2 cases of extensive open tibia fracture and 1 case of infecture of tibia were treated by Papineaus cancellous bone graft at department of orthopedic surgery, Inchon Christian Hospital from Dec. 1982 to Dec. 1984. 1. Bony stability was obtained by pin and resin method in 1 case, and the others were fixed by Hoffmanns external fixator. 2. Wound was healed spontaneously in case 1 and by skin graft in 2 cases. 3. Initial weight bearing started after evidence of radiological union about 12 weeks after bone graft with the supply of long leg brace in 2 cases and one was not supported.
Braces ; External Fixators ; Incheon ; Leg ; Methods ; Orthopedics ; Osteomyelitis ; Skin ; Tibia ; Transplants ; Weight-Bearing ; Wounds and Injuries

A rare case of a metastatic lesion of breast carcinoma in the talus of the left foot, approximately 14 months after simple mastectomy including resection of axillary lymph node is reported. The operation was undertaken 14 months prior to this admission and gradual onset of pain, swelling and redness were noticed about the left ankle. X-ray showed irregular osteolytic changes on the superolateral aspect of the body and the superior aspect of the neck of the left talus without periosteal reaction, Metastasis was confirmed by biopsy and pathological findings were also submitted.
Ankle ; Biopsy ; Breast Neoplasms ; Breast ; Foot ; Lymph Nodes ; Mastectomy, Simple ; Neck ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Talus

No abstract available.
Ichthyosis, Lamellar*

Vaginitis is one of the most common disease in gynecologic field in recent days. About 90% of these patients suffer from the infection of the vagina caused by Gardnerella vaginalis, Candida, or Trichomonas, either alone or in combination. For the effective diagnosis and management, it is essential to get an accurate identification of the causative agent. Applying simple and easy diagnostic methods such as pH of vaginal discharge, amine test and microscopic examination of wet mount preparation of normal saline and 10% KOH to 549 cases of randomly selected patients visiting Out-patient Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Yeungnam University Hospital through May 1st to Sept. 31st, 1987, the following results were obtained. 1. In the Gardnerella vaginitis vaginal pH was more than 5.0 in 81.0% of total cases, positive amine test in 62.8%, decreased lactobacilli in 77.4% & decreased WBC counts in 70.1%, In the Trichomonas vaginitis vaginal pH more than 5.0 was noted in 93.3% of the cases, negative amine test in 90%, decreased showed vaginal pH of 3.0~4.0 in 83.2%, negative amine test in 90%, decreased lactobacilli in 90% & increased WBC counts in 93.3%, whereas Candida vaginitis and normal groups showed vaginal pH of 3.0~4.0 in 83.2%, negative amine test in 100%, normal distribution of lactobacilli in 89.7%, normal WBC counts in 72.4%. 2. The accuracy rates of physical diagnosis by wet mount preparation of normal saline and 10% KOH revealed 26.3%, 47.5%, 70.0% in Gardnerella vaginitis, Candida vaginitis, and Trichomonas vaginitis, respectively. The vaginal pH and amine test showed 83.2% of accuracy rate in Candida vaginitis group, 60.6% in Gardnerella vaginitis group and 83.3% in Trichomonas vaginitis group. 3. In 23 cases of Gardnerella vaginitis showing vaginal pH of 3.0 or 4.0 and positive amine test, the clue cells were observed in 10% or less in 12 cases, 30% in 5 cases, 50% in 4 cases and 50% or more in 2 cases. In summary vaginal pH and amine test could be useful in screening and differentiating the different types of infectious vaginitis. Furthermore by adding microscopic examination of normal saline and 10% KOH wet mount preparation to them, they not only could obtain higher diagnostic accuracy rate but would be more valuable in selecting the patients requiring cultures to confirm the diagnoses.
Candida ; Diagnosis ; Gardnerella ; Gardnerella vaginalis ; Gynecology ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration* ; Mass Screening ; Obstetrics ; Outpatients ; Trichomonas ; Trichomonas Vaginitis ; Vagina ; Vaginal Discharge* ; Vaginitis*

Systemrc lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune, inflammatory, chronic disorder characterized by multiorgan involvement including the nervous system. The neurologic manifestations of SLE vary in clinical signs and clinical course. We recently reviewed medical records of 198 patients with SLE who had been admitted to Severance hospital between 1980 and 1990 to see neurological features with the relationship of non-neurological features of SLE and prognosis. Among 198 cases with SLE sixty-seven patients (33.8%) had significant neurologic and/or psychiatric manifestations dunng the course of their disease. CNS lupus was found in 48 cases and symptoms were seizure, mental deterioration, psychiatric manifestations and focal neurologic deficit in decreasing order of frequency. Myelopathy was noted in 4, peripheral neuropathy in 5, and rline patients developed myopathy. Eight had typical meningitis ;four of these patients had aseptic meningitis, three had tuberculous meningitis, and one had bacterial meningitis. In half of the patients with CNS lupus, the neurologic symptoms occurred during the first one year of their illness. Other major organs such as the kidney, heart, lung, skin and joints were more commonly affected in CNS lupus. The prognosis of CNS lupus is relatively poor, especially in patients with seizure which is followed by altered mentality.
Heart ; Humans ; Joints ; Kidney ; Lung ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* ; Medical Records ; Meningitis ; Meningitis, Aseptic ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; Muscular Diseases ; Nervous System ; Neurologic Manifestations* ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ; Prognosis ; Seizures ; Skin ; Spinal Cord Diseases ; Tuberculosis, Meningeal

