Clinical report of cervical arthroplasty in management of spondylotic myelopathy in Chinese

Objectives  

To investigate clinical effects and manual operational point of Bryan cervical disc prosthesis in Chinese, to observe the stability and range of movement (ROM) post-operatively.     

一种血吸虫病兔肝原色保存方法

为了更好地观察血吸虫病肝脏虫卵肉芽肿病理变化的特征,必须保持肝脏原有颜色。以前常有2种保存标本的方法:第1种方法是把新鲜肝脏直接放入10%甲醛液内,保存时间长,但肝脏会变成与灰白色虫卵肉芽肿颜色近似,对比度降低,影响观察;第2种方法是用甲醛、过硫酸钠、蒸溜水、吡啶配方     

烤瓷贴面修复20例临床观察

目的评价烤瓷贴面的修复效果。方法选择20例患者制作烤瓷贴面92个。复诊时对烤瓷贴面的边缘适合性,边缘着色及颜色进行评价;同时采用牙龈出血指数和菌斑指数评价治疗前后的牙周状况。观察时间为12～18个月。结果5颗牙烤瓷贴面失败,成功率为95.7%;烤瓷贴面治疗前后牙龈出血指数无显著性差异(P>0.05),治疗后菌斑指数降低(P<0.01)。结论烤瓷贴面具有较好的治疗效果。     

全胃切除ρ形空肠代胃治疗胃癌64例报告

报告全胃切除ρ形空肠代胃治疗胃癌６４例。术后无吻合口瘘与手术死亡，无返流性食管炎和倾倒综合征，生存质量满意。术后１、３、５年生存率分别为７１．８％、４２．２％和３４．４％。本组结果表明：此种改良后的ρ形空肠代胃、空肠原位间置术式，安全、简便、省时，使常见的手术并发症和远期后遗症均可得到较好预防和纠正，术后生存质量高，是一种满意的代胃术。     

Segmental fixation with U-shaped rod in the treatment of spondylolisthesis

Summary From 1987 to 1990 the authors treated 20 cases of spondylolisthesis by an improved operative procedure including excision of the medial part of the superior articular processes of the slipped vertebra, excision of the soft tissue between the ununited isthmi, and excision of the ligamentum flavum between the intervertebral space above the slipped segment. In some instances the lower portion of the lamina over the slipped vertebra should be resected. A U-shaped rod was used to hold sublaminar fixation of two segments above and below the slipped vertebra, with the slipped vertebra spared. Utilizing the U-shaped rod as support, bone strips were placed along the lateral and anterior sides of the rod to bridge the gap between the laminae of the displaced vertebra. Other bone grafts were focused on the facet joints. The patients were allowed ambulation early postoperatively. 19 cases could be evaluated at preliminary follow-up. All showed satisfactory results.     

Experimental study of the effect on the liver of cortisol after diverting the adrenal venous circulation into the portal circulation

In order to evaluate the operation of the adrenal autotransplantation into omentum with arterio-venous anastomosis, the right adrenal of fifteen dogs was preliminarily removed and then the left adrenal vein was diverted into the portal circulation by micro surgical technique. Before and after the diversion, the serum cortisol taken from portal vein, hepatic vein, inferior vena cava and peripheral vein was analysed by radioimmunoassay. The dog's adrenal cortex, pituitary were removed for light and electron-microscopic examination. The experimental results demonstrate that the cortisol inactivation effect of the liver was not statistically different before and after the procedure (P greater than 0.05). Thus, we believe that the omentum which has obvious absorbability and revascularity is a reasonable site for adrenal transplantation. And we also found the adrenal cortex left appear slight hypotrophy and pituitary hypertrophy after the diversion. The cause however, requires further research.     

Hyperoxaluria, nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis and renal failure after massive resection of the small intestine: report of a case.

Hyperoxaluria is frequently seen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, or after resection of the ileum. It is assumed to be responsible for the development of nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis (oxalate nephrosis) and progressive renal impairment in these patients. Steatorrhea may aggravate the severity of hyperoxaluria. A 60-year-old male underwent massive resection of the jejunum and ileum 10 years prior to admission, due to strangulation of the small bowel, with occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery. He remained well except for steatorrhea which developed two-and-a-half years prior to admission, when microhematuria, proteinuria and oxaluria developed progressively. Since that time, the nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis and renal failure have continued to worsen despite therapy with oxalate restriction and oxalate-binding agents. A renal biopsy, performed late in the clinical course, showed severe changes in the renal parenchyma. The decline in renal function proved irreversible. The unusual metabolic consequences of massive resection of the small intestine and their mechanisms are discussed.     

Loss of heterozygosity for distal markers on 22q in human gliomas.

Loss of constitutional heterozygosity as determined through the analysis of restriction-fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) on tumoral and constitutional DNA has proven to be helpful to delimit the location of tumor-suppressor genes in the human genome. In malignant gliomas this approach indicates that chromosomes 9p, 10, 17p, and 22 may contain genes of this category involved in its origin and/or progression. Regarding chromosome 22, the data so far provided by molecular studies confirmed those previously reported by cytogenetic studies, suggesting the existence of a sub-group of malignant gliomas characterized by monosomy of this chromosome. However, the precise location of the putative glioma suppressor gene on chromosome 22 remains ambiguous. We have performed a combined cytogenetic and RFLP study on a series of 31 gliomas, looking for structural abnormalities of this chromosome. In 3 instances, terminal deletions of the long arm of chromosome 22 were observed by both methodologies, suggesting that the band q13 region distal to the D22S80 marker might be the critical domain non-randomly involved in tumor suppression of gliomas.