Clinical observation of thirty-eight cases of pyogenic osteomyelitis of the spine for the period of eleven years, from 1965, at Seoul National University Hospital was carried out with the following results. 1. The incidence of pyogenic osteomyelitis of the spine among total cases of the pyogenic osteomyelitis was 6.9% and the ratio between the spine tuberculosis and the pyogenic osteomyelitis of the spine was 1:0.067. 2. The sex ratio between male and female wss 3.8: 1 The incidence was higher ia the second and third decade and the average prevalent age was 30.8 years of age. 3. The site of infection was in the lumbar vertebrae in 25 cases(66%), thoracic in seven(19%), lumbosacral in three, sacral in two and cervical in one. In the region of a vertebra, the vertebral body was affected in 33 cases (87%) and the neural arch and processes in other 5 cases (13%) 4. The causative micro-organism was isolated in 27 cases from the diseased focus; coagulase positive staphylococcus in 18 cases (67%), streptococcus in one, salmonella in one and the mixed infection in two. 5. Frequent clinical symptoms and signs were back pain, tenderness, muscle spasm, fever and chillness, and limited motion of the spine. 6. The roetgenographic findings were in order of disc space narrowing, destruction of the vertebral body, kyphosis or loss of lordosis, erosion, bony bridging or spur formation, sclerosis and paravertebral abscess. 7. The conservative treatment was performed in 14 cases. Among 7 cases in which the follow-up was possible, only 3 cases obtained the satisfactory result, four cases were readmitted for the recurrence and two cases among them needed the operative treatment later. The operative treatment was peformed in 26 cases; The focal curettage with anterior interbody fusion through anterior approach was carried out in 13 cases with the satisfactory result in almost all cases. 8. The advantages of the operative treatment were that the isolation of the offending organism was efficient and the definite diagnosis was feasible, and especially in cases of anterior spinal fusion the healing and union of the infected spine was better clinically and roetgenographically in comparision with those of conservative treatment, in which the expected spontaneous fusion was not found in any case and the recurrence was also frequent.
Abscess ; Animals ; Back Pain ; Coagulase ; Coinfection ; Curettage ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Fever ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Incidence ; Kyphosis ; Lordosis ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; Male ; Myalgia ; Osteomyelitis ; Recurrence ; Salmonella ; Sclerosis ; Seoul ; Sex Ratio ; Spasm ; Spinal Fusion ; Spine ; Staphylococcus ; Streptococcus ; Tuberculosis

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Authors examined 30, 000 minifilms(boys and girls each 15, 000) which were taken for survey of pulmonary tuberculosis for the students of the first grade, middle school in Seoul(average 13 years old), to determine the ineidence rates of scoliosis. It was considered lateral curvature of spine more than 10 degrees as non-postural scoliosis, which were analyzed for the presence of bony abnormality, sex incidence, degree of curvature, distribution of size of curvature, patterns of curvature, and direction of curvature. Following results were obtained. 1. The overall incidence of scoliosis was 1. 46%; female 1. 86% and male 1.07%. 2. Scoliosis due to bony abnormality was found in 4 cases. 3. Degrees of curvature; 10°-19°
Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Male ; Scoliosis ; Spine ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Authors examined 40,000 minifilms(boys and girls each 10,000 in junior and senior high schools) which were taken for survey of pulmonary tuberculosis for junior and senior high school students and checked the prevalence of scoliosis. It was considered lateral curvature of spine more than 10 degrees as nonpostural scoliosis, which were analyzed prevalence rate, degree of curvature, distribution of size of curvature, pattern of curve and direction of curvature. Following results were obtained. 1. The overall prevalence rate was 1.56; male 1.38. and female 1.70%(Junior high school 1.06%, Senior high school 2.05%). 2. Scoliosis secondary due to bony abnormality was found in 5 cases. 3. The most common pattern of curvature was the thoracic curve. 4. In sihgle curve, right to left ratio was 1.7, especially senior high school girls had more right curve and junior high school boys had more left curve. 5. The prevalence of senior high school students was greater than that of junior high school students and the degree of curvature was also severe in senior high school students than in junior high school students.
Busan ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Prevalence ; Scoliosis ; Spine ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

39 patients with tibial shaft fracture had treated by open reduction and internal fixation with AO DCP and screws applying on the medial surface of the tibia, at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ulsan Dongkang Hospital, from January, 1983 to December, 1985. A clinical study was done on all the 39 cases with the follow-up check over 1 year. In general, because the lateral surface of the tibia is well covered by rich soft tissue, it is popularized to apply the plate on the lateral aspect of the tibia. In our department, we applied the plate on the medial aspect of the tibia, which resulted in mimi-zing soft tissue injuries and, by inserting the screws perpendicular to the surface of the bone, increased stability of the fixation; and therefore resulted in relatively short operation time, relatively low incidences of infection and non-union; but there had been some drawbacks such as focal skin necrosis, hematoma, adhesion after fixatives removal, and cosmetic disfiguring. But there were no problems during the follow up periods. So, this is a recommandable procedure of internal fixation with the plate for the tibial shaft fractures.
Clinical Study ; Fixatives ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Incidence ; Necrosis ; Orthopedics ; Skin ; Soft Tissue Injuries ; Tibia ; Ulsan

