Elevated triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio increased risk of hyperuricemia: a 4-year cohort study in China.

Purpose: Previous studies revealed that high serum uric acid (SUA) levels correlated with increased triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio. However, evidence is lacking regarding whether TG/HDL-C is an independent risk factor or just a simple marker of hyperuricemia. We aimed to investigate the relationship between TG/HDL-C and the risk of hyperuricemia in Chinese population.

Regulator of G protein signalling 14 attenuates cardiac remodelling through the MEK-ERK1/2 signalling pathway.

In the past 10 years, several publications have highlighted the role of the regulator of G protein signalling (RGS) family in multiple diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. As one of the multifunctional family members, RGS14 is involved in various biological processes, such as synaptic plasticity, cell division, and phagocytosis. However, the role of RGS14 in cardiovascular diseases remains unclear.

[Congenital stenosis of external auditory canal with cholesteatoma and skin fistulae or sinuses].

Objective: To investigate the clinical features, differential diagnosis and management of congenital stenosis of external auditory canal (CSEAC) with cholesteatoma.

Methods: The clinical information for 10 cases of CSEAC with cholesteatoma was retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The patients' ages ranged from 4.

[Long-term results and an analysis of surgically related factors in myringoplasty with sandwich method].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the prognostic factors on long-term surgical outcome in myringoplasty.

Methods: Retrospective cohort 205 patients (223 ears) with sandwich temporal fascia myringoplasty were analyzed using the multiple logistic regression analysis. The charts of inpatients had undergone myringoplasty before at least 2 years between January 1999 and November 2003 at Beijing Tongren Hospital.

[Long-term surgical results for congenital aural atresia and hearing reconstruction].

Objective: To evaluate the stability of hearing results and complications in long-term following-up who underwent reconstruction surgery.

Methods: Six hundreds and seventy five cases (700 ears) of congenital aural atresia were reviewed from January 1984 to January 2001 at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Tongren hospital. Except 40 ears undone hearing reconstruction, 635 cases (660 ears) underwent long-term following-up for 3 to 19 years, with an average of 7.

[Vestibulotomy about the displaced facial nerve].

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of vestibulotomy above the displaced facial nerve.

Methods: From January 2000 to January 2002, eight patients with severe congenital conductive hearing loss underwent the vestibulotomy above displaced facial nerve and reconstruction of the ossicular chain with a total ossicular replacement prosthesis, which all for the congenital middle ear deformity and the facial nerve overhang and concealed the oval window niche or lied inferior to the oval window. In four of eight cases, the facial nerve was transposed in order to access the oval window niche.