[Clinical research of modified taohe chengqi granule combined mannitol for treating complicated edema in affected limbs of patients after tibiofibulas double fracture operation].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic efficacy of Modified Taohe Chengqi Granule (MTCG) combined mannitol for treating complicated edema in affected limbs of patients after tibiofibulas double fracture operation (TDFO).

Methods: Totally 64 TDFO patients complicated edema were randomly assigned to the treated group and the control group, 32 in each group. Those in the treated group took MTCG combined intravenous dripping of mannitol, while those in the control group received intravenous dripping of mannitol alone.

Clinical significance of microRNA-93 downregulation in human colon cancer.

Aim: MicroRNA-93 (miR-93) has been shown to suppress proliferation and colony formation of colon cancer stem cells. The aim of this study was to examine the expression pattern and prognostic value of miR-93 in patients with colon cancer.

Materials And Methods: A quantitative real-time PCR analysis was carried out to detect the expression levels of miR-93 in 138 paired samples of tumoral and nontumoral colon tissues diagnosed with colon cancer.

Tumor associated glycoprotein-72 is a novel marker for poor survival in hepatocellular carcinoma.

To investigate the relationship of tumor associated glycoprotein-72 (TAG-72) expression with clinicopathological features in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Sixty pairs of HCC and paracarcinomatous (PCLT) tissues, and 10 normal liver (NL) tissues were collected for Western blot analysis, and 244 pairs of HCC and PCLT tissues were collected for immunohistochemistry analysis. TAG-72 protein expression was elevated significantly in HCC tissues compared with PCLT and NL tissues.

[Outcomes of surgeries for acute cervical spinal cord injury without cervical spine fracture or dislocation in young and middle-aged patients].

Objective: To study the outcomes of surgeries for acute central cervical spinal cord injury without cervical spine fracture or dislocation in young and middle-aged patients.

Methods: The clinical data of 58 young and middle-aged patients with acute central cervical spinal cord injury treated in our hospital between August 2005 and August 2009 were analyzed retrospectively. Of these patients, 33 (24 males and 9 females) received surgical treatment and 25 (17 males and 8 females) had conservative therapy.

[Infection of intervertebral space and the interventional therapy].

Objective: To investigate the effect of interventional therapy in the treatment of intervertebral space infection.

Methods: The needle was punctured into the infected intervertebral space from the post-lateral side of the spine monitored by X-rays. The pus was drained, the degenerative disc tissues and necrosis tissues were excised and taken out, and at the end a drainaging catheter was put into the space through the needle.

One-stage surgical management for multilevel tuberculous spondylitis of the upper thoracic region by anterior decompression, strut autografting, posterior instrumentation, and fusion.

Study Design: A retrospective clinical study of 1-stage surgical management for multilevel tuberculous spondylitis of the upper thoracic region (MTSUTR).

Objective: MTSUTR has rarely been documented in the literature. We present a retrospective clinical study of 23 patients with MTSUTR treated by anterior decompression, strut autografting, posterior instrumentation, and fusion.

[Clinic and pathology of the knee menisci injury with sclerosis denaturalization].

Objective: To summarize the characteristics of clinic and pathology of the knee menisci injury with sclerosis denaturalization and to discuss the mechanism of the sclerosis and its clinic significance.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the diagnosis and treatment and healing of the knee menisci with the sclerosis denatured injury from 1989 to 2003. The changes of the partial meniscus with sclerosis denaturalization were observed in tissue section.

[Preliminary study on treating patellar instability guided by arthroscopy].

Objective: To explore the operation method in treating patellar instability guided by arthroscopy and to evaluate its therapeutic effects.

Methods: Thirty-two patients (34 knees) with patellar instability including 2 patellar tilt (2 knees), 26 (27 knees) patellar subluxation, and 4 (5 knees) patellar dislocation, diagnosed by clinical and arthroscopical standard, were treated with anterior transfer of the gracilis or medial transfer of the tibial tuberosity based on the lateral retinacular release and medial tightening.

Results: Twenty-eight patients were followed up for 5-87 (mean 36.