The clinical observation was performed on 32 patients of acetabular fracture, who had been admitted and treated at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Busan National University from January 1980 to December 1983. The results obtained were as follows. 1. The prevalent age ranged from 20 to 50 years, which comprised 71.9% and the ratio between males and females was 2.6: l. 2. The causes of injury were 16 cases of traffic accident, which comprised the highest incidence, 10 falling down and 6 direct blow. 3. According to Letournels classification, 21 cases (65.6%) were simple fractures, llcases(34.4%) were associated fractures. 4. Total patients associated injuries of another part of body were 24 cases#{75.0%) among them pelvic bone fracture was the most common fractured case and cerebral concussion was the most common soft tissue injury. 5. 2 types of treatment were performed, one was 18 conservative treatment and the other was 14 surgical treatment which was performed by open reduction and internal fixation. 6. The satisfactory result of conservative treatment was 61.6% and surgical treatment was 85.7. 7. The complications were 7 cases(21.9) of degenerative arthritis, ectopic ossification in 2cases (6.3%), avascular necrosis, superficial infection, and secondary displacement of fracture site in 1 case(3.1%) respectively. 8. The anatomical reduction and internal fixation was an important factor in treatment of acetabular fracture, especially in severe displaced articular fracture.
Accidental Falls ; Accidents, Traffic ; Acetabulum ; Brain Concussion ; Busan ; Classification ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Necrosis ; Orthopedics ; Ossification, Heterotopic ; Osteoarthritis ; Pelvic Bones ; Soft Tissue Injuries

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Adult* ; Humans ; Molecular Epidemiology* ; Oxalobacter formigenes* ; Seoul*

No abstract available.
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome*

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to get help in order to diagnose orthopaedic disease, measure its activity and determine treatment plan by measuring the beta-glucuronidase activity in urine, serum and joint fluid. METHODS: The beta-glucuronidase activity was determined in the serum, urine and joint fluid of the patients with degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteomyelitis and osteogenic sarcoma, and some other disease to study the change of the enzyme activity. These values of each specimen were calculated by standard curve and treated by statistical analysis. RESULTS: The results obtained were summarized as follows. 1. The beta-glucuronidase activity in the serum, urine and joint fluid was increased in patients with degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteomyelitis and osteogenic sarcoma etc. 2. The increased beta-glucuronidase activity in the serum and joint fluid of each disease does not show a specific finding about respective disease, but the increased beta-glucuronidase activity was statistically significant in the urine of all disease groups(male:p=0. 0041, female:p=0. 0001). CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of these results, it was suggested that beta-glucuronidase activity was affected by the orthopaedic disease and differed according to each specimen.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Glucuronidase* ; Humans ; Joints ; Osteoarthritis ; Osteomyelitis ; Osteosarcoma

No abstract available.
Tongue*

BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic scars and keloids have been regarded as representative of the proliferative change of the connective tissue of the dermis. Clinically, postburn and surgical scars show a smooth, shiny, erythematous appearance at an early stage. It is readily conceivable that, in such scars, changes may take place not only in the dermis but also in the epidermis and, possibly in the stratum corneum (SC). However, in contrast to the tremendous number of studies of scars on the dermis, those studies focusing on the epidermis and the SC have been scarce. OBJECTIVE: We have focused on the function of the SC covering the post-burn scar tissue and keloids. METHODS: Using noninvasive bioengineering measurements of functional properties of the SC, such as transepidermal water loss(TEWL), we evaluated the SC barrier function in various types of healing wounds, such as early erythematous lesion, hypertrophic scar, keloid, healed atrophic scar, scar occurring at the recipient site of the skin grafts and the adjacent normal appearing skin for control. RESULTS: 1. The TEWL values were 14.9+/-7.3 in early erythematous lesions, 13.2+/-7.5 in hypertrophic scars, 10.2+/-5.8 in keloids, 5.6+/-1.3 in healed atrophic scars, 6.9+/-4.3 in scars occurring at the recipient site of the skin grafts. Significantly increased TEWL values were found in all individual lesions(p>0.01) except for the scars occurring at the recipient site of the skin grafts(p<0.05) compared with the corresponding normal control skin. 2. When we randomly compared early erythematous lesions, hypertrophic scars, kelids, atrophic
Bioengineering ; Cicatrix ; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic* ; Connective Tissue ; Dermis ; Epidermis ; Keloid* ; Skin* ; Transplants ; Wounds and Injuries

