Use of Cellular Technologу at Surgical Correction of Congenital Lower Limb Length Discrepancy in Children

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
S P Mironov ◽  
Nikolay Petrovich Omel'yanenko ◽  
O V Kozhevnikov ◽  
V K Il'ina ◽  
A V Ivanov ◽  
...  

First results of application of cultivated autologous stromal bone marrow cells for the stimulation of distraction bone regenerates' reparative regeneration in 8 patients aged from 3.7 to 16 years with congenital lower extremity length discrepancy (main group) are presented. In 24 children with similar pathology aged from 2.5 to 14 years (control group) no cellular technology was used. In the main group duration of treatment reduces to 4.5-6.5 months versus 7.5- 11 months in the control one. That enabled to avoid potential complications related to the long-term fixation of the extremity in the distraction apparatus.

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1736.2-1736
Author(s):  
O. Burianov ◽  
L. Khimion ◽  
T. Omelchenko ◽  
E. Levitskyi ◽  
V. Lyanskorynsky

Background:traumatic ankle joint osteochondral lesions and defects (OHLD) is frequent cause of OA, chronic pain and loss of joint function; results of traditional treatment strategy are often unsatisfyingObjectives:to develop treatment algorithm for OHLD based on evaluation of previously determined main prognostic factors.Methods:the analysis of long-term (36 ± 4.5 months) treatment results of 239 patients after traumatic ankle joint OHLD revealed the following factors with the greatest predictive value (defined by PC – prognostic coefficient) for good result of treatment (defined as AOFAS function score 75-100 points): age < 40 years (PC = 8.5); size of OHLD ≤ 1.0 cm2; volume ≤ 1.5 cm3(PC = 8.0); osteoarthritis stage ≤ II (PC = 7.2). Based on these factors, a step-by-step, discrete and alternative algorithm for the choice of treatment tactics was created. The algorithm includes use of arthroscopic or open debridement, abrasive chondroplasty, bone marrow regeneration stimulation (microfracturing or tunneling), mosaic osteochondroplasty, arthroplasty or arthrodesis, the use of cellular regenerative technologies (bone marrow cells, platelet riched plasma), and others. Patients of older age with advanced OA need complex, step up approach, surgical treatment combined with regenerative cell technologies. The effectiveness of the differentiated approach to treatment was studied in 72 patients with OHLD (main group) in comparing to 72 patients in whom traditional treatment approaches were used, based on the stage of injury according to the Berndt & Hardy classification (comparison group).Results:compared to the traditional approach, the developed algorithm and treatment system allowed to half terms of hospitalization, to reduce the intensity of pain syndrome (by NRS) and increase the functional activity (by AOFAS) by 25%. In 3 years after trauma good/excellent results of treatment demonstrated 86% patients of main group and 32,2% of patients from comparing group (p<0,05).Conclusion:implementation of the developed treatment algorithm increases the number of good and excellent long-term results by 2.6 times and reduces the number of complications and unsatisfactory results by 4.9 times.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Vladimir Leonidovich Martynov ◽  
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Natalia Vladimirovna Kazarina ◽  

Objective: To determine the syndrome of excessive bacterial growth in the small intestine (SIBO) in patients with insufficiency of the bauhinia valve (NBZ) and after its surgical correction. Methods of examination: Patients of the studied groups were examined using direct and indirect methods of diagnosis of SIBO. Bacteriological examination of ileal aspirate and other surgical material was performed. All patients underwent a hydrogen respiratory test with a load of lactulose and performed a qualitative reaction of urine to indican. Characteristics of the material: 50 patients were examined, of which 30 were included in the main group, who underwent surgical correction of NBZ - Bauginoplasty; 20 patients are included in the control group in which the ileocecal valve is consistent. Patients of the main group were examined before surgery and on the 7th and 45th day after Bauhinoplasty. Main results: All patients of the main group had SIBS of varying severity, in 80% of patients SIBS was localized in the distal small intestine. Patients with normal function of ileocecal valve syndrome of excessive bacterial growth did not suffer. Intraoperatively, 76% of patients showed signs of mesenteric mesentery of the small intestine, and the fact of bacterial translocation in SIBO was also confirmed. After 7 days after surgical correction of the Bauhinia valve, the normalization of peak and background excretion of hydrogen was observed in 37% of patients. For 45 days in all patients the hydrogen curve corresponded to the norm. Conclusions: the deficiency of the bauhinia valve is obligately accompanied by the syndrome of excessive bacterial growth in the small intestine, surgical correction is an effective method for correcting the syndrome of excessive bacterial growth in patients with NBD.


