A Novel Nomogram to Identify Candidates for Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Among Patients with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer Diagnosed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging-targeted and Systematic Biopsies

Background

Available models for predicting lymph node invasion (LNI) in prostate cancer (PCa) patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) might not be applicable to men diagnosed via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-targeted biopsies.

Classification and cyclic fatigue evaluation of new kinematics for endodontic instruments

This study evaluated the effect of new motions of the motor TriAuto ZX2 on the cyclic fatigue of endodontic instruments. Vortex Blue 35.06 instruments were divided into four groups (n = 10) and tested for fatigue in a curved artificial canal (90° and 2 mm radius) using the following motions: continuous rotation (CR), Optimum Torque Reverse (OTR) set at 180° and the Optimum Glide Path (OGP), which was tested at 90° and 240°. The time to fracture (TTF) and the lengths of the fractured fragments were recorded. The mean TTF was significantly different among the groups (anova , P < 0.05): OGP 90° (213.39 ± 27.45), OTR 180° (121.24 ± 17.03), OGP 240° (45.24 ± 5.61) and CR (8.43 ± 1.27). Weibull analysis confirmed the shortest life expectancy for CR and the longest survival for OGP at 90°. The resistance to fatigue was affected by motions and pre‐set angles. The proprietary movements that are currently available for endodontic instruments were classified according to their kinematics.     

Oral Everolimus for Treatment of a Giant Left Ventricular Rhabdomyoma in a Neonate—Rapid Tumor Regression Documented by Real Time 3D Echocardiography

The presented case reports on successful treatment with everolimus in a neonate with left ventricular giant rhabdomyoma. The authors used a different dosage regime compared to literature and documented rapid tumor regression by 3D echocardiography.     

Within-host dynamics of antigenic variation.

Genomes of some parasites contain dozens of alternative and highly diverged surface antigens, of which only a single one is expressed in any cell. Individual cells occasionally change expression of their surface antigen, allowing them to escape immune surveillance. These switches appear to occur in a partly random way, creating a diverse set of antigenic variants. In spite of this diversity, the parasitemia develops as a series of outbreaks, in which each outbreak is dominated by relatively few antigenic types. Host-specific immunity eventually clears the dominant antigenic types, and a new outbreak follows from antigenic types that have apparently been present all along at low frequency. This pattern of sequential dominance by different antigenic types remains unexplained. We review the five most prominent theories, which have developed mainly from studies of the protozoans Trypanosoma and Plasmodium, and the bacterial spirochete Borrelia. The most promising theories depend on some combination of mechanisms to create favored connectivity pathways through the matrix of transitions between variants. Favored pathways may arise from biased switches at the molecular level of gene expression or from biases imposed by immune selection. We illustrate the concept of connectivity pathways by reanalysis of data on transitions between variants from Borrelia hermsii.     

发展中的国际计算机辅助骨科手术协会

国际计算机辅助骨科手术协会(CAOS-International)是目前致力于计算机辅助骨科手术(CAOS)临床应用和相关生物医学工程技术研究的国际性学术组织。协会通过每年举办学术年会,召集世界各地的骨科医生、工程师及医疗器械厂商探讨CAOS的应用现状和未来发展趋势。其深远目标是通过会议讨论,交换研究和临床信息,并通过计算机辅助系统帮助术前计划、术中操作和术后评估。协会的宗旨是促进骨科医生与技术人员间的合作,使CAOS系统成为临床日常应用的有利工具和有用技术。协会成立迄今已有5年历史,通过国际间的学术交流和各相关学科的技术融合,极大地推动了CAOS技术的发展和普及。中国的CAOS研究还处于起步阶段,积极参加CAOS-International的学术活动,了解有关信息,将有助于及时跟踪国际学术动态,推动相关研究。     

Renal fibrosis and the origin of the renal fibroblast.

Many studies have determined that the extent of tubulointerstitialinvolvement, particularly fibrosis, correlates better with renalfunction than glomerular changes do, thus, the extent of tubulointerstitialdamage in any given renal biopsy has important implicationsfor the renal prognosis of the patient (summarized in [1]).Tubulointerstitial fibrosis is characterized by the accumulationof extracellular matrix components including collagen typesI, III, IV, proteoglycans and fibronectin. In recent years,much controversy has been created in the nephrology communityregarding the origin of matrix-producing cells in the kidney.Several possibilities exist, including activation of residentinterstitial fibroblasts, migrating haematopoietic or mesenchymalstem cells from the bone marrow, periadventitial cells and epithelial–mesenchymaltransition (EMT) of tubular epithelial cells. This review summarizesrecent data indicating the possible origin of matrix-producingcells in the kidney, and illustrates from a clinical point of