The development of minimally invasive robotic surgery has always been the focus of the discipline. Pancreaticoduodenectomy has been regarded as the "Mount Everest" of surgical operations because of its high risk and mounting difficulty. Standardized surgical steps and easy-to-follow operation techniques are helpful to promote the application of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD). Therefore, in this paper, we summarize the RPD to form an 18-step surgery procedure and analyze the key points of circumferential vessel resection and reconstructive anastomosis techniques, based on the experience of RPD at the First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, with the hope of promoting the in-depth application of robotics in pancreatic surgery and furthering the establishment of RPD application standards.

Objective To investigate the role of sodium-glucose cotransporter 1(SGLT1)inhibitor mizagliflozin(MIZA)in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease(ADPKD).Methods Western blotting,quantitative polymerase chain reaction(qPCR),and immunofluorescence staining were used to determine the expression and distribution of SGLT1 in kidney tissues of PKD1-/-and PKD1+/+mice,human renal cancer adjacent tissue and ADPKD tissue.Renal cyst lining epithelial cells OX161 and renal tubular epithelial cells UCL93 were treated with MIZA,incubated at 37℃for 24,48,and 72 h,and then were subjected to methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium and colony formation assay to observe cell proliferation.The qPCR method was used to determine the mRNA levels of collagen 1α1,collagen 3α1,and fibronectin 1 in OX161 cells treated with 100 μmol/L MIZA for 48 h.The Madin-Darby canine kidney(MDCK)cell 3D cyst formation assay verified the effect of MIZA on cyst formation.The mRNA-seq technology was used to detect differentially expressed genes between UCL93 cells and OX161 cells,and between OX161 cells and OX161 cells treated with 100 μmol/L MIZA for 48 h,and then the differentially expressed genes were analyzed with Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)enrichment analysis.Results The expression level of SGLT1 was significantly increased in the tissues of ADPKD patients and PKD1-/-mice compared to those in normal kidney tissues(P＜0.05,P＜0.01).Immunofluorescence staining revealed that SGLT1 was mainly expressed in the cystic lining epithelial cells.Additionally,MIZA inhibited the proliferation and fibrosis of polycystic kidney cells in a concentration-and time-dependent manner,and also inhibited cyst formation in 3D formation assay in vitro.The mRNA-seq analysis and KEGG enrichment analysis showed that differentially expressed genes between OX161 cells and OX161 cells cultured in 100 μmol/L MIZA for 48 h were mainly enriched in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3K)-protein kinase B(Akt)and mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK)signaling pathways,which were the same as those between OX161 cells and UCL93 cells.Conclusion The SGLT1 inhibitor MIZA may inhibit the proliferation and fibrosis of polycystic kidney cells through signaling pathways such as PI3K-Akt and MAPK,delaying the growth of polycystic kidney,and it is a potential therapeutic target for ADPKD.

The bone-touching acupuncture method, as one of the five-body acupuncture techniques, is widely used and highly effective in the treatment of brain diseases, though its theoretical foundation has been lacking. This paper explores the close connection between bones and the brain in both physiological and pathological states, as described in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) classics, and explains the "bone-brain axis" concept within the framework of TCM. It summarizes the effects and characteristics of the five-body acupuncture techniques, traces the origins and modern applications of the bone-touching acupuncture method, and discusses its theoretical basis for treating brain diseases. The aim is to provide a reference for future clinical and mechanistic research on bone-touching acupuncture in brain disease treatment and to offer new perspectives and approaches for acupuncture treatment of brain diseases.
Humans ; Acupuncture Therapy/methods* ; Brain/physiopathology* ; Brain Diseases/physiopathology* ; Bone and Bones/physiopathology* ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional/methods*

