0. 5mV or change in color of myocardium in the ischemic area. Blood samples were taken from right atrium for determination of plasma levels of TXB2 and 6-keto-PGFla before epidural block (T0), 40 min after occlusion of coronary artery(T1 ) and 1, 3 and 5 h after reperfusion was started(T2-4 ) . Results There was no significant changes in MAP, HR and CVP in group Ⅱ while in group Ⅰ MAP decreased by 22%, HR 25% and CVP 28% after epidural block as compared with the baseline at T0 . TXB2 levels and TXB2/6-keto-PGF1a ratio increased gradually and significantly from T2-4 as compared with the baseline (T0) and those at T1 in both groups. TXB2 levels and TXB2/6-keto-PGF1a ratio were higher in group Ⅱ those in group 1111111 at T1-4 (P

0.5 mV and change in color of myocardium. Blood samples were taken from right atrium for determination of plasma SOD activity and plasma MDA level and from coronary sinus and artery for determination of blood lactate level before occlusion of LAD ( T0 ) , before reperfusion (T1),1,2,3,4,5,6 h after reperfusion (T2-7 ) . Myocardial lactate production was calculated from the difference between coronary sinus and arterial blood lactate concentrations. Results ( 1) In HTEA group HR, MAP and CVP decreased by 22% , 25% and 28% after epidural blockade, while in control group there was no significant change after epidural saline. (2) In HTEA group plasma SOD activity started increasing at T6 and blood MDA level decreased at T4 and T5, whereas in control group blood SOD activity started decreasing and blood MDA level started increasing at T3 . (3) Myocardium released no lactate before ischemia. Myocardial lactate release greatly increased during ischemia and started decreasing after reperfusion in both groups. But myocardial lactate production was significantly less in HTEA group than that in control group. (4) One animal died from ventricular fibrillation at the beginning of reperfusion in HTEA group while in control group four animals died. Conclusion HTEA can alleviate the myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injyry by blocking sympathetic nervous activity.

The regional blood flow measurement (RBFM)of lenghtened limb with a peripheral circulation mesuremnt system was carried ou t in 20 rabbits after their tibia was lengthened in different lengthening rates.It was found that whenever a limb was lengthened with a rate over 1 mm/day,the RBFM of the lengthened limb decreased rapidly and returned to preoperative level 8 hours later.It is believed that the vascular and muscular tissues of a limb possess good adaptive capcity to the lengthening rate of 1 mm/day,When the lengthening rate exceeds 1 mm/day,it is liable to result in a significant re-duct of regional blood flow,and then atrophy and weakening of the muscles will occur.

Hepatic myelopathy is one of special category changes of nervous system,which was secondary to the end-stage hepatic diseases and is a syndrome of myeleterosis.It usually occurred after portosystemic shunt surgery or collateral circulation of portosystemic vein.The prognosis of hepatic myelopathy is poor,and the progression of this disease is slow.Surgical approaches such as dissociation of colon and anastomosis of ileum and rectum aimed at reducing the absorption of toxic substance and thus to breakdown the blood ammonia and improve the symptoms of nervous system,but the effects are not satisfactory.The clinical data of 1 patient with hepatic myelopathy who received liver transplantation at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University in April 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.The clinical symptoms and physical signs were improved,and muscle strength was effectively recovered in the patient.Liver transplantation might be an effective method for the treatment of hepatic myelopathy.

Objective To study the activities of the alcoholic extract from Fructus Polygoni Orientalis (EFPO) against antioxidation. Methods The peroxidation in homogenate of rat heart, liver and kidney was induced by ?OH generation system Fe2++ascorbic acid. Malondialdehyde (MDA) was determined by TBA colorimetric method. Superoxide (O-2) from zymosan-stimulated neutrophils of rat was measured by NBT reduction method. H2O2-caused hemolysis of erythrocytes was measured by spectrometry. Results MDA in homogenate of heart, liver and kidney of rat that induced by ?OH generation system Fe2++ascorbic acid was inhibited by 6.3, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 ?g/L EFPO; IC50 of EFPO to MDA in heart, liver and kidney was 31.8, 32.5 and 40.2 ?g/L respectively and its dose-effect relation was of negative relativity and the relative coefficient was -0.886, -0.874 and -0.918 (all P

