Effectiveness of various hip preservation treatments for non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Background

Non-traumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a refractory osteonecrosis disease caused by an abnormal blood supply to bone tissue. However, therapeutic hip preservation strategies are diverse, and the therapeutic outcomes are not ideal.

VCE取材Bethesda 2001报告在宫颈癌筛查中的意义

目的：探讨VCE取材Bethesda 2001报告系统在宫颈癌筛查中的意义。方法：采用VCE取材Bethesda2001报告系统对3 056例健康体检女性进行阴道细胞学检查,并对不明确意义的不典型鳞状上皮细胞（ASC-US）以上病变者经阴道镜取材进行宫颈组织病理学诊断。结果：阴道细胞学检查(VCE取材Bethesda 2001报告系统)检出宫颈异常鳞状上皮细胞66例,阳性率2.15%。其中不明确意义的不典型鳞状上皮细胞（ASC-US）17例（25.76％）,不除外高度病变的不典型鳞状上皮细胞（ASC-H）4例,（6.06％）,低度鳞状上皮内病变（LSIL）28例（42.42％）,高度鳞状上皮内病变(HSIL)14例（21.21％）,宫颈鳞癌（SCC）3例（4.55％）。66例细胞学阳性诊断病例经宫颈活检组织病理学诊断CIN I级以上病变60例（90.91％）,其中CIN Ⅰ级35例（53.03％）,CIN Ⅱ级12例（18.18％）,CIN Ⅲ级7例（10.61％）,宫颈鳞癌6例（9.09％）。结论：VCE取材Bethesda2001报告系统取材方便、报告准确,阴道细胞学检查阳性诊断与病理诊断符合率高达90.91％,VCE取材Bethesda2001报告系统在宫颈癌筛查中具有重要意义。     

Identification and Antagonism Study of a Novel Chitinase-producing Bacterium Burkholderia Sp.C3 against Phytopathogenic Fungi

Through a modified agar well diffusion assay, antagonism of a novel chitinase-producing strain C3 against the phytopathogenic fungi including Phoma wasabiae Yokogi,Heterostrophus, Exserohilum Turcicum, Curwularia (Walk) Boed, Thantephorus cucumris, Fusarium graminearum was tested. The data showed that the crude cxtracts of strain C3 had stable antifungal activity in the range of pH 5.0 to pH 8.0. The active components were heat labile and sensitive to proteinase K. A series of experiments supported that the compound responsible for inhibitory activity appeared to be ehitinase. The 16s rDNA analysis indicated that C3 was subject to genus Burkholderia. Pbenotypic characterization of C3 was also consisted with the result of molecular identification.     

神经电生理监测技术在胸腰椎骨折微创椎弓根螺钉置入术中的应用

目的探讨神经电生理监测技术在脊柱微创椎弓根置钉术中的应用价值。方法回顾分析2011年2月~2014年2月浙江省丽水市人民医院骨科收治的胸腰椎爆裂性骨折并行胸腰椎椎弓根置钉术患者资料52例,在经皮置钉过程中实时自发肌电(spontaneous electromyography,s EMG)和触发肌电(triggered electromyography,t EMG)监测、体感诱发电位(somatosensory evoked potential,SEP)检测。随访患者术后临床神经功能及置钉椎体薄层CT。结果术后9例患者SEP波幅较术前波幅升高,提示症状可能较术前改善,术后随访证实麻木感较术前改善。术中抓获暴发肌电3例,确认钉道破壁。222枚螺钉置入中,经CT提示有21枚螺钉穿破椎弓根,t EMG阳性23例,假阳性2例,并且螺钉破壁后位置与t EMG阈值无明显关联。按美国脊髓损伤学会(America spinal injury association,ASIA)分级随访患者神经功能,术前A级2例、B级3例、C级8例、D级30例、E级9例;末次随访A级1例、B级1例、C级2例、D级17例、E级31例,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论 EMG和SEP有各自的作用,联合监测具有互补作用,为指导脊柱椎弓根镙钉置入术的进程和提高手术安全性起到一定作用。     

The Chinese approach to complementary and alternative medicine treatment for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome

Management of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) remains a challenge due to poor understanding on its etiology. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), as an optional treatment, has been widely used, because no definitive conventional therapy is available. The different domain of CAM provides miscellaneous treatments for IC/BPS, which mainly include dietary modification, nutraceuticals, bladder training, biofeedback, yoga, massage, physical therapy, Qigong, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Clinical evidence has shown that each therapy can certainly benefit a portion of IC/BPS patients. However, the target patient group of each therapy has not been well studied and randomized, controlled trials are needed to further confirm the efficacy and reliability of CAM on managing IC/BPS. Despite these limitations, CAM therapeutic characteristics including non-invasive and effectiveness for specific patients allow clinicians and patients to realize multimodal and individualized therapy for IC/BPS.     

