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Methods@#Total 106 diabetic patients who had undergone PKP and had received anti-osteoporosis treatment for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture were enrolled and allocated into the following two groups: group I (n=52, zoledronic acid) and group II (n=54, zoledronic acid plus teriparatide). The operating time, bone cement volume, and complications related to anti-osteoporosis treatment or PKP, if any, were recorded. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were assessed at admission, at discharge, and at the final follow-up. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan of the hip for the measurement of the bone mineral density (BMD) was performed preoperatively and at the final follow-up for all the patients. @*Results@#There was no significant difference in the age, body mass index, bone cement volume, or follow-up time of the groups. The mean follow-up duration was 22.5±1.6 months. All the patients had improved VAS and ODI, and group II had significantly better clinical outcomes than group I. All the patients had increased BMD at the latest follow-up, while group II exhibited significantly more improvement. The prevalence of NVF was lower in group II (11.5% vs. 7.4%, p=0.523). Male patients had a higher prevalence of NVF although the difference was not statistically significant. @*Conclusions@#Combination therapy with zoledronic acid and teriparatide could improve the clinical outcomes, and BMD and had the potential to reduce NVF in diabetic patients following PKP.
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Objective:To explore the soft tissue composition underlying upper eyelid puffiness and the experience in treating it with tailor-made procedure during upper blepharoplasty.Methods:In a retrospective study from January 2017 to December 2018, 165 patients with upper eyelid puffiness underwent full-incision upper blepharoplasty. During the procedure, the anterior wall of orbital septum was exposed, and the volume of the retro-orbicularis oculus fat (ROOF) and preaponeurotic fat was observed. The orbital septum would be opened if lacrimal gland prolapse was suspected. The puffy upper eyelid would be targeted with tailor-made procedure such as partial ROOF resection, removal or transposition of the preaponeurotic fat, as well as lacrimal gland refixation.Results:All 165 cases were healed by first intention. No relapse was found after a 6 to 24 months follow-up. Persistent mild pain and local skin tightness epiphora chemosis were presented in isolated cases with self-resolution within a short time. There were no severe adverse reaction or complications occurred during the operation and follow-up.Conclusions:The tailor-made procedure during upper blepharoplasty targets the soft tissue anatomy underlying upper eyelid puffiness. It is safe and effective in maintaining a natural look of upper eyelids while retaining the appropriate amount of adipose tissue in the upper eyelid.
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Objective To study the correlation between apolipoprotein E (APOE) genetic polymorphisms and sepsis in Chinese children.Methods The inpatients suffered with sepsis were enrolled as septic group and the healthy children from child health division were enrolled as control group.The study of APOE genotypes were carried out by polymerase chain reactions followed a high-resolution melting curve analysis.SPSS 16.0 statistical software was used for data analysis.Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the age between the groups.Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was tested using the Pearson x2-test.The x2-test was used to compare gender and the genotype distribution between the groups.The odd ratio (OR) was calculated together with its 95％ confidence interval (CI).Potential confounding effects of variables were corrected using a multivariate unconditional logistic regression model.All statistical tests were two-sided and P ＜ 0.05 indicates statistically significance.Results Among a total of 285 children collected from March 2011 to June 2012,there were 88 patients with sepsis and 197 healthy children.In the septic group,15 septic patients were complicated with central nervous system infection.Four apolipoprotein E genotypes were identified to be ε3/ε3,ε2/ε3,ε3/ε4,and ε2/ε4.The percentage of each genotype found in patients of the septic group and the control group was 64.4％ vs.73.1％ (ε3/ε3);16.8％ vs.10.7％ (ε2/ε3);18.8％ vs.14.7％ (ε3/ε4);0％ vs.1.5％ (ε2/ε4),respectively.The number of patients with the genotype ε3/ε3 among septic patients was significantly lower than that among the control individuals (P =0.047,1-β =0.334,OR =0.585,adjusted OR =0.559).The number of patients with the genotype ε3/ε3 among the septic patients with central nervous system infection was 33.3％,which was also significantly lower than that among the septic patients without CNS infection (67.1％).(P =0.014,1-β5 =0.685,OR =0.245,adjusted OR =0.275).Conclusions Apolipoprotein E genetic polymorphisms were associated with the occurrence of sepsis and central nervous system complications in children.The susceptibility of children with genotype ε3/ε3 to sepsis and central nerve system infection complications is significantly lower than that of children with other genotypes.
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Objective To compare the clinical curative effects of balloon vertebroplasty reinforced by injectable calcium sulfate cement(CSC) and posterolateral fusion after short-segment pedicle screw fixation through the fractured vertebra in treatment of thoracolumbar bumt fractures.Methods From February 2012 to May 2015,68 cases patients with single thoracolumbar burst fracture were admitted in Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Gaozhou,and were randomly divided into two observation group and control group,each group with 34 cases.Observation group were treated by short-segment pedicle screw fixation through the fractured vertebra followed by transpedicular balloon reduction of the endplate and CSC injection,the control group were underwent posterolateral fusion in addition to short-segment pedicle screw fixation through the fractured vertebra.The 2 groups were compared at preoperation,and the last follow-up in terms of visual analog pain score(VAS),Oswestry disability index(ODI),anterior height ratio of the injured vertebra,middle height ratio of the injured vertebra,the vertebral wedge angle and the sagittal Cobb angle.Results The patients were followed up from 12 to 54 months.All the measure indexes at the last follow-up were significantly improved than those at preoperation in all the patients(P0.05).At the last follow-up,the observation group showed a significantly less loss than the control group regarding the corrections of anterior height ratio of the injured vertebra((93.6±3.4) vs.(81.8±4.8)),middle height ratio of the injured vertebra((90.7±3.8) vs.(78.9±5.1)),the veaebral wedge angle((5.7±1.9) ° vs.(8.8±3.0) °) and the sagittal Cobb angle((5.2±2.1) ° vs.(7.9±2.4) °)(t=4.143,5.786,4.819,4.465,P<0.05).Conclusion In treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures,compared with posterolateral fusion,balloon vertebroplasty reinforced by injectable CSC can better restore the shape of injured vertebral body and stability of the anterior and middle columns in the early period,can also reduce losses of corrections,and keep the function of the spinal motion segment.
