OBJECTIVETo explore the feasibility of the treatment of upper eyelid sulcus using the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene implanted in orbit.

METHODSFrom July 2009 to April 2011, a total of 16 patients with upper eyelid sulcus were treated for recreating youthful periorbital appearance. To correct this kind of clinical characteristic, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene with different size were used as the orbital implant to restore the orbital contents and reinforce the bony support. upper eyelid sulcus was reversed effectively.

RESULTSWith average 2.5 year follow up, upper eyelid sulcus of 16 cases was reversed effectively. No postoperative complication related to globe or affected normal physical function was found.

CONCLUSIONSThe technique of orbital implantation with Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene is beneficial for the treatment of the upper eyelid sulcus.

Blepharoptosis ; surgery ; Eyelids ; surgery ; Feasibility Studies ; Humans ; Orbit ; Polytetrafluoroethylene ; therapeutic use ; Postoperative Complications

Objective To process the image of endoscopic uhrasonography(EUS)by digital imaging processing(DIP)and pattem recognition,and to evaluate its efficacy in diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.Methods Two hundreds and sixteen patients,who underwent EUS between Feb 2005 and Feb 2007,were randomly recruited to the study.The cohort jncluded 153 cases of pancreatic cancer,which were confirmed by cytological findings after fine-needle aspiration,and 63 cases of non-pancreatic cancer(normal pancreas and chronic panereatitis).The texture features of the EUS image were selected and extracted,and cases were automatically divided into cancer and non-cancer based on findings of support vector machine (SVM).Sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of the technique were calculated.Results From each region of interest(ROI),a total of69 texture features vest in 9 sets were extracted,and 25 features with most set interval were taken as initial.The images of 216 cases were divided randomly into training set(108 eases,76 cancer and 32 non cancer)and testing set(108 cases,77 cancer and 31 non cancer).After 50 times of random tests,the average accuracy,sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer were (97.98±1.237)%,(94.32±0.0354)%,and(99.45±0.0102)%respectively.Conclusion DIP,combined with computer aided EUS imaging,is an accurate and noninvasive technique in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.which warrants novel and further researches.

Objective:To promote the rational drug use in the patients treated with ambulatory chemotherapy. Methods:A model of integrated pharmaceutical care was established using such service as the real-time prescription examination, configuration standardi-zation, active care and prescription review. Results:The integrated pharmaceutical care could effectively reduce the unreasonable drug use, optimize drug use structure, lower the medical expenses and provide supporting data for clinical decision-making. Conclusion:The development of integrated pharmaceutical care in the patients treated with ambulatory chemotherapy is an important field for phar-macists displaying professional skills, which can promote the rational drug use. The treatment efficacy and life quality of cancer patients can be improved with the cooperation of doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

Objeetive To investigate the relationship among social avoidance and acceptance of disability in burn patients.Methods Totally 127 patients were investigated using Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SADS),Acceptance of Disability Scale (AODS),demographic information questionnaire and disease related information sheet.Results The points of burn patients' SADS was (21.38±6.75),One-way ANOVA showed that gender,marital status,special parts burns,amputation affected social avoidance significantly.The total score and factors scores of acceptance of disability were all negatively related to the score of social avoidance.Regression analysis showed that acceptance of disability,head burns,gender were the independent risk factors of depression.Conclusions Acceptance of disability were negatively related to social avoidance; Nurse can help them accept the reality of disability,develop the confidence to partici-pate in social communication,and improve the social adaptability.

