髓内血管畸形的血管构筑学及栓塞治疗

目的：探讨髓内动静脉畸形（AVM）的血管构型、血管内栓塞的指征及栓塞治疗的效果。方法：15例患者均有不同程度的肢体瘫痪、感觉障碍、括约肌功能障碍行DSA检查和栓塞治疗。栓塞材料选用PVA颗粒及丝线段。结果：15例中,球型3例,幼稚型12例;球型AVM均为单支动脉供血;幼稚型AVM为多支动脉供血,其中7例为2支供血动脉,5例有3支以上供血动脉,2例伴有动静脉瘘（AVF）;15例患者经27例次栓塞治疗,根据栓塞前后脊髓功能评价,痊愈2例,显效3例,好转6例,4例无变化,无1例加重。经6个月－5年随访,症状较栓塞前改善者4例;栓塞后症状维持者2例;栓塞后症状再次反复者7例,再次行栓塞治疗;失得2例。结论：髓内AVM应栓塞畸形血管团,减轻静脉压力,减少出血机会;血管内栓塞治疗脊髓血管畸形是一种创伤小、安全性高、有效的治疗方法。     

脊髓血管畸形的栓塞治疗

自1993年1月至1994年共栓塞治疗6例脊髓血管畸形患者,其中髓内 AVM 3例,1例位于颈段,2例位于胸段;1例为球型,2例为幼稚型;硬脊膜下髓周 AVF 3例均位于圆锥马尾部,其中(?)型1例,(?)型2例,6例中,5例完全闭塞,治疗后病情有不同程度改善;1例部分栓塞,症状无明显改善,无明显并发症发生.随访2～20个月,3例髓周 AVF 基本恢复正常,3例髓内 AVM,也均有不同程度好转.我们认为栓塞治疗对难以手术的髓内 AVM,(?)型和(?)型 AVF 不失为有效的治疗方法.     

MR血管成像诊断脊髓动静脉畸形的价值

目的 探讨磁共振血管成像(包括快速3D增强MRA技术和常规MRA)在脊髓动静脉畸形的诊断价值.方法 回顾分析10例脊髓动静脉畸形MRA资料,均由选择性脊髓血管造影确诊,全部病例均使用3D增强MRA技术(CE-MRA),头颈部另外还使用常规MRA(3D-TOF MRA).结果 髓内动静脉畸形3例,AVM血管巢的MRA表现为血管粗细不一,扭曲成团,并显示1条或多条供血动脉及增粗的引流静脉.髓外硬膜内动静脉畸形5例,其中3例为AVM,MRA显示有血管巢、供血动脉及引流静脉;2例为AVF,MRA可以显示供血动脉及引流静脉,并可推断瘘口的位置.硬脊膜动静脉瘘2例,MRA只表现为髓周血管扩张.结论 MRA不仅可以对脊髓动静脉畸形作定性诊断,而且还可以显示病灶的内部结构,已成为无创性诊断脊髓血管畸形的理想方法.     

25例脊髓动静脉畸形治疗

目的　探讨脊髓髓内动静脉畸形的栓塞方法。方法　 2 5例脊髓髓内血管畸形患者 ,均行血管内栓塞治疗 ,早期 4例在肋间动脉或腰动脉直接注射硬脑膜颗粒或PVA等 ,近期 9例将微导管插至供血动脉远端以PVA栓塞 ,1例先以NBCA栓塞供血动脉上的动脉瘤 ,再以Embosphere栓塞AVM。 7例以NBCA栓塞。 5例直接手术切除病灶 ,2例栓塞联合手术治疗。结果　 2 0例栓塞后造影证实 12例几乎完全栓塞 ,8例为大部分栓塞 ,经半年～ 2年随访 ,16例临床症状均有不同程度改善 ,4例临床症状无明显变化 ,均未出现出血症状。结论　对于髓内幼稚型和不能手术的团块型AVM ,血管内栓塞治疗为首选治疗。     

