Replantation and Lengthening of a Lower Leg in a 7-Year-Old Child: A Case Report

Replantation of the lower leg has controversial indications, but it may be considered in carefully selected patients. Although the function of prosthetic lower legs has been improved in recent decades, leg salvage remains a laudable goal. We present the case of a 7-year-old child who sustained a traumatic amputation at the level of the middle tibia with loss of the middle portion of the lower leg. We performed successful replantation, and tibia lengthening was performed starting 10 days after replantation and lasted 6 months.     

肛周坏死性筋膜炎术后热毒炽盛期应用解毒消痈饮的疗效观察

[目的] 探讨解毒消痈饮治疗肛周坏死性筋膜炎术后热毒炽盛期的临床效果。[方法] 将60例肛周坏死性筋膜炎患者随机分为对照组和观察组,各30例。对照组采用术后对症支持的常规治疗+痛痒消洗剂坐浴,观察组在对照组的基础上,术后口服解毒消痈饮治疗。[结果] 观察组治疗后第3、7、14天视觉模拟评分量表（VAS）评分均低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）;两组治疗14 d后白细胞（WBC）、C-反应蛋白（CRP）、白细胞介素-6（IL-6）较治疗前显著减低,且观察组明显低于对照组（P<0.05）,而血红蛋白（Hb）较治疗前明显升高,且观察组优于对照组（P<0.05）;两组治疗14 d后坏死性筋膜炎实验室风险指数评分（LRINEC）、Fournier坏疽严重程度指数（FGSI）均较治疗前显著减低,且观察组明显低于对照组（P<0.05）;观察组治疗后第7、14天创面渗液和创面水肿情况评分均低于对照组,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05）;观察组创面愈合时间较对照组短（P<0.05）;观察组的总有效率优于对照组（P<0.05）。[结论] 肛周坏死性筋膜炎术后热毒炽盛期应用解毒消痈饮疗效确切,能够有效缓解术后疼痛,降低炎症反应,提高血红蛋白含量,有利于评估患者术后病情及预后,减轻术后创面渗液和创面水肿,加速创面愈合。     

针刺治疗儿童腹型偏头痛案

A girl patient, seven years old, complaining intermittent periumbilical pain accompanied with headache and vomiting for almost one year. Acupuncture was adopted in treatment. Acupoints were Băihuì(百会GV20), Yìntáng (印堂EX-HN3), Zhōngwăn (中脘CV12), Tàiyáng (太阳EX-HN5), Wángŭ (完骨GB12), Hégŭ (合谷LI4), Tiānshū (天枢ST25), Zúsānlĭ (足三里ST36), Sānyīnjiāo (三阴交SP6) and Tàichōng (太冲LR3), electroacupuncture, warming needling moxibustion and infrared irradiation were applied. Acupuncture and moxibustion were given once every two days and 10 treatments were as one course. After one course of treatment, the child patient narrated that the attack frequency of headache and abdominal pain was reduced, the severity alleviated and the persistent duration shortened. After two courses of treatment, abdominal pain never occurred and the child patient was recovered and had a normal life and school activity. The disease was not recurred in one-year follow-up.     

Evaluation of adalimumab biosimilar candidate (HS016) in Chinese patients with active ankylosing spondylitis based on a health survey: sub-analysis of a phase 3 study

Clinical Rheumatology - The equivalence of the biosimilar HS016 to adalimumab (Humira) for the treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients has been previously validated. The aim was to...     

Taurine improves neuron injuries and cognitive impairment in a mouse Parkinson’s disease model through inhibition of microglial activation

Clinical and experimental findings support the view that activation of hippocampus microglia through NADPH oxidase contributes to cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). Taurine, an antioxidant, displays an exclusive physical property on brain function, such as learning and memory. To date, the role of taurine in improving cognitive impairment in PD is not fully uncovered. Hence, we evaluated the protective effect of taurine on cognitive ability and explored the related mechanism in the model built by paraquat and maneb (P + M)-induced PD mice. Then the ability of learning and memory was observed by Morris water maze, neuron loss was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in hippocampus, the level of postsynaptic density 95 (PSD95) and microglia activation was assessed by immunostaining, the molecules (gp91^phox, p47^phox, mac1, p-Src/Src and p-Erk/Erk) were examined by western blot. The results showed that taurine could alleviate the impairments in learning and memory induced by P + M injection in mice (decreased escape latency on day 4, P < 0.01; decreased swimming distance on day 4, P < 0.05; increased percent time in target quadrant, P < 0.05), corresponding with activation of microglia (decreased IBa-1 density, P < 0.001; decreased the protein expression of p47^phox, P < 0.05; decreased protein expression of gp91^phox, P < 0.01; decreased p-Src/Src, P < 0.01; decreased p-Erk/Erk, P < 0.01; decreased mac 1, P < 0.01), decreased neuron loss (increased number of NeurN⁺ neuron, P < 0.001; increased protein expression of NeruN, P < 0.01; decreased protein expression of caspase 3, P < 0.01) and increased PSD95 level in hippocampus (P < 0.01). The results indicated that mac1 and Src-Erk signaling was involved in increased NADPH oxidase expression in hippocampus microglia of P + M mice, and taurine could improve injuries in learning and memory through mac1 reduction. The new findings in mac1 triggering hippocampal microglia NADPH oxidase through Src/Erk pathway of the present study might provide a therapy target for PD.     

基于数据挖掘的急性脑梗死血压、体温联动变化与毒损脑络证候特点相关性分析

目的 探讨急性脑梗死患者的血压、体温联动变化与中医四诊信息变化规律,借助四诊信息组合规律发现其证候特点.方法 动态采集急性脑梗死患者的体温、血压、中医四诊信息及NIHSS评分.对采集数据分别进行相关性分析、建立Logsitic回归方程、主成分分析,并根据其分值,计算综合评价分数,进行动态比较.结果 体温升高、血压骤变的...