Objectives:To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacies of unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion(ULIF)and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion(MIS-TLIF)in the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases(LDD).Methods:Clinical controlled studies on ULIF and MIS-TLIF in the treatment of LDD were systematically retrieved from Chinese and English databases,including CNKI,VIP,WanFang,SinoMed,PubMed,Cochrane Library,Embase,and Web of Science.The retrieval time limit was from the establishment of the database to September 2023.The quality of the included studies was evaluated by the Newcastle-Ottawa scale(NOS).The indexes of operation time,surgical bleeding,hospitalization time,visual analog scale(VAS),Oswestry disability index(ODI),incidence of complications,disc height,and fusion rate were extracted,and Meta-analysis was performed by RevMan 5.4.1 software.Results:A total of 11 studies were included,all of which were cohort studies,and all of which were evaluated as medium-high quality by NOS.There were 800 patients,including 380 in the ULIF group and 420 in the MIS-TLIF group.The results of Meta analysis showed that the hospitalization time[WMD=-0.75,95％CI(-1.33,-0.17)],low back pain VAS(1-3 months after operation)[MD=-0.43,95％CI(-0.70,-0.15)],low back pain VAS(final follow-up＞l year)[MD=-0.09,95％CI(-0.18,-0.00)],ODI(1-3 months after operation)[MD=-1.37,95％CI(-2.46,-0.28)],and intraoperative bleeding[MD=-78.72,95％CI(-113.20,-44.23)]in the ULIF group were better than those in the MIS-TLIF group.The operation time[MD=30.28,95％CI(13.86,46.71)]in the MIS-TLIF group was better than that in the ULIF group.There were no significant differences in leg pain VAS(1-3 months after operation)[MD=-0.12,95％CI(-0.30,0.06)],leg pain VAS(final follow-up＞1 year)[MD=-0.04,95％CI(-0.15,0.07)],ODI(final follow-up＞1 year)[MD=-0.46,95％CI(-1.02,0.11)],lumbar lordosis angle[MD=0.39,95％CI(-1.12,1.90)],disc height[MD=0.03,95％CI(-0.24,0.30)],fusion rate[MD=0.97,95％CI(0.92,1.03)]and complication rate[MD=0.82,95％CI(0.45,1.48)].Conclusions:Compared with MIS-TLIF,ULIF has advantages in improving low back pain symptoms and early recovery of function,reducing intraoperative blood loss,shortening hospital stay,which is less in surgical trauma and faster in recovery.There is no significant difference in long-term efficacy,complications,and fusion rate between the two methods.

Objective:To investigate the pathological characteristics, treatment timing, and prognosis of de Winter syndrome.Methods:Six patients with de Winter syndrome who received treatment in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Tianmen from July 2017 to September 2020 were included in this study. The clinical risk factors, characteristics of coronary artery lesions, electrocardiogram evolution, echocardiography, high-sensitivity troponin, and brain natriuretic peptide were evaluated. All patients were followed up for 12 months after discharge.Results:Among the six patients included, four patients underwent coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Coronary angiography results showed that anterior descending artery lesions occurred in all patients, consisting of occlusion of the anterior descending artery in three patients and severe stenosis of the anterior descending artery in one patient. After surgery, TIMI3 blood flow recovered in all patients. Electrocardiogram showed anterior wall ST segment elevation in five patients, and anterior wall and inferior wall ST segment elevation in one patient. One patient refused to undergo coronary angiography and was discharged after conservative management with drugs. de Winter syndrome was not identified in time in one patient. The patient died after being admitted to the hospital through routine procedures. Five recovered patients were followed up for 12 months, consisting of one patient who was re-admitted because of heart failure, and four patients in whom no adverse events occurred.Conclusion:Identification of electrocardiogram manifestations of de Winter syndrome and implementation of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention as early as possible can substantially reduce mortality rate and improve long-term prognosis.

Objective:To investigate the value of spectral CT based iodine concentration (IC) parameters for preoperative prediction of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in gastric cancer.Methods:Between January 2021 and November 2021, 266 patients diagnosed as gastric adenocarcinomas by endoscopy and undergoing gastrectomy at the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University were recruited prospectively. They were divided into LVI and non-LVI groups according to pathological reports. Triple phase contrasted enhanced CT scans, including arterial phase (AP), venous phase (VP) and delayed phase (DP) were performed on a spectral CT platform within one week before surgery. The IC of gastric cancer lesions at three enhanced phases were measured based on iodine maps, and the normalized IC (nIC) was calculated. The thickness of the tumor was measured. Clinicopathological features were collected, including ulceration, pathological tumor staging (pT), pathological node staging (pN), histodifferentiation, Lauren subtype, perineural invasion (PNI), positive node numbers and positive node ratio. Student′s t tes t or Mann-Whitney U test were used to compare the differences of continuous variables between the two groups, while Chi-square test or Fisher′s exact test was used for categorical data. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to screen independent risk factors of LVI, and to build a combined parameter based on risk factors. The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed to determine the predictive efficacy of IC parameters and the combined parameter for LVI. DeLong′s test was used to compare the differences among different area under the curve (AUC). Results:There were statistical differences in tumor thickness, ulceration, pT, pN, histodifferentiation, positive node numbers, positive node ratio, Lauren subtype and PNI between LVI and non-LVI groups ( P<0.05). The values of IC VP, IC DP, nIC VP, nIC DP in LVI group were statistically higher than those in non-LVI group ( t=3.77, 4.23, 4.25, 6.12, all P<0.001), with the AUC (95%CI) of 0.674 (0.610-0.738), 0.677 (0.614-0.741), 0.731 (0.671-0.792), 0.700 (0.636-0.764) for predicting LVI, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that tumor thickness (OR=1.148, 95%CI 1.085-1.237, P<0.001) and nIC VP (OR=209.904, 95%CI 14.874-644.362, P<0.001) were independent predictors for LVI, the combined parameter incorporating these two factors yielded an AUC (95%CI) of 0.790 (0.736-0.937), which was statistically higher than any single parameter of IC VP, IC DP, nIC VP and nIC DP ( Z=3.07, 3.29, 2.10, 2.60, P=0.002, 0.001, 0.036, 0.009). Conclusion:The IC and nIC values of gastric cancer lesions derived from the VP and DP on spectral CT can effectively predict LVI status in gastric adenocarcinomas, and the combination of nIC VP and tumor thickness can further improve the predictive efficacy.