Objective To develop and evaluate the digital discrimination system for pancreatic ultrasound endoscopy images. Methods EUS images of 153 pancreatic cancer and 63 non-cancer cases were selected. According to the multi-fractal feature vectors based on the M-band wavelet transform, we acquired the fractal features with lower dimension with the feature screening algorithm. With the optimal feature combination, cases were classified into pancreatic cancer group and non-pancreatic cancer group automatically.Then the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of this method were calculated, and compared with those of traditional 9 dimension fractal feature vectors. Results Three kinds of multi-fractal dimensions were introduced to the framework of M-band wavelet transform according to the EUS images to form fractal vectors of 18 dimension. With the selection by sequence forward search (SFS) algorithm, 7 dimension of feature vectors were chosen and were combined with bi-order multi-fractal dimension to a better feature combination. The Bayes, support vector machine (SVM) and ModestAdaBoost classifiers were introduced to evaluate the classification efficiency, resulting in a classification accuracy of 97.98% and short running time of 0. 49 s with lower feature dimension. Conclusion These data suggest the feasibility, accuracy, noninvasiveness and efficacy of classification of EUS images to differentiate pancreatic cancer from normal tissue based on the Mband wavelet transform algorithm. It is a new and valuable research area in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Objective:For severe skin defects which are deep to dermis, engineered skin with epidermis and dermis (bilayered) is required. Based on the success of engineering epidermis with GT/PCL electrospun membranes, our study was to investigate whether this membrane could be also used for engineering bilayered skin graft.Methods:From 2013 to 2019, we first prepared three GT/PCL electrospun membranes with different proportion (70∶30; 50∶50; 30∶70) in our laboratory; the biocompatibility of the membrane was evaluated in vitro by seeding fibroblasts or keratinocytes on the membranes. Then the outcome of GT/PCL membranes repairing skin defects in the nude mouse was investigated.Results:Cell attachment and proliferation were significantly improved with increase of gelatin. Histological analyses showed that bilayered skin engineered with GT/PCL (70∶30) group could form relatively better structure after 3 weeks of cultivation in vitro. Further in vivo transplantation studies revealed that scaffolds were not degraded in all three groups, indicating that these materials were not suitable for engineering bilayered skin although they had good biocompatibility.Conclusions:The higher gelatin membranes possess better biocompatibility. Further in vivo transplantation studies reveal that bilayered skin engineered with GT/PCL membranes is able to repair skin defects in the nude mouse.

Objective To evaluate the etiology,therapeutic approaches and prognosis of orbital hypertelorism.Methods Clinical data of 23 cases were summarized with review ot the literature.Results All operations provided satisfactory cosmetic effects.All the patients were followed up for 6 months to 5 years,and no recurrence were observed.Conclusions A good cosmetic effect can be obtained by operation in orbital hypertelorism.The preschool period the best opportunity,and stable effects could be gotten and the psychological development of children has not been influenced.The intracranial and extracranial joint pathway orbit box osteotomy still has drawbacks and requires to be improved.The etiology of gene and molecular aspects need to be explored.

Objective To investigate the contouring plastic effect of the digital navigation techniques assisted mandibular angle osteotomy,thereby providing surgical reference and evaluation basis for improving the accuracy,efficacy and safety of surgery.Methods From March 2015 to March 2017,15 female cases of the digital navigation aided intral-oral mandibular angle osteotomy in the past 2 years were collected and compared to the pre-operational image and digital design.Results The postoperative effect of navigation-assisted mandibular angle osteotomy was well matched to that of preoperative design.The mandibular angle was smooth and bilateral symmetrical with no obvious complication occurred.Conclusions Navigation-assisted techniques can solve the problem of limited exposure of intra-oral approach and significantly improve the accuracy,effectiveness and safety in mandibular angle osteotomy.

Objective To explore a new method for the treatment of nasal deformity in the middle part of facial cleft.Methods Eight patients with craniofacial cleft midface depression were treated with nasal reconstruction,nasal reconstruction plus pear shaped hole week osteotomy forward,pyriform aperture osteotomy advancement by using the auxiliary week preoperative design and postoperative surgical navigation system,and the preoperative design and postoperative CT data fit was compared.Results All the 8 patients were satisfied with results of the operation.There was no significant difference in CT data between preoperative simulation design and postoperative follow-up.Conclusions The expanded forehead flap in nasal reconstruction surgery has good effect on congenital craniofacial cleft nasal defect,and surgical navigation assisted pyriform hole osteotomy advancement for correction of congenital craniofacial cleft caused by midface depression to achieve a precise osteotomy,has good application value.

Objective:To measure the changes in the orbital and nasal parameters before and after Tessier box osteotomy with primary aesthetic rhinoplasty concurrently with byotogenous costochondral graft.Methods:From 2013 to 2018, 60 hypertelorism patients were treated in our craniofacial center. Correction involved a classic Tessier box osteotomy combined with aesthetic augmentation and reconstruction of the nasal dorsum using a costochondral graft. All patients underwent photographic and tomographic documentation both before and 12 months after surgery. Patients underwent morphometric analysis to document the changes in interorbital distance (IOD) and aesthetic nasal parameters, including the nasal dorsum and alar width, the nasal dorsal height, and the index of nasal apex protrusion versus nasal length.Results:All patients were satisfied with the outcome of the combined orbital and nasal repair. Morphometric analysis indicated that the IOD and aesthetic nasal parameters all improved following surgery. The resorption rate of the costochondral graft was 16-19%, and graft warpage was nearly absent. Although complications so as infection, cerebrospinal fluid leak or hyposomia, no severe or life-threatening complications occurred.Conclusions:Tessier box osteotomy with primary aesthetic rhinoplasty using costochondral grafts has showed to be efficacious in the treatment of patients with hypertelorism.