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Based on the resutls of literature review and interviews of experts, two rounds of Delphi surveys were conducted. The mean, importance ratio, coefficient of variation and coordination coefficient were used for assessment of survey from multiple perspectives, and finally form a framework model of factors affecting the efficacy of Tuina therapy. A total of 37 experts were selected for questionnaire surveys, the positive coefficients of experts' participatation in the first round and second round were 92.5% and 80.0%, respectively. The overall coordination coefficient in the second round is 0.68. The items were included into the consensus meeting if the importance ratio of items were equal to and more than 80%. After the expert consensus meeting, 22 items were included to form a framework model of factors affecting the efficacy of Tuina therapy, and summarized as 5 major influencing factors, including diagnostic factors, treatment factors, prognostic factors, patient factors, and doctor-patient communication. This framework can guide and help young Tuina practitioners to improve clinical efficacy. It is also clearly pointed out that the effect of Tuina for pain is not only related to disease diagnosis or manipulation, but also related to home exercise, health care, and doctor-patient communication.
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Objective:To design a laparoscopic partial renal blood flow blocker (LPRB), and to explore the design rationality and effect of LPRB on blocking the blood flow of local renal tissue in rabbit kidney experiment.Methods:⑴ Design.According to the anatomical characteristics of the renal blood flow from the center to the periphery in the human, pig and rabbit, the blood flow at the distal part of the compression area could be blocked by the compression of the medial kidney tissue. LPRB included the first pressure arm, the second pressure arm and shaft. A built-in torsion spring made the two ends of the pressure arm to automatically close. The ends of pressure arm were provided with an arc-shaped compression component, on which, there were multiple adaptive compression plates. ⑵ Fabrication. 3D printer printed the finished product with titanium alloy material. ⑶ Animal experiments. Five New Zealand rabbits were anesthetized and fixed on the operating table in a semi-lateral position, with a lateral abdominal incision. Kidneys were exposed, only the renal pedicle vessels were retained. According to different methods of blocking blood flow, they were divided into conventional group and LPRB group for self-control. The effect of blocking blood flow was observed. The clamping force of LPRB was detected, and the degree of tissue damage at the clamping site was observed by naked eye and pathology.Results:LPRB had been licensed as a utility model and apperance patent. The device was successfully made from titanium alloy by 3D printer. In the experiment, the device was easily placed and removed. The two pressure arms were automatically closed and fixed under the action of torsion spring. The angle of the compression arm could be adjusted according to the position of clamping. The self-adaptive compression plates might be inclined in order to be consistent with the shape of the kidney; The pressure of LPRB was sufficient and the hemostasis was complete.Conclusions:LPRB is basicly rational and safe, and it can realize the partial hemostasis of the excised part and guarantee the blood flow of other parts at the same time. However, the larger size and harder adaptive component need to be improved in the future.
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Objective:To design a laparoscopic suture guide set based on the principle that the ends of three struts on the arc of the same center, and to explore the rationality and practicability of the device by suture experiment in an isolated human kidney.Methods:⑴ The device was made. The three struts of the device were arranged on the fixed shaft in sequence. The function structure included the direction limitation device and the needle exit site locating device. The direction limitation device included the U-shaped end of the second strut and arc cylinder of the third strut. The needle exit site locating device was the Y-shaped end of the first strut. The ends of the three struts were on the same circular arc with the fixed axis as the center of the circle. When the long round needle of the same radian entered the curved cylinder (the first direction limitation device), it was restricted by the cylinder to travel to the U-shaped end of the second strut (the second direction limitation device), and was guided by the two devices to the Y-shaped end of the first strut (the needle exit site locating device). A built-in torsion spring clamped the kidney to fix the device. The design of the device was drawn into a 3D figure, printed by a metal 3D printer with titanium alloy, polished and then assembled into a finished product. ⑵ Experiment. Four kidneys of patients underwent retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was cut open, and 8 needle insertion and exit points were designed along the long axis. The kidney sutured with conventional methods was set as the conventional group. Then the laparoscopic suture guide set was used to assist the suture, which was set as the guide group. For effective suture, the distance between the actual insertion point and the preset insertion point was less than 1.0 cm. If the distance was greater than 1.0 cm, re-suture rate and deviation distance were observed. The distance between the actual injection point and the preset injection point was less than 0.5 cm, which means the point is conformant, and the conformance rate was observed. Single needle suture time was observed in 2 groups.Results:In the experiment, 15 stitches deviated more than 0.5 cm, 10 stitches deviated more than 1.0 cm in the conventional group, the re-suture rate was 31.3%(10/32), the conformance rate was 53.1%(17/32), and the deviation distance was 0.6-1.15(0.41±0.48)cm. In the guide group, 5 stitches deviated more than 0.5 cm, 2 stitches deviated more than 1.0 cm, the re-suture rate was 6.3%(2/32), the conformance rate was 84.4%(27/32), and the deviation distance was 0.6-1.10(0.14±0.34)cm. There were statistically significant differences in the above indicators between the two groups ( P<0.05). The single stitch suture time in the conventional group ranged from 3-12(6.00±3.32)seconds, and that in the guide group ranged from 5-11(5.94±1.41)seconds. There was no significant difference in single stitch suture time between the two groups ( P>0.05). Conclusions:The structure design of laparoscopic suture guider is relatively reasonable. The device can ensure the direction of the surgical needle, reduce the number of times to adjust the surgical needle, and the needle position is accurate. It has a good auxiliary effect for suture in vitro, but the guider needs to be operated under laparoscopy to further verify its rationality and practicability.
