Improved rat liver preservation by hypothermic continuous machine perfusion using polysol, a new, enriched preservation solution.

For experimental machine perfusion (MP) of the liver, the modified University of Wisconsin solution (UW-G) is most often used. In our search for an enriched MP preservation solution, Polysol was developed. Polysol is enriched with various amino acids, vitamins, and other nutrients for the liver metabolism. The aim of this study was to compare Polysol with UW-G for MP preservation of the liver. Rat livers were preserved during 24 hours with hypothermic MP using UW-G (n = 5) or Polysol (n = 5). Hepatocellular damage (aspartate aminotransferase [AST], alanine aminotransferase [ALT], lactate dehydrogenase [LDH], alpha-glutathione-S-transferase [alpha-GST]) and bile production were measured during 60 minutes of reperfusion (37 degrees C) with Krebs-Henseleit buffer. Control livers were reperfused after 24 hours of cold storage in UW (n = 5). MP using UW-G or Polysol showed less liver damage when compared with controls. Livers machine perfused with Polysol showed less enzyme release when compared to UW-G. Bile production was higher after MP using either UW-G or Polysol compared with controls. In conclusion, machine perfusion using Polysol results in better quality liver preservation than cold storage with UW and machine perfusion using UW-G.     

国产前列腺内支架的临床应用及并发症探讨

目的探讨国产前列腺内支架治疗前列腺增生引起排尿困难的疗效及并发症.方法42例前列腺增生引起的排尿困难的患者,置入46枚前列腺内支架.支架均为国产镍钛记忆合金编织而成.结果42例患者中,36例置入支架后立即自行排尿,5例因前列腺增生过大前列腺尿道部过长或支架位置不理想,置入一个支架,排尿仍有困难,再次置入第二个支架后,立即自行排尿,但2例出现长期的尿失禁;1例伴有糖尿病的患者,置入支架1周后排尿困难未改善,而进行外科手术治疗.36例生活质量积分0～3分,29例术后随访6～21个月,国际前列腺症状评分(I-PSS)术前27.49±4.21,术后6.89±3.76(P<0.001),最大尿流率术前(1.78±3.89)ml/s,术后(13.91±3.56)ml/s(P<0.001).结论国产前列腺支架治疗前列腺增生引起的排尿困难虽然会出现一些并发症,但仍是一种安全、可靠的方法.     

Angeborene Fehlinnervationssyndrome

Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs) are responsible for 1–2% of infant strabismus cases. Insufficient innervation and misinnervation of aberrant nerve fibres lead to motility restrictions and synkinesis. We present the most common CCDDs and explain their pathogenesis and the resulting clinical features. Furthermore, we emphasize essential diagnostic steps and treatment aspects.     

Colobomas of the optic area

A 24-year old woman displayed a coloboma of the right optic nerve with multiple small parapapillary retinochoroidal colobomas. This rare association makes one suspect that the pathogenesis of colobomatous defects of the optic disc area are caused by a faulty closure of the embryonic fissure and an abnormal maturation of the cells of the anlage of the optic nerve head.     

The main protein on the surface of the normal fibroblast (author's transl)

In a general review, the authors discuss present knowledge on the main protein on the surface of the normal fibroblast, fibronectin. The peculiarities of this glycoprotein (localisation at the level of the cell surface, importance of thiol groups in the structure and expression of certain of its properties, reduction of the cells transformed by oncogenic viruses) are considered. The relationships which they may present with a plasma protein, cold insoluble globulin, are discussed together with the important role which they seem to play in the phenomena of cell adhesiveness.     

Bancroftian filariasis in French Polynesia. Epidemiologic status and perspectives after a 35-year preventive campaign

The authors assess of three decades of struggle against Bancroftian filariasis in French Polynesia. Wuchereria bancrofti var. pacifica, aperiodic filaria, and Aedes polynesiensis, mosquito with high parasitologic output, set up a cycle very well adapted to the Polynesian environment; after numerous tests, the chemoprophylaxis with diethylcarbamazine (3 mg/kg/half-year) of all the exposed population has been decided, in association with methods of vector-control (use of predatory crustaceans). However, the achievement of this strategy is impeded by economical contingencies and the endemic comes up again particularly in areas close to eradication. Entomological clues show a high transmission over the greater part of French Polynesia.