Preoperative evaluation of the depth of invasion in rectal carcinoma by transrectal ultrasonography / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective To evaluate the role of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) in preoperative evaluation of the depth of invasion in rectal carcinoma.Methods Fifty-eight cases with rectal carcinoma confirmed by pathology underwent TRUS before surgery.Preoperative staging was performed using the T staging system on the basis of TRUS sonogram.The T staging results by TRUS were compared with those of postoperative pathologic staging.Results The preoperative overall accuracy rate of TRUS was 82.76％ (48/58).The diagnostic accuracy rates in T1-T4 stage by TRUS were 94.83％(55/58),86.21％(50/58),86.21％ (50/58) and 98.28％ (57/58).Staging rectal carcinoma with TRUS showed better consistency with postoperative pathologic staging.Conclusions TRUS has a better accuracy in preoperative evaluation of the depth of invasion in rectal carcinoma.TRUS is an important factor in rational treatment.

Pharmacologic action comparison of india madder root before and after charcoal / 中华中医药杂志

Objective:To explore the pharmacodynamic differences of india madder root before and after charcoal in antiinflammatory,ease pain,promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis and hemostasis function.Methods: The india madder root and india madder root charcoal decoction pieces were processed by the same one operation,then the water decoction of them were given to the mouse by intragastric administration in different dosages.The method of auricle tumefaction was adopted to compare the antiinflammatory function,body wrings was adopted to compare the ease pain function,to compare the hemostasis function of india madder root before and after charcoal by snipping off the mouse’s tail and capillary method.Blood stasis model was made by injecting Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate,then to compare the promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis function of india madder root before and after charcoal of india madder root before and after charcoal.Results: India madder root decoction pieces is more effective than india madder root charcoal decoction pieces in antiinflammatory,ease pain,promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis,but less effective in hemostasis.Conclusion: The function of antiinflammatory,ease pain,promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis of india madder root were less effective after charcoal,but the fuction of hemostasis was more effective.