Metformin reduces the relapse rate of tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus: experiences from 3-year follow-up

The role of metformin (MET) on treatment effect of diabetic tuberculosis (TB) patients has not been studied in China. Thus, we conducted a retrospective study to investigate whether MET exhibited more efficacy in combination with anti-TB regimens for diabetic TB patients. All patients recruited came from five tuberculosis control and prevention institutes from July 2009 to July 2016 and completed 3 years of follow-up. We used chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test to evaluate the demographic characteristics and the frequency of clinical outcome between MET and non-MET group. A total of 58 TB patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), of these 27.6% (16/58) patients in the MET group and 72.4% (42/58) patients in the non-MET group, there was no significant difference in blood glucose level between MET and non-MET group (P?=?0.494), in addition, there was a higher proportion of treatment success (93.8 vs. 71.4%) and culture conversions by the end of 2 months (87.5 vs. 71.4%) among MET group; the relapse rates of patients in MET and non-MET group were 6.3% (1/16) and 35.7% (15/42) through a 3-year follow-up (P?=?0.045). Our data revealed that the use of MET as a combination drug with existing regimen improved the success rate of anti-TB treatment and reduced the relapse rate in TB patients with DM.     

Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy-Assisted Endotracheal Intubation in a Patient With a Large Tracheal Tumor

In the event of a high degree of airway obstruction, endotracheal intubation can be impossible and even dangerous, because it can cause complete airway obstruction, especially in patients with high tracheal lesions. However, a smaller endotracheal tube under the guidance of a bronchoscope can be insinuated past obstructive tumor in most noncircumferential cases. Here we report a case of successful fiberoptic bronchoscopy-assisted endotracheal intubation in a patient undergoing surgical resection of a large, high tracheal tumor causing severe tracheal stenosis. A 42-year-old Chinese man presented with dyspnea, intermittent irritable cough, and sleep deprivation for one and a half years. X-rays and computed tomography scan of the chest revealed an irregular pedunculated soft tissue mass within the tracheal lumen. The mass occupied over 90% of the lumen and caused severe tracheal stenosis. Endotracheal intubation was done to perform tracheal tumor resection under general anesthesia. After several failed conventional endotracheal intubation attempts, fiberoptic bronchoscopy-assisted intubation was successful. The patient received mechanical ventilation and then underwent tumor resection and a permanent tracheostomy. This case provides evidence of the usefulness of the fiberoptic bronchoscopy-assisted intubation technique in management of an anticipated difficult airway and suggests that tracheal intubation can be performed directly in patients with a tracheal tumor who can sleep in the supine position, even if they have occasional sleep deprivation and severe tracheal obstruction as revealed by imaging techniques.Key words: Tracheal tumors, Fiberoptic bronchoscopy, Difficulty intubation, Difficult airwayPrimary tumors of the trachea, mostly malignant, are rare, accounting for fewer than 0.1% of all tumors.¹ Surgical resection is the major option that has the potential to cure all patients with benign and low-grade tumors and most patients with malignant tracheal tumors.¹ Since surgical procedure often requires the airway to be shared by the anesthetist and the surgeon, patients who undergo tracheal tumor resection often present with a considerable degree of airway obstruction, which makes anesthetic management during surgical resection challenging.² In the event of a high degree of airway obstruction, endotracheal intubation can be impossible and even dangerous because it can cause complete airway obstruction, especially in patients with high tracheal lesions.³ However, tumors are not circumferential in most cases, and a small endotracheal tube can be insinuated past a highly obstructive tumor under the guidance of bronchoscopy.³ Here we report a case of successful fiberoptic bronchoscopy-assisted endotracheal intubation in a patient undergoing surgical resection of a large, high tracheal tumor causing severe tracheal stenosis.