Ligaments are dense fibrous connective tissue that maintains joint stability through bone-to-bone connections. Ligament tears that due to sports injury or tissue aging usually require surgical intervention, and transplanting autologous, allogeneic, or artificial ligaments for reconstruction is the gold standard for treating such diseases in spite of many drawbacks. With the development of materialogy and manufacturing technology, engineered ligament tissue based on bioscaffold is expected to become a new substitute, which can lead to tissue regeneration by simulating the structure, composition, and biomechanical properties of natural tissue. This paper reviewed some recently published in vitro and animal researches focusing on ligament tissue engineering, then evaluated the properties and the effects on tissue repair and reconstruction of fiber structure scaffolds, multi-phase interface scaffolds and bio-derived scaffolds designed by bionic principle and made of different materials, manufacturing techniques and biological factors. Finally, summarization followed by the prospection for future development direction of biological scaffolds in ligament tissue engineering research is given.
Objective To identify genes associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as candidate diagnostic markers in a genome-wide scale. Methods The gene expression profiles of 40 pairs of HCC tumor tissue and peripheral non-tumorous liver tissue were analyzed by using gene chip technology.The gene chips were fabricated at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Each gene chip contained 9 180 genes. The fluorescent targets were prepared by a direct labeling approach using two kinds of fluorescences as following: 100 μg of total RNA from non-cancerous liver tissue was labeled with Cy3-dUTP and 200 μg of total RNA from HCC was labeled with Cy5-dUTP. The targets were mixed together and hybridized with genes on the gene chips. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis was done by CLUSTER and TREEVIEW software using median centered correlation and complete linkage. Results A total of 10 genes were found up-regulated in over 80% of primary tumors comparing with that of their corresponding non-tumorous liver tissues at a two-fold filter with an unsupervised hierarchical clustering algorithm, including protocadherin-alpha 9, ESTs, Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ, KPNA2, RPS20, SNRPE, CDKN2A, UBD, MDK and ANXA2.Conclusion These genes are supposed to be candidates for the diagnosis of HCC. Further investigation of these genes in a large scale of patients with HCC and patients with non-malignant hepatic diseases will be needed to disclose whether they could be used clinically as novel diagnostic tumor markers for HCC.
Objective To review the current development in meniscus tissue engineering. Methods Recent literature concerning the development of the meniscus tissue engineering was extensively reviewed and summarized. Results Recent researches mainly focus on: selection of seed cells and research of their potential of differentiation into chondrocytes; selection of scaffold materials and research of their mechanical properties; cytokines and their mechanisms of action. Conclusion Many achievements have been made in meniscus tissue engineering. Most important topics in future research include: finding seed cells that are adapted to physiological process, are easy to culture, and have higher chondrogenic differentiation ability; looking for necessary cytokines and their mechanisms of action; finding scaffold meterials with b morphological plasticity, no antigenicity, good degradability, and mechanical property close to normal meniscus.
Objetive To investigate the effect of elastic pivot stable biteplate on treating irredueible temporal bone displacement of the temporomandibular joint. Methods Twenty-eight cases of irredueible temporal bone displacement of the temporomandibular joint treated with the elasticpivot stable biteplate from 2000 to 2004 were summarized. The ages of the patients ranged from 15 to 58 yeras includding 11 men and 17 women.Results All the patients were treated for 1 month and followed up for 3 to 6 months. The effective rate was 87.51%. The patients who had shorter course of diseases obtained better effect than the patients who had longer courses of diseases. Conclusion Elastic pivot stable biteplate is an effective alternative for treating irredueible temporal bone displacement of the temporomandibular joint and it exerts better effect on the patients that have short courses of diseases.
