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Gauze packing and drainage is a routine treatment for various types of fistula and sinus pressure ulcers. Because the external orifice of pressure ulcer or fistula is relatively small and the sinus deep, the conventional gauze packing has many drawbacks. Under the situation the operator is not skillful enough and no appropriate tools, it is necessary to pull the external orifice by tweezers to dilate the sinus and perform gauze packing and drainage, which brings great pain to patients, possibly leading to wound enlargement and delayed healing. At present, there is lack of auxiliary tools to improve gauze packing. Therefore, we developed and designed a gauze filler for packing and drainage of various kinds of fistula and sinus pressure ulcers, the device has the following advantages: good drainage effect, simple operation, low cost, safety and effectiveness. It not only improves the comfort of patients, reduces the number of dressing changes, reduce the number of dressing changes, shorten the hospitalization time and pay expense, but also reduces the burden of medical workers thus it is worthwhile to popularize and apply the newly designed gauze filler in clinical practice.
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Objective@#To explore the effect of reconstructing the finger extension function by using partial flexor digitorum profundus tendon transposition.@*Methods@#Twelve patients were treated by using the partial proximal end of the tendon core of flexor digitorum profundus tendon regionⅠand part of region Ⅱ to cut off to the base of the distal digital phalanx, and puncturing at the end of the phalanx with a 2.0 drill. The tendon strips were pierced to the back overlap sutured to the proximal end of the avulsion of the extensor tendon .@*Results@#In 3-18 month follow-up, the average follow-up duration was 10.6 months. According to Dargan function evaluation method, 12 cases were excellent and one case was poor.@*Conclusions@#The method of reconstructing the extensor tendon by partial flexor deep tendon is a reliable method for the treatment of Mallet finger.
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Objective@#To observe and study clinical efficacy of restruction of finger pulp using tibial flap.@*Methods@#From January 2009 to October 2013, we reconstructed the 20 finger pulps with free tibial flap of the second toe.@*Results@#20 flaps survived completely and were followed up for 6 months to 2 years, with an average of 1 year. There were no obvious scars in the reconstructive finger pulps. And the reconstructed finger pulps all had good appearance, texture, a fingerprint point discrimination at 6-8 mm, and finger function recovered well.@*Conclusions@#The shape of finger pulp after reconstuction with the free tibial flap of the second toe has the similar appearance to the normal finger pulp and a good sensory function, which is one of the best ways to reconstruct the finger pulp defects.
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Objective@#To investigate the feasibility and indication of free grafting of split big toe nail bed for defects of fingernail bed.@*Methods@#From September 2008 to September 2011, 13 cases (4 females and 9 males) with fingernail bed defects(aged 17-38, average, 32) were treated with split big toe nail bed. The split big toe nail was harvested according to the defects size without bone exposure at donor site.@*Results@#Three grafted nail beds were necrotic completely and reconstructed with flaps. The 2 grafted nail bed was partial loss and healed after dressing. All the other grafted nail bed survived completely with primarily healing both in donor sites and recipient sites. The patients were followed up for 6-30 months(average, 14 months). The therapeutic effect was graded as excellent in 8 cases, good in 2 cases and poor in 14 cases(good rate, 76.9%). The nail matrix was excellent in 8 cases, good in 1 case and poor in 1 case(good rate, 90%). The toe nails in donor sites grew well.@*Conclusions@#The single fingernail defect with intact nail matrix can be reconstructed by split toe nail bed graft with good cosmetic and functional effect. There is no malfunction at donor site. The indication should be selected.
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BACKGROUND:Exogenous neurotrophic factors or chemical induction can induce rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into neuron-like cells. However, exogenous inductors exert a short inducible action, and their chemical substances inevitably have a negative impact on cellviability to limit the application prospects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to a certain extent. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of glial cellline-derived neurotrophic factor, green fluorescent protein gene transfection by adenovirus vector on biological characteristics of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, to observe the expression of glial cellline-derived neurotrophic factor and green fluorescent protein and the role of nutrition on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, and to explore the ability to differentiate into neuron-like cells induced by glial cellline-derived neurotrophic factor. METHODS:The bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells at passage 3 were transfected by recombinant adenovirus (Multiplicity of infection=10, 50, 80, 100, 150, 200). The experiment had two groups according to target genes:bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were transfected by Ad-GDNF-GFP in transfection group, and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were not transfected in control group. The expression of green fluorescent protein was detected by inverted fluorescence microscope. Transfection efficiency was calculated by flow cytometry. cells viability and the morphological changes of cells were compared respectively by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and inverted fluorescence microscope between the two groups. On days 5 and 10 after transfection, the expression of glial cel-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA was detected by PCR. On day 5, the expression of neuron-specific enolase was determined by immunofluorescence examination. On day 10, the expression of microtubule-associated protein 2 was identified. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:By the end of 12 hours after transfection, the green fluorescent protein expressed in cells, and the fluorescence intensity gradual y increased with time. When the multiplicity of infection was 100, the fluorescence intensity was strong and stable, and the transfection rate was nealy 90%on day 3 after transfection. cellviability in the transfection group was strengthened after transfection. On day 5 after transfection, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells expressed neuron-specific enolase, and neuron-like protrusions gradual y extended. On day 10 after transfection, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells expressed microtubule-associated protein 2 and glial cellline-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA, and exhibited neuron-like morphology and interconnected synpases. The recombinant adenovirus, Ad-GDNF-GFP, can highly transfect bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells when the multiplicity of infection is 100, and glial cellline-derived neurotrophic factor can promote the proliferation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and induce bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into neuron-like cells.