BACKGROUND: It is a hot investigation to many scholars that how to cure and prevent renal ischemic reperfusion injury in a utility way, but the mechanism is unclear at present. The investigation indicates that aquaporiin-1 plays an important role during this process. OBJECTIVE: To research the correlation between aquaporin-1 expression and renal function change following renal ischemic reperfusion injury. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: A randomized controlled animal experiment was performed at Histology and Embryology Laboratory of Dalian Medical University from June 2007 to December 2008. MATERIALS: A total of 80 healthy female adult Wister rats were randomly divided into control group and ischemia-reperfusion group. Rats in each group were observed at days 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 after operation, with 8 rats for each group. The ischemia-reperfusion injury was established on the left kidney. METHODS: Right kidney was removed. The left renal pedicle was freed and occlused to establish ischemia-reperfusion injury model. After 40 minutes, the blood was re-flowed. If the kidney colored from dark red to bright red within 2-5 minutes, the ischemia-reperfusion injury models were successfully established, and the thrombus was not formed in the kidney vessels. If the kidney was still dark red after 5 minutes, the thrombus was formed, and the rats were excluded from the ischemia-reperfusion group. The abdomen was sutured after 40 minutes.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rats were sacrificed at days 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 after ischemia-reperfusion injury. Samples of urine, serum, and kidney were performed with the examinations of urine, renal function, renal pathology and morphology, immunohistological assay of aquaporiin-1, and RT-PCR assay. RESULTS: After ischemia-reperfusion injury, the rats had hydrouria, urine osmotic pressure depress, symptoms of carnine and urea nitrogen increasing. HE staining demonstrated that renal tubular epithelial cells were swelling, necrosis, and desquamate. Aquaporin-1 expression and its mRNA level was decreased; in particular, the expression and level were the lowest at day 1 after ischemia-reperfusion injury and recovered to normal value at day 5 after ischemia-reperfusion injury. CONCLUNSION: The down expression of aquaporin-1 maybe one of the important indicators to reflect renal functional changes of acute renal failure following renal ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Liver cancer is a malignant tumor. The current operation or chemoradiotherapy cannot achieve a satisfactory effect, and relapse and metastasis are always big problems in the treatment of liver cancer. According to the recent theory of liver cancer stem cells, the genesis, development, relapse, metastasis, and prognosis of liver cancer are all related to liver cancer stem cells. If the liver cancer stem cells are treated by targeted therapy, which would reduce the number of or destroy the stem cells, the relapse, metastasis, and drug resistance after tumor resection may be reduced or eliminated. The progress in targeted therapy for liver cancer stem cells is reviewed here. Although there are many types of targeted therapies for liver cancer stem cells, it is still a key problem that the targeting is not strong enough, which needs to be solved urgently. Whether the dual- or multi-targeting would solve this problem still needs to be confirmed by further experimental studies.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical efficacy and learning curve of thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy(TLE) in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma.

METHODSClinical data of 350 consecutive patients with esophageal carcinoma undergoing TLE in the West China Hospital between February 2008 and October 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients in the early stage(n=150) were chronologically and evenly divided into three groups, and perioperative outcomes were compared between the three groups in order to evaluate the learning curve.

RESULTSThere were no intraoperative deaths. Intraoperative complications occurred in 29(8.3%) patients. Thirteen(3.7%) cases were converted to open operation including 9 thoracotomy and 4 laparotomy. The mean operative time was 332.5(range 230-780) min and the mean blood loss was 160.8(range 15-4000) ml. The tumor free resection margins (R0) were completely in 333(95.1%) cases. The mean lymph nodes harvested was 21.6(range 6-42). The average length of postoperative hospital stay was 11.6(range 7-93) d. Postoperative complications occurred in 75(21.4%) patients, and 3(0.8%) patients died within 30 days after surgery. Compared with TLE 1 group, TLE 2 group presented shorter operative time, less blood loss, shorter postoperative hospital stay, lower postoperative complication rate, and more lymph nodes harvested(all P<0.05). Only blood loss was less in TLE 3 group as compared to TLE 2 group, and other perioperative results were found to be of no statistical differences between the two groups. There was no significant difference in 30-day mortality between the three groups.

CONCLUSIONSTLE is a technically feasible and safe procedure and provides comparable oncological outcomes with open esophagectomy, thus suggesting that TLE is an alternative approach in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma. A plateau of TLE skill can be reached after 50 surgical procedures.

China ; Esophageal Neoplasms ; Esophagectomy ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Length of Stay ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes ; Operative Time ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies

OBJECTIVETo explore the safety and feasibility of extensive mediastinal lymphadenectomy during thoracoscopic esophagectomy in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma.

METHODSClinical data of 125 patients with esophageal carcinoma undergoing thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy(TLE) in West China Hospital of Sichuan University between May 2009 and December 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into 2 groups: non-extensive mediastinal lymphadenectomy group(non-extensive group, n=53) and extensive mediastinal lymphadenectomy group(extensive group, n=72). Perioperative outcomes of these two groups were compared.

RESULTSNo significant differences were found in the time of thoracic operation, length of intensive care unit stay and postoperative hospital stay, postoperative complication and the overall mortality between the two groups. Compared with non-extensive group, extensive group showed less blood loss during thoracic operation [(140.6±62.1) ml vs. (167.7±69.2) ml, P=0.023], more thoracic lymph nodes harvested (12.2±4.2 vs. 9.0±4.1, P<0.01). Seventeen patients (23.6%) in extensive group were found to have positive recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes, which resulted in upstaging of TNM in 7 patients(9.7%). The incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy was higher in extensive group as compared to non-extensive group, but the difference was not statistically significant (6.9% vs. 1.9%, P=0.240).

CONCLUSIONExtensive mediastinal lymphadenectomy during thoracoscopic esophagectomy is a feasible and safe procedure for esophageal carcinoma patients, which can increase the number of harvested lymph node and the accuracy of tumor staging.

Carcinoma ; pathology ; surgery ; China ; Esophageal Neoplasms ; pathology ; surgery ; Esophagectomy ; methods ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Length of Stay ; Lymph Node Excision ; methods ; Lymph Nodes ; pathology ; Neoplasm Staging ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies

The influences of Ce on the microstructure and mechanics performances of Ti-Fe-Mo-Mn-Nb-Zr alloys were studied and presented in this paper. The microstructure of no-Ce Ti-Fe-Mo-Mn-Nb-Zr alloy was thick, long and dendritic, and the microstructure of alloy was fined by Ce. With the increase in Ce wt%, the microstructure became equiaxial gradually. Hardness decreased with the increase in Ce wt%. The compression yield strength became greater with the increasing of Ce wt%, but after the Ce wt% increased to a certian degree, the compression yield strength became smaller with the further increasing of Ce wt%. This phenomenon was explained in the light of bond energy and X-ray diffraction experiment. X-ray diffraction experiment showed that the alloys were beta-Ti.
Alloys ; chemistry ; Biocompatible Materials ; Cerium ; chemistry ; Hardness ; Materials Testing ; Surface Properties ; Titanium ; chemistry