OBJECTIVETo explore the relationship of bone cement distribution and the puncture angle in the treatment of thoracolumbar compression fractures with unilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP).

METHODSThe clinical data of 37 patients with thoracolumbar osteoporotic compression fractures underwent PKP between January 2013 to March 2014 were retrospectively analyzed, all punctures were performed unilaterally. There were 6 males, aged from 65 to 78 years old with an average of (71.83 ± 6.15) years; and 31 females, aged from 57 to 89 years old with an average of (71.06 ± 7.89) years. Imaging data were analyzed and puncture angle and puncture point were measured before operation. According to the measured data, the puncture were performeds during the operation. Distribution area of bone cement were calculated by X-rays data after operation. The effect of bone cement distribution on suitable puncture angle was analyzed; VAS score was used to evaluate the clinical effects.

RESULTSThe puncture angle of thoracic vertebrae in T8-T12 was from 28° to 33° with an average 30.4°; and the puncture angle of lumbar vertebrae in L1-L5 was from 28° to 35° with an average of 31.3°. Postoperative X-rays showed the area ratios of bilateral bone cement was 0.97 ± 0.15. Bilateral diffuse area were basic equal. Postoperative VAS score decreased significantly (1.89 ± 1.29 vs 7.03 ± 1.42).

CONCLUSIONThrough measure imaging data before operation with PKP,the puncture point and entry point can be confirmed. According the measured data to puncture during operation, unilateral puncture can reach the distribution effect of the bilateral puncture in the treatment of thoracolumbar compression fractures.

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Bone Cements ; Female ; Fractures, Compression ; surgery ; Humans ; Kyphoplasty ; methods ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; injuries ; surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Spinal Fractures ; surgery ; Spinal Puncture ; methods ; Thoracic Vertebrae ; injuries ; surgery

To review the development and application of powdering technique on oily drug of the traditional Chinese medicine. There have been numerous methods of powdering technique on oily drug, such as preparing complexation, microcapsule, adsorption by adsorbent, solid lipid nanoparticles, etc. And beta-Cyclodextrin complexation is the most usually operated. Powdering techniques have broad prospects in the pharmaceutical field, but more efforts should be made to improve oily drug of the traditional Chinese medicine.
Capsules ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Nanotechnology ; Powders ; Technology, Pharmaceutical ; methods ; beta-Cyclodextrins

Actins ; analysis ; Animals ; Cell Division ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Collagen Type I ; analysis ; Estradiol ; pharmacology ; Liver ; cytology ; drug effects ; Liver Cirrhosis ; etiology ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

OBJECTIVETo distinguish lingual thyroglossal duct cyst (LTDC) from laryngomalacia in newborn infants.

METHODSData of 10 newborn infants with laryngeal stridor and dyspnea, admitted to the department of neonatology in our hospital during December, 2004 to August, 2007, who were finally diagnosed with LTDC though previously diagnosed as congenital laryngeal stridor in other hospitals, were summarized and analyzed.

RESULTSInspiratory stridor with chest wall retractions was cardinal symptom of newborn with LTDC. A slightly gray and round cyst with smooth surface at the base of the tongue was found with laryngoscopy. On computed tomography examination of larynx, a well-circumscribed lesion with low intensity was detected at the base of the tongue protruding into the air passage. Pathological examination demonstrated that the cyst wall was composed of tabular and columnar epithelium.

CONCLUSIONSLTDC is a common disease in newborns, which is similar to laryngomalacia. For neonates suspected of LTDC, laryngoscopic examination should be performed first, while laryngeal CT scan is an important diagnostic basis. Cyst puncture can ameliorate the symptoms of the patients, while surgical removal is the method of radical cure.

Early Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Respiratory Sounds ; Retrospective Studies ; Thyroglossal Cyst ; diagnosis

OBJECTIVETo study the influence of HBV/P22 protein on the induced apoptosis of HepG2 cells.

METHODSIn vitro, two HepG2 strains were transfected with pcDNA3.1+ and pcDNA3.1+HBV/P22 respectively and the cells were exposed to Act D and TNF alpha for 6h and then the induced apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry (FCM) and TUNEL technique. Supernatant HBeAg was detected by Abbott reagent. The intracellular expression of HBV/P22 protein was measured by Western blot and immunochemistry. In vivo, three cell groups were inoculated into nude mice by subcutaneous injections. After two weeks, Act D and TNF alpha were injected into the tumors and then the induced apoptosis in the tissues was detected by TUNEL technique. The expression of HBV/P22 protein in the tumor tissues was detected by immunochemistry.

