[Evaluation of the clinical effect of acupuncture in treatment of neck pain in cervical spondylosis based on propensity score matching].

Objective: To observe the clinical effect and safety of acupuncture in treatment of neck pain due to cervical spondylosis.

Methods: According to the patients' preference and acceptance for the interventions of neck pain induced by cervical spondylosis, an acupuncture group (221 cases) and a non-acupuncture group (251 cases) were divided. After the control of confounding factors with propensity score matching, 218 cases were included in either acupuncture group or non-acupuncture group.

[Effects of Gualou Xiebai Banxia decoction on blood lipid content, oxidative stress and ox-LDL/Lox-1 pathway in ApoE-/- mice].

To observe the functions of Gualou Xiebai Banxia decoction（GXBD） on regulating lipid metabolism, anti-oxidation, and interposing ox-LDL/Lox-1 pathway, and to explore its anti-atherosclerosis (AS) mechanisms. AS models were established by using 42 Apo-E-/- male mice with high fat diet. AS model mice were randomly divided into the model group, simvastatin group, and GXBD high and low dose groups.

[Therapeutic effects of anterolateral decompression and fixation on thoracolumbar fractures complicated with incomplete paraplegia].

Objective: To investigate the clinical effects of anterolateral decompression and fixation on thoracolumbar fractures complicated with incomplete paraplegia.

Methods: Thirty-six patients with thoracolumbar fractures complicated with incomplete paraplegia were treated with anterolateral decompression and fixation.

Results: The patients were followed up for an average of 18 months, which showed satisfactory recovery of the intervertebral space height and thoracolumbar vertebral curvature.

[Clinical analysis of 19 elderly patients with displaced proximal humeral two- and three-part fractures].

Objective: To analyze the surgical approaches for treating displaced proximal humeral two-and three-part fractures in elderly patients.

Methods: Nineteen elderly patients with displaced proximal humeral fractures were analyzed, including 13 patients with displaced two-part fractures and 6 with displaced three-part fractures. All the patients were treated by open reduction and fixation with humeral anatomical bone plates.