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BACKGROUND:There is a high morbidity after spinal cord injury, and the therapeutic strategy is limited to early surgical intervention, medication and post-treatment exercise that only can improve the motor function slightly. However, there is no effective cure method. OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of partition-type spinal cord catheter combined with bone marrow stromal stem cels on T8 spinal cord transection damage in rats. METHODS:Fifty rats were randomized into five groups (n=10 per group): group I, T8 spinal cord transection (5 mm) was made in rats with no treatment; group II, the partition-type tube was inserted into the injured site after modeling; group III, partition-type tube combined with bone marrow stromal stem cels was implanted into the injured site after modeling; group IV, partition-type tube combined with polyglycolic acid fibers was implanted into the injured site after modeling; group V, partition-type tube combined with bone marrow stromal stem cels and polyglycolic acid fibers was implanted into the injured site after modeling. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:At 2 and 12 weeks postoperatively, Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan scores were significantly higher in the groups III and IV than the groups I, II, IV (P < 0.05). At 12 weeks postoperatively, the latency of motor evoked potential below the injury plane was significantly decreased in group V compared with groups I, II, III, IV (P < 0.05). Immunohistochemical results displayed that in the groups III and V, regenerated nerve fibers grew positively and arranged orderly among the tubes, and there was no obvious winding phenomenon. Under transmission electron microscopy, a certain number of myelinated nerve fibers were found as bridges among groups. These findings indicate that the partition-type chitosan tube combined with bone marrow stromal stem cels has a good connection with the injured spinal cord a good connection to restore part of electrophysiological properties, accelerate the axon regeneration, recover the motor function, thereby providing a new direction for the treatment of spinal cord injury. Cite this article:Zhao XW, Liu X, Yu DP, Rong H, Yu XS, Yang CS, Liu T, Zhao TB. Partition-type spinal cord catheter combined with bone marrow stromal stem cels in the repair of spinal cord transection injury in rats. Zhongguo Zuzhi Gongcheng Yanjiu. 2016;20(1):42-48.
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Objective To improve the method to establish a rat model of vascular dementia and to better serve the experimental studies on vascular dementia.Methods We used the method of“repeatedly clipping the carotid artery com-bined with injection of sodium nitroprusside and with permanent unilateral carotid artery ligation” to prepare a rat model of vascular dementia.The drug piracetam was used to validate the established rat model in respect of the behavior and histopa-thology.Results Different from the reports of previous research, firstly, the results of this study suggested that injection dose of sodium nitroprusside should be 2.0 mg/kg, room temperature should be controlled at 28℃ during surgical opera-tion, and kept at 25℃postoperatively for 24 hours.Under these experimental conditions, the rats were stable and the death rate was reduced.Secondly,“repeatedly clipping carotid artery combined with permanent unilateral carotid artery ligation”could cut off about a third of cerebral blood supply, and causing chronic cerebral ischemia, which is seemingly more con-sistent with the pathogenesis of vascular dementia.Experimental results showed that compared with the control group, the navigation incubation period was extended and space search ability became worse in the model group, cell number was de-creased, with blurred cell contour and deeply stained cytoplasm, and cell nuclei were not clear in the hippocampal tissue. Conclusions Our findings indicate that the improved methodrepeatedly clipping the carotid artery combined with injec-tion of sodium nitroprusside and with permanent unilateral carotid artery ligationcan be used to efficiently establish a rat model of vascular dementia.The similar results of experiment using piracetam validate that this rat model can be used in vascular dementia-related experimental studies.
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Objective To observe the effect of apolipoprotein E mimetic peptide (ApoE23) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) levels in plasma and the regulatory role of ApoE23 on low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) on liver cells in the septic mice.Methods An ApoE mimetic peptide was designed and referred terminologically as ApoE23 in abbreviation.ApoE23 was synthesized by using solid phase synthesis assay and were refined by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).The peptide was identified and confirmed by using electron spray ionization mass spectrometry and amino acid composition analysis.The C57BL mice infected with Salmonella typhimurium group B were treated with apoE23 injected into tail vein.The plasma LPS levels were measured by using immunoturbidimetry.The LDLR expression and level on liver cells were measured by real time PCR and western blot respectively.Results The plasma LPS levels significantly increased and the liver LDLR expression decreased in the septic mice.ApoE23 treatment markedly reduced the plasma LPS levels and redressed the LDLR down-expressions on liver cells both in mRNA and protein levels compared to the septic mice without ApoE23 treatment.Conclusions The reduction of LPS level after ApoE23 treatment may be associated with the modulation role of ApoE23 in LDLR expression on liver cells,and ApoE23 may be a potential agent against bacterial sepsis as well.One of possible mechanisms was most likely associated with effect of ApoE23 on LDLR expression.