Most proximal humeral fractures respond satisfactorily to simple conservative treatment, but operative treatment is recommended in cases where poor results are anticipated by prolonged immobilization, or because of severe displacement and comminution. We used a minimal internal fixation and tension band technique in severely displaced and comminuted cases to achieve firm fixation and avoid subacromial impingement. Passive range of motion of the involved shoulder began within the first postoperative day and active range of motion exercise was encouraged as soon as possible within the first postoperative week. Between February 1996 and November 1997, we operated using this technique on 15 patients ranging in age from 16 to 71 years (average 52). Follow-up averaged 13 months. During the follow-up period, all patients except one patient, had a active full range of motion on the affected limb. According to the evaluation on the 10 patients who had follow- up periods over 12 months by Hawkins rating scale of shoulder function, 6 patients had achieved a good result and 4 patients had achieved a fair result at the last follow up. In conclusion, tension band technique with minimal internal fixation could afford sufficient fracture stability to allow early, aggressive rehabilitation. As a method of internal fixation on a proximal humerus fracture, this technique may have particular advantages in elderly osteoporotic patients.
Aged ; Extremities ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Humerus ; Immobilization ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Rehabilitation ; Shoulder ; Shoulder Fractures*

Treatment of rotator cuff tears by open subacromial decompression has known successful in decreasing pain and restoring function in patients who have failed nonoperative treatment. But, open rotator cuff repair may result in significant deficits in strength and active motion by deltoid separation from the acromion. Deltoid detachment may be avoided by repair using mini-open technique. Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and the rotator cuff repair revel satisfactory results. Subacromial decompression involves decompression of the coracoacromial arch including routine release or resection of the coracoacromial ligament. Recent ligament-cutting studies have confirmed the role of the coracoacromial ligament as a static restraint to superior humeral head displacement. Complete resection of the coracoacromial ligament may be avoided through minimized arthroscopic acromioplasty. We evaluated all 11 patients with rotator cuff tears who underwent arthroscopic minimized subacromial decompression and rotator cuff repairs using mini-open technique. Their average age was 53 years (26 to 64 years); and the average follow-up was 13 months. Preoperatively, all patients complained pain and weakness. Follow-up using modified Hospital for Special Surgery shoulder score showed good to excellent results in 10 cases and poor results in 1 case an average 13 months postoperatively. We found that arthroscopic minimized subacromial decompression and repair using mini-open technique are safe, effective procedure for addressing cuff tears of a wide range of sizes.
Acromion ; Decompression ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Humeral Head ; Ligaments ; Rotator Cuff* ; Shoulder

Earlier work suggested that Ginseng saponin had an effect on healing of fracture and osteoporosis, hut there has heen no report on saponin effects on cultured osteoblast. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of saponin on cultured osteovlast of the mouse. Osteohlastic cells were isolated from periosteum-stripped parietal bones of neonatal rat calvaria, seeded at 4 x 10 4 cells/cm2 density, and cultured in standard medium and deficient medium, with addition of saponin (0(control), 10, 20, 50 microgram/ml concentration). Plating efficiency(adhesiveness), proliferation and the alkaline phosphatase activity of the osteohlasts were evaluated on 2 hours, days 2 and 7 of culture. Saponin was found to enhance the adhesiveness of seeded osteoblasts which were cultured with a deficient medium in comparison to the controls. It promoted cell proliferation of the osteoblasts cultured with a deficient medium in comparison to the controls. There was also a significantly enhanced increase of alkaline phosphatase levels in the presence of saponin during culture with deficient medium in comparison to the controls. In summary, the results showed that the saponin increased adhesiveness, proliferation and the alkaline phosphatase activity of the osteoblast cultured only in deficient medium.
Adhesiveness ; Alkaline Phosphatase ; Animals ; Cell Proliferation ; Mice ; Osteoblasts* ; Osteoporosis ; Panax* ; Parietal Bone ; Rats ; Saponins* ; Skull

PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether the reflected synovio-capsular flap, covering one-third of the remaining peripheral after partial removal of two-thirds of the central medial meniscus of rabbit knee, contributes to the regeneration of meniscus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty rabbits were used in this study. In each rabbit the right knee was used for the experimental group in which the synovio-capsular flap was reflected after a partial meniscectomy, while the left knee, with only a skin incision, was used for the control group. The width and thickness of the regenerated menisci were measured with the Vernier calliper, and evaluated grossly by Hematoxylin-Eosin (H-E) staining, histochemically by safranin-O staining, and subcellularly by transmission electron microscopy at 4, 8, 12 and 16 weeks after the operation. RESULTS: The width and thickness of reflected synovio-capsular flaps gradually decreased until reaching a normal size. After eight weeks, there was no statistical difference between the experimental and control group. Twelve weeks after the operation, immature fibrocartilage cells appeared in the central portion of the reflected synovio-capsular flaps in 7 out of 8 rabbit knees. Sixteen weeks after the operation, more mature cartilage cells and their halos, stained very deeply with safranin-O, appeared in 6 out of 8 rabbit knees. In electron microscopic examination of cell shape, normal cell process and nuclear shape were observed with the passage of time. Rough endoplasmic reticulum and chromatin transparence peaked at 12 weeks and gradually returned to normal shape at 16 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the reflected synovio-capsular flap in rabbit was incorporated with the remaining peripheral portion of the meniscus and became a normal meniscus-like structure.
Cartilage ; Cell Shape ; Chromatin ; Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough ; Fibrocartilage ; Knee ; Menisci, Tibial ; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission ; Rabbits ; Regeneration ; Skin

No abstract available.
Lymphadenitis* ; Neck Dissection* ; Neck*