BACKGROUND： Liver steatosis affects 20%-30% of adults.Because of the increasing gap between graft supplies and demands, livers with steatosis are frequently used in liver transplantation. But severely steatotic liver...BACKGROUND： Liver steatosis affects 20%-30% of adults.Because of the increasing gap between graft supplies and demands, livers with steatosis are frequently used in liver transplantation. But severely steatotic liver grafts are associated with a high risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications. Accurate assessment of fat content of donor livers and monitoring of the extent of steatosis in recipients are required for liver transplantation. The present study aimed to determine the correlation between liver echogenicity and fat content, and to evaluate the use of an ultrasonic integrated backscatter system（IBS） in the assessment of changes in fat content after liver transplantation.METHODS： Seventy-nine consecutive patients receiving liver grafts from living donors were evaluated in our center. Of these recipients, 67 survived for more than two years and were included in this study. Each liver graft was evaluated with IBS and ultrasound before operation and the fat content was estimated. The fat content of the grafts in the recipients was again assessed with ultrasound at 18 months after surgery.RESULTS： A correlation was detected between each graft＇s IBS value and its fat content（P=0.001）. The IBS value in fatty grafts with various degrees of steatosis was significantly decreased in 3（P=0.02）, 12, 15 and 18（P=0.001） months after orthotopic liver transplantation. The IBS value returned to normal in all patients in 18 months after liver transplantation.CONCLUSIONS： Decreased fat content in steatotic grafts can be observed in all recipients. Ultrasonic IBS is useful in determining the steatotic degree of grafts in donors as well as in monitoring the grafts after liver transplantation.展开更多
A conductive polymeric composite containing in situ ultra-fine metal particles is prepared by melt blending. Incorporation of elastomeric nano-particles and carbon nanotubes hinders the coalescing of metal particles a...A conductive polymeric composite containing in situ ultra-fine metal particles is prepared by melt blending. Incorporation of elastomeric nano-particles and carbon nanotubes hinders the coalescing of metal particles and causes a shift to the breakup direction in the breakup/coalescence equilibrium of metal particles. The prime metal particles （about 26 μm） are in situ converted into the ultra-fine metal particles （UFMP, about 932 nm）. The network of carbon nanotubes has been improved due to in situ ultra-fine metal particles and the percolation threshold of the composite with 1.96 vol% UFMP is only 0.25 vol% carbon nanotubes.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND： Liver steatosis affects 20%-30% of adults.Because of the increasing gap between graft supplies and demands, livers with steatosis are frequently used in liver transplantation. But severely steatotic liver grafts are associated with a high risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications. Accurate assessment of fat content of donor livers and monitoring of the extent of steatosis in recipients are required for liver transplantation. The present study aimed to determine the correlation between liver echogenicity and fat content, and to evaluate the use of an ultrasonic integrated backscatter system（IBS） in the assessment of changes in fat content after liver transplantation.METHODS： Seventy-nine consecutive patients receiving liver grafts from living donors were evaluated in our center. Of these recipients, 67 survived for more than two years and were included in this study. Each liver graft was evaluated with IBS and ultrasound before operation and the fat content was estimated. The fat content of the grafts in the recipients was again assessed with ultrasound at 18 months after surgery.RESULTS： A correlation was detected between each graft＇s IBS value and its fat content（P=0.001）. The IBS value in fatty grafts with various degrees of steatosis was significantly decreased in 3（P=0.02）, 12, 15 and 18（P=0.001） months after orthotopic liver transplantation. The IBS value returned to normal in all patients in 18 months after liver transplantation.CONCLUSIONS： Decreased fat content in steatotic grafts can be observed in all recipients. Ultrasonic IBS is useful in determining the steatotic degree of grafts in donors as well as in monitoring the grafts after liver transplantation.
文摘A conductive polymeric composite containing in situ ultra-fine metal particles is prepared by melt blending. Incorporation of elastomeric nano-particles and carbon nanotubes hinders the coalescing of metal particles and causes a shift to the breakup direction in the breakup/coalescence equilibrium of metal particles. The prime metal particles （about 26 μm） are in situ converted into the ultra-fine metal particles （UFMP, about 932 nm）. The network of carbon nanotubes has been improved due to in situ ultra-fine metal particles and the percolation threshold of the composite with 1.96 vol% UFMP is only 0.25 vol% carbon nanotubes.
