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Objective:To explore the early outcomes surgical treatment with growing rod for idiopathic early-onset scoliosis (IEOS).Methods:Data of 11 patients with IEOS who had surgical treatment from February 2017 to December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 4 males and 7 females aged 6.45±1.63 at the time of the first operation, with preoperative Cobb angle of 74.74°±6.48° (range, 66.12°-87.85°). The imaging data and clinical data before operation, after operation instantly, 1 month after operation, 1 year after operation and 2 years after operation, and surgical-related complications were analyzed and recorded.Results:All the 11 patients were followed up for 28.82±4.77 months. The Cobb angle was 74.74°±6.48° before the initial implantation of internal fixation, and decreased to 30.30°±4.04° immediately after the operation, 30.39°±4.49° 1 month after the operation, 26.93°±3.09° 1 year after the operation, and 28.36°±2.98° 2 years after the operation. The correction rate was 61.82%±4.85% 2 years after operation. The height of T 1-T 12 thoracic vertebra was 13.69±2.05 cm before surgery, and increased to 20.74±3.10 cm immediately after surgery, and was 20.85±3.62 cm 1 month after surgery, 21.49±3.56 cm 1 year after surgery, and 22.54±3.63 cm 2 years after surgery. The height of T 1-S 1 vertebral body was 24.21±3.20 cm before surgery, and increased to 31.04±3.79 cm immediately after surgery, and was 30.85±3.64 cm 1 month after surgery, 32.91±3.24 cm 1 year after surgery, and 34.46±3.28 cm 2 years after surgery. Preoperative apical vertebral translation (AVT) was 7.45±2.00 cm before the initial operation, and shortened to 2.04±0.67 cm immediately after the operation, 2.07±0.70 cm 1 month after the operation, 2.24±0.57 cm 1 year after the operation, and 2.11±0.82 cm 2 years after the operation. There were statistically significant differences in the above indexes before surgery, 1 month after surgery, 1 year after surgery and 2 years after surgery. Compared with preoperation, pulmonary function FEV1 and FVC increased to 1.28±0.13 L and 1.49±0.10 L, respectively, 1 year after surgery, and 1.34±0.13 L and 1.54±0.12 L, respectively, 2 years after surgery. Pulmonary function was significantly improved 1 year after surgery, and pulmonary FVC was positively correlated with T 1-T 12 thoracic vertebral height ( r=0.838, P< 0.001). 13 complications were found in the 11 patients, including 2 cases of proximal screws loosening, 1 case of proximal junction kyphosis, 1 case of titanium rod fracture, 3 cases of skin swelling cause by internal fixation, and 6 cases of subcutaneous effusion, with good results after timely treatment. Conclusion:The traditional growing rod can effectively control the progression of deformity in patients with IEOS, maintain the growth and development of trunk, and promote the development and maturation of lung function.
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OBJECTIVE:To explore the difference of genotypes in patients with coronary artery disease(CAD)and different responses to clopidogrel. METHODS:Totally 159 CAD patients were selected from cardiology department of our hospital during Mar. 2013-Nov. 2015. They were given clopidogrel+aspirin for dual antiplatelet therapy for at least 1 year. Turbidimetry method was used to detect the percentage of platelet aggregation induced by adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and arachidonic acid (AA) before and after treatment. The polymorphism of cytochrome P450(CYP)2C19,CYP3A5,wild type leucine 33 allele(PLA1)/proline 33 al-lele(PLA2)were detected by PCR-RFLP. RESULTS:There were 3 kinds of CYP2C19 genotypes(2/2,2/1,1/1),3 kinds of CYP3A5 genotypes (3/3,3/1,1/1) and 3 kinds of PLA1/PLA2 genotypes (A1/A2,A2/A2,A1/A1);the frequency of each genotype was in line with Hardy-Weinberg balance(P>0.05). Among 159 cases,there were 81 cases of clopidogrelsemi-re-sponse,accounting for 50.9%;78 cases of clopidogrelresponse,accounting for 49.1%. The frequencies of CYP2C19 gene dele-tion(2/2 or 2/1 genotype)and 2 allele in clopidogrelsemi-responsepatients were significantly higher than clopidogrelre-sponsepatients,with statistical significance(P0.05). After treat-ment,the percentage of ADP or AA-induced platelet aggregation in different genotypes patients were significantly lowered,com-pared to before treatment;but the percentage of platelet aggregation in CYP2C19 gene deletion and CYP3A5 gene deletion patients were significantly higher than gene expression patients(1/1 genotype),with statistical significance(P0.05). CONCLUSIONS:The incidence of clopidogrelsemi-responsein CAD patients is high. CYP2C19 and PLA1/PLA2 gene polymorphism may be related to clopidogrelsemi-re-sponse,while CYP3A5 gene polymorphism has no relation-ship with it. CYP2C19 and CYP3A5 gene deletion may weaken inhibitory effects of clopidogrel on platelet aggregation of CAD patients.
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Objective To analyze the prognostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor in acute leukemia .Methods 73 pa-tients with acute leukemia as the leukemia group and 80 patients as the control group were selected .The serum and bone marrow tissue taken by puncture biopsy of posterior superior iliac spine of the leukemia group were collected The serum of the control group was collected and compared .The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor was detected by immunohistochemistry .Results The acute leukemia patients with positive and negative serum VEGF or with positive and negative bone marrow VEGF were fol-lowed .The positive expression of serum VEGF was found in 19 recurrent cases of acute myeloid leukemia (57 .58% ) and the nega-tive expression of serum VEGF was found in 1 recurrent cases (20 .00% ) .The recurrence rate in patients with positive serum VEGF was higher than that in patients with negative serum VEGF ,and the difference was statistically significant (P<0 .05);the positive expression of serum VEGF was found in 16 recurrent cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (51 .62% );the positive expres-sion of bone marrow VEGF was found in 17 recurrent cases of acute myeloid leukemia and 17 recurrent cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia respectively (48 .57% ) .The serum VEGF level and the bone marrow VEGF were measured on follow-up one year after treatment ,which showed the levels of recurrent cases of acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia were all higher than those of Remission patients ,and the difference was statistically significant (P< 0 .01) .Conclusion The levels of VEGF in blood and bone marrow cells can be highly expressed in the initial treatment and recurrence of acute leukemia ,especially in the re-lapsed condition ,the expression level is higher ,but the expression level is significantly decreased in the remission state .Increased expression of VEGF in blood and bone marrow cells may help to predict an increased risk of recurrence .
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OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of rosuvastatin on prognostic of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) after circumferential pulmonary vein ablation. METHODS:75 patients with paroxysmal AF were divided into observa-tion group(n=39)and control group(n=36)according to the admission single. All patients underwent circumferential pulmo-nary vein ablation antiarrhythmic treatment. Control group orally received warfarin sodium,amiodarone,metoprolol,and sub-cutaneous injected low molecular weight heparin. Observation group additionally received 10 mg Rosuvastatin tablet,qd on the basic of contol group. Changes of cardiac function,inflammatory factors,lipid levels in 2 groups before and after treat-ment were observed,and follow-up results were compared. RESULTS:There was no significant difference in left atrial diame-ter and left ventricular ejection fraction in 2 groups before and after treatment (P>0.05);atrial effective refractory periods (AERP)in 2 groups significantly prolorged,and observation group prolorged more significantly than control group,the differ-ence was statistically significant(P0.05). Triglyceride and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in observation group 1 month after operation significantly decreased, HDL-C significantly increased, there were significant differences (P0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Rosuvastatin can effectively inhibit the inflammatory reaction and prolong the AERP,thereby reducing the recurrence rate of AF,with good efficacy and safety.