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Objective:To explore effect of competitive teaching on clinical skill teaching of knee puncture and improve students' clinical skills.Methods:Students participated knee puncture course in September 2020 were randomly divided into experimental group (competitive teaching group) and control group (traditional teaching group). One month after the class, 90 students were randomly selected to participate knee puncture examination, including 39 in experimental group and 51 in control group, and their examination results were recorded and analyzed. The statistical analysis was conducted by t test and chi-square test. Results:The mean scores in experimental group were (84.18±7.21) points, which were statistically higher than these in the control group (80.17±10.51) points, P=0.044. On the other hand, there was no statistical difference between experimental and control group in the aspect of score distribution in each score section. Conclusion:Competitive teaching is beneficial for the improvement of students' overall grades and clinical skills.
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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of domestic porous tantalum rod in treatment of early avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH).Methods A prospective study was made on 18 cases (19 hips) diagnosed as early ANFH treated by domestic porous tantalum rod from July 2014 to December 2015.There were 14 males and four females, with a mean age of 44.2 years (range, 30-62 years).According to the modified Ficat staging, four cases were identified as stage Ⅱa and 14 stageⅡb.Efficacy of the treatment was evaluated by Harris score, Womac score, radiological images of the hip, complications and bone growth.Results All cases were followed up for 8-24 months (mean, 16 months).No complications such as infection, wound healing problems, immunological rejection, tantalum rod breakage, loosening or displacement were observed at last follow-up.Harris score was (82.7±9.0)points, (84.5±10.8)points and (87.2±10.0)points at postoperative 3, 6 and 12 months respectively, significantly higher than that pre-operation [(75.5±11.9)points] (P<0.05).Harris score was rated excellent in 10 cases, good in three, fair in five and poor in one at the last follow-up, with the excellent and good rate of 68%.Womac score was (17.4±9.4)points, (12.4±7.3)points, and (11.1±8.4)points at postoperative 3, 6 and 12 months respectively, significantly lower than that pre-operation [(28.3±13.1)points] (P<0.05).Seventeen cases (18 hips) showed no obvious deterioration in femoral head necrosis, with femoral head survival rate of 95%.One case underwent total hip arthroplasty after operation because of progressive hip pain and collapsed femoral head.Bone ingrowth was detected in the porous tantalum biomaterial after operation.Conclusion Domestic porous tantalum rod can effectively promote bone ingrowth, relieve pain, prevent the collapse of the femoral head, delay total hip arthroplasty time and finally improve hip function in treatment of early avascular necrosis of femoral head.
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Objective To investigate the evaluation of femoral neck anteversion using the digital three-dimensional model induced determination method.Methods Ten healthy volunteers,including five men and five women,aged 18-60 years (mean,43 years) were recruited.Bilateral femur CT scan was taken and processed with Mimics 17.0 software to build the three-dimensional model of the femur.Traditional Photoshop and three-dimensional reconstruction techniques were separately applied to determine the femoral neck anteversion.Anteversion angle and measurement time determined with the two methods were compared.Results Anteversion angle was (17.0 ± 4.2) ° based on the Photoshop method and was (17.0 ± 4.2) ° based on the three-dimensional method (P ＞ 0.05).Measuring time was (1,231.5 ± 152.8) sec with the Photoshop method and (590.0 ± 37.2) sec with the three-dimensional method (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Both methods provide accurate measuring of the femoral neck anteversion,but three-dimensional measurement spends far less time resulting in improved measure efficiency.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of co-expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) and Sox9 on chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in vitro and provide experimental evidence for tissue engineering of cartilage.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Mouse embryonic bone marrow MSC C3H10T1/2 cells were infected with recombinant adenovirus expressing BMP2, Sox9 and green fluorescent protein (GFP) for 3-14 days, with cells infected with the adenovirus carrying GFP gene as the control. The mRNA expression of the markers of chondrogenic differentiation, including collagen type II (Col2a1), aggrecan (ACAN), and collagen type X (Col10a1), were determined by real-time PCR. Alcian blue staining was used for quantitative analysis of sulfated glycosaminoglycan in the cellular matrix. The expression of Col2a1 protein was assayed by immunohistochemical staining and Western blot analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Adenovirus-mediated BMP2 expression induced chondrogenic differentiation of C3H10T1/2 cells. Overexpression of Sox9 effectively enhanced BMP2-induced expression of the chondrogenic markers Col2a1, aggrecan and Col10a1 mRNAs, and promoted the synthesis of sulfated glycosaminoglycan and Col2a1 protein in C3H10T1/2 cells.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Co-expression of BMP2 and Sox9 can promote chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs in vitro, which provides a new strategy for tissue engineering of cartilage.</p>