abstract：BACKGROUND:Urolithiasis in pediatric population is a serious problem with the incidence increased these years. In the management of larger stones (diameters >2 cm), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is considered to be the gold standard. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of mini-PCNL under total...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xiao B,Zhang X,Hu WG,Chen S,Li YH,Tang YZ,Liu YB,Li JX

更新日期：2015-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The expression of TES, a novel tumor suppressor gene, is found to be down-regulated in the left anterior descending aorta of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with non-CAD subjects. This study aimed to investigate the expression of TES during the development of atherosclerosis in rabbits. ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang Y,Yuan M,Li HM,Lao M,Xu Z,Li GP

更新日期：2015-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric stromal tumors arising from the muscularis propria are located in deeper layers. Endoscopic resection may be contraindicated due to the possibility of perforation. These tumors are therefore usually removed by surgical or laparoscopic procedures. This study evaluated the curative effects, safety and ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Wu CR,Huang LY,Guo J,Zhang B,Cui J,Sun CM,Jiang LX,Wang ZH,Ju AH

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vivo quantification of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) based on noninvasive optical coherence tomography (OCT) examination and in vitro choroidal flatmount immunohistochemistry stained of CNV currently were used to evaluate the process and severity of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) both in huma...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Nie C,Zhang MN,Zhao HW,Olsen TD,Jackman K,Hu LN,Ma WP,Chen XF,Wang J,Zhang Y,Gao TS,Uehara H,Ambati BK,Luo L

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In central precocious puberty (CPP), the pulse secretion and release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) are increased due to early activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, resulting in developmental abnormalities with gonadal development and appearance of secondary sexual characteristics....

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Li WJ,Gong CX,Guo MJ,Xing J,Li T,Song WH,Luo XP,Wu D,Liang JP,Cao BY,Gu Y,Su C,Liang XJ,Liu M,Wang R,Li FT

更新日期：2015-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies suggest that the gamma irradiation decreases allograft strength in a dose-dependent manner. However, no study has demonstrated that this decrease in strength translates into higher failure rate in meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of g...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang J,Song GY,Chen XZ,Li Y,Li X,Zhou JL

更新日期：2015-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical resection is generally considered the main curative treatment for intrahepatic biliary cystadenocarcinoma (IBCA) or suspected IBCAs, but controversy exists regarding the prognosis for IBCAs. This study aimed to describe the clinicopathological characteristics of IBCA and identify prognostic factors ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xu MY,Shi XJ,Wan T,Liang YR,Wang HG,Zhang WZ,He L,Chen MY,Lyu SC,Zhang WW,Li HX

更新日期：2015-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Clinical application of autologous fat grafting (AFG) is quickly expanding. Despite the widely acceptance, long-term survival rate (SR) of AFG remains a question not yet solved. Meanwhile, although rare, severe complications related to AFG including vision loss, stroke even death could be seen in the literatu...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Yu NZ,Huang JZ,Zhang H,Wang Y,Wang XJ,Zhao R,Bai M,Long X

更新日期：2015-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is now recognized that Cimicifuga foetida (C. foetida) extract is effective in alleviating menopausal symptoms. But the durations reported were usually short. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of C. foetida extract therapy and different estrogen and progesterone sequential therapies, on...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Gaowa S,Sun AJ,Jiang Y,He FW,Zheng TP,Wang YP

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative preablative stimulated thyroglobulin (ps-Tg) has been evaluated in predicting prognosis and success of ablation regarding differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC); however, its relationship with recurrence risk and radioiodine decision-making remains uncertain, especially in Chinese DTC patients. We...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Yang X,Liang J,Li TJ,Yang K,Liang DQ,Yu Z,Lin YS

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to review the current status of calcium phosphate (CaP) scaffolds combined with bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) or mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the field of bone tissue engineering (BTE). DATE SOURCES:Data cited in this review were obtained primarily from PubMed and Medli...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Sun H,Yang HL

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this research was to evaluate long-term pulmonary sequelae on paired inspiration-expiration thin-section computed tomography (CT) scans 3 years after influenza A (H1N1) virus-associated pneumonia, and to analyze the affecting factors on pulmonary fibrosis. METHODS:Twenty-four patients hospitalize...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xing ZH,Sun X,Xu L,Wu Q,Li L,Wu XJ,Shao XG,Zhao XQ,Wang JH,Ma LY,Wang K

