持续性颅内压监测在颅脑外伤治疗的效果探讨

目的对急性重型颅脑外伤患者在临床治疗中实施持续性颅内压监测的价值进行研究。方法选择本院在2017年8月—2018年8月期间收治的确诊为重型颅脑外伤的患者共计28例作为研究对象,按照硬币法将这些患者划分为两个小组,对照组14例,实验组14例。采用常规治疗方式对对照组加以治疗,采用持续性颅内压监测对实验组加以治疗,对两组患者的治疗效果进行比较。结果对照组的预后神经功能NHISS评分为(15.83±0.31)分、预后GOS评分为(3.19±0.15)分,实验组的预后神经功能NHISS评分为(11.18±0.45)分、预后GOS评分为(4.90±0.17)分。实验组预后神经功能NHISS评分、GOS评分均明显优于对照组,且差异具有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论在急性重型颅脑外伤患者的临床治疗中应用持续性颅内压监测具有重要作用,其能够对患者的治疗予以有效指导,提升患者的治疗效果。     

MRI characteristics of MOG-Ab associated disease in adults: An update

Our knowledge of the radiological spectrum of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody associated disease (MOGAD) is growing rapidly. An update on the radiological features of the disease, and its evolution is thus necessary. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has an increasingly important role in the differential diagnosis of MOGAD particularly from aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4-NMOSD), and multiple sclerosis (MS). Differentiating these conditions is of prime importance because the management is different between the three inflammatory diseases, and thus could prevent further attack-related disability. Therefore, identifying the MRI features suggestive of MOGAD has diagnostic and prognostic implications. We herein review optic nerve, spinal cord and the brain MRI findings from MOGAD adult patients, and compare them to AQP4-NMOSD and MS.     

Liver-associated immune abnormalities

In recent years, the cross talk between the liver and the immune system is being uncovered, in part by studying liver involvement in primary immune deficiencies (PID) and in part by investigating the alterations of the immune system following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Here we review some of the reciprocal interactions between the liver and the immune system. Patients with PID, particularly those involving inherited defects in T and B cells or innate immunity are prone to infections and inflammatory responses that often involve the liver. Omenn's syndrome, familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, AIRE, FOXP3 and CD25 deficiencies, common variable immunodeficiency, CD40 ligand deficiency, chronic granulomatous disease and autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome are some of the notable PID associated with typical hepatobiliary abnormalities. Knowledge gained from studying these PID together with laboratory and histological evaluations can assist in managing PID-associated liver dysfunction. The liver itself also has important effects on the immune system, as evident from the growing experience with patients surviving OLT. Up to 40% of pediatric patients who receive OLT suffer from post transplantation allergy, autoimmunity, and immune-mediated disorders (PTAA). PTAA is more common after liver and heart transplantations than kidney transplantations. Potential contributing factors for the increased frequency of PTAA after OLT include the age of the patients, the prolonged use of tacrolimus and the reduced regulatory immune function with a shift towards a TH2 immune response. Better understanding of the mechanisms leading to the development of PTAA after OLT will also improve the management of these conditions.     

Effect of occlusal trauma on healing of periapical pathoses: report of two cases

AIM: To present two clinical cases and demonstrate that occlusal trauma may affect healing of periapical pathoses. SUMMARY: Two teeth with periradicular disease did not respond successfully to conventional root canal treatment or endodontic surgery. Occlusal adjustment was finally performed on both cases. After occlusal adjustment, uncomplicated healing and periapical repair occurred in both cases. The findings in these two cases suggest that occlusal trauma may play a role in the healing of periapical pathoses. KEY LEARNING POINTS: Occlusal trauma is positively correlated with changes in periodontal tissues. Although experiments in animals have shown that application of forces to teeth will not induce further periodontal destruction, we believe that some failures of root canal treatment may be due to the presence of occlusal trauma modulating the responses of inflamed periapical tissues or apical pathoses with persistent infection.     

Vascular reactions in the periodontal ligament incident to trauma from occlusion

Abstract The experiments were performed in 13 dogs; nine of the animals had initially a healthy periodontium and four had experimental periodontitis. Trauma from occlusion was created in all dogs according to a technique described previously. The dogs were sacrificed after 7, 14, 30 and 180 days of the experiment. Prior to sacrifice colloidal carbon was injected intravenously. The degree of vascular labelling and leucocyte infiltration as well as osteoclastic activity and the size of the marginal periodontal ligament were assessed in biopsy sections. The findings showed that dogs with a healthy periodontal lesion (Group A) differed in their reactions to a jiggling type of occlusal trauma when compared to dogs with an established periodontal lesion (Group B). Whereas the periodontal ligament in Group A had become adapted to the altered occlusion by the end of 6 months of experiment, that of Group B still showed increased vascular leakage, leucocyte migration and osteoclastic activity.     

Implant-Supported Rehabilitation of the Severely Atrophic Maxilla: A Clinical Report

Implant-supported rehabilitation in the posterior maxillary region presents a series of challenges because of the possibility of increased pneumatization of the maxillary sinus after dental loss. In cases where significant maxillary bone resorption has occurred, efforts center on maximizing the use of the remaining bone to afford primary stability to the implants. This clinical report describes a patient with extreme maxillary atrophy for whom fixed rehabilitation supported on 8 implants was accomplished. A zygomatic implant, a pterygomaxillary implant, and 2 implants mesial and distal to both canine eminences were placed. This rehabilitation was accomplished with a less invasive technique and in a much shorter time period compared to a sinus lift procedure. One year after prosthetic loading, the clinical and radiological results remain satisfactory.