Thirty-three patients with esophageal carcinoma (T3N1M0 or less) underwent thoracoscopic surgery in lateral prone position for esophagectomy from February 2010 to November 2012.Their postoperative outcomes and survivals were retrospectively analyzed.The results confirmed the feasibility and safety of this mini-invasive thoracoscopic procedure in lateral prone position for patients with esophageal carcinoma.A possible advantage of lateral prone technique is that in case of an emergency switch to open surgery,precious time may be saved in changing body position.

Objective: To understand the pathogen spectrum composition of non-bacterial respiratory infections in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province, so as to provide insights for the prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases. Methods: A total of 592 throat or nasopharynx swab samples were collected from fever patients in Pinghu First People's Hospital from Jamuary 2021 to November 2022. Multiple real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the nucleic acids of rhinovirus (RhV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), parainfluenza virus (PIV), adenovirus (ADV), metapneumovirus (MPV), coronavirus (CoV), Boca virus (Boca), enterovirus (EV), influenza virus (Flu), chlamydia pneumoniae (CP) and mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP). The detection rates of pathogens and mixed infections in different age groups and seasons were analyzed. Results: A total of 212 samples were tested positive for at least one pathogen's nucleic acid from 592 samples, with a total detection rate of 35.81%. The detection rates of RhV (9.80%), PIV (7.26%), Flu (6.76%), RSV (4.39%) and CoV (3.72%) were relatively high. The detection rates were higher among patients at ages of 0 to 2 years and 3 to 17 years than among patients at ages of 18 to 59 years, and in autumn than in spring and winter (all P<0.05). Twenty-three samples were infected by mixed pathogens, accounting for 3.89%. The mixed infections were all detected two pathogens, with PIV, CoV, RhV, and ADV predominant. Conclusions From 2021 to November 2022, the main pathogens of non-bacterial respiratory infections in Pinghu City were RhV, PIV, FLu, RSV and CoV, and there were mixed infections. It is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of respiratory infection in infants and children.

Objective　To study the value of B type ultrasonography guiding percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA) for hepatic cancer (HC). Methods　70 patients with primary or metastatic hepatic malignancies were treated by PRFA under ultrasound guidance through LeVeen multipolar array needle electrode and RF 2000. All patients were followed up by turnor marker, B type sounography and MRI monthly. Results　PRFA were performed in 53 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 17 cases with metastatic liver cancer. Liver function classfication was 53 cases in Child class A, 15 in class B and 2 in class C. In 21 patients with non-operated small HCC (≤5 cm), 12 of 17 patients with AFP positive were decreased to normal (70.6%) and decreased markedly in 4 (23.5%), and MRI showed the treated tumors were completely necrosis in 16 patients (76.2%). The 3, 6 month survival rates were 90.5%, 100% respectively in small HC groups, and 66.7% to 72.7% and 27.6% to 72.7% in large HC groups.Conclusions　PRFA as a local thermal therapy is becoming a kind of new palliative treatment for hepatic malignancies, which not only is safe, minimally invasive, and effective for small ones; but also can be used with combination of TACE for larger ones.

Objective: To express CTX-M-38 type extended-spectrum-lactamase, and detect its distribution and antibiotic susceptibilities. Methods: Total of 46 strains producing ESBL E.coli was collected from the first affiliated hospital of Zheng zhou University. The CTX-M-38 ESBL gene was selected by PCR using gene recombination technique to construct pET28a-CTX-M-38. The expression of CTX-M-38 in BL21 E.coli and its antibiotic susceptibilities were carried out by liquid dilution test. Testing the enzyme activities of culture supernatant and bacteria sonicate to reflect its distribution. Results: The size of amplified gene product was about 900 bp. The DNA sequence was matched with the information of gene bank. The enzyme activities from bacteria sonicate were stronger than the culture supernatant .The transformant was resistance to penicillins, the first, second and third generations of cephalosporins. It was sensitive to imipenem. The transformant was also sensitive to ceftazidime and aztreonam in vitro, and resistance to antibiotics including beta-lactamase inhibitors except piperacillin/tazobactam. The transformant was also resistance to gentamicin,minocycline, ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin. Conclusion: The CTX-M-38 type ESBL is successfully expressed at designed experimental condition in this study. The product mainly lies inside the bacteria. The transformant shows wide resistance to antibiotics.

Objective To analyzed the effects of the positioning errors and weight variability of the head and neck cancer patients with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT),or volumetric modulated arctherapy (VMAT) based on the kilovoltage cone-beam computed tomography (kV-CBCT).Methods CBCT images of 102 patients with head and neck cancer patients receiving IMRT or VMAT were screened by CBCT once a week for consecutively 6 weeks.The positioning errors were measured by comparing CBCT and planning CT in left-right (LR),anterior-posterior (AP) and cranio-caudal (CC) directions.Meanwhile,the weight of patients were measured every week.Results The positioning errors were (0.011 5±0.125 3) cm,(-0.017 6±0.123 3) cm and (-0.014 1±0.156 7) cm in LR,AP and CC directions,respectively.The mean systematic errors were all less than 0.02 cm in three axial directions,while the mean random errors were all within 0.2 cm.There was no statistically significant difference was observed among the setup errors in all three axial directions according to different week.Though the body weight of patients continued to drop during the radiation by with the mean weight loss of 3.5 kg and had a negative correlation with treatment course.Bivariate correlation analysis showed just the positioning errors in CC direction were significantly correlated with body weights loss.Conclusion There is no statistical relationship with in position errors of the patients with their treatment course,and the body weight loss seemed to influence the position errors in CC direction.