1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 1255-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Nowicky ◽  
L. J. Bindman

1. Nitric oxide has been implicated in the production of long-term depression (LTD) in the cerebellum and in the production of long-term potentiation (LTP) and LTD in the hippocampus. We now provide evidence of its involvement in the induction of long-term synaptic potentiation in in vitro slices in the cerebral cortex of the rat. 2. Intracellular recordings were made from layer V neurons in the medial frontal cortex, and excitatory synaptic potentials (EPSPs) were evoked by electrical stimulation of layers II/III. Tetanic stimulation of this pathway may induce LTD or LTP or no change at these synapses. First we established experimental conditions under which a long lasting potentiation could be induced with a high incidence (> 60%), namely perfusion of slices with 1 microM bicuculline methiodide, second the use of increased shock duration in the tetanic conditioning stimuli, third and most important the addition of QX-314 to the microelectrode to reduce potassium conductances. Because the potentiation of the mean EPSP slope was significantly greater than the control at 40-min postconditioning, but was declining throughout this period, we refer to it for brevity as LTP, but strictly class it as an LTP-like phenomenon. 3. The nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor interfered with the production of LTP. In the control group of neurons (n = 13) the mean depolarizing slope of the EPSP at 30-min post-conditioning was 142.7 +/- 2% (mean +/- SE) of the prestimulation control.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1993 ◽  
Vol 83 (11) ◽  
pp. 625-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
RL Blake ◽  
HJ Ferguson

Ten subjects with a known limb length discrepancy were filmed with the two-dimensional Motion Analysis Foot Trak System; eight were filmed running and walking and two were filmed walking only. A control group of ten subjects with no measured limb length discrepancy was filmed in the same manner (eight walking and running and two walking only). The calcaneus-to-vertical angle was recorded for the entire stance gait cycle (heel contact to toe-off). Analysis of the data between the short and long side showed a significant difference in calcaneal position between the two sides at midstance, with the longer side being more everted by 3 degrees or greater than the short side in most cases. There was no significant difference in the calcaneus-to-vertical angle at heel contact between the long and short side. There was no significant difference between the calcaneus-to-vertical angles of the right and left sides of the ten control subjects, either walking or running.


