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Nephrotic Syndrome*

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Basement Membrane*

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Biopsy* ; Nephrotic Syndrome*

Endoscopic ACL reconstruction using bone-patellar tendon-bone has been considered the gold standard in the field of reconstructive ACL surgery. Technically, graft must be placed at isometric point. But it is difficult to evaluate the placement of graft postoperatively. The purpose of this study is to determine the radiological ideal position of graft by comparing postoperative results with the graft placement. Seventy cases of endoscopic ACL reconstruction were reviewed and classified according to the femoral and tibial graft position on radiologic imaging. The femoral graft position was classified in relation to angle of graft on anterior position view and distance from posterior margin of graft to the inner surface of posterior cortex on lateral view. The tibial graft position was classified in relation to intercondylar eminence on anterior posterior view and lateral view. Knee score (modified Marshall, Lysholum), manual anterior instability test (Lachman test, Pivot shift test) and arthrometer measurement were checked to evaluate postoperative results in each case. The results of this study implicate that knee joint in which femoral graft was oriented at direction of 11 o clock centring around 68 degree respect to tibial joint and placed within 3mm from posterior cortex showed higher knee score and lesser laxity. In cases of tibial side, the graft oriented to intercondylar eminence (AP view) and placed anterior to intercondylar eminence (lateral view) showed higher knee score and lesser laxity.
Joints ; Knee ; Knee Joint ; Patellar Ligament* ; Transplants

Purpose: Early diagnosis and treatment are essential features to save the kidney in patients with an acute renal infarction. To reduce the delay in diagnosis, the clinical features and treatments of an acute renal infarction were evaluated. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 19 patients (14 men and 5 women) diagnosed with an acute renal infarction were retrospectively analyzed. Symptoms, findings of a cardiologic evaluation, laboratory findings, presumptive diagnosis and treatments were evaluated. Results: All patients complained of flank or abdominal pain. Fifty-three percent of the patients had a history of cardiovascular disease and 37% had no history of specific illnesses. The level of serum LDH was markedly elevated in all patients that performed the test. Initially, only 4 patients were diagnosed as acute renal infarction. In the others, the presumptive diagnoses were urinary stone, acute abdomen, aortic dissection and so forth. Seven patients were managed with conservative care due to the delay in diagnosis or poor general condition. Nine patients were managed with systemic anticoagulation and 3 with intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy. Conclusions: An acute renal infarction must be considered as one of the presumptive diagnoses in patients presenting with flank or abdominal pain and a history of cardiovascular diseases. Prompt CT scanning and testing of the serum LDH level will help in the accurate and immediate diagnosis of an acute renal infarction.
Abdomen, Acute ; Abdominal Pain ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Diagnosis ; Early Diagnosis ; Humans ; Infarction* ; Kidney ; Male ; Medical Records ; Retrospective Studies ; Thrombolytic Therapy ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Urinary Calculi

AIDS, which is being spreaded world-wide, would have the number of the patients and the infected persons to several million persons since the first patient had been reported among the homosexualists in 1981, and in our country patients of 323 persons had been found till 1993, therfore we could have significant concern and warning. Accordingly, this writer intended to present basic data to the blood Project and AIDS preventive movement by investigating knowledge, attitude and concern regarding AIDS including blood donors, and analyzed data of 1,920 pages by questionaire method from March to August 1994. According to the results, it is rather well-known as far as general knowledge, attitude and concern regarding AIDS are concerned, however, items which are 20-40% wrongly known are as followings: AIDS is infected by virus. It is infected by insects such as mosquito. It is infected with tight kiss with the person infected with AIDS. Risk of being infected with AIDS will be reduced if using condom when sexual intercourse. It may be infected through the foods. It may be infected by the same bacteria attacking venereal disease. And WHO(world Health Organization) designated Dec. 1st as AIDS'Day. Items which are 40-60 wrongly known are as followings: AIDS can be infected by blood donation, Now vaccine preventing AIDS has been developed. In our country, Preventive law of AIDS is established. And in the field of the attitude and concern, it was surveyed as important as being hahdied by the broadcasting and newspaper, and 60470% of the persons answered that they would avoid AIDS infected person, and 76% of male and 87.1% of female gave the reply thet AIDS infected persons should be administered extraordinarily by isolated accommodation by the nation.
Bacteria ; Blood Donors* ; Coitus ; Condoms ; Culicidae ; Female ; Humans ; Insects ; Jurisprudence ; Male ; Periodicals ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases ; World Health Organization

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Muscular Atrophy, Spinal* ; Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood*

Antiseptics are substances that kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms when applied to living tissue. They must be effective against microorganisms but must also retain their activity in presence of body fluids without being harmful locally or systemically. Among many antiseptics, Betadine(R) has been widely used because of its low toxicity and high germicidal efficacy. We reported 2 cases of allergic contact dermatitis to Betadine(R) in surgical patients. They had eczematous eruption along the Betadine(R) applying sites. Path tests Betadine(R) confirmed the diagnosis.
Anti-Infective Agents, Local ; Body Fluids ; Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* ; Diagnosis ; Humans

In order to investigate the level of lead exposure of workers in litharge making industry and to evaluate how lead exposure, personal habit such as smoking and drinking affect the prevalence of lead related symptoms and other study variables, we investigate 114 workers(24 office workers and 90 lead exposed workers) in a litharge making industry. Study variables chosen were blood lead(PbB), zinc protoporphyrin in whole blood(ZPP), Hemoglobin(Hb), hematocrit (Hct), SGOT and SGPT. symptom questionnaires which had 15 lead exposure related symptoms were provided to all workers and filled up by themselves and reconfirmed by physician. The results obtained were as follows; 1. The mean value of PbB, ZPP and SGOT in lead exposed group were higher than those of non-exposed group, and there were no differences of means in other study variables. 2. The smoking and drinking rate of study subjects were 65.8% and 71.0% as a whole. Smoking rates were lower in non-exposed group than exposed group, but drinking rate were not. 3. There were no differences of mean values of study variables between smoker and non-smoker in non-exposed and exposed group, but there was a difference of mean value of SGOT between drinker and non-drinker in lead exposed group. 4. while the symptom prevalence of lead exposed group were higher in neuromuscular category than non-exposed group, those of non-exposed group were higher or same with exposed group in gastrointestinal and general symptom category. 5. The symptom prevalence of smoker were higher than non-smoker regardless of exposure. 6. The symptom prevalence of drinker were only higher in gastrointestinal symptom category than non-drinker. 7. In multiple stepwise regression analysis of lead related symptoms as dependent variable and blood lead, smoking habit, drinking habit and work duration as independent variables, drinking habit contributed to the gastrointestinal symptom category, whereas blood lead and smoking contributed to the neuromuscular symptom category. For the total symptoms work duration and smoking habit contributed significantly.
Alanine Transaminase ; Aspartate Aminotransferases ; Drinking ; Hematocrit ; Humans ; Prevalence ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Zinc

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