No abstract available.
Rectus Abdominis* ; Thigh*

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Rectus Abdominis* ; Thigh*

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Arthroplasty ; Femoral Fractures ; Hip

The anatomical structure of vermiform appendix was studied for 124 Korean adult cadavers and the articles were reviewed with special reference to its position and length. The results are as follows ; 1. On the frequency of positional types based on Wakeley (1933), postileal type was recorded most frequently (37.7%) and retrocecal type was found in 19.7% of cases, showing the difference from other ethnic groups whose most frequent position was retrocecal or pelvic type. 2. In the direction of appendix in relation to the clock, the direction between 1 and 3 o'clock was most frequently found. 3. Appendix of fixed form was found in 22.1% of cases, that of free form 77.9%. In free form, postileal type was found most frequently, but retrocecal type was met most frequently in fixed form. 4. The length of appendix was 5.95±1.64 cm (male ; 6.14±1.67 cm ; female 5.59±1.51 cm). Neither significant difference between sex nor positional type was noted. 5. Positions of appendix are seemed to be set up during fetal stage. The Ethnic variation in the positions of appendix is thought to be determined by inherited physical anthropological factor, not by postnatal one.
Adult* ; Appendix* ; Cadaver ; Ethnic Groups ; Female ; Humans

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Nose*

BACKGROUND: Compliance with self-care and lifestyle modification is recommended for all patients with acute coronary syndrome to prevent a secondary attack. Data is limited regarding the association between compliance with self-care and restenosis. This study was conducted to examine the association between compliance with self-care and restenosis and to determine the predicting factors for restenosis and low compliance with self-care. METHODS: A total of 166 acute coronary syndrome patients (64.2+/-10.8 years) hospitalized for an angiogram during routine follow-up or symptom management were conveniently recruited from a university hospital cardiovascular care unit. Self-administered questionnaires were used to evaluate the level of compliance with self-care and symptom-related satisfaction. RESULTS: In-stent restenosis was found in 40.4% of the subjects and 36.1% were persistently smoking. There was no significant relationship between low compliance with self-care and restensosis. A lower symptom-related satisfaction significantly predicted restenosis and low compliance with self-care. A longer period after initial diagnosis predicted restenosis and a shorter period after initial diagnosis predicted low compliance with self-care. Persistent smoking was independently associated with low compliance with self-care. CONCLUSIONS: Patients who continued to smoke and had lower symptom-related satisfaction with daily living showed a stronger tendency for lower compliance with self-care and lifestyle modification. Effective educational strategy focusing on smoking cessation is needed to increase compliance with self-care in patients with ACS, especially during admission with a first heart attack.
Acute Coronary Syndrome ; Compliance ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Follow-Up Studies ; Heart ; Humans ; Life Style ; Patient Compliance ; Self Care ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Smoking Cessation ; Surveys and Questionnaires

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic therapy has proven an effective method of treatment on the majority of patients with pyogenic lung abscess and infected bulla. When medical therapy has failed, pulmonary resection is the current generally recommended therapy. But nowdays complications of percutaneous tube drainage has decreased with the use of small catheter. So we evaluated the effect of percutaneous tube drainage as an alternative therapy to the pyogenic lung abscess and infected bulls refractory to medical therapy in preference of the pulmonary resection. METHOD: Nine cases of the lung abscess and three cases of infected bulls which has large cavity size over 6cm, and has underlying diseases such as lung cancer, diabetes mellitus, refractory to over 1 week of antibiotics, were performed percutaneous tube drainage with All Purpose Drainage catheter(Medi-tech, Watertown, USA) under fluoroscopy. RESULTS: All the cases except one case which complicated empyema was improved clinically. Fever was down within 4days of percutaneous tube drainage(mean : 1.9days). Mean duration of tube drainage was 9.9days. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous tube drainage is an effective and relatively safe procedure in the management of lung abscesses that do not response to medical therapy We speculate this procedure should be considered as an alternative therapy for the lung abscess refractory to medical therapy in preference to the surgery. The safety and effectiveness of this procedure in infected bulla should be evaluated with an additional study.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Catheters ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Drainage* ; Empyema ; Fever ; Fluoroscopy ; Humans ; Lung Abscess* ; Lung Neoplasms ; Lung*

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Animals ; Mice* ; Spleen*

The basement membrane, as a specialized form of extracellular matrix, is known to influence the development and differentiation of several kinds of organs and tissues. The development of palatal rugae involves morphological changes of oral epithelium, basement membrane (BM), and mesenchymal tissue and, thus, is thought to be one of the model systems of embryonic development. The BM is thought to influence also the rugae development and defferentiation. If so, the components of the BM would change during rugae development. This study was performed to observe the changes of laminin, fibronectin, and collagen type IV in the oral BM during the fetal ages 16~21 by immunohisto-chemistry. The stainability to laminin began to disappear at the anterior portion of the palate on day 17, and at the end of the gestation showed hardly the immunoreactivity to laminin. Along with the decrease of the stainability through the oral apithlium, the BM of rugae area revealed more decreased reactivity to laminin compared to inter-rugal area and such a phenomina could be observed with anterior rugae first and with the middle and posterior rugae thereafter. The stainin pattern of fibronectin was also similar to that of laminin. In case of collagen IV, it maintained the immunoreac-tivity tro collagen IV with a little decrease at the anterior rugae on day 21 of gestation. As was observed, the components of BM, especially the laminin and fibronectin, changed in its immunoreactivity in parallel to the development of the rugae, which enables us to suggest their relationship to the development and differentiation of the rugae.
Basement Membrane ; Collagen ; Collagen Type IV* ; Embryonic Development ; Epithelium* ; Extracellular Matrix ; Female ; Fibronectins* ; Gestational Age ; Laminin* ; Palate* ; Pregnancy

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Animals ; Gene Expression* ; Hypothalamus* ; Immunohistochemistry* ; In Situ Hybridization* ; Rats* ; Vasopressins*