目的 :回顾性分析椎间盘切除+Dynesys动态稳定系统固定治疗腰椎间盘突出症的中长期疗效。方法 :2008年7月~2012年7月因腰椎间盘突出症在我院行椎间盘切除+Dynesys动态稳定系统内固定治疗的患者84例,其中61例获得完整随访资料,男38例,女23例;年龄31~58岁(46.3±11.5岁),随访时间60~108个月(74±14个月)。术前、术后3个月和末次随访时采用疼痛视觉模拟评分(visual analogue scale,VAS)和Oswestry功能障碍指数(Oswestry disability index,ODI)评估,同时行影像学评估,包括手术节段及上位相邻节段椎间隙高度、椎间活动度(rang of motion,ROM)、UCLA椎间隙退变分级(University of California at Los Angeles)以及椎间盘退变Pfirrmann分级。结果:术后3个月、末次随访时VAS评分和ODI均较术前明显改善(P0.05),所有病例均未见椎间盘突出复发。手术节段椎间隙高度术后3个月(12.3±2.3mm)较术前(11.8±1.8mm)增加,末次随访时(10.1±1.7mm)较术前降低(P0.05);上位相邻节段各时间点无显著性差异。手术节段椎间ROM在术后3个月及末次随访分别为5.3°±1.8°及3.6°±1.9°,与术前(8.1°±2.8°)比较均显著性降低(P0.05);上位相邻节段ROM在术后3个月和末次随访分别10.3°±3.8°和11.4°±3.7°,均较术前(8.5°±3.0°)显著性增加(P0.05)。末次随访时手术节段UCLA分级与术前比较有统计学差异(P0.05),12例(19.7%)上位相邻节段发生影像学退变,1例发生症状学退变(adjacent segment degeneration,ASD)。手术节段和上位邻近节段术前与末次随访椎间盘Pfirmman分级均有统计学差异(P0.05)。2例出现螺钉断裂,未发生螺钉松动等其他并发症。结论:腰椎间盘切除后应用Dynesys动态稳定系统内固定治疗腰椎间盘突出症可获得满意的中长期疗效,能维持手术节段稳定,保留手术节段部分椎间活动度。 相似文献
AIM: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal ranibizumab injection for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in Zone II Stage 3+.
METHODS: Data was collected for ROP patients with Zone II Stage 3+ who received intravitreal ranibizumab injections between October 2014 and Janu-ary 2017 at the Department of Ophthalmology in our hospital. No prior laser or other intravitreal treatment was done. Prior to the intervention and at each follow-up visit, fundus examination was performed. Gestational age at birth, sex, birth weight, ROP zone, ROP stage, post menstrual age (PMA) at treatment, and follow-up pe-riod were recorded. The final clinical status of the retina was evaluated for each patient. The primary outcome mea-sures included ROP recurrences requiring re-treatment, complete or incomplete peripheral vascularization.
RESULTS: Eighty-six eyes of 46 premature infants with Zone II Stage 3+ ROP were enrolled in the study. The mean gestational age at birth was 28.18±1.67 (range: 25 to 33)wk and the mean birth weight was 1070.57±226.85 (range: 720.00 to 1650.00) g. The mean PMA at treatment was 38.32±2.99 (range: 32.29 to 46.00)wk. Seventy-one eyes (82.56%) were treated success-fully with intravitreal ranibizumab as monotherapy. Fifteen eyes (17.44%) developed recurrent disease. The mean interval between the treatment and retreatment was 5.96±3.22 (range: 1.86 to 11.71)wk. All eyes vascularized into zone III at the end of the study and among them 62 eyes (72.09%) achieved complete vascu-larization.
CONCLUSION: Intravitreal ranibizumab injection is an effective treatment in Zone II Stage 3+ ROP patients. More patients with longer follow-up duration are necessary to confirm the safety and efficacy of this treatment. 相似文献
IntroductionHydrogen sulfide (H2S) is generated in mammalian cells mainly by one of the two pyridoxal‐5′‐phosphate‐dependent enzymes, cystathione‐γ‐lyase (CSE), and cystathione‐β‐synthase (CBS) using L‐cysteine as the main substrate. In previous studies, we found that CBS and CSE were functionally expressed in vas deferens (VD) and H2S‐mediated VD smooth muscle relaxation. However, the detail mechanisms that H2S‐relaxed VD smooth muscle were unknown so far.AimThe aim of this study is to explore the molecular target sites of H2S in VD smooth muscle.MethodsIsolated rat VD smooth muscle strips were used for tension recording in vitro. Double immunofluorescence staining was used to identify the localization of large conductance Ca2+‐activated K+ (BKCa) channels.Main Outcome MeasuresChanges in tonic contraction of isolated rat VD smooth muscle strip were measured after the treatment of drugs. The expression of BKca channels in rat VD smooth muscle cells was also assessed.ResultsThe results showed that L‐NG‐nitroarginine methyl ester (a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) did not affect the response of VD to sodium hydrosulphide (NaHS), suggesting that nitric oxide pathway was not involved. Further studies revealed that transient receptor potential (TRP) channels did not contribute to the NaHS‐induced relaxant effect. Glibenclamide, an ATP‐sensitive K channel blocker, did the same thing, whereas BKCa channel blockers iberiotoxin or tetraethylammonium largely reversed the relaxant effect, suggesting that H2S may target BKCa channels. We also confirmed that BKCa channels were localized in VD smooth muscle cells. Then, studies revealed that NaHS‐induced VD smooth muscle relaxation was abolished by N‐ethylmaleimide, which was widely used as a sulfhydryl alkylation compound protecting thiols from oxidation, whereas DL‐Dithiothreitol, a strong reducing agent, did not affect the response of VD to NaHS.ConclusionsWe concluded that H2S relaxed the VD smooth muscle by targeting BKCa channels via redox‐mediated mechanism. Li Y, Zang Y, Fu S, Zhang H, Gao L, and Li J. H2S relaxes vas deferens smooth muscle by modulating the large conductance Ca2+‐activated K+ (BKCa) channels via a redox mechanism. J Sex Med 2012;9:2806–2813.相似文献
Neuroinflammation is implicated in impairments in neuronal function and cognition that arise with aging, trauma, and/or disease. Therefore, understanding the underlying basis of the effect of immune system activation on neural function could lead to therapies for treating cognitive decline. Although neuroinflammation is widely thought to preferentially impair hippocampus-dependent memory, data on the effects of cytokines on cognition are mixed. One possible explanation for these inconsistent results is that cytokines may disrupt specific neural processes underlying some forms of memory but not others. In an earlier study, we tested the effect of systemic administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on retrieval of hippocampus-dependent context memory and neural circuit function in CA3 and CA1 (Czerniawski and Guzowski, 2014). Paralleling impairment in context discrimination memory, we observed changes in neural circuit function consistent with disrupted pattern separation function. In the current study we tested the hypothesis that acute neuroinflammation selectively disrupts memory retrieval in tasks requiring hippocampal pattern separation processes. Male Sprague–Dawley rats given LPS systemically prior to testing exhibited intact performance in tasks that do not require hippocampal pattern separation processes: novel object recognition and spatial memory in the water maze. By contrast, memory retrieval in a task thought to require hippocampal pattern separation, context–object discrimination, was strongly impaired in LPS-treated rats in the absence of any gross effects on exploratory activity or motivation. These data show that LPS administration does not impair memory retrieval in all hippocampus-dependent tasks, and support the hypothesis that acute neuroinflammation impairs context discrimination memory via disruption of pattern separation processes in hippocampus. 相似文献