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When selecting implant guidance methods or judging whether the patient can be implanted, many doctors ignore or only use visual inspection to estimate a patient's mouth opening. This phenomenon often leads to failure to complete the implantation due to insufficient mouth opening or the deflection of the implant due to limited angle, resulting in the high incidence of corresponding complications. The main reason is that doctors lack accurate analysis and control of the overall geometric conditions of the intraoral surgical area, and three-dimensional position blocking of surgical instruments occurs during the operation. In the past, mouth opening was defined as the distance between the incisor edges of the upper and lower central incisors when the patient opens his mouth widely, and the implant area could be in any missing tooth position. When it is in the posterior tooth area, the specific measurement scheme of the mouth opening could not be simply equivalent to the previous measurement method in the anterior tooth area. However, how to measure quickly and conveniently the mouth opening of any surgical area to determine whether it could be implanted and meet the needs of the selected guidance method remains unclear. This paper introduces new concepts, establishes new classification and corresponding accurate measurement scheme of implant area, and establishes a decision tree of implant methods guided by the actually measured value. Results provide a quantitative basis for rational formulation and implementation of implant treatment.
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Humans , Mouth , Dental Implantation, Endosseous/methods , Incisor , Clinical Decision-Making , Dental ImplantsABSTRACT
DNA is a biological polymer that encodes and stores genetic information in all living organism. Particularly, the precise nucleobase pairing inside DNA is exploited for the self-assembling of nanostructures with defined size, shape and functionality. These DNA nanostructures are known as framework nucleic acids (FNAs) for their skeleton-like features. Recently, FNAs have been explored in various fields ranging from physics, chemistry to biology. In this review, we mainly focus on the recent progress of FNAs in a pharmaceutical perspective. We summarize the advantages and applications of FNAs for drug discovery, drug delivery and drug analysis. We further discuss the drawbacks of FNAs and provide an outlook on the pharmaceutical research direction of FNAs in the future.
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Objective To observe the damage of various organs of rats with exertional heatstroke (EHS), and to investigate the protective effect of oral rehydration salts Ⅲ (ORSⅢ) on multi-organ function in rats with EHS. Methods Fifty-one male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into four groups by random digit table: normal control group (n = 13), EHS group (n = 13), EHS+water group (n = 12), and EHS+ORSⅢ group (n = 13). All rats in the EHS groups received adaptive training for 7 days before the experiment. On the 8th day, the rats of EHS+water and EHS+ORSⅢ groups were orally given 20 mL/kg water or ORSⅢ 30 minutes before the experiment. No pretreatment was performed in the EHS group. EHS model was reproduced by forcing rats to run under hot environment. The rats which refused to exercise and which core temperature > 40.5 ℃ were considered as the onset of EHS. The rats in the normal control group were exposed to room temperature (25±2) ℃ and humidity (50±5)% without any treatment. Six hours later, blood of inferior vena cava was collected, and the levels of serum MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (CK-MB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), serum creatinine (SCr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum potassium, serum sodium and serum chloride were determined by automatic chemical analyzer. Serum intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) was determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results The levels of LDH, ALT, AST, BUN, serum sodium and serum chloride in the EHS group were significantly higher than those in the normal control group [LDH (U/L): 1 220±427 vs. 837±485, ALT (U/L): 138 (97, 164) vs. 37 (33, 42), AST (U/L): 409 (380, 566) vs. 86 (78, 104), BUN (mmol/L): 11.7 (9.6, 13.2) vs. 5.9 (5.5, 6.1), serum sodium (mmol/L): 148.0 (143.5, 154.5) vs. 139.0 (138.0, 140.5), serum chloride (mmol/L): 100.9±2.3 vs. 97.3±1.4, all P < 0.05], but no significant difference in CK-MB, SCr or serum potassium could be found [CK-MB (U/L): 1 280±373 vs. 1 379±480, SCr (μmol/L): 38.2±7.5 vs. 35.5±6.3, serum potassium (mmol/L): 5.5 (4.4, 6.2) vs. 4.7 (4.4, 4.9), all P > 0.05]. In the EHS+ORSⅢ group, only serum potassium level was significantly lower than that in the EHS group [mmol/L: 4.0 (3.7, 4.4) vs. 5.5 (4.4, 6.2), P < 0.01], while no significant difference in other parameters was found between the EHS+ORSⅢ group and the EHS group as well as the EHS+water group. Serum I-FABP level in the EHS group was significantly higher than that in the normal control group [μg/L: 36.90 (29.10, 45.00) vs. 11.39 (0.31, 20.80), P < 0.01]. Serum I-FABP level in the EHS+water and EHS+ORSⅢ groups were notably lower than that in the EHS group [μg/L:24.19 (20.00, 28.36), 0.31 (0.31, 5.58) vs. 36.90 (29.10, 45.00), both P < 0.01], additionally, I-FABP level was much lower in the EHS+ORSⅢ group (P < 0.01). Conclusions EHS could lead to liver, intestinal barrier dysfunction and electrolyte disturbance. Pre-treatment of ORSⅢ could alleviate the intestinal dysfunction and electrolyte disorder caused by EHS in rats. It can lower the serum potassium to some extent. However, ORSⅢ failed to protect liver from EHS.
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Objective To investigate the application value of pancreaticojejunostomy with double-layer continuous suture in total laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (TLPD).Methods The retrospective crosssectional study was conducted.The clinicopathological data of 21 patients who underwent TLPD with pancreaticojejunostomy using double-layer continuous suture in the Second Hospital of Jilin University between January and December 2017 were collected.The anastomosis used Child method,and pancreaticojejunostomy,choledochojejunostomy and gastroenteric anastomosis in turn were done.Observation indicators:(1) surgical and postoperative recovery;(2) postoperative pathological examination;(3) follow-up and survival situations.Follow-up using outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed to detect postoperative survival and tumor recurrence or metastasis up to February 2018.Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as x±s.Measurement data with skewed distribution were described as M (P25,P75).Results (1) Surgical and postoperative recovery:21 patients underwent successful TLPD with pancreaticojejunostomy with double-layer continuous suture.The operation time,time of pancreaticojejunostomy and volume of intraoperative blood loss were respectively (352±25)minutes,(46±8)minutes and (168±34) mL.There was no intraoperative blood transfusion.The time of postoperative abdominal drainage-tube removal was (10.1±4.4)days.Of 21 patients,12 were complicated with biochemical fistula,and 3 with grading B of pancreatic fistula (pancreatic duct in type Ⅱ),and they were improved by inhibiting pancreatic secretion and drainage patency.There was no occurrence of biliary fistula,chylous fistula,postoperative bleeding,abdominal infection and delayed gastric emptying.The duration of postoperative hospital stay of 21 patients was (11.3± 2.0) days.(2) Postoperative pathological examination:surgical margins of 21 patients were negative.The pathological type:8,6,4,2 and 1 patients were diagnosed as distal bile duct cancer,ampulla cancer,duodenal papilla and duodenal cancer,pancreatic head cancer and neuroendocrine cancer of ampulla,respectively.(3) Follow-up and survival situations:21 patients were followed up for 3-12 months,with a median time of 7 months.During the follow-up,all the patients survived,and there was no tumor recurrence and metastasis.Conclusion Pancreaticojejunostomy with double-layer continuous suture is safe and feasible for TLPD,with advantages of exact anastomosis effect and good application value.