The correlation of plasma omentin-1 with insulin resistance in non-obese polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objectives: Aberrant circulating adipokines are considered to be related to the pathological mechanism of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This study aims to evaluate the relationship between plasma omentin-1 levels, metabolic and hormonal parameters in the setting of non-obese Chinese women with PCOS.

Material And Methods: This was a case-controlled, cross-sectional study of 153 non-obese (BMI<25kg/m(2)) PCOS and 114 age-matched healthy non-obese control individuals.

A Retrospective Analysis of 7 Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Infants Infected by Penicillium marneffei.

Infection with Penicillium marneffei has rarely been reported in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative infants. We aimed to determine the epidemiological, clinical, pathological, and immunological characteristics of 7 HIV-negative infants infected by P. marneffei, and to provide insights into its diagnosis and treatment.

A Meta-analysis Reveals S-1-based Chemotherapy Improves the Survival of Patients With Advanced Gastric Cancer.

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of S-1-based therapy versus non-S-1-based therapy in advanced gastric cancer (AGC) patients.Eligible studies stratifying objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and adverse events (AEs) in AGC patients were identified from Embase, Pubmed, Cochrane Library, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases. The STATA package (version 11.

Treatment of Disseminated Talaromyces marneffei with Tracheal Infection: Two Case Reports.

Talaromyces marneffei infection involving the trachea presents as diffuse irregular nodules that grow on the tracheal lumen and/or rarely present as concurrent severe eosinophilia. Herein, we report two patients without HIV infection whose main tracheal and/or principal bronchi were involved by T. marneffei infection, which manifested as diffuse proliferative nodules.

Pilon fractures: a new classification and therapeutic strategies.

Background: Operative decision-making of Pilon fractures are of great challenges until now. The aim of this study was to investigate the guidance of the four-column theory in decision-making therapeutic strategies for Pilon fractures and its result.

Methods: One hundred and ten cases (107 patients) of Pilon fractures classified by the four-column theory and treated by ORIF, were reviewed.

[New strategy for decision making of Pilon fracture].

Objective: To study the guidance of four column theory in decision making of Pilon fractures and its result.

Methods: Ninety-one cases of Pilon fractures classified by four column method and treated by open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) were reviewed from March 2005 to June 2009. Four column classification:lateral column of 67 cases were involved, posterior column of 34 cases were involved, medial column of 34 cases were involved and anterior column of 34 cases were involved.

[Arthroscopic assisted diagnosis and treatment of knee extension limitation].

Objective: To figure out the incidence and etiology of knee extension limitation and then to find out the proper methods of arthroscopic assisted diagnosis and treatment.

Methods: We reviewed 303 cases of arthroscopic assisted operation from January to October 2003, 95 cases of which suffered from knee extension limitation before operation, including 54 male and 41female and the mean age was 36.2 years old.

[Favorable effect of chitosan sustained-release FK506 incorporated conduits on axonal regeneration in rat sciatic nerve].

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of 3 mm gap bridging repairing neurotmesis with chitosan sustained-release FK506 incorporated conduits.

Methods: Forty-five adult male SD rats were divided randomly into 3 groups. The rats were received a neurotomy to bilateral sciatic nerve and subsequently reconnected with regeneration chambers.

[Effect of FK506 on axonal regeneration of rat sciatic nerve in regeneration chamber: an experimental study].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of FK506 on expediting nerve regeneration of rat Sciatic Nerve in regeneration chamber and to look for a proper way of its administration to treat peripheral nerve injuries.

Methods: Sixty adult male SD rats which were randamizely divided into 3 groups received a neurotomy to bilateral sciatic nerves, then we reconnected the broken nerves with silicon tube to make regeneration chambers. The regeneration chambers were filled with either normal saline (group A and group B) or 1 microg/ml FK506 (group C).

[An experimental study of the neuroprotective effect of FK506 on acute spinal cord injury in dogs].

Objective: To explore the neuroprotective effect of FK506 on acute spinal cord injury in dogs.

Methods: Acute spinal cord injury model was made with the Allen technique. Animals were randomly divided into 3 groups.