A fluid level in an acute extradural haematoma

We report a fluid level in an acute extradural haematoma developing after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus. This fluid level was thought to be due to a mixture of blood and cerebrospinal fluid.     

Hydatid disease presenting as an intrascrotal mass in a child.

A thirteen-year-old boy with the preliminary diagnosis of hydrocele of the cord who underwent surgery is presented. Ultimate diagnosis of hydatid disease was established by surgical exploration and histopathologic examination of the specimen. Although it is a rare occurrence, hydatid disease should be considered as a diagnostic possibility in endemic areas.     

扶正化瘀胶囊干预慢性乙型肝炎肝纤维化作用的多中心临床研究

目的　研究扶正化瘀胶囊治疗慢性乙型肝炎肝纤维化的临床疗效及其安全性。方法　多中心、随机、双盲、平行对照的方法 ,入选年龄 18～ 65岁的慢性乙型肝炎肝纤维化患者。试验药 (扶正化瘀胶囊 )和对照药 (和络舒肝胶囊 ) ,均为每次 5粒 ,3次 /d口服 ;疗程 2 4周。疗程结束后进行 12周的随访。观测指标 :(1)于治疗第 0、2 4周观察肝组织病理学、HBV标志物 ,第 0、12、2 4周检测肝纤维化血清指标 (HA、LN、P Ⅲ P、Ⅳ C)、B超肝脾检查 ,第 0、6、12、18、2 4周观察肝功能 (随访期评价肝功能、血清肝纤维化指标 )。 (2 )安全性指标 :治疗前、后检测血、尿常规 ,肾功能 ,心电图。结果　 (1)受试者入组情况及人口学资料 :试验组 110例 ,对照组 10 6例 ,两组病例人口学特征、生命体征、病程、药物过敏史、既往治疗史、肝功能、纤维化血清学指标、肝组织病理学 (试验组 99例 ,对照组 96例 )、HBV标志物、肾功能等各项指标比较 ,无显著差异。 (2 )肝组织病理学 :治疗前后作活检肝组织学观察 93例 ,试验组 50例和对照组 43例治疗前纤维化分期 (S)均值分别为 2 .3 3和 2 .11。试验组治疗后S均值为 1.80 ,较治疗前显著下降。对照组治疗后S均值为 2 .14 ,与治疗前比较无显著改善。试验组活检肝组织纤维化分期判断     

眼窝再造联合义眼座置入术

目的评价烧伤后用全厚皮片行眼窝再造术联合羟基磷灰石义眼座置入的疗效。方法对10例由于铁水、强酸、强碱及火药烧伤引起的眼窝闭锁进行手术治疗。其中已摘除眼球者6例，有残留萎缩眼球者4例。对8例眼部烧伤患者行一期羟基磷灰石义眼座置入同时行全厚皮片移植眼窝再造术，2例为义眼座置入后二期行眼窝再造术。皮片取自上臂或大腿内侧，包裹自制眼模在置人羟基磷灰石义眼座后置入眼窝内，上下眼睑行睑缝合术，术后6～10个月剪开睑缘，定制义眼片。结果经8～36个月(平均23．2个月)的随访，皮片均成活，义眼座无暴露，无继发感染，患眼上下穹窿形成好，放置义眼片后外观满意，无义眼片自行脱出现象。结论对一些已无结膜组织的严重烧伤患者，用全厚皮片行眼窝再造术是较为有效的手术方法。     

Abdominal Stab Wounds in Children: an 18-Year Experience

Objective: Evaluation of the diagnosis, management, and the role of selective treatment in children with abdominal stab wounds. Patients and Methods: 59 children (56 male and three female) were included in the study. The patients' median age was 11.8 years (range, 5–14 years). Time between injury and admission was about 3 h. Laparotomy was performed in 44 patients (74%). Solid organ injury was detected in 32 of these patients (73%) and could not be observed in twelve (27%). 15 patients (26%) were treated conservatively, and only one (6.6%) underwent laparotomy during the follow-up. The stomach was the most frequently injured organ (ten patients), followed by the intestines (nine patients). Types of surgical treatment were as follows: primary suture in 28 patients, resection-anastomosis in three, and osteotomy in two. Results: Some prognostic factors such as presence of abdominal organ evisceration and pneumoperitoneum were not significantly correlated with intraabdominal organ injury, whereas some other risk factors such as acute abdomen on admission (p < 0.002) or abdominal clinical and hemodynamic findings (p < 0.001) showed significant correlation with intraabdominal organ injury. The relative risk (odds ratio) of developing an intraabdominal organ injury was > 2 for patients with signs of an acute abdomen on admission. Postoperative complications were observed in five patients with organ injuries. None of our patients died. Conclusions: Conservative treatment can be safely performed in most children with abdominal stab injuries. Signs of major internal hemorrhage or generalized peritonitis are an absolute indication for emergency operation for abdominal stab wounds. Peritoneal penetrations, free air on the abdominal X-ray, and omental or intestinal evisceration are poor indicators of significant organ injuries, and patients presenting these signs shold be closely followed up for developing acute abdominal symptoms. Received: November 2, 2001; revision accepted: February 15, 2002     

Immediate ultrastructural effects of endothelin-1 on rabbit basilar artery

Summary In this study intra-arterial Endothelin-1 was applied to rabbit basilar arteries and morphological findings were compared between two groups who were either perfusion fixed or immersion fixed. We planned to establish the quantitative dimension of the drug-induced morphological alterations, independent of the fixation technique's effect.There was an abundance of collagenous fibres deposited among the smooth muscle cells which was not observed in control arteries and after immersion fixation. These degenerative changes are similar to the finding following subarachnoid haemorrhage. The only fixation-related difference was the fact that lamina elastica interna was not corrugated in the perfusion fixation group.It is concluded that, the observed changes in the connective tissue of the arterial wall alter the passive elastic properties and so affect the degree of the response to the vasoactive messengers.     

The modification of the new type of end-to-side anastomosis between carotid arteries in rats: A technical and Scanning Electron Microscopic study

Summary Modification of a type of end-to-side anastomosis that has been described before is studied. The recipient artery is occluded for only 3–4 minutes to complete the anastomosis by using only the running suture. The anastomotic site was studied by inspection and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) at different times after the operation on 30 rats.