One case of keratitis ichthyosis deafness (KID) syndrome and two cases of bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma (BIE) were treated with systemic acitretin. The severe hyperkeratotic lesions improved dramatically with acitretin therapy in the KID case. Substantial improvement of the palmoplantar keratoderma was also observed. During follow-up, laboratory results remained within normal limits and no skeletal abnormalities were detected. The two cases with BIE also showed good responses to acitretin. Long-term follow-up of these cases showed that signs and symptoms were well under control and no adverse effects were noted.
BackgroundSucrose allyl ether (SAE) containing hemostatic drugs and a photoinitiator was established to treat mild postpartum hemorrhage or long-term continuous abnormal uterine bleeding in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) using a photopolymerization method.Methods and resultsReal-time infrared spectroscopy and rheological experiments showed that the SAE monomer with shear-thinning characteristics could polymerize rapidly into a transparent membrane. Cytotoxicity experiments in vitro showed that this system could elicit a long-term hemostatic effect. Tissue adhesion was also evaluated. The photo-stability of four delivered antifibrinolytic drugs (6-aminocaproic acid, ethylenediaminediacetic acid, tranexamic acid and p-(aminomethyl) benzoic acid) was tested by ultraviolet-photolysis experiments and illustrated by time-dependent density functional theory. Sustained-release experiments revealed that the formed film could be used as a drug carrier. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics were done to investigate the binding mechanism between hemostatic drugs as ligands and the human plasminogen kringle-1 (1HPK) as a target.ConclusionIt has been suggested that SAE with tranexamic acid could be a drug-release system of microchannel transport used in MIS. This system could tackle the dilemma of fluidity and adhesion in MIS. The photo-stable tranexamic acid was the most suitable drug according to its satisfactory binding energy, good photo-stability, and sustained release.
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