Bone Resorption ; Dentition ; Humans ; Inlays ; Jaw ; Jeollabuk-do ; Maxilla ; Maxillary Sinus ; Osteotomy ; Prosthodontics ; Retrospective Studies ; Transplants

Streptococcus anginosus is a member of Streptococcus milleri group, and is found in the oral mucosa, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal tract as normal flora. It can develop into a disease in patients with deteriorating clinical condition or with clinical risk factors. A previously healthy 15-year-old boy was admitted due to fever, abdominal discomfort and vomiting which lasted for 7 days. He had a history of dental procedure 1 day before the development of fever. He was diagnosed with acute acalculous cholecystitis based on the clinical, laboratory, and imaging finding, and S. anginosus was isolated from the blood culture. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotic therapy.
Acalculous Cholecystitis ; Adolescent ; Bacteremia ; Cholecystitis ; Fever ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Humans ; Mouth Mucosa ; Respiratory System ; Risk Factors ; Streptococcus ; Streptococcus anginosus ; Streptococcus milleri Group ; Vomiting

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Glycemic Index ; Humans

With the increase of frequency and the recent development of surgical treatment in brachial plexus injury, the requirement for accurate assessment between supra and infraganglionic injury is increased. Cervical myelography has been the popular tool in evaluating the root lesion since the first introduction of Murphey et al. in 1947. However, the invasiveness of procedure has been the impediment to the common-use. But with the utilization of water-soluble contrast media, Metrizamide, such impediment can be alleviated. Author has performed myelography in 27 patients along with surgical exploration in 18 patients since 1984. And the results were as follows. 1. 85% of 27 patient revealed anomaly of root in myelography. 2. Traumatic menimgoceles were typical findings and most of them were located at C7 and C5. 3. Myelography reaveled 70%(28 root) of anomalies among 40 root lesions, confirmed by surgical explorations. 4. Myelography is considered to be very effective in evaluating supra and infraganglionic root lesions when its results is correlated with physical and other neurological examination.
Brachial Plexus ; Contrast Media ; Humans ; Metrizamide ; Myelography ; Neurologic Examination

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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of arthrocopic treatment for the avulsion fracture of intercondylar eminence of the tibia and of the technique of arthroscopically assisted reduction and fixation through pull-out suture method. Between January 1995 and May 1997, three patients were underwent arthroscopic reduction and suture fixation for type 0 of avulsion fracture of intercondylar eminence of tibia and were followed up. The result of two patients were graded as normal and one as nearly normal by the criteria of the International Knee Documentation Committee(IKDC) rating scale. The advantages of this technique include no retained hardware and ability to treat comminuted fracture(type g ). We describe technique of arthroscopic reduction and suture fixasion for displaced avulsion fractures, including those with comminution of intercondylar eminence of tibia.
Humans ; Knee ; Sutures* ; Tibia

Isolated acute monoarticular septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint is a extremely rare disorder, and is usually associated with predisposing factors such as contiguous foci of infection, heroin addiction, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus and maintenance hemodialysis. This case occurred in healthy adult. The etiological agent was staphylococcus aureus. Good result wads achieved by applying appropriate antibiotic therapy combined with an adequate drainage.
Adult ; Arthritis, Infectious ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Causality ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Drainage ; Heroin Dependence ; Humans ; Renal Dialysis ; Staphylococcal Infections ; Staphylococcus aureus ; Sternoclavicular Joint

Objective: Establishing positive network resources and rebuilding drug free networks are key components of recovery process for women with substance use disorder (SUDs). Theory of planned behavior (TPB) posits that behaviors are determined by behavioral intentions, which are determined by three factors: attitude toward the behavior, perceived behavioral control, and subjective norms. The current study applied TPB to examine whether women’s personal social network characteristics (as subjective norms) were related to intentions towards, and/or a substance use relapse using prospective research design. Methods: Longitudinal data from 300 American women with SUD who received treatment at three county-funded, women-only intensive treatment programs was utilized for the current study. Results: Bayesian estimation path analyses indicated that attitude and abstinence self-efficacy at intake were not related to intention at the 6-month follow-up, but abstinence self-efficacy was directly related to substance use relapse by 12 months. Personal social network characteristics, number of treatment related persons in personal social network and sobriety support were significantly associated with intention at 6 months. The interaction between the numbers of treatment related persons and density was found on intention, suggesting that density strengthens the relationship between treatment related persons in network and intention. Intention to use substance was associated with relapse to substance use behavior. Conclusion Our findings support that personal social network characteristics can be considered as subjective norms in the TPB model. Personal social network interventions focusing on rebuilding consistent social norms against drug-using behaviors may decrease intention to use substance, which will lead to abstinence.

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted in order to evaluate the cognitive function of the elderly and to delineate the effects of sex, age and education on cognitive function. METHODS: The Cognitive Impairment Diagnosing Instrument(CIDI) was administered to the residents aged 70 years or more in Jookjang-Myun, Pohang City, Kyungpook. RESULTS: Mean percent decline were different among the CIDI subtests: concentration/calculation showed the greatest deterioration, performances on abstract thinking, higher cortical functions, and orientation in time declined by 20.3 to 29.5%, and long-term memory, memory registration, judgement object naming, and orientation in place showed modest decline. Performances on all the CIDI subtests were significantly correlated with age with correlation coefficients between -0.262 and -0.477. All subtest, but for short-term memory, scores were shown to be affected by education. Men scored better than women on all the CIDI subtests except for short-term memory and memory registration. CONCLUSION: All total and subtest performances of the CIDI were shown to be affected by sex, age, and education. However, memory registration and short-term memory revealed different pattern of decline according to the demographic factors.
Aged* ; Cognition ; Demography ; Education ; Female ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Humans ; Male ; Memory ; Memory, Long-Term ; Memory, Short-Term ; Rural Population* ; Thinking

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Facial Nerve* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Paralysis*