Objective To preliminarily explore the feasibility of tree shrew as a new kind of animal model in research of amblyopia,to discuss the primary visual cortex plasticity mechanism of form deprivation in tree shrew,and to provide a theoretical basis for further understanding the mechanism of amblyopia formation and recovery.Methods Sixty 30-days old tree shrews were divided into five groups,12 in each group:the group A had the right eye sutured for 1 month;the group B had the right eye sutured for 2 months;the group C had the left eye sutured for 1 month and then opened and the righ eye was sutured for 1 month,in other words,the group C was performed by alternating suture;the tree shrews of control group 1(D1) were in the same age as the the group A,but fed in normal breedingenvironment;the tree shrews of control group 2(D2) were at the same age of groups B and C,but fed with a normal diet.Samples of the visual cortex were taken after the completion of modeling,and were processed to observe the histology and ultrastructure of the visual cortex,the neuron apoptosis,and the c-fos protein expression in the tree shrews of different groups.Results Damages to different degrees were found by histological and electron microscopic examination of the visual cortex in each experimental group,and they were more obvious in the group sutured for 2 months.TUNEL staining showed that there were no significant differences between the apoptosis in the experimental and control groups.The expression of c-fos mRNA and protein in the experimental groups was decreased,and it was the lowest in the group sutured for 2 months.There was a small increase in the c-fos expression after the alternate suture,and no significant difference of c-fos expression was found in the control groups.Conclusions Different degrees of deprivation amblyopia lead to different histopathological changes.There is a plasticity in the neurons affected by amblyopia.Tree shrew can be used as an ideal animal model for the studies of form deprivation amblyopia.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of combination treatment of Ambroxol,Ipratropium and Budesonide during perioperative period in elderly patients with cardiac adenocarcinoma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods A total of 126 elderly patients aged over 65 years diagnosed as cardiac adenocarcinoma and COPD were selected,and no chemotherapy was given to them before operation.Patients were randomly divided into experimental group(n＝ 62)and control group(n＝ 64).Intravenous infusion of Ambroxol hydrochloride and atomizing inhalation of Ipratropium were given in both groups,and the experimental group received budesonide additionally.The pulmonary function,postoperative pulmonary atelectasis,pulmonary infection,antibiotics application and hospitalization after operation were compared between the two groups.Results The forced expiratory volume at the first second(FEV1),forced vital capacity(FVC)and FEV1/FVC were higher in experimental group than in control group [(1.79 ± 0.52)1 vs.(1.33 ± 0.38)L,(2.44 ±0.43)Lvs.(1.93 ± 0.36)L and(73.91 ± 8.17)％ vs.(62.87 ± 7.23)％,respectively,allP＜0.05].The postoperative pulmonary atelectasis and pulmonary infection were lower in experimental group than in control group(4.8％ vs.15.6％,6.5％ vs.18.8％,respectively,both P＜0.05).The time for antibiotics application after operation had no difference between the two groups[(4.81±1.20) days vs.(5.98 ± 1.17)days,P ＞ 0.05].There was a significant difference in postoperative hospitalization between the two groups [(8.37 ± 0.27) days vs.(11.80 ± 0.33) days,P ＜ 0.05].Conclusions The combination treatment of Ambroxol hydrochloride,Ipratropium and Budesonide during perioperative period achieves better therapeutic effects than does the combination treatment of ambroxol hydrochloride and ipratropium in elderly patients with cardiac adenocarcinoma and COPD.

Tree shrews have an excellent visual system, their cones accounted for 96%of the photorecepter cells, so that their color vision and stereo vision are well developed.With their rich resources and low cost, tree shrews have been considered as an ideal animal model in eye research in comparative medicine and genomics research.The ophthalmological research on tree shrew mainly focused on the establishment of myopia model, as well as the changes in myopic sclera and choroids, and the basic studies of their retina, optic and visual cortex.This paper reviewed the basic ophthalmological re-search of tree shrew.

OBJECTIVETo observe the change of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) percentage in peripheral blood after operation in rectal cancer patients and to examine its association with the prognosis.

METHODSBlood samples of pre-operation and postoperative 21-day from 64 stage I(-III( rectal cancer patients who underwent surgery in Department of General Surgery, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou University between January and December 2009 were collected. MDSCs percentage was detected by flow cytometry. Its association with the prognosis of patients was analyzed.

RESULTSMDSCs percentage of postoperative 21-day decreased significantly compared with pre-operation (P<0.01). When local recurrence or distant metastasis presented, MDSCs percentage increased again (all P<0.01) and reached the preoperative level(P>0.05). All the patients were further divided into two groups based on median MDSCs percentage. Patients with higher MDSCs percentage before operation (>3.78%) and after operation (>2.11%) had significantly lower 5-year overall survival(OS) (58.1% and 62.1%) and 5-year disease-free survival (DFS)(54.8% and 58.6%) as compared to those with lower MDSCs percentage(5-year OS 87.9% and 84.8%; 5-year DFS 82.8% and 80.0%, all P<0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that preoperative MDSCs percentage was an independent prognostic factor of rectal cancer(HR:4.065, 95% CI:1.026 to 16.108, P=0.04).

