The carpal scaphoid is the commonest of the carpal bones to be fractured, and this injury is the commonest to befall the wrist of working man. There is still some disaggrement as to the optimum treatment and as to how long immobilization should be maintained. The twenty seven cases of the carpal scaphoid were treated at department of orthopaedic surgery, Maryknoll Hospital. They were analyzed in regared to the clinical and radiological aspects. The results were summarized as follows. l. Of 27 cases 24 cases were in the age group 20 to 39, and all cases were male patients. 2. In 17 cases, the fracture was found in right side. 3. In 19 cases (70.4%), the fracture was found on the middle 1/3 of the carpal scaphoid and in 18 cases(66.8%), the fracture line was transverse. 4. The union rate of fracture was 100% in the distal 1/3 fracture, 89.5% in the middle 1/3 fracture and 66.3% in the proximal fracture. The average period of immobilization were 10.3, 14.9 and 15.3 weeks respectively. 5. By Maudsley's assessment, the end result was good in all cases of the distal 1/3 fracture, 84.2% in the middle 1/3 fracture and 66.7% in the proximal 1/3 fracture. 6. Traumatic arthritis developed in 3 cases, avascular ncerosis in 7 cases, nonunion in 4 cases.
Arthritis ; Carpal Bones ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Male ; Wrist

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Matrix Metalloproteinase 9

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Neck* ; Talus*

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Erythema Multiforme* ; Erythema* ; Lymphoma*

Clinical observation was performed on 23 children with Guillain-Barre syndrome which were hospitalized at the Pediatric ward of Han Yang University Hospital, from July 1975 through May 1991.@ES The results were as follows: 1) The ratio of male patient to female was 2.8:1 and 47.8% of total GBS patients were between the ages 1 to 5 years. 2) The highest seasonal incidence of GBS was seen in summer and there was no significant variation of GBS annually.3) Preceding illness of GBS was found in 60% of the total patients, and upper respiratory infection was the most common (65%). 4) Muscular paralysis or weakness in extremities was the most common chief complaints on admission, and repiratory difficulty, vomiting, diarrhea, swallowing difficulty and myalgia were followed. 5) The sites of paralysis on admission were upper and lower extremities in 14 GBS patients (60.8%), lower extremities in 7 GBS patints (34.8%) and respiratory muscle in 4 GBS patints (17.3%), respectively. 6) The protein content of cerebrospinal fluid was elevated in 18 GBS patients of total (78.3%) on admission and remnant 5 GBS patients showed increased protein later. 7) There was a tendency that recovery time in 5 GBS patients with muscular fibrillation on E.M.G. was longer than in 4 GBS patients without muscular fibrillation. We thought further studies on critical evaluation and better treatment for GBS were needed.
Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Child* ; Deglutition ; Diarrhea ; Extremities ; Female ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Myalgia ; Paralysis ; Respiratory Muscles ; Seasons ; Vomiting

The distal one-third fractures of tibia have much difficulty in treatment due to enumerous complications such as skin necrosis, angular deformity and delayed union. As for using Ender nails in distal tibial fractures, the stability of fixation can be strengthened with fanning of the nails in distal fragments and using more than 3 nails and 1cm longer nail. Twenty-two patients having distal tibial fractures, were carried out Ender nailing at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maryknoll Hospital from May 1989 to September 1992. The results were as follows; 1. The distal end of fracture line was situated from 3cm to 9cm above plafond, and the mean duration of radiological bony union was 14.9 weeks except one case of nonunion. 2. Mild angulation developed in two cases and complications such as nonunion, superficial infection and backing out of nail were noted, but it did not affect the results.
Congenital Abnormalities ; Humans ; Necrosis ; Skin ; Tibia ; Tibial Fractures

In 1974, bipolar hip prosthesis was developed by Giliberty and Bateman to reduce the problems of unipolar prosthesis, including acetabular wear and acetabular protrusion, but the indications for it are still controversial. From July, 1988, to February, 1991, at Pusan maryknoll hospital, 37 hips in 33 patients of femoral neck fracture (25 hips) and avascular necrosis (12 hips) with relatively normal acetabular articular cartilage were treated with bipolar hip prosthetic replacement. The thirty-seven cases were reviewed for more than 3 years(range, 3 years to 4 years 8 months: average, 3 years 10 months), and assessed in terms of acetabular migration and function. The authors compared the datas of the femoral neck fracture with those of the avascular necrosis of femoral head. There was no statistical difference between two groups in function. But the acetabular migration of bipolar hip prosthesis used in femoral neck fracture was lesser than that of avascular necrosis of femoral head, and the serial acetabular migration disclosed gradual decrease. The authors concluded that the results of bipolar endoprosthesis used in femoral neck fracture was superior than those of avascular necrosis of femoral head with relatively normal acetabular articular cartilage.
Acetabulum ; Busan ; Cartilage, Articular ; Femoral Neck Fractures ; Femur Neck ; Head ; Hip ; Hip Prosthesis ; Humans ; Necrosis ; Prostheses and Implants

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Ankle*

A rare case of giant invasive intraosseous schwannoma in lumbar vertebra with no neurologic deficit is reported. This tumor had vertebral body, left paravertebral tissue and lamina invasion and thus classified as type V giant invasive schwannoma according to Sridhar's classification of benign nerve sheath tumor. Because intraosseous portion was significantly larger than extraosseous portion, this tumor was mentioned as intraosseous schwannoma. Tumor was successfully resected using corpectomy, mesh cage insertion and posterior fixation. Pathological diagnosis was benign schwannoma.
Neurilemmoma ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Spine