Anatomic measurement of wrist scaphoid and its clinical significance / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide anatomical basis for the internal fixation of scaphoid fractures.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The shape and vascular lake of 48 dry scaphoids and 36 wet scaphoids were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The data of dry bone group and wet bone group were as follows: the height of scaphoid tubercle were (11.28+/-0.94) mm and (10.35+/-1.54) mm; the thickness of scapoid waist were (12.02+/-1.90) mm and (11.21+/-1.20) mm; the width of scapoid waist were (10.59+/-1.11) mm and (11.34+/-1.47) mm; the minimal thickness of the body of scapoid were (6.51+/-1.22) mm and (8.54+/-1.07) mm; the axis length of scapoid were (25.68+/-2.21) mm and (26.50+/-2.56) mm; the width of epicondyle of scaphoid of distal portion, waist and proximal portion were (6.50+/-1.06) mm, (5.14+/-1.01) mm, (4.42+/-1.16) mm and (6.64+/-1.18) mm, (6.01+/-0.75) mm and (5.71+/-0.78) mm, respestively. The main blood vessels came from the dorsal and the radial of wrist and passed through the whole scaphoid along the crest of scaphoid.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The internal fixation of scaphoid can be designed according to the anatomical data without damaging the articular surface and blood supply.</p>

Clinical study on drug-seperated moxibustion at Shenque (CV 8) for treatment of ulcerative colitis / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the therapeutic effect of drug-separated moxibustion at Shenque (CV 8) on ulcerative colitis (UC) and the influence on autoimmunity level, and study on the mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 30 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with drug-separated moxibustion at Shenque (CV 8) and the control group with oral administration of sulphasalazine and metronidazole tablets. The main symptoms, pathological changes of the intestinal mucosa and the total therapeutic effect in the two groups before and after treatment, and the changes of the content of blood serum immunoglobulin, peripheral blood T-cell subgroup and NK cell were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The markedly effective rate and the total effective rate in the treatment group were 60.0% and 86.7% respectively, much higher than the control group (P<0.05, P<0.01). IgG content in the treatment group after treatment significantly decreased with a significant difference as compared with the control group (P<0.05); there were no significant differences in IgA and IgM before and after the treatment (P>0.05). After treatment, peripheral blood T-cell subgroup and NK cell in the treatment group increased to a certain extent, which was correlated positively to the therapeutic effect.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The drug-separated moxibustion at Shenque (CV 8) is a satisfactory method for treatment of ulcerative colitis, and it exerts therapeutic effect possibly through regulating immunological function of the organism.</p>

Clinical observation on medicine-separated moxibustion for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea and study on the mechanism / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe clinical therapeutic effect of medicine-separated moxibustion on primary dysmenorrhea and study on the mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety-six cases of primary dysmenorrhea were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 48 cases in each group. They were treated respectively with medicine-separated moxibustion and Yueyueshu Perfusing Powder for 3 consecutive months.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The markedly effective and cured rate and the total effective rate were 87.5% and 100.0% in the treatment group, and 29.2% and 83.8% in the control group with significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05). After treatment, blood prosglanding F2 content in menorrhea blood and oxytocin level in plasma during menstruation decreased significantly as compared with those before treatment (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The medicine-separated moxibustion has a reliable therapeutic effect on primary dysmenorrhea and the therapeutic effect is exerted possibly by regulating abnormal prosglanding and oxytocin levels in the patient.</p>

Study on molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Chinese army with PCR amplified fingerprinting methods / 中华流行病学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and epidemiological studies in the army of southern China to provide scientific basis for prevention of pulmonary tuberculosis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A rapid fingerprinting of M. tuberculosis strains method by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with outward-directed primers that designed to the ends of the insertion sequence IS6110 was developed, and to analyze the relationship between the polymorphism of DNA fingerprinting and epidemiology of M. tuberculosis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>One hundred and fifty-four M. tuberculosis detected were classified into eight types according to their characters of PCR amplified fingerprints. The main types were type I (36.4%), type II (31.8%), and type III (21.4%), while other types were less than 4 percentage. In those main type groups, patients aged 20 to 29 and 30 to 39 took up 31.8% and 27.9% respectively. For those main types, the distribution of those types in the first treated patients showed significant difference compared with that in the retreated patients, and the rate of drug-resistance was also statistically different. However, the distribution was not statistically significant to history of BCG vaccination and patients living in urban or rural area. The main drug-resistant strains were only Isoniazid-resistant or Rifampin-resistant strains, while the drug-resistant strains were 44.4%, 29.6% and 14.8% respectively in type I, type II and type III.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>PCR fingerprinting was a rapid, precise, sensitive, specific method to type M. tuberculosis, and could be used to study the epidemiology of tuberculosis; The prevalence of tuberculosis was primarily due to the transmission of type I, type II and type III in the army being studied from Southern China, to suggest that surveillance needs to be strengthened.</p>