RESULTSIn vitro, in HepG2- pcDNA3.1+HBV/P22 cells, supernatant HBeAg was positive and intracellular HBV/P22 protein was positively expressed. The apoptosis proportion of HepG2-pCDNA3.1+HBV/P22 cells was markedly lower than HepG2 and HepG2-pcDNA3.1+ cells (P < 0.05). In vivo, HBV/P22 protein was expressed in the tumor tissues, and the apoptosis proportion in the group injected with HepG2-pcDNA3.1+HBV/P22 cells was markedly lower than those injected with HepG2 and HepG2-pcDNA3.1+cells (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONHBV/P22 protein could inhibit the induced apoptosis of HepG2 cells both in vitro and in vivo.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; Female ; Hep G2 Cells ; Hepatitis B Core Antigens ; genetics ; Hepatitis B e Antigens ; metabolism ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Nude ; Transfection ; Viral Core Proteins ; genetics

OBJECTIVEPeriventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the principal form of brain injury in the premature infant, is characterized by overt focal necrotic lesions in periventricular white matter and diffuse cerebral white matter injury. The early detection of the disease is not consistently possible with cranial ultrasonography or conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Recently, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has been shown to be highly sensitive in detecting acute ischemic cerebral injury. This study aimed to evaluate possible role of DWI in early diagnosis of PVL.

METHODSImages and clinical data from 12 preterm infants with PVL diagnosed in our NICU from August, 2005 to April, 2007 were reviewed. MRI using conventional and diffusion-weighted imaging, as well as the assays of blood routine test, serum bilirubin, C-reactive protein (CRP), blood culture, blood gas analysis, blood sugar and serum ions were performed in these preterm infants. All examinations were performed on a 3.0-T MRI system (Philips Intera Acheva Magnetom Vision) with echo-planar imaging capability with the use of a standard protocol. The imaging protocol for all the patients contained diffuse weighted images (EPI-SE, TR = 2144 ms, TE = 56 ms), T1-weighted images (TR = 389 ms; TE = 15 ms; slice thickness = 4 mm) as well as T2-weighted images (TR = 3035 ms; TE = 100 ms; slice thickness = 4 mm). The first MR examinations were performed in all these twelve preterm infants (mean age 4.5 days, range 2 - 7 days). Conventional MRI and DWI sequences obtained in the acute phase were compared. All the neonates underwent another two MRI examinations up to 2 and 4 weeks after delivery; five subjects also underwent MRI follow-up for up to 4 - 8 months (in 3 for 4 months, in 1 for 7 months, and in another for 8 months). Qualitative evaluations were performed to assess the presence of DWI changes compatible with PVL.

RESULTSThe gestational ages of these twelve patients were from 31 to 35 weeks. None of them had intrauterine distress or birth asphyxia. None of the patients had localized neurological signs in the early course except for abnormal muscular tone of some extent, but seizure and apnea were their major symptoms. No other positive signs of nervous system was found in these preterm infants with PVL. First DWI detection (on the average of 4.5 days) in all these infants showed bilateral, symmetric, diffuse high signal intensity (including genu and plenum of corpus callosum), while conventional MRI showed normal images on both T1- and T2-weighted imaging; two weeks later, DWI showed irregularly high, low mixed signals while conventional MRI showed punctate high signal intensity on T1-weighted imaging and slightly lower signal on T2-weighted imaging. Four weeks later, DWI showed cystic low signal intensity where conventional MRI showed low signal intensity on T1-weighted imaging and high signal intensity on T2-weighted imaging (cystic PVL). Four months later, DWI showed that the cystic cava became diminished and disappeared, while conventional MRI showed reduced cerebral white matter and dilation of ventricle.

CONCLUSIONBilateral, symmetric, diffuse high signal intensity on DWI seems to be the earliest evidence of PVL; diffusion-weighted imaging performed in the acute phase of the disease may have a higher correlation with later evidence of PVL than does conventional MR imaging. DWI is likely to be a considerable technique in the early assessment of white matter injury and later PVL in preterm infants.

Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Leukomalacia, Periventricular ; diagnosis ; pathology ; Male ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies

Adult ; Aged ; B-Lymphocytes ; pathology ; Female ; Gastric Mucosa ; pathology ; Hepatitis B, Chronic ; complications ; epidemiology ; virology ; Hepatitis C, Chronic ; complications ; epidemiology ; virology ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Liver ; pathology ; Lymphoma ; etiology ; pathology ; virology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Staining and Labeling

OBJECTIVETo study the incidence and spatiotemporal dynamic variation of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Shandong province.

METHODSAccording to surveillance data on HFRS epidemics and host animals, a 'contour area multifractal model' was estimated on the HFRS' incidence and multi-analysis model was applied to study spatiotemporal dynamic variation.

