No abstract available.
Compliance* ; Humans ; Psychopathology*

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Dislocations* ; Joints*

Total hip replacement arthroplasty is one of the excellent treatment modalities of adult hip joint disease. But those who have severe dysplasia of the hip usually require augmentation of acetabular bone stock in order to carry out the total hip replacement arthroplasty and technical difficulties are often encountered in estabilishing an adequate acetabular bed for the prosthesis. From July 1988 to January 1990, we attempted to treat patients of dysplastic hip by bipolar endoprosthesis with acetabular bone graft using femoral head autograft in 8 patients and then reviewed these cases. The mean follow up period was 3 years ranging from 1 year and 10 months to 3 years and 10 months. The results obtained were as follows : 1. All the bone grafts were united well(average bone union time : 5.3 months). 2. According to Gerber and Harris' classification, there was no evidence of resorption of the graft in 1 case, and there were minor resorption in 5 cases, moderate resorption in 1 case, and major resorption in 1 case. 3. The average preoperative Harris hip score was 47.5 points and the average Harris hip score at last follow up was 79.0 points. 4. Because of the high rate of graft resorption and component migration, bipolar endoprosthesis with acetabular bone graft was not to be recommended as a reconstructive procedure for the dysplastic hip which have segmental bony deficiency in the acetabulum.
Acetabulum ; Adult ; Arthroplasty ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Autografts ; Classification ; Follow-Up Studies ; Head ; Hip Joint ; Hip ; Humans ; Prostheses and Implants ; Transplants

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Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Respiration, Artificial ; Survival Rate ; Ventilators, Mechanical*

PURPOSE: Abdominal CT scans in patients with intraperitoneal fluid were retrospectively studied to identify characteristic features useful for differential diagnosis of various causes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and seventy patients with intraperitoneal fluid collection were classified as categories of hepatic disease, carcinomatosis, and infectious disease. We analyzed sites of fluid collection, the presence of peritoneal thickening, omental and mesenteric fat infiltration, and lymph node enlargment. RESULTS: Intraperitoneal fluid was present in subhepatic space, subphrenic space, paracolic gutter, mesentery, and fossa of the gallbladder in decreasing order of frequency. Fluid in the gallbladder fossa was the most frequent in hepatic diseases. The fluid collection in subhepatic and subphrenic space was less frequent in infectious diseases. Peritoneal thickening was noted in infectious diseases, and carcinomatosis. Omental fat infiltration and enlarged lymph nodes were the most frequent in carcinomatosis (58% and 44%, respectively), whereas, mesenteric fat infiltration and enlarged lymph nodes were the most common in infectious diseases (61%, and 26%, respectively). CONCLUSION: The location of peritoneal fluid collection showed some lesion specific characteristics, and CT features of fat infiltration and enlarged lymph nodes of peritoneum, omentum, and mesentery were helpful for differential diagnosis between carcinomatosis and infectious diseases.
Ascitic Fluid ; Carcinoma ; Communicable Diseases ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Gallbladder ; Humans ; Lymph Nodes ; Mesentery ; Omentum ; Peritoneum ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Galactitol* ; Galactosemias* ; Humans ; Infant* ; Mass Screening*

We present a patient who developed a pseudolymphoma after ear piercing. A patch test showed gold sensitivity. Therefore, long standing dermal exposure to gold from a pierced-type earring might have produced the patient's disease. This patient did not respond to an intralesional steroid injection and was finally treated with a complete resection of the lesion. It is proposed that every patient with a hyperplastic lesion in the ear lobe should be taken a biopsy in order to rule out the possibility of a pseudolymphoma. When a pseudolymphoma develops in the ear lobe, a complete surgical excision could be the treatment of choice, especially for the prevention of recurrence.
Biopsy ; Body Piercing* ; Ear* ; Humans ; Patch Tests ; Pseudolymphoma* ; Recurrence

In the process of promoting policies to strengthen health insurance coverage, the relationship between public health insurance and private health insurance, along with the management of non-benefit, is also emphasized as a policy issue. First, the concept and scope of non-benefit were comparatively analyzed by country. Second, the interaction between the public and private health insurance was classified as ‘large or small,’ and the government’s regulation and management policy on private health insurance was classified as ‘strong or weak.’ Korea has relatively smaller benefits covered by public health insurance, higher copayment expenses, and more areas and scope of non-benefits. In countries where the interaction between public and private health insurance is small, private health insurance-related policies are weak. And in countries with large interactions had public-private partnerships and the government’s management policies were also strong. On the other hand, Korea has a large interaction, but the actual structure of cooperation between public and private insurance and management policies were weak. Because the non-benefit sector in Korea is relatively wide, it is difficult to manage compared to other countries where the concept of non-benefit is limited. In addition, the health authorities rarely perform the role of supervision over private health insurance, and they have so few linkages and cooperation for public-private insurance. Therefore, practical policy enforcement is necessary to achieve the easing of the burden of national medical expenses through linkage and cooperation of public-private health insurance with reference to relevant other countries’ cases.

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Hip Joint* ; Hip*