Skin Temperature Recording with Phosphors: A New Technique

New knowledge of temperature irregularities associated with various disease states has resulted in increasing interest in the recording of heat radiation from the human body. Infrared radiation from the skin is a surface phenomenon and the amount of such radiation increases with temperature. Previous recording techniques have been not only crude but difficult and expensive. An unconventional thermal imaging system is described which gives superior temperature patterns and is also simpler and cheaper than any of the other available procedures. This system is based on the employment of thermally sensitive phosphors which glow when exposed to ultraviolet illumination, in inverse proportion to the underlying temperature. The thermal image can be directly observed or more critically analyzed and photographed on a simple closed-circuit television monitor.     

Pedicled Greater Omentum Graft: A New Technique to Repair Recurrent Urinary Fistulae After Kidney Transplantation

Urinary fistula is the most frequent urologic complication within the first month after kidney transplantation, which often leads to graft loss and mortality. Open surgery is the most popular approach for the treatment of these fistulae; however, it is associated with high failure rates. Here, we present a new technique of pedicled greater omentum graft to repair recurrent urinary fistulae after kidney transplantation. We used this technique in the repair of recurrent urinary fistulae in 13 post-kidney transplant patients. All operations were successful at the first attempt, and there was no fistula recurrence. Further, no complications associated with the technique have been observed during the follow-up (1–7 years). In conclusion, the use of pedicled greater omentum graft for the repair of recurrent urinary fistulae after kidney transplantation is both effective and safe.     

单人建立大鼠原位肝移植模型的手术体会

目的:探讨单人建立稳定大鼠原位肝移植模型手术中的难点及对策。方法:单人及双人裸视下采用改良二袖套法制备大鼠原位肝移植模型各50例。结果:单人及双人组供体手术时间、无肝期、受体手术手术时间分别为:(39.16±2.89)min和(38.36±3.04)min、(19.92±1.36)min和(19.70±1.40)min、(61.98±3.46)min和(58.65±3.94)min;单人及双人组手术成功率、1周存活率、一月存活率分别为:94.0%(47/50)和92.0%(46/50)、86.0%(43/50)和88.0%(44/50)、86%(43/50)和84%(42/50)。结论:通过改进手术方法,简化操作,单人即可建立稳定的大鼠原位肝移植模型。     

新型生物——人工复合血管研制的初步报告

本文设计一种由胶原和高分子聚合物组成的新型生物一人工复合血管。其研制过程是将包绕有聚酯网的硅胶棒埋入羊的皮下组织,再将形成的经聚酯网为支架的胶原管经醛化处理。作者通过肉眼和SEM观察提出了研制生物——人工复合血管的要点:聚酯网网孔要合适,其与硅胶棒的间隙要恰当,理化处理方法更要选择好。     

A New Technique for the Study of Viruses in the Electron Microscope

A method is described for the application of immunochemical stains to virus-infected cells in preparation for examination in the electron microscope. Specific antibodies to viral particles and to purified viral antigens have been rendered visible in the electron microscope by conjugation with the ironcontaining protein, ferritin. Examination of vaccinia-infected and influenza-infected cells treated with their specific ferritin-labelled antiserum has revealed the disposition of mature virus and viral precursors during various stages of the infection. Virus particles maturing at the cell surface and within the cytoplasm were specifically tagged and, in the case of influenza virus, the soluble, nucleoprotein viral-precursor was identified in distinct portions of the nucleus.     

负压封闭引流技术与传统打包技术治疗四肢软组织损伤及后期植皮的临床疗效比较

目的:观察和比较负压引流技术(vacuum sealing drainage,VSD)与传统打包技术治疗四肢软组织损伤及后期植皮的临床疗效。方法:选择2010年1月-2013年1月在我院分别接受负压引流技术(实验组)及常规打包技术(对照组)治疗的随访资料完整的四肢软组织损伤患者共127例。记录和比较两组患者的手术时间、住院时间、创面愈合时间、换药次数和并发症的发生情况等。结果:实验组的手术时间、住院时间、创面愈合时间、平均手术次数和换药次数均明显短于或少于对照组(P0.05)。两组术后创面感染的发生情况比较无统计学差异,经再次清创后感染控制,行植皮手术后恢复良好。结论:与传统的打包技术比较,VSD技术用于治疗软组织损伤及后期植皮,可以更有效地缩短手术和住院时间及减少手术次数,是一种治疗四肢软组织损伤的安全有效的方法。     

Surgical and Antimicrobial Treatment of Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infections at Different Surgical Sites: A Retrospective Study of Treatment Outcomes

Objective

Little is known about optimal management of prosthetic vascular graft infections, which are a rare but serious complication associated with graft implants. The goal of this study was to compare and characterize these infections with respect to the location of the graft and to identify factors associated with outcome.

Methods

This was a retrospective study over more than a decade at a tertiary care university hospital that has an established multidisciplinary approach to treating graft infections. Cases of possible prosthetic vascular graft infection were identified from the hospital''s infectious diseases database and evaluated against strict diagnostic criteria. Patients were divided into groups according to the locations of their grafts: thoracic-aortic, abdominal-aortic, or peripheral-arterial. Statistical analyses included evaluation of patient and infection characteristics, time to treatment failure, and factors associated specifically with cure rates in aortic graft infections. The primary endpoint was cure at one year after diagnosis of the infection.

Results

Characterization of graft infections according to the graft location did show that these infections differ in terms of their characteristics and that the prognosis for treatment seems to be influenced by the location of the infection. Cure rate and all-cause mortality at one year were 87.5% and 12.5% in 24 patients with thoracic-aortic graft infections, 37.0% and 55.6% in 27 patients with abdominal-aortic graft infections, and 70.0% and 30.0% in 10 patients with peripheral-arterial graft infections. In uni- and multivariate analysis, the type of surgical intervention used in managing infections (graft retention versus graft replacement) did not affect primary outcome, whereas a rifampicin-based antimicrobial regimen was associated with a higher cure rate.

Conclusions

We recommend that future prospective studies differentiate prosthetic vascular graft infections according to the location of the grafts and that rifampicin-based antimicrobial regimens be evaluated in clinical trials involving vascular graft infections caused by staphylococci.     

New Technique for Biotyping

An efficient technique for biotyping, using disposable trays instead of glass tubes and agar instead of liquid media, is described.