RESULTSThe process could be classified into 5 periods: 1st period (1974-1981) when HFRS was in completely natural focal state in Shandong, and the nature of focus was typical Apodemus type. 2nd period (1982-1986) indicated the process of expanding and merging of the Apodemus type focus in the southeastern part of Linyi district and the Rattus type focus was in the southern part of Jining city. 3rd period (1987-1990) indicated that through the expanding and merging of the two epidemic focuses,one mixed focus dominated by the Apodemus type had been formed in the hilly area of the southern and middle part of Shandong while another one dominated by the Rattus type in the Yellow River valley of the northwestern part of Shandong. 4th period (1991-1993) showed that the process of the spatial pattern of the mixed focus dominated by the Rattus type in Shandong. 5th period (1994-2004) referred to the spatial pattern of the mixed focus dominated by the Rattus became stabilized.

CONCLUSIONEvolution of the characteristics of HFRS focus in Shandong province experienced the following three processes: the simple Apodemus type and the simple Rattus type were seen separately to the mixed foci with the Apodemus type dominant and the Rattus dominant type coexisted and merged to the stable state of the mixed focus with Rattus as the dominant one.

China ; epidemiology ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Incidence

BACKGROUNDTumor necrosis factor a receptor 1 (TNFalphaR1) plays an important role in the signal pathway of apoptosis. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of TNFalphaR1 knockout on the up-regulation of erythropoietin receptor (Epo-R) and the coordinated anti-apoptosis functions during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice.

METHODSThe ischemia-reperfusion injury model for cardiomyocytes was performed by ligating the left circumflex branch artery of TNFalphaR1 knockout (P55(-/-)) C17 B6 mice, as well as wild-type (P55(+/+)) C17 B6 mice. Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining was performed to observe the damaged area of the heart. TUNEL staining and DNA fragmentation were used to identify apoptosis. Mitochondrial Bcl-2 and Bax as well as expression of Epo-R and its downstream genes (Jak-2, stat-5, Akt, IkB-alpha, HIF-1alpha) were measured by Western blotting. The gene knockout mice were assigned into those undergoing the apoptosis surgical model group (KO group), and those subjected to sham operation (KOs group). Similarly, wild-type mice were either exposed to the surgical model (WT group) or subject to a sham operation (WTs group).

RESULTSThe myocardial damage ratio of the wild-type group after the operation was significantly higher than that of the knockout group, (50.5 +/- 6.4)% vs (36.9 +/- 6.9)%, P < 0.01. Similarly, TUNEL positive ratio of the wild-type group was significantly higher than that of the knockout group, (63.1 +/- 5.6)% vs (42.1 +/- 4.7)%, P < 0.01. The gray value ratios of Epo-R, Jak-2, stat-5, Akt, IkB-alpha, HIF-1 and mitochondrial Bcl-2 in the KO group were significantly higher than those of the WT group, P < 0.05; however, mitochondrial Bax was significantly lower than that of the WT group significantly (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONSUsing the ischemia-reperfusion injury model in mice, cardiomyocytes of TNFalphaR1 knockouts exhibited anti-apoptotic characteristics. This information could be used to coordinate the prevention of myocardial apoptosis by up-regulating and activating the Epo-R pathway.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; Blotting, Western ; Disease Models, Animal ; I-kappa B Proteins ; metabolism ; In Situ Nick-End Labeling ; In Vitro Techniques ; Janus Kinase 2 ; metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Myocytes, Cardiac ; metabolism ; pathology ; NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha ; Oncogene Protein v-akt ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Receptors, Erythropoietin ; metabolism ; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor ; genetics ; metabolism ; STAT5 Transcription Factor ; metabolism ; Up-Regulation ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo explore the role of interferon (IFN)-alpha/beta receptor beta subunit (IFNAR2) in the patients' response to IFN-alpha therapy as influenced by the grade of chronic hepatic inflammation, and understand the relation of IFNAR2 expression in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with HBV infection.

METHODSLiver tissue specimens were obtained from 21 patients with chronic hepatitis B for examination of the hepatic inflammation, and PBMCs were isolated from another 16 patients with chronic hepatitis B and 15 health control subjects. Both the hepatic tissues and PBMCs were examined for IFNAR2 expression using immunohistochemistry.

RESULTSThe 21 patients with chronic hepatitis B were divided into 3 groups according to the severity of hepatic inflammation, namely G(1) (n=3), G(2) (n=7) and G(3) (n=11) groups. The patients in G(3) group showed had significantly higher IFNAR2 expressions in liver (25.1307-/+7.0700) than those of the G(1) (5.6913-/+1.8422) and G(2) (7.4706-/+5.3572) groups (P=0.000). The IFNAR2 levels in the PBMCs, however, did not show significant difference between patients with chronic hepatitis B and the healthy control subjects.

CONCLUSIONIn patients with chronic hepatitis B, IFNAR2 expression level is positively correlated to the severity of hepatic inflammation, and increased IFNAR2 expression in severe hepatic inflammation is therefore likely to result in increased response rate to INF-alpha therapy. The expression of IFNAR2 in the PBMCs is not associated with HBV infection.

Female ; Hepatitis B, Chronic ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear ; metabolism ; Liver ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta ; blood ; metabolism