No abstract available.
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn

No abstract available.
Emphysema* ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular*

We report herein a human sparganosis that presented confusing features in aspect of its correct identification, The patient was 35-year-old man who had a past history of eating fried frogs since 3 years prior to his first admission in 198I. Three mature Sparganum mansoni and 69 encapsulated spargana pieces were excised from his left inguinal area, left thigh and scrotum by three consecutive operations in 19 months. The encapsulated spargana were irregular in shape and size and mummified. They were identified histopathologically as degenerated spargana by no sexual organs and many calcareous bodies in the parenchyma. Differentiation of our case from proliferating sparganosis caused by Spargarrum proliferum was discussed.
Adult ; Eating ; Humans ; Scrotum ; Sparganosis* ; Sparganum ; Thigh

No abstract available.
Dandy-Walker Syndrome*

We experienced a case of unilasteral vocal cord paralysis following cuffed endotracheal intubation for abdominal surgery. The patient had have no laryngotracheal symptoms prior to the operation and anesthesia was uneventful. He complained of hoarseness post-operatively but no visible evidence of trauma secondary to the intubation was mainfested on the indirect laryngoscopic examination, except left vocal cord paralysis. There were no obvious causes for the vocal cord paralysis and possible etiologic factors. Therefore, no specific treatment was done except for the bed rest, humidification and gurgling. Vocal cord function returned nearly normal after six months.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to review the safety and durability of aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling of ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysms with small parent vessels (< 2.0 mm). METHODS: Retrospective review of all ruptured aneurysm treated with stent assisted endovascular coiling between March 2005 and March 2009 at our institution was conducted. We report 11 cases of the Neuroform stent placement into cerebral vessels measuring less than 2.0 mm in diameter (range, 1.3-1.9 mm) in anterior cerebral artery. Clinical follow-up ranged from 3 to 12 months and imaging follow-up was performed with cerebral angiography at 6 months and 12 months after discharge. RESULTS: Complete occlusion was achieved in 10 patients, and a remnant neck was evident in one. No stent displacement or no dislodgement occurred during stent placement. There was no evidence of thromboembolic complication, arterial dissection and spasm during procedure. We performed follow-up angiography in all patients at 6 months and/or 12 months from the first procedure. The follow-up angiographic data showed successfully results except one in-stent stenosis case. All patients improved clinical performances except one patient with severe vasospasm who showed poor clinical condition initially. CONCLUSION: We have safely and successfully treated 11 vessels smaller than 2.0 mm in diameter with self-expanding stents with good short and intermediate term results. More clinical data with longer follow-ups are needed to establish the role of stent-assisted coiling in ruptured aneurysms with small parent vessels.
Aneurysm ; Aneurysm, Ruptured ; Angiography ; Anterior Cerebral Artery ; Cerebral Angiography ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Displacement (Psychology) ; Follow-Up Studies ; Glycosaminoglycans ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm ; Neck ; Parents ; Retrospective Studies ; Spasm ; Stents

No abstract available.
Constriction, Pathologic*

OBJECTIVE: The treatment modalities of cerebral aneurysms mainly consist of surgical neck clipping of aneurysms and endovascular embolization. Through comparing of the treatment results between two methods especially focused on their complicatons, the authors present the efficacy of the treatment modality in ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms. METHODS: Patients who admitted due to ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm between January 1998 and December 2002 were selected. They have done surgical neck clipping or endovascular embolization which employed platinum coil. Treatment methods were chosen in random fashion. The patient's clinical state were determined before, during, and after the treatment by using Hunt and Hess grade and Glasgow outcome scale(GOS). According to Fisher grade was classified based on the amount of hemorrhage. Statistical analyses were done with Student t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS: Average follow-up period was 24 months(5 days-36 months) in surgery group and 26 months(8 days-36 months) in endovascular embolization group. There was no statistical significance regard to sex, age, patient's Hunt and Hess grade on admission, the Fisher grade, and aneurysmal size. There was no significant difference between GOS of two groups in statistically(p>0.05). CONCLUSION: This comparative study of reveals no significant difference in neurologic outcomes between two treatment modalities.
Aneurysm ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm* ; Middle Cerebral Artery* ; Neck* ; Platinum

OBJECTIVE: Stent-assisted coiling on intracranial aneurysm has been considered as an effective technique and has made the complex aneurysms amenable to coiling. To achieve reconstruction of intracranial vessels with preservation of parent artery the use of stents has the greatest potential for assisted coiling. We report the results of our experiences in ruptured wide-necked intracranial aneurysms using Y-stent coiling. METHODS: From October 2003 to October 2011, 12 patients (3 men, 9 women; mean age, 62.6) harboring 12 complex ruptured aneurysms (3 middle cerebral artery, 9 basilar tip) were treated by Y-stent coiling by using self-expandable intracranial stents. Procedural complications, clinical outcome, and initial and midterm angiographic results were evaluated. The definition of broad-necked aneurysm is neck diameter over than 4 mm or an aneurysm with a neck diameter smaller than 4 mm in which the dome/neck ratio was less than 2. RESULTS: In all patients, the aneurysm was successfully occluded with no apparent procedure-related complication. There was no evidence of thromboembolic complication, arterial dissection and spasm during procedure. Follow-up studies showed stable and complete occlusion of the aneurysm in all patients with no neurologic deficits. CONCLUSION: The present study did show that the Y-stent coiling seemed to facilitate endovascular treatment of ruptured wide-necked intracranial aneurysms. More clinical data with longer follow-up are needed to establish the role of Y-stent coiling in ruptured aneurysms.
Aneurysm ; Aneurysm, Ruptured ; Arteries ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm ; Korea ; Male ; Middle Cerebral Artery ; Neck ; Parents ; Spasm ; Stents ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

No abstract available.
Humans ; Infant, Newborn*