We conducted a retrospective study of 104 patients to examine the efficacy of two methods of urinary bladder management after total hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia. Patients who had total hip replacement was randomly assigned either to Group I, in which indwelling catheters were placed during the operation and removed the next morning, or Group II, in which urinary retention was managed by intermittent catheterization as needed. After the removal of the indwelling catheter, the patients in Group I had a lower incidence of urinary retention than those in Group II. Bladder distention(volume above 700ml) was more common in Group II and was associated with an increased need for subsequent long-term catheterization. There was no significant difference between the groups in the rates of urinary tract infection. We conclude that the short-term use of an indwelling catheter after extended surgery, such as joint replacement, reduces the incidence of urinary retention and bladder overdistention, without increasing the rate of urinary tract infection.
Anesthesia, Spinal* ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip* ; Catheterization ; Catheters ; Catheters, Indwelling ; Humans ; Incidence ; Joints ; Retrospective Studies ; Urinary Bladder* ; Urinary Retention ; Urinary Tract Infections

This is a follow up study on consecutive series 50 patients of total hip arthroplasty to assess for transient leg-length inequality. The authors report a clinical experience of 50 patients who have been pelvis tilt before total hip replacement. Retrospectively reviewed for the presence of pelvic obliquity preoperative and at the 1, 3 and 6 months follow-up visits. The results were as follows. Fourty-eight patients(96%) with functional leg length inequality related pelvic obliquity were improved within 6months postoperative follow up period after total hip arthroplasty. Two patients(4%) had persistent functional leg length inequality that affected factors-old age, female and soft tissue tightness due to pelvic obliquity. We believe that in most of these patients, the transient functional leg length inequality has a self-limited course, whereas in a small number, the profoud sense of inequality remains.
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Leg Length Inequality* ; Leg* ; Pelvis ; Retrospective Studies ; Socioeconomic Factors

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Fetal Development* ; Gestational Age*

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Fetal Development* ; Gestational Age*

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Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, Second* ; Pregnancy*

The measurement of gastric emptying time is useful in differentiation of the hypochondriacal neurosis from the functional gastrointestinal disturbance, and also useful in searching the hidden gastro-intestinal disease in patients who are believed as the functional gastrointestinal disturbance. We confirmed in this study that the more delayed gastric emptying time was measured in functional gastrointestinal disturbance compared to normal group, and more shortened gastric emptying time was found after treatment with dopamine antagonist (cleboril) in this group.
Dopamine ; Gastric Emptying* ; Gastrointestinal Diseases* ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to report mixed germ cell tumor, which revealed changes compatible with early transformation of dysgerminoma to endodermal sinus tumor(EST) through histogenetic considerations and immunohistochemical stains. METHODS: Ovarian germ cell tumors were reviewed from files of Dept. Ob/Gyn. Seoul Paik Hospital fiom 1992.1 to 1996.12. Total of 5 cases include 4 pure dysgerminoma and 1 mixed germ cell tumars. All tissues were fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin and reviewed by two pathologists with immunohistochemical staining for cytokeratin, vimentin, AFP, PCNA, p53 & bc1-2. RESULTS: Grossly, the areas of transformation were located at the middle of the mixed tumor. The outer layer of the tumor mass was filled with typical pure dysgerminoma. They were characterised as the presence of microcysts and small glandular structures in hematoxylin-eosin(H-E) stains with positive stain for vimentin, except the tissue of the EST. The cells in the intermediate layer were characterised as the mixed form of dysgerminomatous and EST structures in H-E stains. AFP in the dysgerminomatous cells in intermediate layer and EST were stained, but not in outer layer. CONCLUSION: Dysgerminoma may possess the ability to transform to EST. There might be intermediate stage between dysgerminoma and EST, and Immunohistochemical staining for AFP, cytokeratin, vimentin, PCNA also can be used for prognosis of germ cell tumor.
Coloring Agents ; Dysgerminoma* ; Endoderm ; Endodermal Sinus Tumor* ; Formaldehyde ; Germ Cells ; Keratins ; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal ; Paraffin ; Prognosis ; Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen ; Seoul ; Vimentin ; Yolk Sac*

Transabdominal approach in redo coronary artery bypass grafting(CABG) may avoid the risk related to repeat sternotomy. Redo CABG using this approach can be performed safely in selected cases. We report a case of redo off-pump CABG through a transabdominal approach in a 59-year-old woman with recurrent unstable angina after a previous CABG. Through a curvilinear epigastric incision, right gastroepiploic artery(RGEA) was harvested as a graft, and the RGEA-to-right coronary artery anastomosis was performed on the beating heart. A 1-day postoperative angiographic study showed the patent RGEA graft, and she was discharged on postoperative 4th day without any complication.
Angina, Unstable ; Coronary Artery Bypass ; Coronary Vessels ; Female ; Heart ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Reoperation ; Sternotomy ; Transplants