Objective To observe the vascular endthelial cellular apoptosis induced by transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT). Methods Vascular endothelial cells (VEC) cultured in vitro were treated with TTT, hyperthermia and TTT combined with indocyanine green (ICG) pretreatment. The cellular apoptosis was detected by doublelabelled flow cytometer (annexin Vfluroescein isothiocyanate and propidium iodide) analysis, fluorescent microscopy, nucleolus stainned with DNA dye hoechst 33258, DNA ladder detection and electron microscopy. Results Without significant rising of the temperature, TTT couldnprime;t increase the apoptosis of VEC. Pure hyperthermia and TTT combined with ICG pretreatment could increase apoptosis of VEC significantly, and the effect of the latter method was more obvious. The higher power of TTT was used and the longer duration the cells were cultured, the higher apoptosis rate of VEC was. Conclusion The induction of apoptosis of VEC might play an important role in the mechanism of the occlusion of CNV by TTT, and combining with ICG may obviously enhance the apoptosis rate at the same temperature, which may supply a theoretical basis for promoting the clinical effect of TTT.
In the research of non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI), independent component analysis (ICA) has been considered as a promising method of electroencephalogram (EEG) preprocessing and feature enhancement. However, there have been few investigations and implements about online ICA-BCI system up till now. This paper reports the investigation of the ICA-based motor imagery BCI (MIBCI) system, combining the characteristics of unsupervised learning of ICA and event-related desynchronization (ERD) related to motor imagery. We constructed a simple and practical method of ICA spatial filter calculation and discriminate criterion of three-type motor imageries in the study. To validate the online performance of proposed algorithms, an ICA-MIBCI experimental system was fully established based on NeuroScan EEG amplifier and VC++ platform. Four subjects participated in the experiment of MIBCI testing and two of them took part in the online experiment. The average classification accuracies of the three-type motor imageries reached 89.78% and 89.89% in the offline and online testing, respectively. The experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm produced high classification accuracy and required less time consumption, which would have a prospect of cross platform application.
Objective To investigate the inhibition effect of salazosulfapyridine (SF) on the formation of post-operative abdominal adhesion and its possible mechanism. Methods Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into five groups: sham operation group (Sham group), blank control group (BC group), sodium hyaluronate (HA) group, low dose of SF group (LSF group), and high dose of SF group (HSF group). Except the Sham group, all the rats in other 4 groups were created abdominal adhesion model by abrasion of caecum and its opposite abdominal wall. Rats of the BC group didn’t received any treatment after model establishment. Before closing the abdominal wall, the rats of the HA group were treated by 2 mL HA. After the operation, the rats of the LSF group and the HSF group were daily orally administrated with different dose of SF (50 mg/kg for the LSF group and 100 mg/kg for the HSF group), while the other 3 groups treated with same dose of normal saline. Seven days after operation, the rats of 5 groups were killed and abdominal adhesion conditions was evaluated by Nair’s score system. Then the abdominal adhesion tissues or blood were collected to underwent HE staining, immunohistochemistry staining, and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. The HE staining was used to assess the inflammation score and fibrillation score of rats in 5 groups and immunohistochemistry staining was used to evaluate expression of the α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA) in adhesion tissues. The ELISA test was used to detect the concentration of serum interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) in rats of 5 groups. Results ① The gross evaluation of adhesion condition:3 rats of the Sham groups had incision adhesion; in the BC group, 4 rats had incision adhesion, 8 rats had cecum to the abdominal wall adhesion, 2 rats had viscera to viscera adhesion; in the HA group, 2 rats had incision adhesion and5 rats had cecum to the abdominal wall adhesion; in the LSF group, 2 rats had incision adhesion, 6 rats had cecum to the abdominal wall adhesion, and 1 rat had viscera to viscera adhesion; in the HSF group, 2 rats had incision adhesion and 4 rats had cecum to the abdominal wall adhesion. Compared with the Sham group, the Nair’s scores of the other4 groups were higher (P<0.05); compared with the BC group, the Nair’s scores of the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group were all lower (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference on the Nair’s scores among the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group (P>0.05). ② Inflammation score and fibrillation score: on the inflammation score, compared with the Sham group, the inflammation