Nineteen patients (twenty knees) with degenerative arthritis of knee treated by arthroscopic curettage were reviewed. Of the nineteen patients, there were eighteen females and one male ranging in age from 49 to 68 years (mean, 57 years). The mean follow up period was 18.2 months (range, 12 months to 21 months). Simple standing roentgenorgram and 99m-Tc bone scintigraphy were used to select the patients with medial compartment involvement only, less than 5 degree of varus deformity and sparing of patello-femoral joint. Knee scoring by Hospital for Special Surgery Formula showed improvement from the preoperative average 68 points to postoperative average 89.6 points (21.6 points increase) and 84.1 points (16.1 points increase) at 6 months and one year respectively. Arthroscopic curettage of knee, if done early in degenerative arthritis, not only can shorten hospital days and immobilization period but also can defer other major surgical treatments by promoting natural healing process and symptomatic relief.
Congenital Abnormalities ; Curettage ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Joints ; Knee ; Male ; Osteoarthritis ; Radionuclide Imaging

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Humans ; Pulmonary Atresia* ; Siblings* ; Ventricular Septum*

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Methemoglobinemia*

We built the hypothesis that the hypertrophic callus formation is mediated by beta-endorphin that stimulates secretion of GH and increase circulation growth factor activity in head injury patient. We classified 4 groups such as 5 normal person(control), group I;5 patients with only fracture, group II;5 patients with fracture and head injury, group III; 5 patients with only head injury, group IV. We obtained the samples of serum from each group at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 weeks after trauma and assessed the serum level of GH, GHRH, somatostatin. The serum level of GH was statisticallyu higher in group III, IV than group I, II. There was not significant difference in serum level of GHRH. The serum level of somatostatin was higher in group II, III, IV than group I, but there was no statistical significance in each group. GH has a important role in hypertrophic callus formation in severe head injury patients, but there was no evidence that the mechanism is mediated by beta-EndorphinGHRH & somatostatin-GH-GF-1, beta-FGF axis. There may be a another mechanism in increasing GH that was stimulated by beta-endorphin in thalamus and lateral ventricle, and it should be necessary for further evaluation of it.
Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; beta-Endorphin ; Bony Callus ; Craniocerebral Trauma* ; Head* ; Humans ; Lateral Ventricles ; Somatostatin ; Thalamus

BACKGROUND: CD34 is a 115 kD glycoprotein which is expressed on hematopoietic progenitor cells. It is also known as an immunohistochemical marker of endothelial cells. OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to investigate the patterns of CD34 expression on: (1) cutaneous benign and malignant vascular tumors and (2) on the mature and immature vessels of pyogenic grauloma and capillary hemangioma. METHOD: We performed immunoperoxidase staining using a monoclonal anti-CD34 antibody (QBEND/10) on formalin fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of 23 benign and malignant cutaneous vascular tumors. RESULTS: The results are summerized as follows: 1. In 3 cases of nevus flammeus and 6 cases of carvernous hemangioma, vascular endothelial cells of all hemangiomas showed CD34 expressions. In 5 cases of angiokeratoma, endothelial cells of hemangioma, did not express CD34. 2. In all 5 cases of pyogenic granulomas and one case of capillary hemangioma, endothelial cells of mature vessels, endothelial cells near the well-formed lumina and endothelial cells showing intracellular lumina showed strong positivity for CD34, wbile endothelial cells far from the lumina and endothelial cells without lumina formation mostly showed negative staining for CD34. 3. One cese of Kaposis sarcoma showed focall positivity for CD34 both in endothelial cells of the small, well-formed vessels and spindle cells. Two cases of angiosarcoma showed CD34 expression only in endothelial cells of well-formed, normal appearing vessels, whereas atypical endothelial cells of tumor vessels and spindle cells were negative for CD34. CONCLUSION: CD34 could be a marker for endothelium in mature, well-differentiated vascular structures and may serve as a marker of lumen formation or differentiation of endothelial cells.
Angiokeratoma ; Endothelial Cells ; Endothelium ; Formaldehyde ; Glycoproteins ; Granuloma, Pyogenic ; Hemangioma ; Hemangioma, Capillary ; Hemangiosarcoma ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells ; Negative Staining ; Port-Wine Stain ; Sarcoma, Kaposi

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Animals ; Dogs* ; Facial Bones* ; Periosteum* ; Silicone Elastomers* ; Transplants*

