Preliminary clinical application verification of complete digital workflow of design lips symmetry reference plane based on posed smile / 北京大学学报(医学版)

OBJECTIVE@#To automatically construct lips symmetry reference plane (SRP) based on posed smile, and to evaluate its advantages over conventional digital aesthetic design.@*METHODS@#Eighteen subjects' three-dimensional facial and dentition data were gathered in this study. The lips SRP of experimental groups were used with the standard weighted Procrustes analysis (WPA) algorithm and iterative closest point (ICP), respectively. A reference plane defined by experts based on regional ICP algorithm, served as the truth plane. The angle error values between the lips SRP of WPA algorithm in the experimental groups and the truth plane were evaluated in this study, and the lips SRP of ICP algorithm of the experimental groups was calculated in the same way. The lips SRP based on posed smile as a reference for aesthetic design and evaluate preliminary clinical application.@*RESULTS@#The average angle error between the lips SRP of WPA algorithm and the truth plane was 1.78°±1.24°, which was smaller than that between the lips SRP of ICP and the truth plane 7.41°±4.31°. There were significant differences in the angle errors among the groups (P < 0.05). In the aesthetic design of anterior teeth, automatically constructing the lips SRP of WPA algorithm based on posed smile and the original symmetry plane by re-ference compared with the prosthetic design, the subjects' scores on the lips SRP of WPA algorithm based on posed smile (8.48±0.57) were higher than those on the original symmetry plane (5.20±1.31).@*CONCLUSION@#Automatically constructing the lips SRP of WPA algorithm based on posed smile was more accurate than ICP algorithm, which was consistent with the truth plane. Moreover, it can provide an important reference for oral aesthetic diagnosis and aesthetic analysis of the restoration effect. In the aesthetic design of anterior teeth, automatically constructing the lips SRP of WPA algorithm based on posed smile can improve the patients' satisfaction in esthetic rehabilitation.

Plasma levels of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 correlate with diagnosis and prognosis of glioma patients / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>There is no validated blood biomarker available for glioma management. Invasive growth is the key feature of glioma. We assessed the clinical usefulness of plasma tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1), which has less molecular weight than metalloproteinases, as a potential blood biomarker for glioma.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 285 patients and 59 normal subjects were studied. Plasma concentration of TIMP-1 was measured with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Plasma TIMP-1 was compared between normal and glioma patients, between patients with different pathological grades, and between patients with different prognoses. Longitudinal changes in plasma TIMP-1 during treatment were also evaluated. Plasma matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 level was also assayed and its clinical usefulness was compared with that of TIMP-1.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Plasma TIMP-1 and MMP-9 were both increased in glioma patients compared with normal controls (TIMP-1: P < 0.001; MMP-9: P = 0.007). Plasma TIMP-1 increases with increased tumor grade. In Grade IV gliomas, plasma TIMP-1 significantly increased after "successful removal" of the tumor (paired samples t-test, before operation vs. during chemotherapy without recurrence, t = -2.131, P = 0.038), but did not change significantly at the time of tumor recurrence (during chemotherapy without recurrence vs. after tumor recurrence, t = -0.652, P = 0.632). High plasma TIMP-1 level correlated with better survival in Grade IV glioma patients (hazard ratio: 0.550, 95% CI: 0.101-1.000, P = 0.036). In Grade IV gliomas, patients with higher plasma TIMP-1 had significantly longer survival time than those with lower plasma TIMP-1 level (25.23 vs. 18.95 months, log-rank P = 0.045). Plasma MMP-9 did not show significant association with either the pathological grade or the prognosis of glioma patients.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Plasma TIMP-1 is associated with the diagnosis and prognosis of glioma patients. It appears to have better usefulness for guiding clinical decision making than plasma MMP-9. Further studies in an expanded patient population are needed to better define its clinical usefulness.</p>

Delayed operation on treatment of high-energy distal tibia Pilon fracture / 中国骨伤

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the selection of operative methods,timing of operation and the effect of hige-energy distal tibia Pilon fracture.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From July 2006 to December 2009, 29 patients with hige-energy distal tibia Pilon fractures were treated, including 23 males and 6 females with an average age of 36.8 years old ranging from 21 to 54 years. According to Ruedi-Allgower classification on Pilon fractures, there were 3 cases of type I, 16 of type II and 10 of type III. The type I patients were fixed by screws and Kirschner wires and the cases of type II and III were fixed by filmy clover steel plates closed up tibia medial border or tibia lateral anatomical steel plates. All patients were evaluated by the tumid algesic level of ankle joint, gait,the activity of ankle joint according to Mazur score.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>None of patients occurred complications such as deep infection, fractured internal fixation and prolapsed internal fixation. All patients were followed up from 6 to 42 months (averaged 28 months). The time of fracture healing was from 10 to 32 weeks (means 15 weeks). According to the ankle score of Mazur, the results were excellent in 15 cases,good in 10 cases,fair in 3 cases, poor in 1 case.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The step-by-step delayed open reduction and internal fixation for hige-energy distal tibia Pilon fracture is an effective method with fewer complications and good function after the recovery of soft tissue injury. The method can not only mitigate the level of soft tissue injury, but also is beneficial to the early joint motion with rigid fixation.</p>