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Knee* ; Physical Examination*

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Arthroplasty* ; Knee* ; Osteoarthritis*

riie snbjects werc 269 patients with uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis, who visited the Veiereal Disease Clinic of Choong-Ku Public Health Center in Fieoul from August to Decernber 1984. ()ni hundred and four of 108 patients treated with 1.anamycin, 2 gm, IM plus anipi illin,3.5 gm, p0 plus probenecid, 1 gm, PO regirrien recovered with 65(62. 5 post-gonococcal urethritis(PGlJ) and 4(3.7%) failed, One hundred and seven of III patients treated with kanamycin, 2 gm, IM plus talarnpicillin, 2 gm, PO plus probenecid, 1 gm, po regimen recovered with 71 (66. 4% ) post-goriococcal urethritis and 4(3. 6%) failed. It is suggeste,d that both these antibiotic comlbination regimens have similarly good effect in the treatment. of gonococcal urethritis.
Ampicillin* ; Humans ; Kanamycin* ; Probenecid* ; Public Health ; Talampicillin* ; Urethritis

Spontaneous rupture of the quadriceps tendon has heen rarely reported. We experienced four knees of 3 patients. Two patients with chronic renal failure(CRF) had been treated with peritoneal dialysis and the other patient was healthy without significant medical problem. In the CRF patients, laboratory studies were coincided with secondary hyperparathyoidism. Radiologic and operative findings suggested that the repeated minor trauma caused avulsion fracture of the bone near the insertion site of the tendon. Histologic findings revealed no elastosis of the tendon and no deposit of amyloid in the quadriceps tendon. In the non-CRF case, there was normal lahoratory data, and the rupture occurred at the musculotendinous junction, suggesting sudden contracture of the muscle causing failure without trauma history. All cases were treated successfully with open repair of the quadriceps tendon. It could be summarized that the site of spontaneous rupture in the CRF and normal patient were different.
Amyloid ; Contracture ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Knee* ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Rupture ; Rupture, Spontaneous* ; Tendons*

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Animals ; Embryonic Structures* ; Mice*

PURPOSE: Lower caliceal stones treated with ESWL do fail to pass more frequently than middle or upper caliceal stones. We analyzed the results of ESWL of renal caliceal stones according to the location of calix. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the stone-free rate in 119 caliceal stone patients treated with 3rd generation lithotriptor, EDAP LT-02 according to the caliceal location of the stone. Location of the stones were upper calix in 30, middle calix in 30, and lower calix in 59 patients. RESULTS: Stone-free rate was 90.0%(27/30 patients) in middle caliceal stones, 74.6%(44/59 patients) in lower caliceal stones, and 66.7%(20/30 patients) in upper caliceal stones. CONCLUSIONS: Stone-free rate of lower caliceal stones is higher than upper caliceal stones.
Humans ; Lithotripsy* ; Shock*

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A case of benign lichenoid keratosis(BLK) developed in a 25-year-old female is presented. She had two erythematous plaques with slightly verrucous surfaces on the lips for 4 weeks. A biopsy specirnen taken from the periphery of the lesion revealed a focal parakeratosis, the absence of granular cells, and hydropic degeneration of the basal cells in the epidermis. The upper dermal infiltrate composed chiefly of lymphacytes intermingled with a few histiocytes was also seen. The direct immunofluorescent study showed depositions of a few cytoid bodies and fibrin around the areas of the dermoepidermal junction. These plaques on her lips, demonstrating lichenoid tissue changes, cleared in 8 weeks from the evalution, without any treatment.
Adult ; Biopsy ; Epidermis ; Female ; Fibrin ; Histiocytes ; Humans ; Keratosis* ; Lip ; Parakeratosis