OBJECTIVE To study the genotype distribution of CTX-M type ESBLs in ESBLs-producing Escherichia coli. METHODS All 138 strains of E. coli were collected from the First and Third Affiliated Hospitals,Zhengzhou University from 2006 to 2007. The CTX-M type ESBLs genes were amplified by PCR,the products were sequenced after purification. RESULTS Eighty-two of 138 ESBLs-producing E. coli isolates were classified with CTX-M type-ESBLs genes,and there were 53,27 and 2 strains contained only one type,two types and three types of CTX-M ESBLs,respectively. Among CTX-M type-ESBLs genes,they were identified with CTX-M-1(43 strains),CTX-M-14(56 strains),CTX-M-25(7 strains) and CTX-M-38 (5 strains). CONCLUSIONS The most popular type of CTX-M ESBLs in E. coli is CTX-M14 in Zhengzhou,and two or three kinds of genotypes can exist in 1 strain.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Q-switched Alexandrite laser at 752 nm in the treatment of nevus of Ota. Methods A total of 1985 cases of nevus of Ota were treated with the Q-switched Alexandrite laser PhotoGenica HT10, and then the ages, frequency of treatment and interval of treatment were analyzed. Results The excellent effective rate was 97.88 %, and the total effective rate was 100 % in 1985 cases. Most patients in all age group received the excellent effects, however, there was no significant difference between the groups. Most patients acheived the excellent effect after 4 to 5 treatments, and very few patients (0.8 %) needed over 10 treatments; the rate ofpatient who needed 1-3 treatments or 6-10 treatments was 18. 2 % and 25.8 %, respectively. The patients had the most excellent efficacy in the group that the interval of two treatments was 4 to 6months, however, there was no significant difference between the group of the interval of two treatments over 6 months. In our study, there were only a few cases (4.48 %) with slight side reaction,such as temporary pigmentation and hypopigmentation and scar. Conclusions 752 nm Q-switched Alexandrite laser is one of effective and safe treatments for nevus of Ota.

AIM: To investigate the role of fluoxetine in the hippocampal synaptic plasticity in chronic unpre-dictable mild stress (CUMS) depression rats and its effect on mTOR and autophagy signaling pathways.METHODS:Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n =60) were randomly divided into normal control group, CUMS group and fluoxetine group. The CUMS rat model was established through CUMS combined with solitary raising, and fluoxetine (20 mg? kg -1? d -1 ) was administered via intragastric gavage.The changes of body weight, the ratio of sugar intake and the results of the behav-ioral test were recorded to identify the modeling.Moreover, the expression of synaptic plasticity-related proteins glial fibril-lary acidic protein (GFAP) and synaptophysin (SYP), apoptosis-related proteins Bcl-2 and caspase-3, mTOR signaling proteins mTOR and 4EBP1, and autophagy-related proteins beclin 1 and LC3 were examined by RT-PCR and Western blot. RESULTS: Compared with control group, the body weight, sucrose intake, and total distance and intermediate residence time in the open field test were significantly decreased in CUMS group.The results of RT-PCR and Western blotting showed that the mRNA and protein levels of SYP and GFAP in CUMS group were significantly down-regulated compared with con-trol group.The expression of Bcl-2 in CUMS group was downregulated, while the protein level of cleaved caspase-3 in-creased.Decreased phosphorylation levels of mTOR and its downstream target molecule 4EBP1 were observed in CUMS group.Besides, the autophagy-related proteins beclin 1 and LC3 were significantly upregulated at mRNA and protein lev-els.All these results(upregulation or downregulation) were attenuated by the treatment with fluoxetine, and the difference was statistically significant.CONCLUSION: Fluoxetine might improve hippocampal synaptic plasticity and alleviate symp-toms of depression by supressing apoptosis/autophagy signaling pathways and upregulating mTOR signaling pathway.

Objective To verify the reliability of dose parameters of radiotherapy under reference and non-reference conditions by using TLD.Methods Dose parameters were verified by using TLDs under reference and non-reference conditions,including the maximum dose in axel of 5 electron beams with energy of 9 MeV and the variations of dose by depth,source-skin distance,exposure field and 45° wedge for 10 photon beams with energy of 6 MV in 5 hospitals.Results The average relative deviation of 6 MV photon beam measured between TLDs and finger ionization chambers were 4.45％,within ± 7％ as required by IAEA.The average relative deviation of 9 MeV electron beam measured between TLDs and plane parallel chambers were 2.45％,within ± 5％ was required by IAEA.Conclusions Measuring dosimetric parameters by using TLDs under reference and non-reference conditions was reliable and feasible.

Objective To analyze the changes of clinical and pathological features in the patients of IgA nephropathy with anemia.Methods Four hundred and nine patients of IgA nephropathy diagnosed by renal biopsy were classified into two groups:IgA nephropathy with nonanemia (group 1) and IgA nephropathy with anemia (group 2).Changes were studied retrospectively between the groups.Results Serum hemoglobin level was correlated with the clinical parameters of IgA nephropathy.Companed to group 1,changes in group 2 were as followed:serum creatinine increased,eGFR decreased,proteinuria increased; the global sclerosis,segmental sclerosis,crescents and tubulointerstitial lesions worsened.The glomerular and tubulointerstitial lesions were negatively correlated with serum hemoglobin and eGFR,but positively correlated with serum uric acid and proteinuria (P＜0.05).Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that anemia was an independent risk factor for the tubulointerstitial lesion.Conclusion Clinical feature and pathological damages in the patients of IgA nephropathy with anemia are more serious than those with non-anemia.