Endovascular stent-graft repair of spontaneous aorto-caval fistula secondary to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: An emergency management of hostile anatomy.

Objectives: Although endovascular aneurysm repair of aorto-caval fistula offers a safe and efficient approach compared to traditional open repair, endovascular techniques for the treatment of aorto-caval fistula with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in emergency circumstance are not well established. This study aims to evaluate the effect of endovascular repair of aorto-caval fistula of a patient with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and hostile anatomy.

Methods: we report a case of an aorto-caval fistula endovascular repaired in a 78-year-old male using a hybrid stent-graft technique.

Association of IP-10 gene polymorphism with susceptibility to Enterovirus 71 infection.

Enterovirus 71 (EV71) often causes large outbreaks of diseases among children worldwide and its pathogenesis remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) polymorphism in children with EV71 infection. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) were performed to analyze the gene polymorphisms of IP-10 (-1596C/T) in 58 EV71-infected and 48 control patients.

[Clinical and pathological analysis of choroidal metastatic carcinoma].

Objective: To study the clinical and pathological characteristics of choroidal metastatic carcinoma.

Methods: The clinical data, pathological character, primary tumor origin and histological classification of 18 patients with choroidal metastatic carcinoma were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: Most patients had severe visual impairment.

[Erythropoietin administration protects retina against light-induced retinal degeneration].

Objective: To study whether recombinant human erythropoietin can pass through mice blood-retina barrier and the protective role in light-induced damage in retina.

Methods: After the injection of rHEPO, the content of rHEPO in 24 BALB/c mice retina was examined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). 24 BALB/c mice were used to establish a light-induced damaged model, the difference of retina in rHEPO group and control group was compared using light microscope and TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL).