OBJECTIVES: This study was to determine whether drainage after radical hysterectomy and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy can reduce the risk of postoperative morbidity as compared with no drainage. METHODS: 165 patients with stage Ia2 to Ilb underwent radical hysterectomy and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy between January 1995 and May 1997, and those medical records were analyzed, Closed suction drains were placed in group I (n 102), not in group II (n 67). All surgeries were perforrned by the same surgeon in a uniform method. RESULTS: The characteristics of two groups were similar for mean age, preoperative weight, total protein, serum albumin, tumor cell histology, invasion depth, and tumor stage. There was no difference in mean operation time in two groups. But mean estimated blood loss was more in group I than group lI(p<0.05), Postoperative ileus and postoperative stay was similar in both groups. The incidence of pelvic lymphocyst and febrile morbidity in two groups were comparable with 17% in group I and 27% in poup II, but not statistically significant(p>0.05). Rehospitalization rate was higher in group I than in group II. CONCLUSION: Pelvic drainage didn't reduce the postoperative febrile morbidity and lymphocyst formation. Therefore the author could not find any necessity to perform the drainage following radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy.
Drainage* ; Humans ; Hysterectomy* ; Ileus ; Incidence ; Lymph Node Excision* ; Medical Records ; Serum Albumin ; Suction ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*

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We herein report a case of subcutaneous panniculitic T-cell lymphoma which occurred in a 48-year-old Korean woman. Her disease presented as multiple subcutaneous nodules on the arms, legs, and abdomen, with systemic symptoms and signs. From the results of immunophenotypic studies, we suggest her disease may originate from cytotoxic T-lymphocytes. The patient had a protracted course of multiple dark-red-colored subcutaneous nodules on both arms, legs, and abdomen for 1 year, often with fever, chills, and malaise. Histopathologic findings for the subcutaneous nodule in the lower abdomen revealed diffuse infiltration of atypical lymphocytes in the subcutis, with extensive fat necrosis and karyorrhexis and a bean-bag cell appearance with engulfed lymphocytes in some histiocytes. The immunophenotypic studies showed a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte profile, i. e., LCA+, lysozyme+, UCHL1+, CD8+, CD20-, CD30-, and CD56-. In situ hybridization studies for the Epstein-Barr virus genome resulted in a negative finding. A lymphadenopathy was found in the right upper paratracheal area on the chest CT associated with pancytopenia and abnormal LFT findings. She received high-dose chemotherapy with autologous blood stem cell transplantation, but died after 6 months.
Abdomen ; Arm ; Chills ; Drug Therapy ; Fat Necrosis ; Female ; Fever ; Genome ; Glycogen Storage Disease Type VI ; Herpesvirus 4, Human ; Histiocytes ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Leg ; Lymphatic Diseases ; Lymphocytes ; Lymphoma, T-Cell* ; Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous ; Middle Aged ; Pancytopenia ; Stem Cell Transplantation ; T-Lymphocytes* ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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Endometriosis* ; Female

We report a case of type III hyperlipoproteinemia associated with xanthoma eruptivum. Xanthoma tuberosum, and xanthoma striatum palmare whose clinical symptoms have been improved by the treatment of gemfibrozil. A 31-year-old male patient visited our clinic for evaluation of multiple yellowish nodules on the elbows, multiple yellowish plaques on the buttocks and linear yellowish plaques along with the palmar creases on both palms. The blood chemistry showed an elevation of cholesterol and triglyceride. Lipoprotein electrophoresis showed broad betazone and plasma standing test showed turbid plasma. Lipoprotein ultracentrifugation showed that the ratio of VLDL cholesterol and plasma triglyceride was 0.38. According to the above findings, we diagnosed this patient as type III hyperlipoproteinemia. After 4 months of treatment with diet and gemfibrozil, the serum level of cholesterol and triglyceride were reduced to normal range. The skin lesions of both palms showed marked improvement but the skin lesions on elbows and buttocks were not much improved.
Adult ; Buttocks ; Chemistry ; Cholesterol ; Cholesterol, VLDL ; Diet ; Elbow ; Electrophoresis ; Gemfibrozil ; Humans ; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III* ; Lipoproteins ; Male ; Plasma ; Reference Values ; Skin ; Triglycerides ; Ultracentrifugation ; Xanthomatosis*

PURPOSE: Penile fracture is a traumatic injury of the tunica albuginea of the corpus cavernosum during the erectile state. The aims of this study were to evaluate whether the differences of clinical manifestations according to age is present or not in the patients with penile fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 52 patients that were admitted to the department of urology after being diagnosed with penile fracture. History taking, physical examination, radiographic study, and operation were performed as needed. We divided patients into two groups on the basis of 40 years old, and we compared clinical manifestations and operative findings between the two groups. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 41.4, and the most common cause of injury was sexual intercourse in both groups, but the elapsed time from the injury to arrival at hospital was longer in the young age group than the middle age group (p<0.05). In the aspect of the rupture of tunica albuginea, injury to the right and proximal part of the penis was most common in both groups. Transverse rupture was more prevalent, and the length of the rupture line was also longer in the middle and old age group (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study supports that sexual intercourse is the most common cause of penile fracture in our country, and the majority of both groups have rupture of tunica albuginea at the right proximal part of the penis. However, the degree of rupture is severe, and elapsed time from the injury to arrival at hospital was relatively shorter in the middle and old age group than the young age group.
Adult ; Coitus ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Penis ; Physical Examination ; Rupture ; Urology

BACKGROUND: The self-inflating bag-valve resuscitator is an useful breathing support equipment in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the transportation of patients who required ventilation assist, or respiratory therapy. The inspiratory oxygen concentration (FiO2) or tidal volume (VT) delivered to the patient depends on various conditions during bag-valve ventilation. METHODS: During bag-valve ventilation without a reservoir at oxygen flow rates of 10 l/min, we evaluated fifty six volunteers to determine the FiO2 and VT at ventilatory frequencies of 10, 12 and 15 cycles per minute and to observe the effect of hand size and grasp power on FiO2 and VT in two-hand compression methods. RESULT: The FiO2 at frequency of 10 cycles/min were 50.1% and it was higher than other ventilatory frequencies. However, the VT was not statistically different among the changes of ventilatory frequency. In the change of VT according to characteristics of the hand, the operator's hand size exerted influence on VT(larger vs. smaller ; 942ml vs. 885ml, p<0.05), but the grasp power of the hand did not significantly affect. Separate analyses with size or grasp power of the hand failed to reveal significant differences of the FiO2. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that a slowing of ventilatory frequency within the allowable ranges for adequate gas exchange increase the FiO2 during bag-valve ventilation without reservoir, and that hand size may exert influence on the VT without FiO2 changes but grasp power may not be a contributing factor to the VT or FiO2 changes.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ; Hand Strength ; Hand* ; Humans ; Oxygen* ; Respiration ; Respiratory Therapy ; Tidal Volume* ; Transportation of Patients ; Ventilation* ; Volunteers

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