Author(s):  
Yurii Zasieda

Relevance. Some non-pharmacological methods, such as low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) proved to be effective in ED treatment due to stimulation of penile tissue regeneration and penile hemodynamics increase. The biological methods that utilize cellular growth factors such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy proved to be effective in stimulation of neovascularization processes and correction of endothelial dysfunction while ED treatment.Local negative pressure (LNP) therapy shall be considered as an auxiliary method to PRP and LIPUS due to its ability to slow down PRP outflow from injection zones. Sildenafil («Strondex») is perspective pharmacological addition to ED treatment protocol. Aim. Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of therapeutic model of combined application of PRP intracavernous injections, LNP, LIPUS and Sildenafil («Strondex») for vasculogenic (arterial and corporal veno-occlusive) ED treatment.Materials and methods. Prospective study was conducted in a group of 64 outpatients with diagnosis of erectile dysfunction of vascular genesis (ICD-10: N48.4) in Men’s Health Clinic (Kyiv, Ukraine). “International Index of Erectile Function-5” (IIEF-5), “Erectile Hardness Score” (EHS) were used as the tools for clinical assessment. Ultrasonic cavernous bodies scanning and pharmacodopplersonography were used for the data validation.Study results. Main group patients underwent treatment consisting of 6 sessions of PRP intracavernous injections and 12 sessions of local penile LIPUS combined with LNP and Sildenafil («Strondex») pharmacotherapy. Control group underwent 12 sessions of local penile LIPUS combined with LNP and the same pharmacotherapy. According to the IIEF-5 data obtained 12 weeks after the study the erectile function improvement was found in 27 patients of the main group and 20 patients of the control group. EHS improved by 1 point or more in 29 and 20 patients correspondingly.Conclusions. Treatment protocol specifying combination of PRP, LIPUS, LNP and Sildenafil («Strondex») is promising due to PRP-therapy augmentation by intracavernous ultrasonic activation of platelet growth factors, but the data obtained require further physiological validation and clinical placebo-controlled studies with involvement of larger groups of population.


2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
A. P. Pozdeev ◽  
E. V. Bukharev

Research objective was the estimation of combination distraction osteosynthesis with bone plastic in treatment of children with congenital lower limb discrepancy. Results of surgical treatment of 26 children (17 girl and 9 boys) with congenital lower limb-length discrepancy are analyzed. The method consists in creation of superfluous osteogenesis in the field of prospective lengthening. The control group included 10 patients with whom lengthening was carried out by typical way. Results: at the analysis of roentgenograms faster formation of a new bone has been revealed in basic group (on the average for 7,8 days faster on each centimetre of lengthening). Combination of distraction osteosynthesis and combined bone plastics shortened the treatment period by accelerating new bone regeneration during distraction osteogenesis of the children with congenital low limb-length discrepancy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 779-783
Author(s):  
S G Sultanova

Aim. Improving the results of surgical treatment of complications of second and third degree perineal tears complicated by anal incontinence. Methods. The study included 248 patients aged 16 to 50 years. The patients were allocated to three groups: the first group - 40 women who underwent traditional surgery and conservative treatment; the second group - 128 women with second degree perineal tear; group III - 80 women who underwent sphincteroplasty (I option) and sphincteroplasty combined with levatorplasty (II option) in our modification (sphincter-saving surgery with precision sutures). The main group included 111 patients who additionally received conservative treatment [1 mL of 1% enoxaparin sodium intravenously and 1 ml of 30% vitamin E (alfa-tocopherol acetate) by intramuscular injection]; control group - 97 patients who underwent standard treatment. Long-term results were assessed by a survey, physical examination in the clinic, telephone and Internet surveys in 35 patients of the main group and 31 women of the control group. Results. In 91 (82%) patients of the main group, the pain intensity decreased after 7-10 days of treatment was antioxidants, 8 (7.2%) patients had pain in the perineum or anal canal, in 12 (10.8%) cases intense pain in the anal canal were still present. Long-term results were evaluated as good in 16 (51.6%) and 25 (69.4%) patients, as satisfactory - in 9 (29%) and 8 (22.2%) patients, as unsatisfactory - 6 (19.4 %), and 3 (8.3%) patients of the main and the control groups, respectively. The test group showed earlier formation of granulation tissue (3.1±0.3 days earlier compared to the control group). At sphincterometry on the 12th day, 6 patients of the control group had first degree anal incontinence, 3 - second degree anal incontinence compared with only 1 (1.8%) case in the study group (second degree sphincter incontinence). Conclusion. A proposed diagnostic strategy in women with anal incontinence due to perineal tears of II-III degrees after the labor trauma, allowed choosing the optimal method of surgical treatment and improving treatment outcomes.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Ewa Ferensztajn-Rochowiak ◽  
Ewa Kurczewska ◽  
Błażej Rubiś ◽  
Michalina Lulkiewicz ◽  
Hanna Hołysz ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives: Bipolar disorder (BD) may be connected with accelerated aging, the marker of this can be shorter telomere length (TL). Some data suggest that lithium may exert a protective effect against telomere shortening. The study aimed to compare the telomere length between patients with bipolar disorder and control subjects. The effect of long-term lithium treatment was also assessed. Methods: The study group comprised 41 patients with BD, including 29 patients treated longitudinally with lithium (mean 16.5 years) and 20 healthy people. Telomere length was assessed by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Results: In the control group, the TL was significantly longer in males than in females. Male bipolar patients had significantly shorter TL compared with the control male group. In bipolar patients, there was no correlation between TL and duration of treatment. The TL was negatively correlated with age in male bipolar patients. Conclusion: The study did not confirm the lithium effect on TL in bipolar patients. TL showed gender differences, being shorter in BD males, compared to control males, and longer in healthy males, compared to control females.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 46-53

