Peripheral longitudinal tears of the menisci in nine patients(eight men and one woman) were repaired by arthroscopic techniques from December 1985 to November 1986. Six lateral and three medial menisci were repaired. The results of the repairs were classified by Tapper and Hoover scale as excellent 2, good 4, fair 2 and poor 1. The aversge durstion of follow up was 17.6 months(range : twelve to twenty-four months). One patient had a rerupture and two patients had hemarthrosis. The repairs of peripheral meniscal tears hsve been shown to be an effective and successful procedure. Arthroscopic instruments and techniques have been improved to allow for the repair of some of these tears.
Arthroscopes ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemarthrosis ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Menisci, Tibial ; Tears

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Hypopituitarism*

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Graves Disease* ; Pregnancy*

Two cases of Bleeding Meckel's Diverticulum Using (99m)Technetium-Pertechnetate Scanning are presented. (99m)TC-pertechnetate was used in the diagnosis of Meckel's Diverticulum by Jewette et al in 1970 for the first time. The affinity of this isotope for the parietal cell of the gastric mucosa makes it ideal for delincating ectopic gastric tissue. It noninvasiveness can be used in early screening test of occult gastrointestinal bleeding in pediatric age group.
Diagnosis* ; Gastric Mucosa ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Meckel Diverticulum* ; Rabeprazole ; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m*

OBJECTIVES: The most often perfomed major operation in gynecology is hysterectomy.Our purpose was to compare the indications, charateristics and outcomes of patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy and total vaginal hysterectomy and to help to establish guidelines to determine the route of hysterectomy. METHOD: The hospital charts of 400 women who underwent elective inpatient hysterectomy at Kyung-Hee University hospital from January 1994 to January 1999, were abstracted retrospectively. Data were collected regarding patients, age, parity, preoperative indications, the route of hysterectomy, uterine weight, operative and postoperative complications and the length of stay. The operative indications were benign uterine disease except from uterine prolapse. Bisection or combined morcellation were used in most cases to obtain reduction in uterine size. RESULT: Patients in whom the vaginal route was successful included 18% of those with uterine weights exceeding 280gm. There was statistically significant difference for uterine weight, operative time, bleeding amount, the length of stay in two camparative group. 4% of vaginal hysterectomy and 7% of total abdominal hysterectomy has documented operative complications. CONCLUSIONS: Vaginal hysterectomy is safe operation with few intraoperative and postoperative complications without notable blood loss. Vaginal hysterectomy allow one to shorten the operating time and allows early postoperative discharge of some patients from hospital. Skilled performance of vaginal hysterectomy is worth greater attention and should be used more often in gynecological study.
Female ; Gynecology ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hysterectomy* ; Hysterectomy, Vaginal ; Inpatients ; Length of Stay ; Operative Time ; Parity ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies ; Statistics as Topic* ; Uterine Diseases ; Uterine Prolapse ; Weights and Measures

Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate among gynecologic malignancies in developed countries. Most women present with advanced disease and require a combination of surgery and chemotherapy. One patient presented with recurrent ovarian cancer was initially treated with taxol and platinum-based compounds. Although response to these agents occurred, tumor progression was evident by elevated CA 125 levels and CT findings after a period of 4 months. This patient was then treated with topotecan and exhibited a response and stopped therapy. Topotecan exhibited activity in this patient with ovarian cancer resistent to both platinum and paclitaxel. We report a case of advanced ovarian cancer which was treated with topotecan after taxol-cisplatin treatment failed.
Developed Countries ; Drug Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Mortality ; Ovarian Neoplasms* ; Paclitaxel ; Platinum ; Topotecan*

PURPOSE: We evaluated the ability of endo-rectal coil MRI (ER-MRI) to predict the local pathological stage of prostate cancer prior to radical prostatectomy and compared the results with those of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS). MATERIALS AND METHODS: ER-MRI using high field magnets (1.5 Tesla) were performed in 22 patients (mean age 62.8 years, range 51-73) with clinically localized prostate cancer before radical prostatectomy. Of the 22 patients, 17 patients were also assessed by TRUS. The results of the imaging techniques were compared with the post-operative histopathological findings. As one patient with pelvic lymph node metastasis, which was detected on frozen-section examination during surgery, was spared radical prostatectomy, the final evaluation included 21 patients. RESULTS: DSeven of the 21 patients (33%) were found to have extraprostatic extension (EPE), and 5 had seminal vesicle invasion (SVI). The sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing EPE using ER-MRI were 62.5% and 84.6%, respectively, and 16.7% and 100% with TRUS. The sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing SVI were 80.0% and 93.8%, respectively with ER-MRI, and 0% and 92.3% with TRUS. The accuracy of predicting SVI was 90.5% with ER-MRI compared to 70.6% with TRUS. CONCLUSIONS: ER-MRI was significantly better than TRUS for determining the local extent of prostatic cancer and for prediction of SVI in the preoperative staging of clinically localized prostate cancer.
Humans ; Lymph Nodes ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Prostate* ; Prostatectomy ; Prostatic Neoplasms* ; Seminal Vesicles ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Ultrasonography

Femoral fractures in adults frequently need an extensive dissection for attainment of adequate internal fixation, frequently leading to nonunion, infection and derangement of joint motion. Retrograde IM nailing, compared to the conventional methods, has advantages of reducing periarticular soft tissue dissection and establishing a load sharing construct reducing hardware failure. The purpose of this study is to verify the advantages of retrograde IM nailing by retrospective evaluation of the results of adult femoral fractures treated by this technique. The matrials were 17 femoral fractures in 15 patients treated by retrograde IM nailing and followed up for more than 1 year. The fracture was located in the middle third of the shaft in 5 and distal third in 12. The latter consisted nf 6 cases of type Al, 4 cases of type A2 and 2 cases of type A3 by Miiller's classification. The results were as follows; 1) Fracture union was achieved at an average of 17.5 weeks. 2) Full range of knee motion was gained in 15/17 knees (88%). 3) Complication occurred in 2 knees. One nonunion and one angulatory malunion. 4) There was no infection, no femoral shortening or implant failure. In conclusion, retrograde IM nailing of adult femoral fracture is an effective method in selected cases such as far distal femoral fracture, ipsilateral femur neck and shaft fractures, floating knee, post-TKR femoral fracture and so on. The merits of this technique are rigid fixation which is difficult to obtain with others, no need of fracture table, short operative time and mimium blood loss. However, It has potential problems such as difficulty in insertion of proximal locking screw and need for an arthrotomy to remove hardware.
Adult* ; Classification ; Femoral Fractures ; Femur ; Femur Neck ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary* ; Humans ; Joints ; Knee ; Operative Time ; Retrospective Studies

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Female ; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced* ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy*

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Humans ; Pregnancy, Twin* ; Twins*