scores of the others 4 groups were higher (P<0.05); compared with the BC and HA group, the inflammation scores of the LSF group and the HSF group were both lower (P<0.05); compared with the LSF group, there was no significant difference on the inflammation score of the HSF group (P>0.05). On the fibrillation score, compared with the Sham group, the fibrillation scores of the others 4 groups were higher (P<0.05); compared with the BC group, the fibrillation scores of the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group were all lower (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference on the fibrillation scores among the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group (P>0.05). ③ The expression scores of α-SMA: compared with the Sham group, the expression scores of α-SMA in the others 4 groups were higher (P<0.05); compared with the BC group, the expression scores of α-SMA in the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group were all lower (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference on the expression scores of α-SMA among the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group (P>0.05). ④ Concentration of serum IL-1β and TGF-β1: on the concentration of serum IL-1β, compared with the Sham group, the concentrations of serum IL-1β in the others 4 groups were higher (P<0.05); compared with the BC group, the concentrations of serum IL-1β in the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group were all lower (P<0.05); compared with the HA and the LSF group, the concentration of serum IL-1β in the HSF group was lower (P<0.05). On the concentration of serum TGF-β1, compared with the Sham group, the concentrations of serum TGF-β1 in the others 4 groups were higher (P<0.05); compared with the BC group, the concentrations of serum TGF-β1 in the HA group, the LSF group, and the HSF group were all lower (P<0.05); compared with the HA group, the concentrations of serum TGF-β1 in the LSF group and the HSF group were both lower (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference between the LSF group and the HSF group (P>0.05). Conclusion SF can reduce the formation of postoperative abdominal adhesion in rat models via inhibiting inflammation and fibrillation.
Objective To improve hand hygiene executive ability of healthcare workers in medical institutions in Anhui Province by multi-modal interventions with the administrative intervention as the guide. Methods The PDCA management mode was adopted in a step-by-step implementation of plan, implementation, inspection, improvement, and effectiveness evaluation in Anhui Province from April 2014 to December 2016. The management indicators of hand hygiene before and after the intervention in 1 353 hospitals were investigated and evaluated. Results The overall evaluation of the hand hygiene at the end of the implemention showed that 85.29% (58/68) of the tertiary hospitals, 84.07% (227/270) of the second-class hospitals and 66.63% (595/893) of the primary-level hospitals had well-equipped hand hygiene facilities. About 92.65% (63/68) of the tertiary hospitals, 100.00% (270/270) of the second-class hospitals and 50.06% (447/893) of the primary-level hospitals had staff training of hand hygiene knowledge. The compliance of hand hygiene before and after intervention increased from 36.68% to 61.93%, the correct rate of hand washing increased from 37.60% to 89.28%, the awareness rate of related knowledge increased from 41.20% to 86.07%, and the dosage of hand disinfectant increased from 2.59 mL to 7.10 mL. Conclusion To take multi-model interventions with the administrative intervention as the guide, can effectively improve the quality of hand hygiene management and the executive force.
Based on the practice of large tertiary hospitals in clinical pathway (CP) entrance management, we implemented a fine CP management model with standardized clinical diagnosis and treatment, and encouraged the department to continuously optimize the path form, expand CP coverage and improve the entry rate in a flexible path. Combining PDCA cycles with CP management, it can promote the realization of management goals and achieve continuous improvement, while providing operable (repeatable) methods to the practice of hospital CP management.
With the wide utilization of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in the lung cancer screening, patients detected with pulmonary ground-glass nodules (GGNs) have increased over time and account for a large proportion of all thoracic diseases. Because of its less invasiveness and fast recovery, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is currently the first choice of surgical approach to lung nodule resection. However, GGNs are usually difficult to recognize during VATS, and failure of nodule localization would result in conversion to thoracotomy or extended lung resection. In order to cope with this problem, a series of approaches for pulmonary nodule localization have developed in the last few years. This article aims to summarize the reported methods of lung nodule localization and analyze its corresponding pros and cons, in order to help thoracic surgeons to choose appropriate localization method in different clinical conditions.