Despite the progress in otosurgery, the efficient treatment of patients with the cochlear form of otosclerosis (according to the classification of N.A. Preobrazhensky, 1962) remains an important task. The authors have developed and implemented an advanced stapedoplasty method, providing the improvement of hearing in this category of patients. and described the methods of differential diagnostics for selection of patients according to the developed method. The article describes in details the early and long-term functional results of surgical treatment of 60 patients with cochlear and mixed II forms of otosclerosis, divided into the main and control groups. The main group is represented by 30 patients who underwent a cartilage-on-vein stapedoplasty according to the improved method. The control group included 30 patients, in which 18 people underwent a cartilage-on-vein stapedoplasty according to the method developed by Lenin Prize winner V. F. Nikitina, and 12 people who underwent V. T. Palchun’s piston stapedoplasty. The results demonstrate a statistically significant improvement of bone conduction in the main group in average by 15–20 dB throughout the entire tone scale (except for high frequencies in some patients) and the complete closure of the bone-air interval with subsequent preservation of the results. Based on the obtained data, the authors present the expediency and perspectivity of implementation of the advanced stapedoplasty method.


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 230949901985803
Author(s):  
Goksel Dikmen ◽  
Vahit Emre Ozden ◽  
Fırat Gulagaci ◽  
I. Remzi Tozun

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the long-term results of total hip arthroplasty (THA) for the treatment of ankylosed hip. Methods: Twenty-nine consecutive THAs were performed in 26 patients. The mean age of the patients at the time of the operation was 43.3 years (range, 19–69 years). We used cementless fixation in all hips and the mean duration of follow-up was 10.1 years (range, 4.5–20 years). Radiological evaluation of components, osteolysis, radiolucent lines and loosening were assessed. The Harris Hip Score (HHS), range of motion (ROM), limb-length discrepancy and walking capacity with or without any support were used preoperatively and at final follow-up for clinical evaluation. Survivorship analysis was conducted using the Kaplan–Meier method using second revision for any reason as the endpoint. Results: The mean HHS was 85.6 (range, 55–98) points and mean ROM was 110.5° for flexion. The mean limb-length discrepancy improved from 4.1 cm to 1.1 cm. Positive Trendelenburg sign was recorded in 31% of the patients and 24% of patients needed any support for walking postoperatively. We observed surgical complications related to abductor arm in 25% of the patients. Radiolucency on the acetabular side was seen on one or more zones in 15 patients (16 hips). One aseptic acetabular component loosening was observed. On the femoral side, 11 patients demonstrated non-progressive radiolucent lines and osteolysis around the stem was seen in four hips but there was no aseptic stem loosening. The Kaplan–Meier survival rate considering revision for any reason as the endpoint was 81.5%, for aseptic loosening 91.3%, for a worst-case scenario of 66.4% at 10 years. Conclusion: Cementless fixation showed good to excellent results at 10 years. Preoperative and postoperative abductor status of the patient is critical for patient satisfaction.


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