正畸疼痛的影响因素及临床表现

目的探讨正畸治疗中患者疼痛的影响因素、临床表现;为预防和治疗提供方法依据。方法对59例接受正畸治疗的患者进行综合问卷随访调查,将患者按年龄(青少年组和成人组)和性别分组,影响因素为社会主观因素(心理焦虑恐惧、文化程度、职业)和自然客观因素(畸形程度);临床表现由无疼痛、疼痛开始的部位、强度、时间、持续时间、结束时间表示。χ2检验和方差统计分析比较各年龄组和男女性别组的不同影响因素和临床表现的差异。结果青少年组正畸重度疼痛与心理焦虑恐惧、文化程度、职业各项均无关(P>0.05),而与畸形程度相关(P<0.05);畸形越明显疼痛越严重。成人则相反,其疼痛与社会因素均相关(P<0.05),而与本身的畸形程度无相关(P>0.05);在青少年组和成人组中,男女各项因素比较均无显著相关(P>0.05)。结论正畸治疗患者疼痛在青少年与患者病变本身的严重程度有关,与社会因素无关;而成人则主要与社会主观因素有关与病变本身相关不明显。年龄是而性别不是正畸疼痛的影响因素。     

腹腔镜下与经腹股沟精索内静脉结扎术的比较研究

目的：比较两种精索静脉曲张手术的临床应用价值。方法：选择117例双侧精索静脉曲张的病例,分别行经腹股沟切口精索内静脉结扎术52例,腹腔镜下精索内静脉高位结扎术65例,对两组病例的术中经过、恢复过程、术后效果进行对比分析。结果：两组术后经腹股沟组复发2例,腹腔镜组无复发;两组治疗效果无差异;手术并发症分别发生3例及1例单侧阴囊水肿;手术时间经腹股沟组明显少于腹腔镜组;平均住院时间腹腔镜组明显少于经腹股沟组。腹腔镜手术术中解剖更清晰、损伤更小、可分离睾丸动脉,术后康复更快。结论：腹腔镜下精索静脉高位结扎术比开放手术居优势,尤其对双侧精索静脉曲张者。     

Lutein/zeaxanthin isomers regulate neurotrophic factors and synaptic plasticity in trained rats

Background/aim This study was conducted to elucidate the effects of lutein/zeaxanthin isomers (L/Zi) on lipid metabolism, oxidative stress, NF-κB/Nrf2 pathways, and synaptic plasticity proteins in trained rats.Materials and methods Wistar rats were distributed into four groups: 1) control, 2) L/Zi: rats received L/Zi at the dose of 100 mg/kg by oral gavage, 3) exercise, 4) exercise+L/Zi: rats exercised and received L/Zi (100 mg/kg) by oral gavage. The duration of the study was eight weeks. Results Exercise combined with L/Zi reduced lipid peroxidation and improved antioxidant enzyme activities of muscle and cerebral cortex in rats (p < 0.001). In the Exercise + L/Zi group, muscle and cerebral cortex Nrf2 and HO-1 levels increased, while NF-κB levels decreased (p <0.001). Also, L/Zi improved BDNF, synapsin I, SYP, and GAP-43 levels of the cerebral cortex of trained rats (p < 0.001). The highest levels of BDNF, synapsin SYP, and GAP-43 in the cerebral cortex were determined in the Exercise+L/Zi group.Conclusion These results suggested that exercise combined with L/Zi supplementation might be effective to reduce neurodegeneration via improving neurotrophic factors and synaptic proteins, and oxidative capacity in the cerebral cortex.     

Evaluation of systemic involvement of Coronavirus disease 2019 through spleen; size and texture analysis

Background/aimTo investigate the changes in the spleen size, parenchymal heterogeneity, and computed tomography (CT) texture analysis features of patients diagnosed with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Materials and methodsThe size and parenchymal structure of the spleen in 91 patients who underwent thoracic CT examination due to COVID-19 were evaluated. For the evaluation of parenchymal heterogeneity, CT texture analysis was performed using dedicated software (Olea Medical, France). The texture analysis of each case consisted of 15 first-order intensity-based features, 17 gray level co-occurrence matrix-based features, and 9 gray level run length matrix-based features.ResultsA total of 91 patients (45 males, 46 females) with a mean age of 54.31 ± 16.33 years (range: 18–81) were included in the study. A statistically significant decrease in spleen size was seen in the follow-up CT examinations (p < 0.001) whereas no statistically significant difference was found between the Hounsfield unit (HU) values. The radiomics consisted of first-order intensity-based features such as 90th percentile, maximum, interquartile range, range, mean absolute deviation, standard deviation, and variance, all of which showed statistically significant differences (p - values: < 0.001, < 0.001, 0.001, 0.003, 0.001, 0.001, and 0.004, respectively). “Correlation” as a gray level co-occurrence matrix-based feature and “gray level nonuniformity” as a gray level run length matrix-based feature showed statistically differences (p-values: 0.033 and < 0.001, respectively).ConclusionsAlthough COVID-19 manifests with lung involvement in the early stage, it can also cause systemic involvement, and the spleen may be one of its target organs. A decrease in the spleen size and parenchymal microstructure changes can be observed in the short follow-up time. It is hoped that the changes in the parenchymal microstructure will be demonstrated by a noninvasive method: texture analysis.