多层螺旋CT血管成像在评价脊髓血管畸形中的价值和限度

目的 评价多层螺旋CT血管成像（CTA）在脊髓血管畸形诊断中的意义。方法 11例临床怀疑脊髓血管病变的患者全部行多层螺旋CTA和DSA检查，其中6例脊髓DSA结果正常，另5例脊髓DSA证实为脊髓血管畸形[1例硬膜内髓周动静脉瘘（AVF），4例硬膜AVF]。采用16层螺旋CT，多相扫描模式，冠状面和矢状面重组，并与DSA相对照，分析CTA上正常和异常脊髓血管表现。结果 与DSA对照，6例脊髓DSA检查阴性者中，CTA上可辨认的血管为脊髓前正中静脉或脊髓前动脉。5例脊髓DSA证实为脊髓血管畸形患者中，CTA均显示了异常血管，1例硬膜内髓周AVF，CTA上清晰显示了供血的脊髓前动脉与髓周静脉的直接交通，表现为扩大、发夹样、扭曲状的血管影，另4例硬膜AVF，CTA上异常血管与DSA上的扭曲引流静脉相符合，在静脉期上表现更为明显，但供血的根软膜动脉或软膜动脉在CTA上没有显示。结论 多层螺旋CTA能够区分脊髓正常或异常血管，作为一种无创性的检查方法，可以用来筛选是否有脊髓血管畸形，并可以作为脊髓血管畸形患者手术后随访的有效手段。     

脊髓血管畸形的影像学诊断和血管内栓塞治疗

复杂的脊髓血管解剖，包括脊髓多来源的供养动脉和多去路的引流静脉，导致脊髓血管畸形的影像学诊断变得困难。脊髓血管畸形大致分为三类：髓内动静脉畸形、髓周动静脉瘘和硬脊膜动静脉瘘。髓内动静脉畸形的畸形团位于或大部分位于脊髓实质内。其供血动脉为脊髓前动脉及其分支，脊髓后动脉也经常同时参与供血。其引流静脉常同时向脊髓前、后静脉引流。最典型的临床症状为畸形团破裂出血。其治疗以分次血管内栓塞治疗为主。手术切除弊大于利，一般不采用。治疗的目的是改善症状而非解剖治愈。髓周动静脉瘘是脊髓外的软膜动脉与静脉的直接交通，常常是脊髓前动脉或脊髓后动脉与相应的静脉直接沟通。主要临床症状亦多为出血，亦可源于脊髓缺血或水肿。治疗方法和原则类似髓内动静脉畸形，但流速缓慢的位于圆锥和终丝部位的髓周动静脉瘘多手术切除。硬脊膜动静脉瘘几乎占所有脊髓血管畸形的80%。男女比例7:1,40岁以上多发。其瘘口位于硬脊膜内和硬脊膜内、外层之间，常靠近椎间孔的神经根，是根动脉的硬脊硬支与根髓静脉之间的直接交通。主要临床症状源于脊髓静脉高压引起的脊髓水肿和坏死。应用稀胶栓塞治疗成功率可达90%。胶一定要在瘘口和引流静脉起始端形成良好的铸型方能避免复发。手术夹闭瘘口简单，效果好，但创伤较大。     

脑动静脉畸形的DSA血管构筑学及其栓塞治疗

目的：探讨脑动静脉畸形（AVM）的血管构筑特征及血管内栓塞治疗的疗效。方法：采用Seldinger技术及微导管技术超选择性脑执AVM供血动脉造影及血管内栓塞。结果：脑AVM血管结构上分为终末型供血方式,穿支型供血方式及混合式。可伴有动脉瘤或静脉结构异常。本组栓塞治疗技术成功率97.5%,AVM完全消失,解剖治愈11例,AVM畸形血管团大部分消失,其减少大于80%4例,减少50%～80例,小于50%9例。随访6个月至5年,效果满意。结论：超选择性造影可正确指导栓塞治疗。血管内栓塞治疗脑AVM是一种安全、可靠、有效方法。     

椎管内动静脉血管畸形的MRI诊断

目的 评价MRI对椎管内动静脉血管畸形的诊断价值。方法 回顾性分析手术及DSA证实的12例椎管内动静脉畸形（AVM）的MRI资料。结果 椎管内AVM根据部位分为髓内AVM，硬膜内髓周AVM及硬脊膜动静脉瘘（AVF），MRI表现为脊髓增粗，髓内或髓周密集的血管流空影，同时可显示出血及脊髓内的软化或水肿。结论 MRI是评价椎管内AVM十分敏感和有效的方法。     