Objective:To investigate the effect of prenatal dexamethasone on short-term outcomes and long-term neurological development in late preterm infants with twin pregnancy.Methods:A total of 315 pregnant women with twin pregnancy and their preterm infants who delivered in Peking University Third Hospital from January 2019 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The clinical data of pregnant women and preterm infants were collected. They were divided into non-medication group (93 pregnant women and 186 preterm infants), medication after 34 weeks group (123 pregnant women and 246 preterm infants), and medication before 34 weeks group (99 pregnant women and 198 preterm infants). Short-term outcomes of preterm infants were analyzed, including the incidence of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS), wet lung, hypoglycemia, neonatal septicemia, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). "Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Third Edition (ASQ-3) scale" was used to follow up the late neurological development of preterm infants at the corrected age of 6-54 months, and the level of neurological development was compared.Results:(1) General conditions: the gestational age at delivery in the non-medication group [36.1 weeks (35.6, 36.6 weeks)] was later than that in the medication after 34 weeks group [36.1 weeks (35.2, 36.4 weeks)] and medication before 34 weeks group [35.2 weeks (34.2, 36.2 weeks)] groups, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). After correcting for gestational age, there was no significant difference in birth weight among the three groups ( H=3.808, P=0.149). There were no significant differences in gender and the proportion of small for gestational age among the three groups (all P>0.05). (2) Short-term outcome: the incidence of wet lung was 7.0% (13/186), 11.0% (27/246) and 16.2% (32/198) in the non-medication group, medication after 34 weeks group and medication before 34 weeks group, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant ( P=0.018). There were no significant differences in the incidence rates of NRDS, hypoglycemia, sepsis, IVH, BPD, and NEC among the three groups (all P>0.05). Logistic regression analysis with gestational age and newborn birth weight as confounding factors showed that early gestational age ( OR=0.884, 95% CI: 0.837-0.933, P<0.001) and increased incidence of selective intrauterine growth restriction type I ( OR=2.967, 95% CI: 1.153-7.639, P=0.024) could both lead to an increased incidence of wet lung. (3) Long-term outcomes: a total of 109 pregnant women completed the follow-up, and 218 preterm infants with a corrected age of 6-54 months at the end of follow-up were enrolled, including 86 cases in the non-medication group, 66 cases in the medication after 34 weeks group, and 66 cases in the medication before 34 weeks group. There were no significant differences in the scores of communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving and personal-social among the three groups (all P>0.05). Conclusion:Prenatal administration of a single course of dexamethasone does not affect the neonatal birth weight and short-term outcomes of twin late preterm infants, and has no adverse effect on the neurological development of twin late preterm infants with a corrected age of 6-54 months.

Objective::To build a reference fetal growth chart for the Chinese population based on fetal ultrasound measurements.Methods::This was a multicenter, population-based retrospective cohort study. Longitudinal ultrasound measurement data were collected from 24 hospitals in 18 provinces of China from 1 st September through 31 st October of 2019. The estimated fetal weight (EFW) was calculated based on head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length using Hadlock formula 3. Fetal growth curves were estimated using a two-level linear regression model with cubic splines. All participants were divided into two groups: the northern group ( n = 5829) and the southern group ( n = 3246) based on the geographical division of China and male fetus group ( n = 4775) and female fetus group ( n = 4300) based on fetal gender. The EFW was compared by fetal gender and geographical group. All statistical models were adjusted for maternal sociodemographic characteristics. Results::A total of 9075 participants with 31,700 ultrasound measurement records were included in this study. Male fetuses demonstrated significantly larger EFW compared to female ones starting at 16 weeks of gestation and extending to delivery (global test P < 0.01). The overall geographic difference in EFW was significant (global test P = 0.03), and week-specific comparisons showed that the northern group had a greater EFW starting at 15 weeks of gestation and extending to 29 weeks of gestation, although this difference did not extend to the time of delivery. The Z-score of EFW confirmed that our Chinese fetal growth charts differed from previously published standards. Conclusion::This study provides EFW and ultrasound biometric reference measurements for Chinese fetuses and reveals differences from other fetal growth charts. The chart is worth promoting in more regions of China but should be tested prudently before use.

Objective::To build a reference fetal growth chart for the Chinese population based on fetal ultrasound measurements.Methods::This was a multicenter, population-based retrospective cohort study. Longitudinal ultrasound measurement data were collected from 24 hospitals in 18 provinces of China from 1 st September through 31 st October of 2019. The estimated fetal weight (EFW) was calculated based on head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length using Hadlock formula 3. Fetal growth curves were estimated using a two-level linear regression model with cubic splines. All participants were divided into two groups: the northern group ( n = 5829) and the southern group ( n = 3246) based on the geographical division of China and male fetus group ( n = 4775) and female fetus group ( n = 4300) based on fetal gender. The EFW was compared by fetal gender and geographical group. All statistical models were adjusted for maternal sociodemographic characteristics. Results::A total of 9075 participants with 31,700 ultrasound measurement records were included in this study. Male fetuses demonstrated significantly larger EFW compared to female ones starting at 16 weeks of gestation and extending to delivery (global test P < 0.01). The overall geographic difference in EFW was significant (global test P = 0.03), and week-specific comparisons showed that the northern group had a greater EFW starting at 15 weeks of gestation and extending to 29 weeks of gestation, although this difference did not extend to the time of delivery. The Z-score of EFW confirmed that our Chinese fetal growth charts differed from previously published standards. Conclusion::This study provides EFW and ultrasound biometric reference measurements for Chinese fetuses and reveals differences from other fetal growth charts. The chart is worth promoting in more regions of China but should be tested prudently before use.

OBJECTIVE To establish the de tection method for the adulteration of Bupleurum marginatum in Ganmao qingre granules，and to determine the adulteration limit . METHODS HPLC-MS/MS method was used to detect the content of nepasaikosaponin K in commercial and self -made samples of Ganmao qingre granules ，using electrospray ionization ，and the analysis was carried out under multiple reaction monitoring model in negative mode with m/z 943.6→635.5 as the quantitative ion pair. The calculation method was established for the adulteration proportion of B. marginatum in Ganmao qingre granules . Taking nepasaikosaponin K as the index ，the adulteration limit was determined . RESULTS The linear range of nepasaikosaponin K were 0.051-20.200 μg/mL（r＝0.999 1）. RSDs of precision ，repeatability and stability （24 h）tests were all lower than 2.50%. The average recoveries were 97.58%（RSD＝2.09%，n＝9）. The limit of detection was 0.60 μg/g，the limit of quantitation was 1.80 μg/g. The adulteration ratio of B. marginatum in Ganmao qingre granules had a good linear relationship to the peak area of nepasaikosaponin K in the range of 5%-100%（r＝0.990 9）. The contents of nepasaikosaponin K in 15 batches of Ganmao qingre granules were 2.584-56.661 μg/g. One batch of samples exceeded the proposed adulteration limit （10%），and the unqualified rate was 6.67%. CONCLUSIONS The established analytical method can be used to detect the adulteration of B. marginatum in Ganmao qinggre granules ，the proposed adulteration limit is 10%.

Objective:To compare the advantages and disadvantages of new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) with traditional anticoagulants, in an attempt to evaluate their efficacy and safety in patients with liver cirrhosis requiring anticoagulant therapy.Methods:Relevant literatures were searched from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, HowNet, Wanfang, VIP and other databases by computer retrieval. The literatures quality was evaluated by NOS. The extracted data were meta-analyzed by RevMan5.3 software.Results:A total of seven studies were included, including one randomized controlled trial and six retrospective cohort studies with a total of 3042 cases. Among them, 1677 and 1365 cases used NOACs and traditional anticoagulants. Meta-analysis results showed that compared with the traditional anticoagulant group, the NOACs group had a lower incidence of massive hemorrhage [ OR=0.56, 95% CI (0.37-0.85), P＜0.01] and a higher thrombotic recanalization rate [ OR=7.77, 95% CI (3.48~17.34), P＜0.01], and the difference was statistically significant, while there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in comparison to all-cause bleeding rates [ OR=0.72, 95% CI (0.13-3.91), P=0.07], all-cause mortality [ OR=0.72, 95% CI (0.25-2.07), P=0.54], recurrent embolism and stroke rates [ OR=0.90, 95% CI (0.59-1.39), and P=0.64]. Conclusion:Compared with traditional anticoagulants, NOACs have higher safety and better efficacy in the treatment of patients with liver cirrhosis, but it has not been widely used in China. Therefore, large-scale randomized controlled trials and prospective studies are further needed to confirm it in the future.

Under the limitation of cross-sectional studies, more researchers are turning their attention to maternal and child cohort studies. However, some problems do exist in the traditional maternal and child cohort studies, if data is only gathered from the hospitals. The limitation would include the contents of research and the high rate of loss to follow-up. With the integration of different medical traits and the progress in big data, the development of maternal and child related cohorts, with characteristics of dynamic follow-up and data sharing, through combining the information and health service systems of different institutions, seem in urgent need. This paper aims to provide some basic achievements in conducting maternal and child cohorts that can serve the related health problems through full-life cycle, and provide new references on conducting cohort studies, aiming at special population or diseases.

Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of secondary posterior internal fixation after transoral anterior atlantoaxial release under 3D operative microscopy for treatment of irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation.Methods From January 2014 to May 2016,12 patients with irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation were treated with secondary posterior internal fixation after transoral anterior atlantoaxial release under 3D operative microscopy in our hospital.They were 7 males and 5 females,with an average age of 37.1 years (from 25 to 54 years).The efficacy was analyzed in terms of their visual analogue scale (VAS),Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scoring,improvement rate of neurological function,American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) grading,atlas-dens interval (ADI),space available for the cord (SAC) and cervicomedullary angle (CMA) before and one year after operation.Results The patients were followed up for more than one year.All the atlantoaxial joints obtained anatomic reduction.Their preoperative values of VAS (5.73 ± 1.36 points),JOA score (9.03 ± 2.12 points),ADI (8.34 ± 1.12 mm),SAC (9.53 ± 0.69 mm) and CMA (121.23°±4.32°) were significantly improved one year after operation (1.21 ±0.63 points,14.32±2.51 points,2.83 ± 0.36 mm,14.23 ± 1.22 mm and 153.53° ± 9.25°, respectively) (P ＜0.05).The improvement rate of neurological function increased gradually with the postoperative time,reaching 94.14％ ±5.11％ one year after operation.The postoperative ASIA grading was significantly improved too one year after operation (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Secondary posterior internal fixation after transoral anterior atlantoaxial release under 3D operative microscopy may lead to fine clinical efficacy one year after operation for patients with irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation.