Objective To elevate the efficacy and complications of partial splenic embolization(PSE) using the alginate microglobe(AMG) as embolic material for hypersplenism in cirrhosis.Methods 42 patients with hypersplenism and cirrhosis were treated by PSE,AMG of 250～450 ?m were injected into the arteries of inferior splenic pole,the embolization degree was ranging from 40% to 70%.Results 42 times of embolization were performed in 42 patients,after operation, 35 patients had fever and lasted for 3~15 d,38 patients had abdominal pain,of them, 27 patients needed treatment with analgesic.Treatable a little hydrothorax appeared in 6 ,and no serious complication occurred.WBC and PLT counts were increased 24 hour later(P

Objective To explore the medical ethical problens in the research of tissue engineering and their clinical application.Methods According to the technical route of tissue engineering ,including seeding cells.scaffold materials,implantation in body,ethical problems and their disposal were dissussed.Results Patient's rights to know the facts of test,efficacy and security of clinical application must be fully ensured during implantation of seeding cells and scaffold materials to human body.Conclusion In needs to formulate related standard of tissue engineered products and perfect politics and regulations.

Objective To investigate the effects of nuclear factor ?B (NF ?B) activation and tumor necrosis factor ?(TNF ?) expression on the progressive heart failure following myocardial infarction in rats. Methods Male rats were randomized for the proximal left anterior descending branch coronary artery ligation and then killed at 4, 8 and 12 weeks after ligation for the examination of hemodynamic parameters, ventricular mass index, protein expression of TNF ?, and NF ?B activity. Sham operated rats were used as the control group. Results Compared with the sham operated group, the myocardial infarction rats showed significant decreases in mean arterial pressure(MAP), maximal ascending and descending velocity of the left ventricular pressure(?dp/dt max ) and a significant increase in left ventricular end diastolic pressure(LVEDP) ( P

Objective　To prevent early closure of growth plate and developmental deformities of limbs by allografts of cultured cartilages into growth plate defects of rabbits. Methods　Chondrocytes isolated from articular cartilage of 1-month rabbits formed cartilage after cultivation in centrifuge tubes. The cartilages cultured for two weeks were implanted into growth plate defects of proximal tibiae of 6-weeks rabbits. At 4th and 16th weeks, X-ray, histologic and immunohistochemical examination were performed. Results　The tibiae had no marked deformities after 4 weeks of operation. Histologic examinations showed that the defects were filled with cartilage. Immunohistochemical results of type Ⅱ collagen were positive. The tibiae with allografts of cultured cartilages had no evident deformities after 16 weeks of operation. Histologic examination showed nearly closure of growth plates. On the contrary, the tibiae on control side formed severe deformities and growth plate were closed. Conclusion　Allograft of cultured cartilages into growth plate defects may replace lost growth plate tissues, maintain normal growth of limbs and prevent developmental deformity.

Objective To investigate the ability of osteogenesis, repaired effects and possible mechanism of tissue engineered bone made in an approach of bionics as a transplantation biomaterial to repair a segmental defect of long bone. Methods HA/?-TCP was composed with PDLLA and then composed with rhBMP-2 and collagen of typeⅠ. The combined biomaterial was put in common culture with osteoblasts harvested from periosteum of rabbit and vascular endothelial cells from kidney of rabbit then transplanted this tissue engineered bone to total segmental periosteum-bone defect of 1.5 cm in the rabbits radius which were investigated 4, 8 and 12 weeks after operation respectively. Investigation of the bone defect was made by means of gross observation, X-ray examination, histology of HE and Masson staining, image pattern analysis, scanning electron microscopy, EDAX. Results In gross observation, the implantations were adhered to the host bone well in four weeks, the implantations was bony healed with host bone in eight weeks, and some of the implantations were replaced by new formation bone in 12 weeks. In histological examination of four weeks after operation, lamellar bone was found, and eight weeks after operation, implant was incorporated to host bone end by end through cortical bone, and new bone marrow was found to invade into the implant. Furthermore, the outer part of implant was completely substituted by new cortical bone 12 weeks after operation. In addition, the histological study pointed out that the new bone arranged in type of various bands which were in subsequent transition. There is significant difference between 4 weeks and 8 weeks, and 4 weeks and 12 weeks, but no significant difference between 8 weeks and 12 weeks of the quantity of new bone. The ratio of calcium to phosphorus in the transplants tended to approach that in the host cortical bone along with the period of time after operation. Conclusion Satisfied effects of remodeling appeared after this tissue engineered bone composed by bionics was transplanted to the segmental defect of long bone. The mechanism of bone regeneration was endochondral ossification.