To understand the expression of hoth TGF-beta l and II ligands and the receptors, artificial fracture was made on rat femur. Fracture callus and epiphyseul plate were stained immunohistochemically on 3rd. 7th, 14th, 21st, 42nd and 56th day after trauma. Polyclonal antibody was used to stain TGF-beta I and II ligands and receptors. At epiphyseal plate, both ligand and receptor were expressed from each cell in proliferating and maturing zone. But there was no difference between type I and II except expression time. TGF-beta II ligand and receptor were expressed earlier: they were expressed mostly by the cells at the zone of proliferating cartilage but TGF-beta1 ligand and receptor were expressed mostly hy the cells at zone of maturing cartilage. At fracture site, TGF-beta expression was observed from 3rd day after trauma and it reached its maximum intensity at 2 weeks. It decreased thereafter and disappeared at 6 weeks after trauma. In enchondral ossification area, TGF-beta expressing cells were scattered throughout the enchondral mass. In intramembranous ossification area, the ligands and receptors were expressed from the osteohlasts just heneath the periosteum. ln summary, TGF-beta ligands and receptors were expressed at epiphyseal plate and fracture callus. There was no difference between TGF-beta 1 and 2 expres.ion except the appearance time at epiphyseal plate. We could not draw any conclusion about ligand and rcceptor mechanism with this immunohistochemical staining.
Animals ; Bony Callus* ; Cartilage ; Femur ; Growth Plate* ; Ligands* ; Periosteum ; Rats ; Receptors, Artificial ; Transforming Growth Factor beta ; Transforming Growth Factor beta1

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the differences of soft tissue profile changes between the growing patients and the adult who had passed the growth peak, in orthodontic treatment with four premolar extraction. The results which was taken by correlating the soft tissue changes with hard tissue changes, lip thickness, molar relationship and arch length discrepancy in both groups was like the followings. 1. Significant hard tissue changes were decrease of VIs, Vii, U1PP, LIMP, HE and increase of HPog' in adults and decrease of Vls, Vii and increase of VA, VPog' and all the vertical measurements in adolescents. 2. Significant soft tissue changes were decrease of VLs, VIJ, and VILS in adults and increase of VSn, VSLS, VLs, VPog' and almost all vertical measurements in adolescents, and delta LsE, delta LiE in adults and delta LsE, delta LiE, delta LiSP and delta Mlang was also significant. 3. Correlation coefficient between delta VIs and delta VLs was the greatest in adults and the next was delta Ii/delta Li, delta Ii/delta ILS, delta ID/delta Li and delta ID/delta ILS. In contrast, al the vertical and horizontal measurements of hard and soft tissue in adolescents showed statistically significant corerlation. 4. There were differences in correlation between soft tissue changes and incisor inclination and retraction at both groups, but the lower lip, nasolabial angle and mentolabial angle were commonly less influenced by the hard tissue changes in both groups. 5. The thinner the upper lip was, the more the delta LsSP was in both groups, and the thinner the lower lip was, the more the delta LiE and delta LiSP was in adolescents. 6. Molar relationship didn't influence the soft tissue profile changes. 7. Arch length discrepancy didn't influence the soft tissue profile changes.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Bicuspid* ; Humans ; Incisor ; Lip ; Molar

Twenty nine cases of wrist tuberculosis were reviewed(19 joint involvement cases and 4 tendon involvement cases) and twenty three cases were followed up more than one and half years. The mean follow up period was 26.7 months. Synovectomies were not satisfactory in cases of joint involvement and they were useful only in cases of tendon involvement. Arthrodesises were used for 16 cases of joint involvement and were satisfactory in 87,5 percent by Robin's criteria. Finger stiffness was most serious complication(initially, 8.7 percent and finally, 34.8 percent) and it is suggested that early motion of fingers after arthrodesis can prevent this complication.
Arthrodesis ; Fingers ; Follow-Up Studies ; Joints ; Tendons ; Tuberculosis ; Wrist

Six hundred and fifty one cases of bone tumors diagnosed and operated at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, from Jan., 1969 to Apr., 1989. were reviewed and analyzed with respect to the types of tumor, the age and sex distribution of the patients, the location of the lesions and the advances of diagnosis and treatment. 378 benign and 273 malignant bone tumors were identified. Osteochondroma(113 cases, 17.4%) was the most common bone tumor, followed by osteosarcoma(72 cases, 11.1%) and giant cell tumor(50 cases, 7.7%) Second decade was the most common age of bone tumors(216 cases, 33.2%) and male(379 cases, 58%) was more common than female. Femur(222 cases) was the most common site of bone tumors, followed by tibia and vertebra. For simple bone cyst, steroid injection was widely used recently. It was a simple and safe procedure and its results were similar to those of curettage and bone graft. Limb salvage operations were performed for malignant bone tumors increasingly. Neoadjuvant chemotyeraphy and limb salvsge operation using tumor prosthesis were performed in 5 patients of osteosarcoma and their results are so far promising. Of 7 cases of chondrosarcoma, the limb was salvaged by resection arthrodesis or resection arthroplasty. 7 cases of malignant fibrous histiocytoma were treated by radical ablative surgery and/or chemotherapy and radiation, but local recurrence or pulmonary metastasis were detected in all of them. So it was thought to be highly malignant bone tumors.
Arthrodesis ; Arthroplasty ; Bone Cysts ; Chondrosarcoma ; Curettage ; Diagnosis ; Drug Therapy ; Epidemiologic Studies ; Extremities ; Female ; Giant Cells ; Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous ; Humans ; Limb Salvage ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Orthopedics ; Osteosarcoma ; Prostheses and Implants ; Recurrence ; Seoul ; Sex Distribution ; Spine ; Tibia ; Transplants