Oxygen therapy is the important method of critical care especially to pediatric patients of post-open heart surgery. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of oxygen therspy with modified T-piece in pediatric patients. We supply oxygen via modified T-piece after ventilatory weaning as following rates in turn : group 1; 0.05L/min/kg, group 2; 0.1L /min/kg, group 3; 0.3L/nun/kg, group 4; 0.5L/min/kg. Arterial blood gas analysis was done and heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body temperature and oxygen sat uration were recorded. We defined absolute oxygen flow as oxygen flow/weight x weight. The relationshiop between oxygen flow/weight or absolute oxygen flow and PaO2 SaO2, was statistically significant. We got the regression equation as following : PaO2,=119.7xoxygen flow/weight+132.7 (R2=0.13), SaO2=3.2xoxygen flow/weight+97.9 (R2=0.11), PaO2=6.7Xabsolute oxygen flow+141.6 (R2=0.11), SaO2=0.16Xabsolute oxygen flow+96.2 (R2= 0.1). There were significant factors, by which PaO2, was influenced, such as oxygen flow/ weight(Pearson correlation coefficient, r=0.34), absolute oxygen flow(r=0.37), SaO2(r= 0.57), heart rate(r=-0.35), body temperature(r=0.21). As the result of mutiple regression analysis of these factors, we got the regression equation as following : PaO2=-1254.8+67.1Xoxygen flow/weight+14.5XSa0-1.6XPaCO2-0.5XheartXrate+ 2.7Xbody tempersture (R2= 0.44), PaO2=-1240+5.4Xabsolute oxygen flow+14.0XSaO2-1.4 PaCO2-0.6Xheart rate+4.0 body temperature-2.1Xweight (R2=0.46) It were group 1; 0.66, group 2; 0.69, group 3; 0.71, group 4; 0.75 that were calculated FIO2 using AaDO2 in case of FIO2=1.0 and increased significantly. However, because R2 that we got in the regression equation is too small, even though there is statistical significance, we think that clinical application of the result of our study is difficult.
Blood Gas Analysis ; Blood Pressure ; Body Temperature ; Critical Care ; Heart Rate ; Heart* ; Humans ; Oxygen* ; Thoracic Surgery* ; Weaning

Oxygen therapy is the important method of critical care especially to pediatric patients of post-open heart surgery. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of oxygen therspy with modified T-piece in pediatric patients. We supply oxygen via modified T-piece after ventilatory weaning as following rates in turn : group 1; 0.05L/min/kg, group 2; 0.1L /min/kg, group 3; 0.3L/nun/kg, group 4; 0.5L/min/kg. Arterial blood gas analysis was done and heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body temperature and oxygen sat uration were recorded. We defined absolute oxygen flow as oxygen flow/weight x weight. The relationshiop between oxygen flow/weight or absolute oxygen flow and PaO2 SaO2, was statistically significant. We got the regression equation as following : PaO2,=119.7xoxygen flow/weight+132.7 (R2=0.13), SaO2=3.2xoxygen flow/weight+97.9 (R2=0.11), PaO2=6.7Xabsolute oxygen flow+141.6 (R2=0.11), SaO2=0.16Xabsolute oxygen flow+96.2 (R2= 0.1). There were significant factors, by which PaO2, was influenced, such as oxygen flow/ weight(Pearson correlation coefficient, r=0.34), absolute oxygen flow(r=0.37), SaO2(r= 0.57), heart rate(r=-0.35), body temperature(r=0.21). As the result of mutiple regression analysis of these factors, we got the regression equation as following : PaO2=-1254.8+67.1Xoxygen flow/weight+14.5XSa0-1.6XPaCO2-0.5XheartXrate+ 2.7Xbody tempersture (R2= 0.44), PaO2=-1240+5.4Xabsolute oxygen flow+14.0XSaO2-1.4 PaCO2-0.6Xheart rate+4.0 body temperature-2.1Xweight (R2=0.46) It were group 1; 0.66, group 2; 0.69, group 3; 0.71, group 4; 0.75 that were calculated FIO2 using AaDO2 in case of FIO2=1.0 and increased significantly. However, because R2 that we got in the regression equation is too small, even though there is statistical significance, we think that clinical application of the result of our study is difficult.
Blood Gas Analysis ; Blood Pressure ; Body Temperature ; Critical Care ; Heart Rate ; Heart* ; Humans ; Oxygen* ; Thoracic Surgery* ; Weaning

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Glaucoma, Angle-Closure ; Retinal Perforations

No abstract available.
Atrial Natriuretic Factor* ; Humans* ; Lymph Nodes* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction*