Voluntary ambulation using voluntary upper limb muscle activity and Hybrid Assistive Limb® (HAL®) in a patient with complete paraplegia due to chronic spinal cord injury: A case report

Context: We sought to describe our experience with the Hybrid Assistive Limb® (HAL®) for active knee extension and voluntary ambulation with remaining muscle activity in a patient with complete paraplegia after spinal cord injury.

Findings: A 30-year-old man with complete paraplegia used the HAL® for 1 month (10 sessions) using his remaining muscle activity, including hip flexor and upper limb activity. Electromyography was used to evaluate muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, tensor fascia lata, quadriceps femoris, and hamstring muscles in synchronization with the Vicon motion capture system. A HAL® session included a knee extension session with the hip flexor and voluntary gait with upper limb activity. After using the HAL® for one month, the patient’s manual muscle hip flexor scores improved from 1/5 to 2/5 for the right and from 2/5 to 3/5 for the left knee, and from 0/5 to 1/5 for the extension of both knees.

Conclusion/clinical relevance: Knee extension sessions with HAL®, and hip flexor and upper-limb-triggered HAL® ambulation seem a safe and feasible option in a patient with complete paraplegia due to spinal cord injury.     

Hybrid procedures as a combined endovascular and open approach for pararenal and thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies

OBJECTIVES: to report our experience with hybrid vascular procedures in patients with pararenal and thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies. METHODS: 68 patients were treated for thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies between October 1999 and February 2004; 19 patients (16 men; mean age 68, range 40-79) with high risk for open thoracoabdominal repair were considered to be candidates for combined endovascular and open repair. Aortic pathologies included five thoracoabdominal Crawford I aneurysms, one postdissection expanding aneurysm, three symptomatic plaque ruptures (Crawford IV), five combined thoracic descending and infrarenal aneurysms with a healthy visceral segment, three juxtarenal or para-anastomotic aneurysms, and two patients with simultaneous open aortic arch replacement and a rendezvous maneuver for thoracic endografting. Commercially available endografts were implanted with standardized endovascular techniques after revascularization of visceral and renal arteries. RESULTS: Technical success was 95%. One patient developed a proximal type I endoleak after chronic expanding type B dissection and currently is waiting conversion. Nine patients underwent elective, five emergency and five urgent (within 24 h) repair. 17 operations were performed simultaneously, and 2 as a staged procedure. Postoperative complications include two retroperitoneal hemorrhages, and one patient required long-term ventilation with preexisting subglottic tracheal stenosis. Thirty-day mortality was 17% (one multiple organ failure, one secondary rupture after open aortic arch repair, one myocardial infarction). Paraplegia or acute renal failure were not observed. Total survival rate was to 83% with a mean follow-up of 30 months. CONCLUSIONS: Midterm results of combined endovascular and open procedures in the thoracoabdominal aorta are encouraging in selected high risk patients. Staged interventions may reduce morbidity.     

数字图书馆的个性化信息服务

分析了国内外数字图书馆个性化信息服务的现状及相关技术,提出了建立个性化信息服务系统的方法及个性化信息服务中需要注意的问题.     

Hybrid Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Introduction of a New Technique for Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Recently, anatomic or double-bundle reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) has been presented in an effort to more accurately restore the native anatomy. These techniques create 2 tunnels in both the femur and tibia to reproduce the bundles of the ACL. However, the increased number of tunnels, particularly on the femoral side, has raised some concerns among authors and surgeons. We describe a technique to reconstruct the 2 distinct bundles of the ACL by using a single femoral tunnel and 2 tibial tunnels, the “hybrid” ACL reconstruction. The femoral tunnel is drilled through an anteromedial arthroscopy portal, which allows placement in a more anatomic position. Fixation in the femur is achieved with a novel device that separates a soft-tissue graft into 2 independently functioning bundles. Once fixed in the femur, the anteromedial and posterolateral bundles of the graft are passed through respective tunnels at the anatomic footprint on the tibia. These bundles are independently tensioned, which creates a reconconstruction that is similar to the native ACL. The technique presented provides surgeons with an alternative to other double-bundle techniques involving 4 tunnels.     

抗地高辛人源小分子抗体的获取

目的 从大容量噬菌体抗体库中筛选人源性抗地高辛抗体,并构建双体抗体.方法 以固相化的地高辛对构建的大容量噬菌体抗体库进行筛选,3～4轮后挑取克隆用酶联免疫吸附测定方法鉴定其特异性,对抗地高辛阳性抗体克隆进行DNA指纹分析及测序分析.选取活性好的克隆进行改造,构建双体抗体.结果 在抗体库的筛选过程中可见到明显的富集现象,获得了4株可与地高辛特异性结合的人源抗体,经DNA指纹分析及测序分析证明为不同克隆基因,阳性克隆的可变区基因轻链均属于λ第一亚群,重链分别属于第三和第四亚群.选取4号克隆进行基因改造,构建双体抗体表达载体,获得了活性较好的双体抗体.结论 利用噬菌体抗体技术获得了人源性抗地高辛抗体,并改造成应用前景较好的双体抗体,可能为临床诊断及治疗洋地黄类药物中毒提供具有实用价值的人源抗体.     

信息时代高校图书馆信息服务的拓展

论述了信息时代高校图书馆信息服务的优势、模式、特点，探讨了高校图书馆拓展信息服务的策略。     

医院图书馆过刊剔旧工作的思考

分析了医院图书馆过刊剔旧的必要性与可行性,提出了剔旧原则与建立全国性文献剔除网络中心的设想.     

中小型图书馆文献编目质量规范控制探讨

分析了中小型图书馆文献编目质量规范方面的问题,对提高编目人员的规范意识、编目数据著录规范、学习与使用标目法与机读目录格式、数据格式标准化及标目规范控制工作范围、制定编目规范控制细则等五个方面进行了探讨.     

基于混合遗传算法的心脏病决策支持系统研究

将遗传算法和 BP算法相结合 ,建立了一个基于混合遗传算法的心脏病决策支持系统来鉴别诊断五种常见心脏病 (冠心病 ,高血压性心脏病 ,风湿性心脏病 ,慢性肺原性心脏病和先天性心脏病 )。一个含有 35 2份心脏病的数据库用来构建和测试了该系统。实验结果表明 ,构建的系统对这五种心脏病均有较好的诊断识别率 ,系统的平均识别准确性达 90 .6 % ,各疾病的用户准确性和程序准确性均大于 85 .0 % ,表现出良好的心脏病的临床诊断决策支持能力