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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of fire-needle therapy plus oral administration ofGuizhi Fuling capsules in treating ovarian cysts.Method Seventy-six patients with ovarian cysts were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 38 cases each. The treatment group was intervened by fire-needle therapy plus oral administration ofGuizhi Fuling capsules, while the control group was intervened by oral administration ofGuizhi Fuling capsules alone. Before and after the treatment, ultrasound B-scanning was adopted to measure the sizes of ovarian cysts, and the therapeutic efficacies were compared between the two groups.Result The sizes of ovarian cysts were significantly changed after the treatment in both groups (P<0.01). The sizes of ovarian cysts in the treatment group were significantly different from those in the control group after the intervention (P<0.05). The total effective rate was 86.8% in the treatment group versus 65.8% in the control group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Fire acupuncture plus oral administration ofGuizhi Fuling capsules is an effective approach in treating ovarian cysts.
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Objective To compare the sensitivity and specificity of mucin 7(Muc7) mRNA test with urine cytology in detection bladder cancer.Methods In 86 patients suspected with bladder cancer,RT-PCR for Muc7 mRNA and urine cytology were conducted in the same urine samples.Fif-ty-two patients with bladder transitional cell carcinoma were confirmed histologically.The sensitivity and specificity of Muc7 mRNA and urine cytology were analyzed.Results The overall sensitivity,specificity and false positive of Mue7 mRNA test were 84.6%,85.2% and 14.7% respectively.Those of urine cytology were 34.6%,91.2% and 8.8% respectively.There were no significant differences between urine cytology and Muc7 mRNA test in the specificity and false positive; however,Muc7 mRNA had significantly higher sensitivity than urine cytology in detection of bladder cancer.Conclusion The sensitivity of Muc7 mRNA test is superior to urine cytology in detection of bladder cancer.
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Sheep bone morphogenetic protein (sBMP) was chemically extracted from sheep bone matrix. When exogenous sheep BMP was introduced into 1640 culture medium at the concentrations of 1-50 ?g/ml, new cartilage developed inside the rat muscle during a 10-day latent period. With a mean rate of 52% of chondrogenesis new cartilage tissues developed in 80% of explants in the medium containing 10 ?g/ml of sBMP. The new method established in this experiment provides a useful model of tissue culture for making a progressive researching of bone inducing.
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Extended hemilaminectomy was performed in the treatment of compression of the cervical spinal cord produced by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, multilevel degeneration and protrusion of the intervertebral discs and simple spinal canal stenosis. The results showed that with this operation the cross sectional area of the spinal canal was enlarged by 50% of the original, and the sagittal diameter lengthened 2,5mm postoperatively, so the compression of the. spinal cord was relieved. Since the function of the spinal process, the supra-and interspinal ligaments and the structure of one side of the lamina were preserved, mechanical stability of the cervical spine was maintained.