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Intestinal Fistula*

The subluxation of the femoral head is one of important prognostic factors in LCPD and current treatment of LCPD is based on the premise that adequate containment of the vulnerable femoral head within the acetabulum during the process of repair should result in a more spherical femoral head and a more congruous joint than if treatments were not provided.We analised the arthrographic findings of 18 hips in unilateral LCPD in order to determine the changes of the femoral head and acetabulum, degree of the subluxation and containment of the femoral head in various position of hip. The results were as follows: 1. According to the result of sphericity, the femoral head was deformed mainly in coronal plane in LCPD. 2. Average medial joint space of normal hip was about 3.8mm in the AP view of hip, but it was more increased in any position of LCPD. 3. In abduction with internal rotation, average subluxation ratio was 7.5% in normal hip and 10.9% in LCPD. In abduction with external rotation, it was 8.3% in normal hip and 12.4% in LCPD. 4. In normal hip, the containment ratio was more than 1.0 in any position of hip, but the containment ratio was 1.03 in abduction with internal rotation and 0.95 in abduction with external rotation of hip in LCPD. 5. On the basis of these results, efficacy of the Scottish Rite orthosis was doubtful in most hips of LCPD.
Acetabulum ; Arthrography ; Containment of Biohazards ; Head ; Hip ; Joints ; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease ; Orthotic Devices

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Hemorrhage*

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Splenectomy*

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Neurilemmoma* ; Stomach*

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Esophageal and Gastric Varices*

To investigate the correlation between urinary growth hormone(GH) level and peak serum GH level, urinary GH value measured by overnight collection of urine for 10 hours and serum GH value in response to GH provocation test using insulin and L-dopa were measured in 9 cases of GH complete deficiency(GCD), 19 cases of GH partial deficiency(GPD) and 40 cases of GH normal short stature(GHN). Urinary GH values were measured by the EIA method using PICOIA HGH plate(Joo Woo Pharmaceutical Co., Japan). Urinary GH was expressed in terms of nanograms per gm creatinine(ng/gCr). Serum GH was measured by immunoradiometric assay using "Daiichi kit"(Je Il Pharmaceutical Co., Japan). Wilcoxon ranked sum test and student's t-test were used to assess the significance of differences between the groups of the patients. The correlation between urinary GH level and peak serum GH level was assessed by the parametric Pearson correlation test. The correlation between peak serum GH level in GH provocation test using insulin and urinary GH level measured by overnight 10 hours collection method showed statistically significant results in all the patients(Y=0.464072X +9.208044, r=0.48987, p=0.0001) and in the GH deficiency groups(GCD+GPD) (Y=0.924659X +9.2385509, r=0.80437, p=0.0001). In case of L-dopa stimulation test, urinary GH values were also positively correlated with peak serum GH level when all the patients were participated(Y=0.572988X +8.312993, r=0.58212, p=0.0001). In contrast, no correlation was found when patients were confined to GH deficiency group(GCD+GPD)(Y=0.127712X +8.3129939, r=0.08044, p=0.6841).
Dihydroxyphenylalanine ; Growth Hormone ; Humans ; Immunoradiometric Assay ; Insulin ; Levodopa ; Methods

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Ligaments*

Supracondylar fracture of the humerus is the most common fracture about the elbow in children and much has been written about its treatment and the prevention of both Volkmann's ischemia with contracture and the nerve injuries associated with these fractures. However, it is still one of the most difficult fractures to manage and is frequently associated with significant residual complications. Among these complications, the change in carrying angle is the most common one. In a retrospective survey of 102 children with supracondylar fractures of the humerus treated at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of Kyungpook National University Hospital, 68 cases were found to have sufficient clinical and roentgenographic data to classify the fractures and to determine the carrying angles at end result. The results are as follows: 1. The mean age of the 102 patients at the time of fracture was 7.3 years (range, 2 to 17 years), and the fractures were on the left side in 67.6%, and male comprised 70.1%. 2, Of all fractures, 98% were the extension type, and the most common direction of initial displacement of the distal fragment was postero-medial. 3. According to Arnold et al classification, fractures with moderate varus or valgus displacement were the most common types in our series. 4. In the associated injuries with fractures, there were 5 nerve palsies and 5 fractures at the other sites. 5. In our series, the carrying angle of the opposite side of the fractured elbow ranged from 2 to 23 degrees of valgus angulation, with a mean of 9.2 degrees. 6. The decrease in carrying angle was most common in fractures with postero-medial displacement. 7, As far as the position of immobilization after reduction of the fracture is concerned, there was less tendency of decreasing the carrying angle in pronated group. 8. Most cases were treated by conservative method. There was no significant difference in change of carrying angle between the cases treated by closed reduction and those by skeletal traction.
Child ; Classification ; Clinical Study ; Contracture ; Elbow ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Humans ; Humerus ; Immobilization ; Ischemia ; Male ; Methods ; Orthopedics ; Paralysis ; Retrospective Studies ; Traction

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychological characteristics of the patients with bruxism by Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory(MMPI). METHODS: MMPI was administered to 87 patients(46 bruxism group and 41 control group) who had visited a local dental clinic from January to August 1998. RESULTS: The bruxism group had a higher score than control group in Masculinity-Femininity(Mf) scale. There were no differences between bruxism group and control group on the distribution of Depression(D), Psychopatic Deviate(Pd), Paranoia(Pa), Psychasthenia(Pt) scales. The bruxism group with the family history showed higher score than the bruxism group without family history in Pd scale. Male bruxism group had a higher score than female bruxism group in Defensiveness(K) scale and female bruxism group had higher score than male bruxism group in Pa scale. The bruxism group of clenching type had higher score than the bruxism group of mixed type in Social Introversion(Si) scale. There were no differences in MMPI score between those who had and did not have symptoms such as masticatory musle pain, neck pain and headache. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that individualized approach may be effective to the evaluation of psychological disturbances which might be related to sex, family history and, type of bruxism, while we did not find significant differences in personality charateristics between the bruxism and control groups.
Bruxism* ; Dental Clinics ; Female ; Headache ; Humans ; Male ; Minnesota ; MMPI* ; Neck Pain ; Weights and Measures