OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical efficacy of different acupuncture methods in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) at different stages. METHODS: Thirty-two patients with AS were treated with acupuncture at ashi points (tendon focus), triple acupuncture method was used in the acute phase, accompanied needling method was used in the remission phase, once a day, 5 times a week for 4 weeks. The Bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI) score, Bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) score and TCM symptom grade quantitative standard score before and after treatment were observed, and the efficacy was evaluated. RESULTS: After treatment, the BASDAI score, BASFI score and TCM symptom grade quantitative standard score were reduced compared with those before treatment (P<0.01), the effective rate was 96.9% (31/32). CONCLUSION Different acupuncture methods in the treatment of AS at different stages could improve signs and symptoms, such as pain, activity limitation and morning stiffness.
Humans ; Spondylitis, Ankylosing/physiopathology* ; Acupuncture Therapy/methods* ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult ; Acupuncture Points ; Treatment Outcome

BACKGROUND:The risk factors for patellofemoral pain syndrome are still unclear and research on risk factors is gradually becoming a hot topic in order to improve the therapeutic outcome of this disease. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between lower limb alignment and patellofemoral pain syndrome in young male runners. METHODS:In the same running population,21 patients with bilateral knee pain,29 patients with single knee pain and 20 normal runners were collected from January 2021 to July 2022.Full-length X-ray examination of both lower limbs in standing position was performed in all subjects.The lateral distal femoral angle,medial tibial proximal angle,joint line congruence angle,hip-knee-ankle angle,and knee physical valgus angle were measured and statistically analyzed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:There was no significant difference in the parameters between the left and right knees in each group(P>0.05).Compared with the normal group,no significant changes in lateral distal femoral angle,medial tibial proximal angle,joint line congruence angle,and hip-knee-ankle angle were observed in the single knee pain group and double knee pain group,while the knee physical valgus angle was significantly increased in these two groups(P<0.05).To conclude,increased knee physical valgus angle may be a risk factor for patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The macrophages,as a crucial component of the body's immune system,can be polarized into M1 and M2 types by different cellular molecules in various environments,and contribute to the progression of various diseases.In inflammatory responses,the M1 macrophages are primarily regarded as the pro-inflammatory cells,facilitate the inflammation progression,tissue destruction,and bone resorption,while M2 macrophages,as inflammatory cells,participate in tissue healing and bone repairment.In the tumor microenvironment,the roles of M1 and M2 macrophages are reversed.The periodontitis,pulpitis,and oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC)are the most prevalent inflammation and tumor in the oral cavity.Therefore,this article summarizes the relevant researches from home and abroad on the polarization of macrophages in oral inflammatory responses such as periodontitis,peri-implantitis,and pulpitis,bone remodeling during orthodontic treatment,and OSCC,and elucidate the metabolic activities of macrophages in infiammation,tumor,and bone remodeling and the mechanism of regulating the onset and development of diseases by the macrophage polarization,and provides new perspectives for the clinical treatment.

Objective:To investigate the value of quantitative parameters derived from dual-layer spectral detector CT (SDCT) in characterizing regional lymph node (LN) status of colorectal cancer.Methods:From August 2019 to May 2020, 101 patients with colorectal cancer confirmed by pathology in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were retrospectively collected. The largest regional LNs were matched with surgical pathology one by one and divided into metastatic LNs group (42 cases) and nonmetastatic LNs group (59 cases) according to pathological results. Based on preoperative venous phase contrast enhanced SDCT images he short-axis diameter (S) and the of the largest regional LN was measured, then its border and enhancement homogeneity were evaluated. Outlining the ROI along the edge of the LN on its widest cross section, the iodine density (ID) and effective atomic number (Z eff) were measured, then the normalized ID (nID) and normalized Z eff (nZ eff) were calculated. The χ 2 test, Fisher′s exact test, independent samples t-test or Mann-Whitney U test were used to compare the differences of each parameter between pathologically metastatic and nonmetastatic LNs and a logistic regression model was constructed. The ROC curves and area under the curve (AUC) were performed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of each parameter. DeLong test was used to compare the differences of each AUC. Results:The S, border, enhancement homogeneity, ID, Z eff, nID and nZ eff of LNs all showed significant differences between metastatic and nonmetastatic LNs (all P<0.001). The regression model constructed by S and Z eff of LNs had the highest value in differentiating metastatic and nonmetastatic LNs, with an AUC of 0.935, sensitivity and specificity of 85.7% and 89.8%, respectively. Its diagnostic value was higher than that of S, border, enhancement homogeneity (AUC 0.674-0.832, all P<0.05) and SDCT quantitative parameters (AUC 0.863-0.906, all P<0.05) of LNs. Conclusion:SDCT quantitative parameters facilitate the accurate diagnosis of regional metastatic LNs in patients with colorectal cancer, among which the multi-parameter regression model has the highest diagnostic value.

Objective To study an improved isolated method of single human atrial myocytes.Methods Enzyme digestion method was used to isolate single myocytes from human atrial and whole-cell patch clamp technique was used to record small conductance calcium activated potassium current.Results This method obtained a large number of atrial myocytes.The total amount of atrial myocytes in SR group was 320±30 while AF group was 230±20 and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.01).In this study,a large number of simple and striated single atrial myocytes were obtained,and a typical small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel current was recorded on the isolated atrial myocytes.Conclusion The established isolated method is simple,stable and effective.We can acquire a large amount of single atrial myocytes with good quality.

Objective To explore the application and efficiency of composite positioned sputum discharging for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,in order to provide a basis for clinical practice.Methods A total of 135 COPD patients were treated in our hospital from January 2008 to December 2009.All hospitalized patients were randomly divided into the observation group(68 cases)and the control group (67 cases)according to medical record number.The observation group received composite positioned sputum discharging,while the control group was given routine sputum discharging method.The treatment effects and patient satisfaction of the two groups were observed and compared.Results After treatment,the expectoration of the observation group was higher than the control group.The blood gas results showed that the PaCO2 concentration of the observation group was lower than the control group,while PaO2 wag higher,and the differences were statistically significant.The overall satisfaction degree of the observation group was far higher than the control group.Conclusions Composite positioned sputum discharging has better results and patient satisfaction than the traditional manual sputum discharging method.It should be widely used in clinical application.