This article introduces a cerebral thrombus protection device for the cerebral interventional treatment, also introduces the principle, design and manufacturing process of the device, and confirmes the effectiveness in vitro experiment.
Equipment Design ; Humans ; Thrombosis ; prevention & control

Objective: To discuss the methods and items for clinical linear accelerator (Clinac) and 3D treatment planning system (TPS)/intensity modulated radiotherapy(IMRT) system based on 2D ionization chambers array(2D-ICA). Methods: The 2D-I-CA laid on the anthropomorphic phantom with five centimeters and which was put on another five centimeters same phantom.All data have gained as following conditions: the SAD is 100 cm and the SSD is 90 cm; the fields' size are 2 cm, 5 cm, 10 cm,15 cm ,20 cm respectively and 2 cm×10 cm ,5 cm×20 cm ,20 cm×5 cm, MU=100 cGy;the Clinae and TPS were verified by some special items for checking their dose accuracy, such as, square fields, rectangular fields, and rectangular fields with 600 wedge or 300 wedge, which were measured for verification their flatness and symmetry. And some measured items were only for checking multileaf collimator (MLC) and TPS calculated accuracy. So, we developed moveable MLC fields and IMRT plans and compound fields to evaluate leafs side effects and leafs end effects and transmission effects. Results: The flatness value of square and rectangular fields was 100.07%～102.66%,and their symmetry value was 0.10%～1.49%; and these irradiate fields' size were compared with light fields' sizes, which the X direction deviation was-1.5%～0.7% ,the Y direction deviation was-1.4%～1.0%,and their average value was-0.47%.To verify calculated data for TPS ,we developed Gamma value and ab-solute value (<4%)to evaluate their accuracy. For square and rect-angular fields, The Gamma value was 92.02%～96.35%.In com-pound fields Which were composed with two half fields (X1 = 5 cm, X2 =0 cm, Y= 10 cm and X1 = 0 cm,X2 = 5 cm, Y=10 cm),the maximum deviation was about 5%.And five fields (2 cm×10 cm) composed one fields (10 cm×10 cm),the maximum deviation was about 10% in the joint place. The Gamma value of one fields was 96.6%, another was 93.2% in the moveable fields. Conclusions: To dollop 2D ionization chambers array to verify the dose for Clinac and TPS, it was so quick and simple, and it was important that it bring more accurate dose evaluation and more clinical quality assurance and quality control methods.

Objective To investigate the clinical outcomes and complications of augmented antibiotic-loaded cement spacer in two-stage infected total hip arthroplasty with acetabular bone defect.Methods The periprosthetic infection (PJI) patients with acetabular bone defect were retrospectively reviewed from January 2007 to June 2016 in our hospital.A total of 26 patients (11 males and 15 females) were eligibly included in the present study.The mean age was 46.7 years old.The two-stage revision arthroplasty included implants removel,meticulous debridement,implantation of antibiotic-loaded cement spacer in firststage.After systemic therapy of antibiotics,the prosthesis was implanted in the second-stage.The supra-acetabular antibiotic cement shelf with screws was used to improve hip stability with acetabular wall defect.The handmade acetabular spacer was able to prevent femoral spacer ifto pelvis in patients with acetabular internal wall defect.The clinical outcomes and complications (spacer dislocation,spacer fracture and acetabular wear) were measured.Results The positive rate of bacteria culture was 80.8％ (21/26)and 57.7％ (15/26) patients were cultured with staphylococcus.The others were 2 fungus,2 Gram-positive rod,1 brucella,1 pseudomonas aeruginosa,1 escherichia coli,1 enterococcus faecalis,1 defective probiotics,1 serratiamarcescens and 1 Kocuriaroseus.Moreover,19.2％ (5/26) patients were mixed infection.There was one patient with spacer dislocation and two with spacer fracture.No patients were recurrent infection.Infection was controlled,and two-stage revision was successfully performed in 24 patients.Twenty-two patients were followed averaging 4.1 years (1-8) and the Harris Hip Score was significantly improved from 40.9± 14.0to 81.2± 11.2 at the final follow-up (P＜0.05).Conclusion The application of augmented antibiotic-loaded cement spacer has satisfactory clinical outcomes in PJI patients with acetabular bone defect.It can provide joint mobility and increase additional joint stability with decreased iatrogenic bone defect caused by acetabular wear.

Objective:To analyze whether patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) have cognitive impairment and changes of brain structure, and explore the possible mechanisms of cognitive impairment in MG patients from the perspective of brain structure.Methods:Twenty-eight patients with MG admitted to Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from July 2019 to December 2021 were selected as MG group, and 30 family members from MG patients or healthy subjects who underwent physical examination in Physical Examination Center during the same period were selected as healthy control group. Neuropsychological test was used to evaluate the cognitive function. VBM was used to analyze the changes of brain structure on structural MRI (sMRI). Correlations of gray matter volumes of different brain regions with cognitive function between the two groups were analyzed.Results:Compared with the healthy control group, the MG group had significantly decreased scores of Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Clock Painting Test (CDT), and Verbal Fluency Test (VFT), and significantly decreased Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) immediate memory and delayed memory scores, while statistically increased time consuming in Making Track Test Part A (TMT-A), and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) scores ( P<0.05). Compared with healthy control group, MG group had significantly decreased gray matter volumes of the left orbital superior frontal gyrus, right orbital middle frontal gyrus, right triangular inferior frontal gyrus, left insula, left middle frontal gyrus, right superior limbic gyrus, right anterior cingulate gyrus, right lateral cingulate gyrus, left medial cingulate gyrus, left lateral cingulate gyrus, left medial superior frontal gyrus, and left dorsalateral superior frontal gyrus ( P<0.05). Correlation analysis showed that gray matter volume in the left insula was negatively correlated with time consuming in Stroop Color-Word Test-A ( r=-0.407, P=0.035). Conclusion:Patients with MG may have cognitive decline and gray matter cortical atrophy of some brain regions, and brain areas with gray matter cortical atrophy correspond to areas of cognitive impairment.

Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave (ESWT) combined with stretching training in the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis.Methods:A prospective case-control study was conducted to include the patients with chronic plantar fasciitis who had been admitted to Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University from June 2021 to June 2022. A SPSS random number generator was used to randomize the patients into an experimental group (receiving treatment with ESWT combined with stretching training) and a control group (receiving stretching training only). Shear wave elastography (SWE) was used to quantitatively evaluate the elastic modulus of the plantar fascia. The 2 groups were compared in terms of visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score, plantar fascia thickness, and elastic modulus of the plantar fascia in the patients at 12 weeks after treatment; the correlation between VAS pain score and elastic modulus of the plantar fascia was examined using Spearman analysis in the patients at 12 weeks after treatment.Results:This study included a total of 41 patients (52 feet), 20 males and 21 females with an age of (49.9±8.2) years. There were 16 left sides, 14 right sides and 11 bilateral sides affected. The course of the disease was 7.0 (6.0, 12.0) months. The 2 groups were comparable because there were no significant differences in the general data before treatment between them ( P>0.05). The VAS pain score at 12 weeks after treatment for the experimental group was 1.0 (1.0, 2.0) points, significantly lower than that for the control group [3.0 (2.0, 3.0) points] ( P<0.05). The elastic modulus of the plantar fascia at 12 weeks after treatment for the experimental group was (79.48 ± 17.65) kPa, significantly higher than that for the control group [(57.08 ± 14.16) kPa] ( P<0.05). However, there was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups in the thickness of the plantar fascia at 12 weeks after treatment ( P>0.05). There was a significant correlation between VAS pain score and elastic modulus of the plantar fascia after 12 weeks of treatment ( r = -0.708, P<0.001). Conclusion:In the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis, combination of ESWT and stretching training is more effective than stretching training only.

Objective: To explore the expression of amphiregulin (AREG) in nasal polyps patients with different degrees of eosinophil infiltration, and to analyze the correlation between AREG and tissue remodeling. Methods: Forty-eight patients underwent endoscopic sinus surgery in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Remin Hospital, Wuhan University from July 2017 to August 2018 were recruited, including 40 males and 8 females, aged from 16 to 60 years old. The subjects were divided into three groups: control group (n=14), eosinophilic chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps (ECRSwNP) group (n=19) and noneosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (non-ECRSwNP) group (n=15). The relative expression of AREG in nasal mucosa was detected by Western blot assay and immunohistochemical staining. Tissue remodeling was detected by HE staining, AB-PAS staining and Masson staining. Kruskal-Wallis test was used for comparison among multiple groups, and Spearman correlation analysis was conducted between the expression level of AREG and the related indexes of tissue remodeling. Results: The expression of AREG in ECRSwNP group was significantly higher than that in non-ECRSwNP group and control group (median protein expression of Western blot was 1.592 vs 0.617 vs0.582, all P<0.05). The degree of epithelial injury and goblet cell metaplasia in ECRSwNP group was significantly higher than that in control group (all P<0.05), the percentage of collagen fibrosis area in ECRSwNP group was significantly lower than that in control group (P=0.01). In chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) patients, the area of mucous glands was negatively correlated with the expression of AREG (r=-0.616, P<0.05), and the percentage of collagen fibrosis area was negatively correlated with the expression of AREG (r=-0.738, P<0.05). Conclusion The expression of AREG is higher in ECRSwNP patients, which is related to the process of tissue remodeling.

OBJECTIVE To improve the quality evaluation method of Platycodonis Radix, to study the differences in the quality of three-years-old Platycodonis Radix under different harvesting periods, and to determine the optimal harvesting period of Platycodonis Radix. METHODS The leachate, ash, moisture, refractive index and the content of six saponins were used as the quality evaluation indexes. The differences between the herbs of Platycodonis Radix at different harvesting periods were characterized with the help of mathematical and statistical methods. And link the entropy weight method, gray correlation analysis and TOPSIS method were combined to obtain the statistical analysis of the relevant indexes and the quality ranking information of the herbs in different harvesting periods. RESULTS There were significant differences between the quality evaluation indexes of three-years-old Platycodonis Radix at different harvesting periods. The added multi-indicator testing had improved the quality evaluation system of Platycodonis Radix and enhanced the "Drug properties-Effectiveness" linkage of the herbs. And the results of the comprehensive quality evaluation model showed that the herbs harvested around October 21 (Frost’s Descent) were ranked best in terms of comprehensive index. CONCLUSION In order to ensure the quality of Platycodonis Radix, the best harvesting period for three-years-old Platycodonis Radix is determined around the "Frost’s Descent" season, taking into account the characteristics of the herbs' appearance and the material basis of herbs.