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Objective The purpose of study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of theblood-letting and herbal-cupping therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis.Methods A multi-center prospective case series was performed.The LSS patients meeting the inclusion criteria received 8 treatments as a course and 4 courses in total.The primary outcomes were the symptom severity and physical function scale ofthe Swiss Spinal Stenosis Measurement (SSM,total score 0-5 for each domain).The secondary outcomes were thethe 12-item short form health survey (SF-12,total score 0-100),and Oswestry disability index (ODI,total score 0-100) at time of baseline,completion of last treatment of each course.The minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs) were calculated for estimating the percentage of improvement in the population.The adverse events were reported at any time of the intra-and post-operation.This was a phrase analysis of the studyat seven months.Results Forty-eight patientswere included,with 64.6％ (31/48) of LSS showing neurogenic claudication (walking distance ≤200 m).The average age was 63.1 ± 11.7 years,19 (39.6％) female,and the average BMI was 25.3 ± 3.3 kg/m2.The scores of symptom severity scale of SSM were 2.8 ± 0.6,2.6 ± 0.7,2.3 ± 0.6,1.9 ± 0.2 at baseline,1st,2nd,3rd course,and the scores of physical function scale were 2.5 ± 0.8,2.4 ± 0.7,2.1 ± 0.5,1.8 ± 0.3,and all the changes between baseline and each course showed significant improvement.The patient satisfaction of SSM,ODI and SF-12 showed significantimprovements after the 1st,2nd,3rd course (P＜0.05).The SF-12 subgroup physical composite scores after 3rd course and mental composite score after 1st showed no significant improvement.The minimal clinically important difference for the “SymptomSeverity scale” in the SSM was achieved withimprovement of 18.8％,40.6％,83.3％ in the LSS patient population after 1st,2nd,3rd course;and the "physical function scale" in SSM was achieved withimprovement of 22.9％,31.3％,50.0％.A total of 15 patients felt pain when they were micro-punctured with little blood at first time,but the symptom wereimmediately relieved without any treatment.Conelusions The Blood-letting and herbal-cupping therapy could benefit patients with lumbar spinal stenosis after third course of treatment in the fields of symptom relief and quality of life with no severe adverse event.However,this was a phrase analysis,so more evidence of this study and large comparative researches should be warranted in future.
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In order to form the expert consensus which researched on the comprehensive individualized protocol of Tuina therapy for Knee osteoarthritis, the preliminary protocol was summarized and formed by analyzing the interviews and published paper. And then the expert consensus method was applied for the protocols of Tuina therapy for KOA. After discussions, the consensus of three protocols according to the classification of KOA main symptomes was researched. In the protocols, 75％～80％ of the entries were considered as strong recommendation, and the others were weak recommended. Thus, it is believed that the comprehensive protocols for the treatment of KOA with different Tuina manipulations is feasible and reproducible after standardization.
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Objective The aim of this study is to analyze the factors influencing the outcomes of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) percutaneous release treatment for the stenosal tendosynovitis. Methods A total of 119 eligible participants, from outpatient of Dongzhimen Hospital during June, 2014 to April, 2017, were included into the study. The participants received TCM percutaneous release treatment, and were followed-up and assessed outcomes at 27 w. Responders were defined as participants with normal movement in week 27 compared with the baseline period. The NRS assessment in both groups was described, and the baseline characteristics of participants potentially related to cure response were mainly analyzed using Logistic regression analysis. Results Cure group and non-cure group were determined according to the cure response. And the outcomes of pain relief along the timeframe showed the feasibility of criteria of cure response. The uni-factor Logistic regression analysis showed that the factors age,course of disease,interventions and pain severity were significantly different between the cure and non-cure groups,and the multi-factor Logistic regression confirmed the four factors influenced the cure response of the TCM percutaneous release treatment for the stenosal tendosynovitis. The cutting knife was 5.85 fold than the traditional needling knife at increasing the cure response (OR=5.853,95% CI 1.853-18.485;P=0.003).All the factors that age equal to or older than 60 years(OR=6.170, 95% CI 1.890-20.141; P=0.003), course of disease more than six months (OR=4.696, 95% CI 1.371-16.085;P=0.014)and pain severity from 6 to 7(OR=5.184,95% CI 1.416-18.975;P=0.013)were negatively associated with clinical response. Conclusions The patients with increasing age, long course of disease and distinct pain severity may be less likely to respond to the TCM percutaneous release treatment. These findings contribute to guiding clinical practice in terms of pretreatment patient selection. Further research is needed to confirm the association.
