No abstract available.
Obesity*

Internal fixation of fractures always represents a race between the time required for bone healing and the inevitable fatigue failure of implant. The authors clinically analyzed the cause of metal failure in 34 cases at Department of Orthopedic surgery, Taegu Medical Center from Jan. 1981 to Dec. 1987. 1. Metal failure occured in 29 compression plates, 1 Kuntscher nail, 1 Jewett nail, 1 Ender nail, and 2 semitubular plates. 2. Involved bones were the femur in 28 cases, tibia in 3 cases, humerus in 1 cases, and the ulna in 2 csses. 3. The time interval between internal fixation and metal failure was average 7 months. 4. The cause of metal failure was deficiency of medial buttress in 14 cases and incorrect position of implant in 19 cases, and incorrect selection of implant in 1 case. 5. (Autogenic) Bone graft was not performed in the primary surgical treatment of 31 cases.
Continental Population Groups ; Daegu ; Fatigue ; Femur ; Fractures, Comminuted ; Humans ; Humerus ; Orthopedics ; Tibia ; Transplants ; Ulna

Infected nonunion continues to be a major therapeutic challenge. Twenty-five cases of infected nonunion of tibia were trested by Papineau's cancellous bone graft at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Taegu Medical Center from Jan. 1981 to Dec. 1987. The results were as follows. 1. Decortication, sequestrectomy and cancellous bone graft were performed simultaneously in every case. 2. Osseous union and eradication of infection were obtained at average 8 months.
Daegu ; Orthopedics ; Tibia ; Transplants

Split thickness skin graft can be used as a one stage procedure for the immediate treatment of friction avulsion injuries in severe foot injuries. After cleaning the wound, a split thickness skin graft is taken from thigh and cover the wound. We have treated 6 patients with friction avulsion injuries of the foot.
Foot Injuries ; Foot ; Friction ; Humans ; Skin ; Thigh ; Transplants ; Wounds and Injuries

No abstract available.
Korea* ; Vaccination*

No abstract available.
Retinal Vein Occlusion* ; Retinal Vein* ; Retinaldehyde* ; Vitreous Hemorrhage*

No abstract available.
Ovotesticular Disorders of Sex Development*

No abstract available.
Estradiol ; Growth Hormone* ; Testosterone

Majority of the eyes with subfoveal neovascular membrane loss the central vision. We observed two patients who regained significant central vision as the result of the involution of subfoveal neovascularization. On follow-up fundus examination, the subretinal lesions revealed grayish neovascular membranes stained with fluorescein, but did not show the fluid leakage. And subretinal hemorrhage and subretinal fluid were gradually resolved. We assumed that functioning retinal pigment epithelium within the macula and young age were the important factors of the spontaneous improvement of visual outcome.
Fluorescein ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Membranes ; Retinal Pigment Epithelium ; Subretinal Fluid

No abstract available.
Humans ; Thyroid Gland* ; Turner Syndrome*