Cultura

The Influence of NGO on Sino-Myanmar Relations and Its Countermeasures under the Transformation of Political Democratization in Myanmar

VOLUME 21, 2024

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Chunlai Zhang
Lecturer, College of Foreign Languages, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China, 550025
Yun Hong, Ph. D
Professor, Office of International Relations/College of Foreign Languages, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China, 550025
Ruifu Wang
Lecturer, College of Foreign Languages, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Bijie, China, 551700

Abstract

One of the effects of Myanmar's political democratization is the sudden emergence of NGOs. Taking advantage of Myanmar's political transformation, Western NGOs have been able to enter Myanmar on a large scale, and local NGOs in Myanmar have also developed rapidly. In addition to carrying out traditional public welfare undertakings, Western NGOs and local NGOs in Myanmar have gradually deepened their involvement and interference in Myanmar's domestic and foreign affairs, focusing on the friendly and stable Sino-Myanmar relations. On the basis of material and intellectual support from western countries, under the inducement of western NGO values diplomacy, and under the catalysis of domestic nationalism, the influence of local NGOs in Myanmar is increasing, which poses a real threat to Sino-Myanmar relations and China's interests in Myanmar. In this regard, China can adopt value equivalence diplomacy, cultivate local international NGOs, support domestic NGOs to go abroad, and strengthen the research and contact with domestic NGOs in Myanmar, so as to ease and optimize the Sino-Myanmar relations under the double attack of western NGOs and local NGOs in Myanmar.

Keywords : Myanmar; Political Transition; NGO; Sino-Myanmar Relations.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty