Background & Objectives: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of radiculopathy in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients through electrodiagnostic tests, to assess associated radicular pain characteristics,and to investigate the relationship between pain and other clinical manifestations of PD. Methods: Electrodiagnostic testing including nerve conduction studies and needle electromyographywas performed to investigate comorbid peripheral neuropathy or radiculopathy. All patients were asked to complete aquality of life (QOL) measurement related to pain. Results: Thirty-two (39%) of 82 PD patients had radiculopathy based on electrodiagnostic testing. 46.9% with radiculopathy patients had involvement of multiple roots level. The most commonly involved root was L5 (83.3%). Patients with radiculopathy had longer PD durations (p=0.011) and higher posture-related axial scores on the UPDRS scale (p=0.017).There was a trend for pain in the leg and low back to occur more frequently in PD patients with radiculopathy. QOL is not significantly different according to the presence of radiculopathy in PD. Conclusions: This study demonstrates a high prevalence of radiculopathy, particularly multiple root involvement, and is correlated with pain complaints and with axial motor scores on UPDRS. These findings might be related to increased shear force at the intervertebral disc by axial rigidity and flexed posture in PD along with the duration and severity of PD disease course.
Parkinson Disease ; Radiculopathy

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to construct and test a structural equation model to investigate the risk factors of metabolic syndrome in rural women. METHODS: The raw data in this study was collected from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study supervised by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2005 to 2010. The data included physical examinations and surveys of 1,125 women, who resided in three rural areas of South Korea. The structural model in this study was composed of five latent variables: depression, stress, social support, health behavior, and metabolic syndrome. The structural equation model was used to assess the relationships among the variables. RESULTS: The results of the study showed that depression and stress had direct effects on metabolic syndrome. Social support had a direct effect on health behavior and metabolic syndrome. Also, health behavior had a direct effect on metabolic syndrome. CONCLUSION: This study may serve as a guideline for interventions and strategies used to reduce metabolic syndrome in rural women.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Depression ; Epidemiology ; Female ; Genome ; Health Behavior ; Humans ; Korea ; Models, Structural ; Physical Examination ; Risk Factors

Congenital ureteral valves are transeverse folds of redundant mucosa which contains smooth muscle fibers and are very rare disease. We observed one case of congenital ureteral valve in 2-year old boy with hydronephrosis, which was treated by segmental resection and tubeless end-to-end anastomosis of ureter. Herein we reported a case of congenital ureteral valve with a review of the literatures.
Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Hydronephrosis ; Male ; Mucous Membrane ; Muscle, Smooth ; Rare Diseases ; Ureter*

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma(PXA) is a rare neoplasm with favorable prognosis despite of its aggressive histological features. The authors report three cases of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas. The masses were in the temporal or parietal lobe of children or adolscence and presented as complex partial seizures. Total removal of mass was performed in all three cases and the seizure was abscent postoperatively. It is important to differentiate of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma from other malignant brain tumors and identify this type of glioma as a distinct entity.
Brain Neoplasms ; Child ; Glioma ; Humans ; Parietal Lobe ; Prognosis ; Seizures

PURPOSE: Although the two or three-postoperative doses of prophylactic antibiotics are recommended, the tendency for surgeons to prolong the administration of prophylactic antibiotics after colorectal surgery is a well-known fact. The aim of this study was to assess the prophylactic efficacy of two or three-doses of prophylactic antibiotics over a 24 hour period after elective colorectal surgery. METHODS: We reviewed the surgical complications in 69 patients who underwent elective colorectal surgery from April to Jun, 2006. All patients had preoperative mechanical bowel cleansing performed. As antibiotic prophylaxis, oral metronidazole was administered 2~3 times on the day before surgery and second generation cephalosporin were administered intravenously 30 minutes before surgical incision. After surgery, second generation cephalosporin, aminoglycoside and metronidazole were given to all the patients, at 2~3 doses for 24 hours. Wound conditions were checked on alternate days during the hospital stay and the patients were followed up for at least 30 days after discharge. RESULTS: In 69 patients, the diseases were cancer in 64 cases (92.8%). The procedures were anterior resection or lower anterior resection in 38 cases (55.1%), hemicoloectomy in 16 cases (23.2%), segmental resection in 9 cases, and abdomino-perineal resection or Hartmann's procedure in 6 cases. The wound complications were wound seroma in 3 cases (4.3%), wound dehiscence in 3 cases (4.3%) and anastomotic leakage in 1 case (1.4%). CONCLUSION: The wound complication rate was not high after antibiotic prophylaxis for 24 hours in patients who underwent elective colorectal surgery. Further studies are required to establish appropriate guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis after elective colorectal surgery.
Anastomotic Leak ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Antibiotic Prophylaxis ; Colorectal Surgery ; Humans ; Length of Stay ; Metronidazole ; Seroma

PURPOSE: This study was performed to evaluate factors affecting the decision to operate in orbital fracture patients. METHODS: This study included 396 orbital fracture patients who visited an urban tertiary teaching hospital emergency room from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2005. We reviewed medical records of the patients. Data collected included a patient's sex, age, mechanism of trauma, wall fractures, associated other facial bone fracture, visual disturbance and ocular motility disturbance. The Chi-square test, t-test were applied in order to evaluate the factors associated with the decision to operate in orbital fracture cases. Multinomial logistic regression was applied to those factors which achieved significance in Chi-square test. RESULTS: As seen in other studies, orbital fractures were frequent in young males ages 10 through 40. The most common cause of orbital fractures was violence (41.0%). In the Chi-square test, medial, lateral and inferior wall fractures; skull vault fracture; nasal septum fracture; diplopia; ocular motor dysfunction; and fractures involving more than two walls were found to be statistically significant in the decision to operate compared to other factors. Diplopia, lateral wall fracture, ocular motor dysfunction, skull vault fracture, and inferior wall fracture were confirmed by multinominal logistic regression analysis as positive predictors of a decision to operate in orbital fracture. CONCLUSION: Orbital wall fracture patient with diplopia, lateral or inferior wall fracture, ocular motor dysfunction, and skull vault fracture are likely to result in surgical intervention.
Diplopia ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Facial Bones ; Forecasting ; Hospitals, Teaching ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Medical Records ; Nasal Septum ; Orbit* ; Orbital Fractures* ; Patient Education as Topic ; Skull ; Violence

Isoconazole nitrate is one of the broad-spectrum antimycotic agents recently developed from imidazole derivatives. Authors performed ulticenter trials to evaluate the therapeutic effect of Travogen and Travocort in superficial fungal diseases. In the usual superficial fungal diseases, Travogen was applied 4 weeks. In the inflammatory and eczematoid superficial fungal diseases, Travocort was applied 2 weeks initially and then followed by 2 weeks application of Travogen. One hundred and ninty one patients with superficial fungal diseases were included in this study during g months from December, 1982 to August, 19$3 The obtained results were as follows; The overall cure rate of Travogen and Travocort in each superficial fungal diseases were gl 7g (tinea pedis), 98. L% (tinea cruris), 1ppg, (tinea corporis), 9g. 100% (tinea manus), 1ppg (tinea capitis) and 1pgg (candidiasis) respectively. Trichophyton rubrum(51. 3%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes(29.3g), Tricho -countinue-
Humans ; Trichophyton

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