[Biomechanical Study of New Biodegradable Esophageal Stent].

The radial force of the degradable esophageal stent before and after degradation is one of the important indicators for effective treatment of esophageal stricture. Based on a combination of experiments and finite element analysis, this paper studies and verifies the biomechanical properties of a new type of degradable esophageal stent under different esophageal stricture conditions. Under radial extrusion conditions, the maximum stress at the port of the stent is 65.

Endoscopic Ureteral Dilation Balloon Catheter for a Difficult Ureter: A New Novel Approach.

Objectives: This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of INNOVEXTM ureteral dilation balloon catheter to promote the likelihood of passing the ureter to complete primary ureteroscopy (URS).

Methods: This was a prospective case series of patients during URS between August 2018 and January 2020 at the Pudong New District People's Hospital. A 12-Fr INNOVEXTM ureteral dilation balloon catheter was used to dilate the ureter when a 5° Wolf 6.

Comprehensive Analysis of Competing Endogenous RNA Network Focusing on Long Noncoding RNA Involved in Cirrhotic Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

The role of long noncoding RNAs- (lncRNAs-) associated competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) in the field of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) biology is well established, but the involvement of lncRNAs competing interactions in the progression of liver cirrhosis to HCC is still unclear. We aimed to explore the differential expression profiles of lncRNAs, microRNAs (miRNA), and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) to construct a functional ceRNA network in cirrhotic HCC. The lncRNA, miRNA, and mRNA expression datasets were obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus and The Cancer Genome Atlas.

[Study and Analysis on the Test of Representative Products for Percutaneous Renal Puncture Device].

Percutaneous renal puncture device has very important clinical value. Qualified percutaneous renal puncture device is one of the important ways to evaluate its safety and efficacy, and it is also an important prerequisite for the device to be marketed in China. When manufactuers test the product, the selection of representative products is suggested from the aspects of performance parameter, structure, material and production process.

Analysing use of the Chinese HHIE-S for hearing screening of elderly in a northeastern industrial area of China.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the use of Chinese version of HHIE-S as a hearing screening tool for the elderly in an industrial area in northeast China.

Design: Prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of Chinese version of HHIE-S were calculated. Factors that had impact on HHIE-S were analysed.

Clinical characteristics of drug-induced liver injury and related risk factors.

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed clinically because of diagnostic difficulties caused by lack of laboratory-specific serological markers. In this study, we comprehensively assessed the clinical characteristics, laboratory indices, hepatotoxic drugs, risk factors and outcomes concerning DILI, and explored the similarities in mechanisms between Chinese and Western drug-induced DILI. Patients with a first diagnosis of DILI and a Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method (RUCAM) score >3 points were enrolled for systematic retrospective study.

[Analysis of disyllabic mandarin speech test results of normal hearing persons with different ages].

Objective: To valuate test results of normal hearing persons with different ages using disyllabic mandarin speech test materials (MSTMs). Obtaining speech recognition threshold (SRT) and P-I function of different ages as clinical reference of hearing recovery and individual's ability to perceive and process speech.

Method: One hundred and twenty subjects with normal hearing who speak mandarin well in their daily lives were enrolled in this study and divided into four groups (18-30, 31-40, 41-50 and 51-60 years old).