Assessment of proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunostaining in parotid tumors

We evaluated the prognostic value of immunostaining proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) by using a monoclonal antibody (PC10) in patients with parotid tumors. Twenty-seven cases were studied. Immunohistochemical studies were carried out on paraffin-embedded tissues from the patients, and the PCNA index was calculated as the percentage of positively staining tumor cells. The PCNA index ranged from 0.1 to 65.3%. We divided the 27 lesions into three groups histologically: group A with benign pleomorphic tumors (11 cases), group B with low-grade malignant tumors (5 cases), and group C with high-grade malignant tumors (11 cases). The mean PCNA index was 0.7% in group A, 2.0% in group B, and 23.1% in group C. The clinical data revealed a significantly higher local tumor recurrence and mortality rate in group C than in groups A and B. We conclude that PCNA may be used as an important indicator for determining clinical prognosis in parotid tumors. Received: 26 July 1997 / Accepted: 28 October 1997     

Coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with myasthenia gravis

A 73-year-old man with myasthenia gravis required quadruple coronary artery bypass grafting due to triple-vessel disease. Anesthetic management was performed with general anesthesia using a reduced dose of muscle relaxant with the aid of a neuromuscular transmission monitor. He was extubated 14 hrs after surgery without difficulty under this monitor. His postoperative course was uneventful. A patient with myasthenia gravis who required coronary artery bypass surgery was successfully performed by the deliberate preoperative evaluation of patient's myasthenic and cardiac status, and by the careful perioperative management.     

Expression of Daxx sensitizes Jurkat T-cells to the apoptosis-inducing effect of chemotherapeutic agents.

BACKGROUND: The role of Daxx, in particular its ability to promote or hinder apoptosis, still remains controversial. In order to elucidate the functional relevance of Daxx in the extrinsic signaling of malignant lymphocytes Jurkat T-cells were stably transfected with a Daxx-expressing vector or with the respective Daxx-negative control vector. RESULTS: Assessing first the impact of Daxx expression on the rate of proliferation we demonstrate that overexpression of Daxx alone is not sufficient to alter proliferation in neoplastic lymphocytes. Nevertheless, expression of Daxx down-regulates anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and up-regulates pro-apoptotic BID. In addition, Daxx-overexpressing Jurkat cells exhibit a decreased expression of the pro-caspase-8, -10, -9 and -3 and a concomitant increase of the inhibitors of apoptosis proteins survivin, XIAP, cIAP-1 and -2. We further demonstrate, that upon incubation with various chemotherapeutic agents these Daxx-induced molecular alterations sensitize Jurkat T-cells to the apoptosis-inducing effects of specific chemotherapeutic agents. CONCLUSIONS: We here outline the molecular changes elicited by Daxx on major components of the apoptotic cascade of malignant lymphocytes and demonstrate the capacity of Daxx to sensitize these cells to the apoptosis-inducing effect of various chemotherapeutic agents.     

Concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and cholecystectomy. Combination of retroperitoneal aortic reconstruction and gassless laparoscopic cholecystectomy

The coexistence of cholelithiasis and abdominal aortic aneurysm is not uncommon. However, cholecystectomy at the time of abdominal aortic reconstruction has generally been delayed because of the potential contamination of the graft. The case described here had concomitant cholelithiasis and abdominal aortic aneurysm, both of which were required to be treated, and was successfully treated with a combination of retroperitoneal abdominal aortic reconstruction and gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy.     