颅底及颈段脊髓血管畸形的介入检查

目的 :为介入栓塞治疗及手术治疗提供重要依据 ,从而防止误诊、漏诊病例的发生。方法 :对我院近期 3 0例疑有颅底及颈段脊髓血管畸形患者的临床表现、MRI影像特点、介入检查资料进行分析。结果 :3 0例患者均具有颅底及颈段脊髓血管畸形的临床表现及磁共振影像特点 ,经行选择性全脊髓血管造影、必要时行全脑血管造影证实 2 9例为颅底及颈段脊髓血管畸形 (其中 2 7例畸形团来自颈部血管供血及胸段脊髓血管等多支血管供血 ;2例来自颈外动脉系统供血 )。另外 1例开始被误诊为颅底及颈段脊髓血管畸形 ,后进行全脑血管造影发现为由颈内动脉原始听动脉供血的硬脑膜动静脉瘘向脊髓髓周静脉引流而造成MRI的留空信号。结论 :为了防止误诊及漏诊病例的发生 ,应对双侧的锁骨下动脉、椎动脉、肋颈干、甲状颈干、上胸段肋间动脉或全脊髓血管及颈外动脉进行造影检查 ,必要时还应进行全脑血管造影。     

椎管内血管畸形的血管造影诊断与血管内介入治疗

目的:探讨椎管内血管畸形的血管造影诊断与血管内介入治疗效果。方法:回顾性分析66例椎管内血管畸形的选择性动脉造影与栓塞治疗资料。结果:66例椎管内血管畸形的血管造影表现为隐匿性髓内血管畸形者6例,余60例均能显示病变的范围、血供情况及其特征。12例髓内动静脉畸形、17例硬脊膜动静脉瘘和9例髓周动静脉瘘接受了栓塞治疗,其愈显率分别为58.3%、64.7%和66.7%。所有栓塞病例均无严重并发症发生。结论:经选择性血管造影确诊后行栓塞治疗是椎管内血管畸形安全有效的治疗手段。     

Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) - validation of a Swedish version

The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a self-administered instrument measuring outcome after knee injury at impairment, disability, and handicap level in five subscales. Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a Swedish version was assessed in 142 patients who underwent arthroscopy because of injury to the menisci, anterior cruciate ligament, or cartilage of the knee. The clinimetric properties were found to be good and comparable to the American version of the KOOS. Comparison to the Short Form-36 and the Lysholm knee scoring scale revealed expected correlations and construct validity. Item by item, symptoms and functional limitations were compared between diagnostic groups. High responsiveness was found three months after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for all subscales but Activities of Daily Living.     

The acutely limping child

Acute limping may be the result of multiple pathologies in children. The differential diagnosis varies based on the age of the child. Irrespective of age, the initial imaging work-up includes AP and frog leg radiographs of the pelvis and ultrasound; MRI may sometimes be helpful. In children less than 3 years, infections and trauma are most frequent. MRI is the imaging modality of choice when osteomyelitis is clinically suspected. Between the ages of 3 and 10 years, transient synovitis of the hip and Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease are main considerations but infection, inflammation and focal bony lesions are also considered. In children over 10 years, slipped capital femoral epiphysis also is considered.     

Do Balance Board Training Programs Reduce the Risk of Ankle Sprains in Athletes?

Introduction Ankle sprains are the most common musculo-skeletal injury that occurs in athletes,particularly in sports that require jumping and landing on one foot such as soccer,and basketball(1-4).These injuries often result in significant time loss from participation,long-term disability,and have a major impact on health care costs and resources(5-8).     

High Intensity Interval Training:New Insights

KEY POINTS ·High-intensity interval training(HIT)is characterized by repeated sessions of relatively brief，intermittent exercise.often performed with an“a11 out”effort or at an intensity close to that which elicits peak oxygen uptake(i.e.，≥90%of VO2 peak).     

Endovascular management of carotid-cavernous fistulas

Objective To investigate endovascular treatment of traumatic direct carotid-cavernous fistulas （CCF） and their complications such as pseudoaneurysms. Methods： Over a five-year period, 22 patients with traumatic direct CCFs were treated endovascularly in our institution. Thirteen patients were treated once with the result of CCF occluded, 8 twice and 1 three times. Treatment modalities included balloon occlusion of the CCF, sacrifice of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery with detachable balloon, coll embolization of the cavernous sinus and secondary pseudoaneurysms, and covered-stem management of the pseudoaneurysms. Results All the direct CCFs were successfully managed endovascularly. Four patients developed a pseudoaneurysm after the occlusion of the CCF with an incidence of pseudoaneurysm formation of 18.2% （4/22）. A total number of 8 patients experienced permanent occlusion of the ICA with a rate of ICA occlusion reaching 36.4% （8/22）. Followed up through telephone consultation from 6 months to 5 years, all did well with no recurrence of CCF symptoms and signs. Conclusion Traumatic direct CCFs can be successfully managed with endovascular means. The pseudoaneurysms secondary to the occlusion of the CCFs can be occluded with stent-assisted coiling and implantation of covered stents.     

