No abstract available.
Tinnitus*

No abstract available.
Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Neoplasms*

Childhood ; Acute ; Stridor ; Abscess

Intracranial ; Infancy, NOS ; Hemorrhage

Patency of ; seconds ; Fistula ; Case Report

Some modifications of the step-cut osteotomy for the correction of cubitus varus are described. It involves a 90 step-cut on the proximal humeral fragment after the initial transverse osteotomy; the distal fragment is translated medially to avoid an unsightly lateral condylar prominence at the elbow; and the osteotomy was fixated using two crossed pins with additional tension band wires or a plate and screws. Ten patients were treated by this method with uniform success. They were followed up for at least one year. The preoperative humeral-elbow-wrist (HEW) angle averaged -17.9. The final HEW angle averaged 8.6. No loss of correction or motion occurred. Complication was a transient ulnar neurapraxia. All of the patients were satisfied with the excellent cosmetic results. The author recommends this modification of the step-cut osteotomy as safe and effective.
Congenital Abnormalities* ; Elbow ; Humans ; Humerus* ; Osteotomy*

Dengue is one of the highest occurring vector-borne diseases. It is caused by dengue viruses 1- 4. Currently, the disease is classified into dengue with or without warning signs and severe dengue based on WHO 2009 dengue classification. As of today, neither specific drugs nor commercial vaccine exist for dengue. The best treatment yet would be support, management and proper medical care. With no pathognomonic features that could differentiate it from other febrile illnesses, clinical diagnosis alone is insufficient. Yet, despite the current advances and existence of various laboratory diagnostic methods of dengue, a consensus singular method has not been established. There are several hypotheses or theories regarding the vaguely understood immunopathogenesis of dengue. Amongst these are the viral factors, host-immune factors and host-genetic factors. In addition to these, the occurrence of asymptomatic dengue has further complicated the disease. However, these individuals provide opportunities in the search for protective factors against dengue.
Dengue

The purpose of this study was to verify the split-crest technique experimentally for successful implantation at alveolar bone having unfavorable condition. Using inferior border of the mandible of the canine, we made comparable study about the state of osseointegration between conventional technique and split-crest technique. We set experimental group which was implanted at inferior border of the mandible of the canine by split-crest technique using the fixture of 3.75 mm width and 8mm length, and set control group which was implanted by conventional technique at the counter area of the mandible. The experimental animal was sacrificed at 1, 4, 8 and 16 week. We observed the changing process of bone formation following implantation with stereoscopy, light microscopy, electron microscopy and fluorescent microscopy, and studied histomorphometrically. Histologic results were as follow : 1. In control group, a bit of new bone formation was initiated on a portion of bone defect area at 1 week. The initiation of osseointegration between fixture and new bone was seen at 4 week. New bone tissue with normal shape and structure formed and filled defect area at 8 week. But complete bone remodeling was attained at 16 week. 2. In experimental group, bone formation around fixture was going on actively. But the shape and structure of new bone area was more irregular than that of control group, and bone density was also lower than that of control group. Active new bone formation was still observed at 16 week. 3. The osseointegrated new bone was remodeled to cancellous bone having trabeculae and marrow space composed of compact lamellar bone. 4. In fluorescent microscopic analysis, active bone formation was seen between 4 weeks and 8 weeks at control group. Otherwise, along the all experimental period new bone formation was observed evenly at experimental group. 5. Both control and experimental group, normal osseointegration was accomplished without bone resorption which is essential factor in split-crest technique. As previous results, when implantation using split-crest technique at alveolar bone attenthaving unfavorable condition, early bone formation was delayed slightly, but we could get attentive results along the long term period.
Animals ; Bone and Bones ; Bone Density ; Bone Marrow ; Bone Remodeling ; Bone Resorption ; Mandible ; Microscopy ; Microscopy, Electron ; Osseointegration* ; Osteogenesis

No abstract available.
Catheters*

The oriental medicine differs from the western medicine in many aspects. Especially they show great differences in their understnding of diseases as the object of medical science. But their differences were often exaggerated and accentuated. In this article I would like to reveal various aspects of oriental medicine which have often been ignored by schematic comparison with the western medicine. They are as follows. 1) The pathology theory of the oriental medicine has changed as the time has gone by. 2) The pathology theory of the oriental medicine is not based on single paradigm. 3) Nosologic problems in oriental and western medicine.
Asia ; English Abstract ; History of Medicine, Modern ; Pathology/*history ; Philosophy, Medical/*history