更新日期：2015-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to provide a brief history of J wave syndromes and to summarize our current understanding of their molecular, ionic, cellular mechanisms, and clinical features. We will also discuss the existing debates and further direction in basic and clinical research for J wave syndromes. DATA SOURCES:...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Li GL,Yang L,Cui CC,Sun CF,Yan GX

更新日期：2015-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite great reduction of in-stent restenosis, first-generation drug-eluting stents (DESs) have increased the risk of late stent thrombosis due to delayed endothelialization. Arsenic trioxide, a natural substance that could inhibit cell proliferation and induce cell apoptosis, seems to be a promising surrog...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Shen L,Yang W,Yin JS,Liu XB,Wu YZ,Sun AJ,Qian JY,Ge JB

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has become an increasingly important index when making decisions with respect to revascularization of coronary artery stenosis. However, the pressure guidewire used in obtaining FFR measurements is difficult to control and manipulate in certain complex coronary artery lesions, r...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： He WM,Li CL,Sun Y,Zhou Z,Mai YF

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have indicated that the cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be due to topological deteriorations of the brain network. However, whether the selection of a specific frequency band could impact the topological properties is still not clear. Our hypothesis is that t...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Qin YY,Li YP,Zhang S,Xiong Y,Guo LY,Yang SQ,Yao YH,Li W,Zhu WZ

更新日期：2015-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gender is one of the risk factors accounting for the high prevalence of adolescent myopia. Considerable research results have shown that myopia incidence of female is higher than that of male. This study aimed to analyze the correlation between ocular parameters and serum estrogen level and to investigate th...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Gong JF,Xie HL,Mao XJ,Zhu XB,Xie ZK,Yang HH,Gao Y,Jin XF,Pan Y,Zhou F

更新日期：2015-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As a Chinese Traditional Medicine product, Kuntai capsule could improve the peri-menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women. But it is still not clear whether Kuntai capsule has a good effect on alleviating peri-menopausal symptoms induced by gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) treatment. The pu...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Chen JM,Gao HY,Ding Y,Yuan X,Wang Q,Li Q,Jiang GH

更新日期：2015-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subcapital femoral neck fracture in young adults has many complications, and the incidence is increasing year-by-year. The selection of the proper operation method to avoid them is an ambiguous matter. This study aimed to evaluate the treatment effect of subcapital femoral neck fracture by the capsulotomy an...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Liu C,Liu MT,Li P,Xu HH

更新日期：2015-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) application to the dorsal root ganglia can reduce neuropathic pain (NP) in animal models, but the effect of PRF on damaged peripheral nerves has not been examined. We investigated the effect of PRF to the rat sciatic nerve (SN) on pain-related behavior and SN ultrastructure follow...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Li DY,Meng L,Ji N,Luo F

更新日期：2015-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal anesthesia was considered as a reasonable anesthetic option in severe preeclampsia when cesarean delivery is indicated, and there is no indwelling epidural catheter or contraindication to spinal anesthesia. However, the ideal dose of intrathecal bupivacaine has not been quantified for cesarean deliver...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Xiao F,Xu WP,Zhang XM,Zhang YF,Wang LZ,Chen XZ

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telocytes (TCs) are a novel type of interstitial cells, which have been recently described in a large variety of cavitary and noncavitary organs. TCs have small cell bodies, and remarkably thin, long, and moniliform prolongations called telopodes (Tps). Until now, TCs have been found in various loose connect...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang HQ,Lu SS,Xu T,Feng YL,Li H,Ge JB

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is a dynamic and continuous modality providing real-time view of vascularization and flow distribution patterns of different organs and tumors. In order to evaluate the diagnostic significance of intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasound in assessing the resection degree of bra...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Yu SQ,Wang JS,Chen SY,Liu XM,Li Y,Ding YM,Li XY,Sun YL,Chen H

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Associations between glutamine (Gln) enriched nutrition support and surgical patients with gastrointestinal (GI) tumor remain controversy. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the effect of Gln enriched nutrition support on surgical patients with GI tumor in term of relevant biochemical indices, i...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Kang K,Shu XL,Zhang YS,Liu XL,Zhao J

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a hereditary tumor disorder caused by mutations or deletions of the VHL gene. Few studies have documented the clinical phenotype and genetic basis of the occurrence of VHL disease in China. This study armed to present clinical and genetic analyses of VHL within a five-gener...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang J,Ma J,Du X,Wu D,Ai H,Bai J,Dong S,Yang Q,Qu K,Lyu Y,Valenzuela RK,Liu C

更新日期：2015-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Green tea has been shown to improve cholesterol metabolism in animal studies, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this function have not been fully understood. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently emerged as a major class of regulatory molecules involved in a broad range of biological processes a...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Liu G,Zheng X,Xu Y,Lu J,Chen J,Huang X

更新日期：2015-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prediabetes is an early stage of β-cell dysfunction presenting as insulin resistance. Evidences suggest that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and prediabetes. In a Chinese population with prediabetes, we investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Feng N,Ma X,Wei X,Zhang J,Dong A,Jin M,Zhang H,Guo X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of human polyarthritis. Many genetic factors have been implicated in OA. It was reported that a polymorphism in the gene of interleukin-6 (IL-6) was associated with OA of knee. The aim of this study was to determine whether functional IL-6 promoter -174G/C (rs18007...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Ai Z,Ning X,Shou T,Tang W,Luo Y,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mitochondrial displacement loop (D-loop) accumulates mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at a higher frequency than other regions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). We previously identified disease risk-associated SNPs in the D-loop of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients; in this study, we ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Bai Y,Guo Z,Xu J,Zhang J,Cui L,Zhang H,Zhang S,Ai X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To have a better understanding of genetic contributions to the development of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) by reviewing studies on its genetic basis. DATA SOURCES:A comprehensive search of the PubMed literature without restriction on the publication date was carried out using terms "obst...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zhang D,Xiao Y,Luo J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) are in substantial risk of cardiovascular adverse events. We investigated whether myocardial infarction patients with ARAS are in additional risk of cardiovascular events. METHODS:In this retrospective study, 257 patients with type 1 myocardial infa...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Zheng B,Liu J,Ma Q,Zhao D,Wang X,Zheng Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A practical problem impeding clinical translation is the limited bone formation seen in artificial bone grafts. Low-pressure/vacuum seeding and dynamic culturing in bioreactors have led to a greater penetration into the scaffolds, enhanced production of bone marrow cells, and improved tissue-engineered bone ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Wang J,Wang J,Yoshinori A,Paul F,Shen H,Chen J,Sotome S,Liu Z,Shinomiya K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epinephrine has been used as a first-choice vasopressor drug for cardiac arrest (CA) since 1974. However, the administration of epinephrine is controversial. This study aims to compare the effects of Shen-Fu injection (SFI) and epinephrine on resuscitation outcomes in a porcine model of prolonged CA. METHOD...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Yin W,Guo Z,Li C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetically heterogeneous disease, and information about BBS in Chinese populations is very limited. The purpose of the present study was to determine the genetic cause of BBS in a Chinese Han family. METHODS:Clinical data were recorded for the 4-year-old female proband and ...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Li Q,Zhang Y,Jia L,Peng X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the implications for diagnosis, pathogenesis and potential for new therapeutic option for chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL). DATA SOURCES:Data cited in this review were obtained mainly from PubMed and Medline from 1993 to 2013 and highly regarded older publications were also included. The terms "...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Otgonbat A,Zhao M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of studies have demonstrated the rates of overall and aneurysm-related mortality and morbidity in Western populations. The cardiovascular risk factors influencing postoperative outcome have been also reported. Until recently, little has been known about the prognosis in this patient cohort in the Ch...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Sun T,Zhang H,Cheng Y,Wang S,Tao Y,Zhang D,Huang J,Zhang J,Li Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), as one of anticoagulant drugs, has been used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with prethrombotic state, but the specific use time is unclear. The aim of the study is to observe the effect of LMWH at two different periods of prethrombotic s...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Wang Y,Sun N,Cheng Z,Tong L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthostatic intolerance (OI) is a common disease at pediatric period which has a serious impact on physical and mental health of children. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of related factors on the prognosis of children with OI. METHODS:The subjects were 170 children with OI, includin...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Li Y,Li H,Li X,Li X,Jin H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Xpert MTB/RIF showed high sensitivity and specificity in previous studies carried out in different epidemiological and geographical settings and patient populations in high-burden tuberculosis (TB) countries. However, there were little data obtained by validation or demonstration study of the assay in Ch...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Hu P,Bai L,Liu F,Ou X,Zhang Z,Yi S,Chen Z,Gong D,Liu B,Guo J,Tan Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the lumbar pedicle cortical bone trajectory (CBT) screw fixation technique, a new fixation technique for lumbar surgery. DATA SOURCES:The data analyzed in this review are mainly from articles reported in PubMed published from 1994 to 2014. STUDY SELECTION:Origina...

journal_title：Chinese medical journal

authors： Song T,Hsu WK,Ye T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00