograft groups (P > 0.05). The wet weight of gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in significant difference between the chitosan/PVA graft and the silicon group at 12 weeks after the operation(P < 0.05). The nerve fiber density showed no statistically significant differences between the chitosan/PVA and autograft groups(P> 0.05).The regenerative nerve fiber in group B had normal morphological and structural characters under transmission electron microscope.True Blue-labeled neuron cell bodies were found within both anterior horn of gray matter in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) ipsilateral to the operated side of the tested rats on illumination with ultra-violet light 1 week after the injection of True Blue.Conclusion Chitosan/PVA nerve conduit can effectively promote the nerve regeneration and myelinization of rat sciatic nerve, which is expected to substitute for autograft to repair nerve defects succesfully.
6.Application of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in surgical correction for spinal deformity with different etiologies
Junyin QIU ; Benlong SHI ; Zhen LIU ; Zezhang ZHU ; Yong QIU
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2016;36(24):1592-1597
Iatrogenic nerve injury is one of the most severe complications of surgical correction for spinal deformity with different etiologies.The intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) has been widely used to detect the nerve injury in spinal correction surgery.The commonly used IONM techniques involve somatosensory evoked potential (SEP),motor evoked potentials (MEP) and electromyography (EMG).All the IONM techniques have both advantages and disadvantages,while combing SEP,MEP and EMG in the spinal correction surgery could maximumly improve the accuracy and reliability of the IONM.The different pathophysiology of patients with spinal deformity due to different etiologies might significantly decrease the success rate,sensitivity,and specificity of IONM,which might further decrease the reliability of IONM.However,the IONM still serves as the most important monitoring method for the iatrogenic nerve injury in patients with different spinal deformity due to different etiologies.For those monitoring changes that cannot be distinguished,the wake-up test is still the gold standard.
7.Prognosis of Asian patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with bile duct tumor thrombus after hepatic resection or liver transplantation: a Meta-analysis
Chenglin WANG ; Zhen CHEN ; Chiwen LIU ; Donglin SUN ; Yong JIANG
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2017;23(1):20-23
Objective Hepatocellular carcinoma with bile duct tumor thrombus (BDTT) is rare,and surgical treatment is currently considered as the most effective treatment.Whether resectional surgery should be carried out on these patients remains controversial.Therefore,this Meta-analysis aimed to find out the long-term survival after resectional surgical treatment.Methods We conducted a literature search on PubMed,Embase and Web of Science from inception to September 2016.11 studies were included which involved 5295 patients.Each study was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.The pooled effect was calculated and the associations between BDTT and overall survival (OS) or disease-free survival (DFS)were reevaluated using Meta-analysis with hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).Results The HR for OS and DFS was 2.34 and 1.81,the 95% CI were 1.26 ~ 4.36 and 1.17 ~ 2.78,respectively.Conclusion HCC patients with BDTT had a bad prognosis after hepatic resection or liver transplantation.
8.A case with Coffin-Lowry syndrome.
Yong-ku LI ; Yu-jie LIU ; Zhen WANG
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics 2006;44(2):148-148
9.Diagnostic and Therapeutic Value of Single-balloon Enteroscopy in Suspected Small Intestinal Diseases
Zhen NI ; Hongbin CHEN ; Yong Lü ; Lianlian LIU ; Hui XU
Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology 2015;(10):616-618
Background:Single-balloon enteroscopy(SBE)is a new method for the examination of small intestine,its clinical value in suspected small intestinal diseases need to be further studied. Aims:To evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic value of SBE in suspected small intestinal diseases. Methods:A total of 73 suspected small intestinal diseases patients who had undergone 81 SBE examinations from July 2011 to October 2013 at Chengdu Military General Hospital were retrospectively examined,indications,diagnostic and therapeutic value of SBE in suspected small intestinal diseases were analyzed. Results:Of all the 81 examinations,33(40. 7% )were obscure gastrointestinal bleeding,29(35. 8% ) incomplete intestinal obstruction,and 19(23. 5% )chronic abdominal pain or diarrhea. The intubation depth was 230 cm for the oral approach,and 100 cm for the anal approach. The diagnostic yield of SBE was 67. 9% ,the main lesions were small intestinal ulcer,small intestinal inflammation,small intestinal tumor,small intestinal polyp. A total of 8 patients underwent endoscopic therapy,of whom 5 underwent endoscopic hemostatic therapy and 3 underwent resection of polyp. No serious complications were found. Conclusions:SBE is a safe and reliable diagnostic and therapeutic method for suspected small intestinal diseases,and its main indications are obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and incomplete intestinal obstruction.
10.Cardiac function of myocardial infarction rat models and NSF-siRNA, a key protein released from vesoactive substance
Yan LIU ; Yong ZHOU ; Shuixiang YANG ; Zhen WANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2014;(27):4287-4292
BACKGROUND:How to reduce the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular diseases is an urgent concern in the field of public health.
OBJECTIVE:To explore the influence of adenovirus-mediated NSF-siRNA release from vesoactive substance on the cardiac function of a rat model of myocardial infarction.
METHODS:A total of 36 adult Sprague-Dawley rats were applied to establish acute myocardial infarction models by ligating the anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery. After the model was determined by electrocardiogram successful y, NSF-siRNA adenovirus (experimental group), negative adenovirus (control group) and normal saline (normal saline group) were injected near the infarct area of the left ventricle of rats respectively. After 2 weeks, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was tested with noninvasive ultrasonic cardiogram. Meanwhile, the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) and maximum pressure rising speed of left ventricular (dp/dt max) were detected by connecting the right external carotid artery place pipe to the BL-420 biological function experiment system, to evaluate the cardiac function. Subsequently, the rat heart was harvested for serial sections to observe the infarcts range.