CONCLUSIONSPreoperative increased MDSCs percentage may be an important predictor of poor OS in rectal cancer patients. Dynamic change of MDSCs percentage can reflect the disease development.

Objective To evaluate the relationship between preoperative MRI characteristics and the perioperative outcomes of microvascular decompression in primary trigeminal neuralgia. Methods To analyze the relationship between preoperative MRI characteristics and the perioperative outcomes in 103 primary trigeminal neuralgia patients with micro-vascular decompression in Nanfang Hospital. The MRI features such as the ratio of CPA area, TGN cross-sectional area and TGN length was evaluated together with the TGN oppression distance, the position of TGN, the position of basilar ar-tery and the type of offending vessel as well as the outocmes including complete disappearance, temporary remission and ineffectiveness. Results Univariate analysis showed that the oppression orientation (P=0.017), oppression distance (P<0.001), offending vascular type (P=0.016), TGN cross-sectional area ratio (P<0.001) were the influencing factors of periop-erative outcomes. Logistic regression analysis showed that the offending vascular type (P=0.002)and TGN cross-sectional area ratio (P=0.020) were the main predictive factors of perioperative outcomes of microvascular decompression. Conclu-sions Preoperative thin slice MRI scanning showed that the offending artery, non-atrophy nerve roots, far distance from op-pression point to brainstem may be the favorable factors of perioperative outcomes of microvascular decompression.

Objective To investigate the expression of ligands of DNAM-1 and NKG2D in the colonic cancer.Methods The colonic cancer tissue and adjacent normal colonic tissues were collected from 42 colonic cancer patients who were admitted to the Tangdu Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University from June 2010 to January 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.The expressions of CD155,CD112 and MICA/B in the colonic cancer tissues and the normal colonic tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry.The expressions of CD155,CD112 and MICA/B in the colonic cell line SWll6,SW480,SW620 and Colo205 in the Duke's A,B,C and D phases were detected by cell cytometry.The relationship of the expressions of the 3 ligands and the clinicopathological parameters was analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test,chi-square test and Fisher exact probobility.Results Week expression of CD155 was found in the normal colonic tissues,while the expressions of CD112 and MICA/B were not found.In the colonic cancer tissues,the expressions of CD155,CD112 and MICA/B were 81.0％,52.4％ and 47.6％,which were significantly increased.The expressions of CD155,CD112 and MICA/B were not correlated with the gender,tumor differentiation,lymph node metastasis and Duke's staging (P ＞ 0.05).The overall expression rates of CD155,CD112 and MICA/B in the colonic cancer cell line SWll6,SW480,SW620 and Colo205 were 88.9％,67.4％ and 42.3％,respectively.The overall expression of CD155 was significantly higher than CD112 and MICA/B (F =23.17,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion CD155,CD112 and MICA/B express in the colonic cancer tissues and colonic cancer cell line SW116,SW480,SW620 and Colo205,and the expression of CD155 is the highest.

miRNAs are non-coding small RNAs that involve diverse biological processes. Until now, little is known about their roles in plant drought resistance. Physcomitrella patens is highly tolerant to drought; however, it is not clear about the basic biology of the traits that contribute P. patens this important character. In this work, we discovered 16 drought stress-associated miRNA (DsAmR) families in P. patens through computational analysis. Due to the possible discrepancy of expression periods and tissue distributions between potential DsAmRs and their targeting genes, and the existence of false positive results in computational identification, the prediction results should be examined with further experimental validation. We also constructed an miRNA co-regulation network, and identified two network hubs, miR902a-5p and miR414, which may play important roles in regulating drought-resistance traits. We distributed our results through an online database named ppt-miRBase, which can be accessed at http://bioinfor. cnu.edu.cn/ppt_miRBase/index.php. Our methods in finding DsAmR and miRNA co-regulation network showed a new direction for identifying miRNA functions.