1.Remarks on 70 cases of children of with skull articular overlap operated at the Depart of Neurosurgery of Saint Paui Hospital
Journal of Practical Medicine 2003;454(6):53-54
Among 235 operated cases with narrow case of skull, there were 70 (29.8%) cases of skull articular overlap, a cause of narrowness leading to press the brain. This causes the underdevelopment of psychomotor capacity of children. This morbidity is higher in boys than in girls. The rates are as follows: frontal occupital overlap 100% with early close of the fonticulus; head circle measurement less than 1-2.5 cm incomparing with seizure 78.6%, psychomotor under development from mild to severe 86.7%. In electroencephalogram, 42 cases occur the wave od seizure. After operation of correction of deformity of the bone, in 53.4% children normal development restored, in 29.2% part of symptoms reduces, in 17.3% no improvement noted
Child
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Skull
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Arthrometry, Articular
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surgery
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Therapeutics
2.Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear: Reliability of MR Imaging to Predict Stability after Conservative Treatment.
Hye Won CHUNG ; Jin Hwan AHN ; Joong Mo AHN ; Young Cheol YOON ; Hyun Pyo HONG ; So Young YOO ; Seonwoo KIM
Korean Journal of Radiology 2007;8(3):236-241
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability of MR imaging to predict the stability of the torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) after complete recovery of the ligament's continuity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty patients with 20 knee injuries (13 males and 7 females; age range, 20-54) were enrolled in the study. The inclusion criteria were a positive history of acute trauma, diagnosis of the ACL tear by both the physical examination and the MR imaging at the initial presentation, conservative treatment, complete recovery of the continuity of the ligament on the follow up (FU) MR images and availability of the KT-2000 measurements. Two radiologists, who worked in consensus, graded the MR findings with using a 3-point system for the signal intensity, sharpness, straightness and the thickness of the healed ligament. The insufficiency of ACL was categorized into three groups according to the KT-2000 measurements. The statistic correlations between the grades of the MR findings and the degrees of ACL insufficiency were analyzed using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test (p < 0.05). RESULTS: The p-values for each category of the MR findings according to the different groups of the KT-2000 measurements were 0.9180 for the MR signal intensity, 1.0000 for sharpness, 0.5038 for straightness and 0.2950 for thickness of the ACL. The MR findings were not significantly different between the different KT-2000 groups. CONCLUSION: MR imaging itself is not a reliable examination to predict stability of the ACL rupture outcome, even when the MR images show an intact appearance of the ACL.
Adult
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament/*injuries/*pathology/surgery
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Arthrometry, Articular
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Arthroscopy
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Joint Instability/*pathology
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Knee Joint/pathology
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*Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Reproducibility of Results
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Retrospective Studies