后矢状位肛门直肠成形术后便秘原因初探

目的　研究无肛畸形胎鼠直肠盲端神经元细胞分布情况 ,探讨后矢状位肛门直肠成形术 (PSARP)后便秘发生原因。方法　选用 2～ 3个月龄 ,体重 2 5 0～ 30 0g健康Wistar大白鼠 12只 ,其中雌鼠 8只 ,雄鼠 4只。实验组雌鼠为 5只 ,对照组为 3只。雌雄交配后第 11d对实验组 5只雌鼠使用乙烯硫脲 (ethylenethiourea ,ETU)灌胃 (1%乙烯硫脲溶液 ,12 5mg/kg) ,对照组孕鼠在同一天使用等量蒸馏水灌胃。第 2 2d对两组孕鼠剖宫取胎 ,形态学研究取实验组及对照组各一只孕鼠 ,获实验组无肛胎鼠 6只 ,正常 5只 ,对照组胎鼠 10只。对胎鼠盆腔进行正中矢状切片 ,HE染色后在光镜下观察其形态。免疫组化研究将两组剩余孕鼠 (实验组 4只 ,对照组 2只 ) ,获胎鼠实验组无肛、正常和对照组各 2 7只、16只和 2 1只 ,取胎鼠直肠盲端 ,利用神经元特异性烯醇化酶 (neuronspecificenolaseNSE)和S 10 0蛋白标记肠壁内源性神经元细胞及胶质细胞 (SP)法 ,分别对肌间神经元、粘膜下神经元及胶质细胞进行计数并与对照组对比 ,进行统计学分析。结果　实验组无肛胎鼠盆腔正中矢状切面可显示直肠盲端的形态。直肠盲端与对照组直肠肌间神经元细胞数分别为 2 .0 9± 0 .5 0 ,2 .74±0 .5 1;直肠盲端与对照组直肠粘膜下神经元细胞数分别为 0 .72     

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin, aclacinomycin A, and mitomycin C for cervical adenocarcinoma – a preliminary study

Between 1989 and 2002, 28 patients with locally advanced cervical adenocarcinoma (bulky IB-IIIB) were recruited for a pilot study aimed at evaluation of the effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin, aclacinomycin-A, and mitomycin-C (PAM), followed by radical surgery. This regimen was administrated intra-arterially or intravenously. In addition to patients treated with PAM, we retrospectively analyzed the prognoses of 26 patients in stage I and II, who had been treated between 1975 and 1981 with radical surgery with/without radiation therapy. Twenty-eight patients received PAM therapy as neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and 75.0% of the 16 intra-arterially infused patients showed a response, as did 66.7% of the 12 intravenously infused patients. There was a significant difference in the 5-year prognosis of stage II (PAM group, 72.9%; without-PAM group, 36.4%). The results suggest that, as the free space in the parametrium is widened by neoadjuvant chemotherapy with PAM, it is possible that the tumor could be completely resected by radical hysterectomy. Thus, neoadjuvant chemotherapy with PAM is expected to improve the survival rate of patients with advanced cervical adenocarcinoma by the preliminary study. However, the survival rates of stage II with lymph node metastasis in the without-PAM group seem low, and we must also consider that the various technologies to evaluate and treat the cervical adenocarcinomas, e.g. computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and surgical equipments, had improved during 1989-2002 than was the scenario during 1975-1981, and these improvements contributed to better prognosis. A prospective-randomized study is needed to assess the value of this approach compared with standard management.     

静脉全麻复合骶管阻滞在婴幼儿先天性心脏病介人封堵治疗的研究

目的比较静脉全麻复合单次骶管阻滞麻醉与单纯静脉全麻用于婴幼儿先天性心脏病介入封堵治疗的效果。方法616例婴幼儿先天性心脏病介入封堵治疗患者随机分成两组:骶管阻滞加静脉全麻(I组);另一组用全凭静脉麻醉(II组)。结果全麻药的用量,II组比I组明显增多(P<0.05);I组苏醒时间短,分泌物少,手术后呕吐发生率少(P<0.05)。结论静脉全麻复合小儿单次骶管阻滞麻醉比全凭静脉麻醉用于婴幼儿先天性心脏病介入封堵治疗麻醉费用少,生命体征平稳,麻醉并发症少,值得推广。     

基于ODS构建医院即时联机分析处理系统的研究

面向医院管理者在日常管理全过程中对信息服务的需求,基于HIS数据资源,研究了应用ODS技术进行数据集成整合的技术方法,提出了在医院HIS数据库基础上建立ODS的策略。