Objective To review and summarize the latest development of the therapy for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods The recently-published articles related to the therapies for DMD were extensively reviewed and briefly summarized. Results The therapeutic approaches for DMD included the gene therapy, the cell therapy, and the pharmacological therapy.The gene therapy and the cell therapy were focused on the treatment for the cause of DMD by the delivery of the missing gene, the modification of the mutated gene, and the transfer of the normal cells including the stem cells, while the pharmacological therapy dealt with the downstream events caused by the dystrophin gene defect, slowed down the pathologic progress of DMD, and improved the DMD patient's life quality and life span, by medication and other factor treatments. Conclusion There is still no cure for DMD because of various difficulties in replacing or repairing the defected gene and of the multifaceted nature of the severe symptoms. Therefore, it is imperative for us to find out a more effective treatment that can solve these problems.

0.05),hints that the tenocyte's function was not disturbed. The DNA index of cells of GDBM group was 0.96 and 2.1% higher than the control group,indicating that the tenocytes grow and proliferate faster when being combine cultured on GDBM. Conclusion GDBM show good biocompatibility combined with tenocytes and they are promising extracellular matrix scaffold for cell transplantation in tendon tissue engineering.

Objective This paper aims to find a best position of ephedrine hydrochloride nasal drops by comparing earache occurred in hyperbaric oxygen(HBO )therapy while using ephedrine hydrochloride nasal drops in two positions: laying in lateral position of 45°with head leaning back; laying down flat, so as to supply reference for prevention of earache. Methods We selected 300 cases of HBO patients who were firstly treated by HBO and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group with 150 cases in each group. All these patients were treated by large medical hyperbaric oxygen tank. On the first to third day, ephedrine hydrochloride nasal drops were put into the patients before they were sent into the oxygen tank. Patients in the observation group lay in lateral position of 45°with their head leaning back, and those in the control group were in horizontal position. We put three drops of 1% of ephedrine hydrochloride nasal drops respectively into their nasal cavity. When they came out of the oxygen tank, we asked them if they felt earache and checked their tympanic membrane so as to make a comparison. Results It was found that earache, rate of tympanic membrane injury and the extent of such injury in the observation group was obviously less than that in the control group, there was difference in statistics between these two groups. Conclusions Before HBO treatment, ephedrine hydrochloride nasal drops that put in lateral position of 45°with patients head leaning back can reduce the possibilities of earache occurred in HBO. It was also observed that such position was an ideal one which had anatomical characteristics of Eustachian tube and was safer than laying down flat, so such position is more practical.

Objective To investigate the effect of continuous high volume hemofiltration (HVHF)on respiratory mechanics and hemodynamics in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). MethodsForty-one adult patients with MODS who received mechanical ventilation were divided into HVHF group(21 cases) and continuous vein-vein hemofiltration (CVVH) group (20 cases) by envelople. The peak airway pressure (Ppeak), dynamic pulmonary compliance(Cdyn), cardiac output(CO ), systemic vascular resistance(SVR), pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and blood gas analysis before treatment and 24 hours after treatment were measured. Results Twenty-four hours after treatment, the levels of Ppeak, Cdyn, CO, PVR,SVR and oxygenation index were (31.32 ±2.23) cm H2O (1 cm H2O =0.098 kPa), (26.18 ±3.54)(220.41 ±21.41) mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa) respectively in HVHF group,significantly higher than those before treatment [(42.00 ±3.34) cm H2O, (17.91 ±4.31) ml/cm H2O, (8.68 ±1.17) L/min,(267.27 ± 16.29) dyn·s·cm-5, (805.32 ± 18.82)dyn ·s·cm-5, ( 119.41 ± 17.10) mm Hg] (P ＜ 0.01 ),as well as higher than those in CVVH group after 24 hours' treatment (P ＜ 0.01 ). ConclusionHVHF shows significant beneficial effects on respiratory mechanics and hemodynamics of MODS.