Developmental validation of the PowerPlex(®) ESI 16 and PowerPlex(®) ESI 17 Systems: STR multiplexes for the new European standard

In response to the ENFSI and EDNAP groups’ call for new STR multiplexes for Europe, Promega^® developed a suite of four new DNA profiling kits. This paper describes the developmental validation study performed on the PowerPlex^® ESI 16 (European Standard Investigator 16) and the PowerPlex^® ESI 17 Systems. The PowerPlex^® ESI 16 System combines the 11 loci compatible with the UK National DNA Database^®, contained within the AmpFlSTR^® SGM Plus^® PCR Amplification Kit, with five additional loci: D2S441, D10S1248, D22S1045, D1S1656 and D12S391. The multiplex was designed to reduce the amplicon size of the loci found in the AmpFlSTR^® SGM Plus^® kit. This design facilitates increased robustness and amplification success for the loci used in the national DNA databases created in many countries, when analyzing degraded DNA samples. The PowerPlex^® ESI 17 System amplifies the same loci as the PowerPlex^® ESI 16 System, but with the addition of a primer pair for the SE33 locus. Tests were designed to address the developmental validation guidelines issued by the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM), and those of the DNA Advisory Board (DAB). Samples processed include DNA mixtures, PCR reactions spiked with inhibitors, a sensitivity series, and 306 United Kingdom donor samples to determine concordance with data generated with the AmpFlSTR^® SGM Plus^® kit. Allele frequencies from 242 white Caucasian samples collected in the United Kingdom are also presented. The PowerPlex^® ESI 16 and ESI 17 Systems are robust and sensitive tools, suitable for the analysis of forensic DNA samples. Full profiles were routinely observed with 62.5 pg of a fully heterozygous single source DNA template. This high level of sensitivity was found to impact on mixture analyses, where 54–86% of unique minor contributor alleles were routinely observed in a 1:19 mixture ratio. Improved sensitivity combined with the robustness afforded by smaller amplicons has substantially improved the quantity of data obtained from degraded samples, and the improved chemistry confers exceptional tolerance to high levels of laboratory prepared inhibitors.     

Bronchial stump fistula :treatment with covered retrievable hinged metallic stents-preliminary clinical experience

Objective To evaluate the preliminaily clinical efficacy and retrievability of a retrievable hinged covered metallic stent in the treatment of the bronchial stump fistula （BSF）. Methods Between April 2003 and March 2005, 8 patients with bronchial stump fistula after pneumonectomy or lobectomy were treated with two types （A and B） of retrievable hinged covered metallic stents. Type A stent was placed in 6 patients and type B in 2 under fluoroscopic guidance. The stent was removed with a retrieval set when BSF was healed or complications occurred. Results Stent placement in the bronchial tree was technically successful in all patients, without procedure-related complications. Immediate closure of the BSF was achieved in all patients after the procedure. Stents were removed from all patients but one. Removal of the stents was difficult in two patients due to tissue hyperplasia. Patients were followed up for 6 - 21 months. Placement of the stents remained stable in all patients except one due to severe cough. Permanent closure of BSF was achieved in 7 （87.5%） of 8 patients. Conclusion Use of a retrievable hinged covered expandable metallic stent is a simple, safe, and effective procedure for closure of the BSF. Retrieval of the stent seems to be feasible. （J Intervent Radiol, 2007, 16： 253-257）     

Prevalence and severity of hip and groin pain in sub‐elite male football: a cross‐sectional cohort study of 695 players

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to investigate the prevalence of hip and groin pain in sub‐elite male adult football in Denmark and (b) to explore the association between prevalence and duration of hip and groin pain in the previous season with the Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) in the beginning of the new season. In total 695 respondents from 40 teams (Division 1–4) were included. Players completed in the beginning of the new season (July–Sept 2011) a self‐reported paper questionnaire on hip and/or groin pain during the previous season and HAGOS. In total 49% (95% CI: 45–52%) reported hip and/or groin pain during the previous season. Of these, 31% (95% CI: 26–36%) reported pain for >6 weeks. Players with the longest duration of pain during the previous season had the lowest HAGOS scores, when assessed at the beginning of the new season, P < 0.001. This study documents that half of sub‐elite male adult football players report pain in the hip and/or groin during a football season. The football players with the longest duration of pain in previous season displayed the lowest HAGOS scores in the beginning of the new season.