Objective To investigate the effectiveness of cannulated lag screws combined with lateral supporting plates in the treatment of Hoffa fracture of Letenneur type I and type III. Methods Between May 2004 and April 2011, 11 patients with Hoffa fracture of Letenneur type I and type III were treated, including 6 males and 5 females with an average age of 36 years (range, 25-47 years). Factures were caused by traffic accident in 8 cases, by falling in 2 cases, and by the other in 1 case. Fracture involved the left knee in 7 patients and the right knee in 4 patients. According Letenneur’s classification criteria, there were 7 type I fractures (6 lateral condyle fractures and 1 medial condyle fracture) and 4 type III fractures (3 lateral condyle fractures and 1 medial condyle fracture). Of 11 fractures, 9 were fresh fractures and 2 were old fractures. Two 6.5 mm cannulated lag screws combined with lateral supporting plates were used to fix fractures by anterolateral or anteromedial incision. Results All incisions achieved primary healing with no early complication. All patients were followed up 12-26 months (mean, 15 months). X-ray films showed bone healing with an average healing time of 15 weeks (range, 10-18 weeks). No loosening or breaking of internal fixator was observed; the removal time of internal fixation was 9-15 months (mean, 12 months). Accoding to Letenneur’s functional assessment system, the results were excellent in 7 cases, good in 3 cases, and poor in 1 case at last follow-up. Conclusion Cannulated lag screws combined with lateral supporting plates fixation is effective in treatment of Hoffa fracture of Letenneur type I and type III with a high union rate; anterolateral or anteromedial approach is the first choice for Hoffa fracture of type I and type III, especially for complicating by tibial plateau fracture or patella fracture.
摘要:目的: 报道同卵双生子间肾移植效果,探讨免疫抑制剂及激素的使用、鉴定同卵双生子的方法以及术后随访。 方法 :个案报道结合文献综述。 结果 :手术获得成功。术后随访8月,患者恢复良好。 结论 :同卵双生间的肾移植安全有效,术后不需要使用免疫抑制剂也能维持移植肾功能正常。Abstract: Objective: Reported the effects of renal transplantation between identical twins,explored the use of immunosuppressive drugs and glucocorticoid, identification method of the identical twins and postoperative followup . Methods :Combining case report and literature review. Results :The operation is success.Followup in 8 months,the patient recover well. Conclusion : The renal transplantation between identical twins is safe and effective,the immunosuppressant is not need for the postoperative patients to maintain the graft`s function.
Vascular perfusion distribution in fibroids contrast-enhanced ultrasound images provides useful pathological and physiological information, because the extraction of the vascular perfusion area can be helpful to quantitative evaluation of uterine fibroids blood supply. The pixel gray scale in vascular perfusion area of fibroids contrast-enhanced ultrasound image sequences is different from that in other regions, and, based on this, we proposed a method of extracting vascular perfusion area of fibroids. Firstly, we denoised the image sequence, and then we used Brox optical flow method to estimate motion of two adjacent frames, based on the results of the displacement field for motion correction. Finally, we extracted vascular perfusion region from the surrounding background based on the differences in gray scale for the magnitude of the rich blood supply area and lack of blood supply area in ultrasound images sequence. The experimental results showed that the algorithm could accurately extract the vascular perfusion area, reach the precision of identification of clinical perfusion area, and only small amount of calculation was needed and the process was fairly simple.
ObjectiveTo compare the outcomes of kidney transplantation (KT) between Tibetan and Han recipients.MethodsPatients greater than 18 years old, who had received the first ABO-compatible KT between April 2006 and March 2017, were retrospectively included. A propensity score matching (PSM) of Tibetans to Hans was performed by 1∶3 ratio. Survival, renal function and adverse events of the two groups were compared.ResultsOf the 1 820 patients who fit the screening criteria, 123 Tibetans and 357 Hans were included after PSM. The median follow-up time was 48 months. There was no statistically significant difference in death-censored grafts survival (P=0.061) or patients survival (P=0.440) between the two groups. The serum creatinine was higher in Tibetans than that in Hans within one year after KT (P<0.05), and the estimated glomerular filtration rate was lower in Tibetans than that in Hans within 5 years after KT (P<0.05), but no difference thereafter (P>0.05). The incidence of delayed graft function in Tibetan patients after operation was higher than that in Han patients (4.9% vs. 1.4%, P=0.037), but there was no significant difference in the incidence of acute rejection, infection, reoperation, or cancer between the two groups (P>0.05).ConclusionTibetans receiving KT achieve excellent and comparable long-term graft and patient survival to Hans, with similar long-term graft function.
目的 探讨盐酸氨基葡萄糖胶囊联合透明质酸钠注射液治疗髋骨关节炎的临床疗效。 方法 纳入疼痛门诊2010年7月－2011年7月收治的髋骨关节炎患者60例，随机分为透明质酸钠关节腔内注射联合口服盐酸氨基葡萄糖胶囊组（A组）和单独透明质酸钠关节腔内注射组（B组），每组30例。透明质酸钠关节腔内注射均为2.5 mL/次，每周1次，连续5周为1疗程。盐酸氨基葡萄糖胶囊口服，0.75 g/次，2次/d，6周为1个疗程。评估两组患者治疗后6周后髋关节疼痛视觉模拟评分（VAS评分）及Lequesne指数评定髋关节休息痛、运动痛、局部压痛、关节活动度、晨僵及行走能力，并观察两组不良反应发生情况。 结果 治疗6周后A组Lequesne功能指数及VAS评分较B组显著降低（P＜0.05），两组不良反应比较差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。 结论 治疗髋骨关节炎患者时，联合应用透明质酸钠及盐酸氨基葡萄糖胶囊疗效优于单独应用透明质酸钠者，且并未增加不良反应的发生。
【摘要】 目的 探讨肾移植术后药物（环孢素A和钙离子拮抗剂）、口腔卫生与牙龈增生的关系。 方法 随访2003年1月—2010年3月间321例肾移植患者，记录患者术后药物使用和口腔卫生情况，观察牙龈增生程度。结果 〖HTSS〗口腔卫生水平与牙龈增生程度之间存在统计学相关性（rs=0.344，P=0.000），口腔卫生水平越差，牙龈增生越严重。服用环孢素A和钙离子拮抗剂患者（A组）牙龈增生发生率为62.15%，高于单纯服用环孢素A患者（B组）23.40%，二者比较，差异有统计学意义（χ2=39.220，P=0.000）。结论 〖HTSS〗肾移植术后环孢素A和钙离子拮抗剂联合应用明显增加了牙龈增生的发病率。口腔卫生水平与牙龈增生程度之间存在重要关联，口腔卫生差是牙龈增生的危险因素。【Abstract】 Objective To investigate the correlation between drugs (cyclosporine A and calcium channel blocker), oral hygiene and gingival hyperplasia in patients after renal transplantation. Methods We continuously followed up 321 patients undergoing renal transplantation from January 2003 to July 2009 in our hospital. The levels of oral hygiene, medication and gingival hyperplasia were recorded. Results There was a close relationship between the level of oral hygiene and the degree of gingival hyperplasia (rs=0.344, P=0.000). Higher grades of gingival hyperplasia (grades Ⅱ and Ⅲ) were found exclusively in patients who did not have good oral hygiene. There was a higher tendency of developing gingival hyperplasia among patients who received cyclosporine A and calcium channel blocker than those who only received cyclosporine A (62.15% vs. 23.40%; χ2=39.220, P=0.000). Conclusion The prevalence of gingival hyperplasia is higher in renal transplant recipients taking cyclosporine A and calcium channel blockers. There is a significant relationship between the level of oral hygiene and the development of gingival hyperplasia. Poor oral hygiene is a risk factor of gingival hyperplasia.
Objective To explore the clinical value of pleura biopsy and partial pleura cryobiopsy via electronic bronchoscope in diagnosis of unknown exudative pleural effusion. Methods Diagnostic results of 563 patients with unknown exudative pleural effusion were analyzed retrospectively. Bronchoscope and routine pleura biopsy were performed in 187 patients. Bronchoscope and routine pleura biopsy plus partial pleura cryobiopsy were performed in 376 patients. Pathological positive rates of the two groups were compared. Results In the 187 patients examined by bronchoscope and routine pleura biopsy from 2006 to 2008, 161 patients obtained pathological positive results ( 86.1% ) . In the 376 patients examined by bronchoscope and routine pleura biopsy plus partial pleura cryobiopsy from 2009 to 2012, 354 patients acquired pathological diagnosis ( 94.1% ) . There was significant difference between the two groups ( P lt; 0.05) . The main complications were bleeding and local chest pain, and they can be controlled easily. Conclusions Electronic bronchoscope and pleura biopsy can obtain high detection rate of nearly 90% in diagnosis of unknown exudative pleural effusion especially when combined with cryobiopsy of partial pleura. Electronic bronchoscope combined with pleura biopsy or cryobiopsy is an alternative in clinical settings when thoracoscope is unavailable.
This paper proposes a novel metal artifact reduction (MAR) algorithm for dental implants in kilovoltage computed tomography (kVCT) using megavoltage cone-beam computer tomography (MVCBCT). Firstly, two CT images were derived by scanning patient with dental implants using kVCT and MVCBCT. Metal image was derived by thresholding segmentation in kVCT. MVCBCT and kVCT images were fused to generate prior image which was forward projected to get surrogate sinogram of metal trace. The corrected image was generated by filtered backprojection (FBP) reconstruction in corrected sinogram. The results of proposed algorithm were compared with other frequently-used metal artifact reduction algorithm, such as normalized MAR (NMAR), normalized MAR using MVCBCT prior images (NMAR-MV), and linear interpolation MAR (LIMAR). The normalized root mean square deviation (NRMSD) and mean absolute deviation (MAD) were computed. The experiment showed that the proposed method removed serious metal artifacts without introducing new artifacts. The values of NRMSD and MAD for proposed method were the minimum in all methods. The values of NRMSD for NMAR, NMAR-MV, LIMAR and the proposed method were 21.0%, 22.1%, 41.9% and 17.0% respectively. And MAD values of them were 232, 235, 553, 205 HU, respectively. In conclusion, the proposed metal artifact reduction algorithm can successfully suppress metal artifacts for dental implants, and greatly improve the quality of CT image.