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BACKGROUND:With the continuous development of medical model, high-level treatment and rehabilitation for bone defects are required. Therefore, bone tissue engineering technique based on stem cel culture has become a more important component of bone defect repair. OBJECTIVE:To explore and analyze the feasibility of alogeneic adipose-derived stem cels combined with nano colagen-based bone for repair of ulna bone defects. METHODS:Seventy adult female New Zealand rabbits were selected, 10 of which were used to isolate and culture adipose-derived stem cels, another 60 were randomized into scaffold group, scaffold+bone autograft group, scaffold+alogeneic adipose-derived stem cels group, with 20 rabbits in each group. The middle part of the ulna was resected to construct 12-mm bone defect models in the three groups, and then, corresponding materials were implanted. At 6, 9 and 12 weeks after implantation, bone mineral density was detected; at 14 weeks after implantation, the rates of solid fusion rate, non-solid fusion, and false joint were observed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the other two groups, the rate of solid fusion was significantly higher and the rates of non-solid fusion and false joint were lower in the scaffold+alogeneic adipose-derived stem cels group (P < 0.05). Compared with the scaffold group, the rate of solid fusion was higher and the rates of non-solid fusion and false joint were significantly lower in the scaffold+bone autograft group (P< 0.05). The bone mineral density increased dramaticaly at 6, 9, 12 weeks after implantation of scaffold+alogeneic adipose-derived stem cels, which was significantly higher than that in the scaffold group and scaffold+bone autograft group (P < 0.05). Compared with the scaffold group, the bone mineral density in the scaffold+bone autograft group was significantly higher (P < 0.05). These findings indicate that alogeneic adipose-derived stem cels combined with nano colagen-based bone has exact fusion effects with a higher bone mineral density.
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Objective To evaluate the efficacy of the RevoLix 70 Watt 2 micron continuous wave laser vaporesection for treatment of large volume benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH,＞80 g).Methods Forty-five patients with obstructive BPH were treated with 2 micron continuous wave laser vaporesection.The age ranged from 57 to 88 years with a mean of 69 years.Nine patients had acute urinary retention.Mean prostatic volume was(96±1 3)ml(ranged from 80 to 128 m1).Eight cases were given suprapubic puncture.All cases were successfully anesthetized by using epidural anesthesia.At the beginning of the operation,the distal resection border close to the verumontanum was marked and laser incisions were performed at 5 and 7 o'clock lithotomy position.Firstly,median lobe was vaporeseeted closely along capsule from bladder neck to verumontanum.Secondly,prostate at 12 o'clock was vaporesected until the capsule was reached,and both lateral lobes were dissected downward.Thirdly,the apical position was enucleated by sheath,and then prostate was vaporesected from the tissue in 12 o'clock position to the tissue at 6.It was important to follow the 2 principles:inner to extra,up to down.Transfusion rate,resection time,time of indwelling catheter,improvement in urinary flow rate(Qmax),international prostate symptom score(IPSS)and quality of life(QOL)were measured.Results AIl cases were successfully operated.except one whose left lateral lobe was left due to heavy fluctuation of heart rate and blood pressure in operation.The mean operation time was (104±12)min.Transfusions were not necessary in any patients.The catheter was indwelled for 3 to 5 d postoperatively.One case had urethral stricture 3 weeks after operation,and urinated free after 22 times urethral sounding disj unctively.All cases were followed up for 3-1 2 months.All patients were satisfied with voiding outcome,none had incontinence.Mean Qmax increased from(3.3±0.5)ml/spreoperatively to(16.5±1.5)ml/s postoperatively.IPSS decreased from 28.6±5.5 to 8.3±2.3 and QOL score decreased from 4.5±0.4 to 2.7±0.2.respectively(P＜0.01).No hemorrhage occurred after the operation.Conclusion RevoLix 2 micron continuous wave laser vaporesection for treatment of large volume BPH is a safe and effective relief therapy,and that in combination with enucleation could improve the efficiency of vaporesection.
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Objective To investigate the mRNA expression of COX-2 and MMP-2 on transitional cell carcinoma of bladder(TCCB) and their relationship with the invasion and metastasis of the bladder neoplasm. Methods Surgical bladder specimens were obtained from 54 TCCB patients and 5 benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) patients to make paraffin slices, and 8 specimens which against cancers. In situ hybridization (ISH) was used to assay the mRNA expression of COX-2 and MMP-2. Results The mRNA expression of COX-2 and MMP-2 in bladder neoplasm were 59.2 % and 57.4 % respectively. Compared to the control, their expression was higher (P