Patients with signs of benign prostatic hyperplasia undergo excretory urography as a part of the diagnostic measures. The investigation is expected to yield information on the upper urinary tract and pathology of the bladder. But the necessity of excretory urography as a routine study before prostatectomy has been questioned. Herein we analyzed 154 patients who underwent excretory urography before prostatectomy at department of Urology, Masan Koryo General Hospital from January 1990 to December 1992. Of 154 patients, 117(76.0% ) showed normal upper tract with cystogram compatible with benign prostatic hyperplasia, 19(12.3% ) dilated upper tract. 1 (0.6% ) nonvisualized kidney, 9(5. 8%) incidental upper tract anomalies, 12(7.8% ) urolithiasis. Most of these anomalies could not alter the planned therapeutical procedures. We concluded that excretory urography is not always necessary in diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia, but only in selected cases.
Diagnosis ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Kidney ; Pathology ; Prostatectomy ; Prostatic Hyperplasia* ; Urinary Bladder ; Urinary Tract ; Urography* ; Urolithiasis ; Urology

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Paget Disease, Extramammary

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Psoriasis*

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Warts*

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Acrospiroma*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among workplace bullying, organizational commitment, and turnover intention of nurses. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from nurses at five public hospitals (N=190). RESULTS: The experience of bullying was 31.29 points (range 16–64) on average: Work-related bullying was the highest, followed by verbal/non verbal bullying and external threats. The consequences of bullying were 30.54 points (range 13–52) on average: The physical/psychological withdrawal was the highest, followed by increasing distrust and the poor quality of patient care. The experiences of bullying had positive correlations with the consequences of bullying (r=.55, p < .001) and the turnover intention (r=.27, p < .001), and had a negative correlation with organizational commitment (r=−.28, p < .001). The consequences of bullying had a positive correlation with the turnover intention (r=.52, p < .001), and had a negative correlation with organizational commitment (r=−.49, p < .001). Organizational commitment showed a negative correlation with the turnover intention (r=.63, p < .001). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study suggests the needs of a regular monitoring system and organizational management for workplace bullying, which helps nurses to commit to their organization and to be retained in a workplace.
Bullying ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Hospitals, Public ; Intention ; Patient Care ; Personnel Turnover

BACKGROUND: Recently, the incidence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection has been increasing in Korea, and an outbreak among healthcare workers (HCWs) has also been reported. This study aims to evaluate the seroepidemiology of hepatitis A among HCWs at an 820-bed teaching hospital in Korea, thereby facilitating HAV vaccination for these HCWs. METHODS: In June 2009, we assessed the total immunoglobulins against the HAV in the serum samples of 907 HCWs by using VIDAS Anti-HAV Total (bioMerieux, France). RESULTS: Seropositivity for HAV significantly increased with age (P<0.001): 0% for < or =25 years, 9.4% for 26-30 years, 39.5% for 31-35 years, 66.7% for 36-40 years, 85.7% for 41-45 years, 96.0% for 46-50 years, 98.3% for 51-55 years, 95.8% for 56-60 years, and 100% for > or =61 years. CONCLUSION: Since HCWs aged 20-40 years show low seropositivity for HAV vaccination against hepatitis A should be considered in all these HCWs.
Aged ; Delivery of Health Care ; Hepatitis ; Hepatitis A ; Hepatitis A Antibodies ; Hepatitis A virus ; Hospitals, Teaching ; Humans ; Immunoglobulins ; Incidence ; Korea ; Seroepidemiologic Studies ; Vaccination

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Adult ; Fingers ; Humans

PURPOSE: To analyse unusual radiologic manifestations of colonic adenocarcinoma, and to correlate these with pathologic findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Radiologic findings of ten patients with atypical adenocarcinoma ofthe colon were retrospectively evaluated. The unusual radiologic findings were difined as terminal ileal involvement of the cecal mass, long segmental involvement of over 9cm, and exophytic tumor growth. radiologic and sonographic findings were compared with pathologic specimens obtained from surgical resection. RESULTS: Involvement of the terminal ileum was noted in three cases, long segmental involvement of over 11cm in five cases, and exophytic mass in two. Of three cases with thickening of the terminal ileum, two revealed the infiltration of cancer into the terminal ileum through the ileocecal valve, and the other revealed vascular congestion and edemaon microscopic examination. Five cases with long segmental involvement of over 11cm comprised one of cancer totally infiltrated through the submucosal and proper muscle layer, one of inflammatory thickening distal to thecancer, two of inflammatory change of pericolic fat and serosal adhesion and one of a large intraluminal fungatingmass. In the cases of exophytic mass, one with a larger extraluminal and a smaller intraluminal component revealed necrosis and abscess on pathologic examination, accounting for low attenuation on CT, whereas the other, with exophytic growth, disclosed abundant pools of mucin, resulting in low attenuation on CT. These two cases could notbe differentiated from submucosal tumors. CONCLUSION: Atypical colon cancer may have various manifestations, suchas thickening of the terminal ileum, involvement of a long segment, and an exophytically growing mass. An appreciation of the radiologic findings of this cancer may therefore help in differential diagnosis in cases simulating colitis or submucosal tumors of the colon, such as lymphoma or leiomyoma.
Abscess ; Adenocarcinoma* ; Colitis ; Colon* ; Colonic Neoplasms ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) ; Humans ; Ileocecal Valve ; Ileum ; Leiomyoma ; Lymphoma ; Mucins ; Retrospective Studies

Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord is a rare tumor. Most are of a low-grade malignancy and recurrences tend to be localized. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Wide local excision with radical orchiectomy appears to be adequate treatment. A regional lymph node dissection is usually not advocated since the pattern of spread is hematogenous. We report a case of liposarcoma of the spermatic cord in 49-year-old male with brief review of the literatures.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Liposarcoma* ; Lymph Node Excision ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Orchiectomy ; Recurrence ; Spermatic Cord*