Publications by authors named "Jia-Cheng Zang"
Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship among vitamin D nutritional status, bone mineral density, and other factors in elderly patients with brittle hip fractures.
Methods: The present study was a retrospective analysis of 268 patients, 102 men (38.06%) and 166 women (61.
Aim: We conducted this meta-analysis for comparing the efficacy and safety in proximal humeral fractures by treatment minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis and open plating.
Methods: The potential academic literature were identified from the Cochrane Library, Springer, PubMed, Embase and ScienceDirect. Pooled data were analyzed by RevMan 5.
The establishment of Modic changes (MCs) in animal model was vital for research of MCs. Fifty-four rabbits were divided into a sham group, a muscle embedment group (ME group) and nucleus pulposus (NP) embedment group (NPE group). In the NPE group, the discs were exposed by the lumbar anterolateral surgical approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the association between F11 rs2289252, rs2036914 polymorphisms and the activity of clotting factor XI in post-trauma patients with fractures receiving routine anticoagulation therapy for deep venous thrombosis (DVT).
Methods: A case-control study involving 110 consecutive post-trauma patients with fractures and DVT in our hospital was conducted from April 2014 to October 2015; these patients comprised a DVT group. Another 40 sex- and age-matched patients with fractures but without DVT served as controls.
Objective: This study aims to determine if the involvement of tensile stress affects the expressions of inflammatory cytokines interleukin-17(IL-17), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) at intervertebral discs in vivo.
Material And Method: Sixty-four female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham, tail-suspended (TS), tail-suspended with needle puncture (TSNP), and single-needle puncture (SNP) groups. A tail-suspension device provides low magnitude of tensile stress (2.
Purpose: The present meta-analysis aimed at assessing the effectiveness and safety of tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing blood loss and transfusion in spinal surgery.
Methods: Systematic searches of all studies published through March 2012 were identified from PubMed, EMBase, Cochrane library, Science Direct, and other databases. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included in the present study.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of unilateral versus bilateral pedicle screw fixation in lumbar spinal fusion.
Methods: Studies on comparison between unilateral and bilateral pedicle screw fixation in lumbar spinal fusion were identified from Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane CENTRAL (Third Quarter 2011), ScienceDirect, OVID, SpringerLink and The China Biological Medicine Database, and searched several related journals by hand. The included trials were screened out according to the criterion of inclusion and exclusion.
Objective: To study dynamic changes in gene expression and protein synthesis of runt-related transcription factor-2 (Runx2), Osterix and AJ18 in the femoral head of steroid-induced osteonecrosis in rats.
Methods: Forty mature Wistar rats, 250-270 g (mean, 260 g) in weight, were randomly divided into model (30 rats) and control groups (10 rats). An early rat model of femoral head necrosis (FHN) was created by weekly injections of dexamethasone (20 mg/kg) into alternate sides of the gluteus maximus and twice-weekly training on a laboratory animal treadmill for 8 weeks.