Development of acetabulum and epiphysis of the femoral head following reduction in seventy-four patients with ninty-one congenitally dislocated hips were assessed radiologically. Acetabular index, CE angle of Wiberg, neck-shaft angle of the femur and overgrowth of the pelvis and femur were measured according to the various treatment. To evaluate results, the method of treatment was divided into four groups; closed reduction, open reduction, open reduction combined with pelvic osteotomy and modified Klisic operation (open reduction, pelvic osteotomy, femoral osteotomy and so on). Each treatment was compared with three subgroups according to ages; first subgroup was belong to patients under one year of age, second from one year to three years, third over three years. This paper agrees to Harris (1976) and Lindstrom (1979) about improvement of acetabular index and CE angle of Wiberg that showed a rapid rate of repair in the first 6 months and thereafter slowly progressed to normal range of degree. Overgrowth of pelvis and femur was also noticed in cases of hips treated pelvic and/or femoral osteotomy, moreover even in cases of open reduction only. The goal of this preliminary investigation may be supposed to propose the idea which method of treatment to the first visiting patient will approach the most satisfactory final result.
Acetabulum ; Dislocations ; Epiphyses ; Femur ; Head ; Hip ; Humans ; Methods ; Osteotomy ; Pelvis ; Reference Values

Fourty one cases of open fractures of tibial shaft complicated with varying degrees of soft tissue injuries were trested by one-plane unilateral external fixation with AO fixator. In seventeen csses among them, interfragmental lag screw fixation was applied in addition, for more rigidity and stability of the fixation. All of thern were followed up at least for one year and we obtained the following results. 1. Rigid stable external fixation provided by additional minimum internal fixation may not increase the rate of infection but rather enhance prompt primary bone healing. 2. One-plane unilatersl external fixation may facilitate good access to the wound for subsepuent reconstructive procedures, and enhance pain-free early full range of joint motion, thus promote early bone union. 3. Comparing with bilsteral fixation, there wss almost no difference in the union time of the fracture even with one-plsne unilatersl fixation.
Clinical Study ; External Fixators ; Fractures, Open ; Joints ; Soft Tissue Injuries ; Tibia ; Wounds and Injuries

It is generally accepted that posterior cruciate ligament is the prime stabilizer and perhaps the most importent ligament in the knee. We agreed that primary repair or reconstruction of ruptured posterior cruciate ligament is essential. Recently Clancy reported good results to correct knee instability due to rupture of the posterior cruciate ligament with a procedure that employes a free graft of one-third of the patella tendon with its tibial and patella attachments. The free patella tendon graft has been shown to revascularize readly, develop resonably high tensile strengh, allow bone to bone healing, have excellent static stability and not to deprive the knee of a significant stabilizer. So, we analized the 10 cases of the posterior cruciate ligament injuries who were admitted and treated reconstruction using free patella tendon graft in Busan Paik Hospital between May, 1984 to Dec, 1986 and obtained the following results. 1. In 8 cases, obtained satisfactory results. In 2 cases, obtained unsatisfactory results due to combined other compartment injuries, but improved posterior stability than preoperative status. 2. Reconstruction of posterior crucitae ligament using free patella tendon graft was excellent procedure for regaining of static stability of the knee.
Busan ; Knee ; Ligaments ; Patella ; Patellar Ligament ; Posterior Cruciate Ligament ; Rupture ; Transplants

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis has been thought of as a disease of women, but the incidence of male osteoporosis is increasing and is expected to keep rising due to alcohol abuse, smoking and increased life expectancy for men. This study was done to evaluate how many men recognized the significance of osteoporosis and its management. METHODS: There were 138 male subjects who underwent Bone Mineral Density (DEXA) from January 2000 to August 2003 at Sung Nam Central Hospital. We reviewed their BMD results and formed questionnaires which were constructed to evaluate men's recognition and treatment realities of osteoporosis. Telephone interviews and mailing services were utilized. The respondents were 96 (69.6%) and analysis was done. RESULTS: The average age of the 138 men was 55. Among them, there were 55 (39.9%) and 68 (49.3%) men who had been diagnosed with osteopenia and osteoporosis, respectively. Information on osteoporosis was obtained mainly from mass media like TV and newspaper (57.3% of total answers). The reason for undergoing test for osteoporosis was related to the annual screening tests (40.6% of total answers). Most of these people were likely to ignore the significance of osteoporosis, because only 26 percent answered they should receive proper treatment in case of osteoporosis although they did not have any symptoms at the time of the diagnosis. Among these osteoporotic patients, 76.7 percent did not seek any medical care and the most common reason for refusal to treatment was no existing symptoms for osteoporosis. Among the total, 67.4 percent of the patients said there had been no change of life behavior after the diagnosis. CONCLUSION: We found that men had relatively more knowledge of osteoporosis than we expected, but they knew little about the need for treatment and possible severe complications like major fractures that may occur. Also, we found the diagnosis of osteoporosis has little effect on behavioral changes. In conclusion, family physicians should take more interest in the education of patients to increase compliance for its treatment.
Alcoholism ; Bone Density ; Bone Diseases, Metabolic ; Climacteric ; Compliance ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Gyeonggi-do ; Humans ; Incidence ; Interviews as Topic ; Life Expectancy ; Male ; Mass Media ; Mass Screening ; Periodicals ; Osteoporosis* ; Patient Education as Topic ; Physicians, Family ; Postal Service ; Refusal to Treat ; Smoke ; Smoking

BACKGROUND: Active re-donation is important for the whole blood donation program. Preparation of the blood-collection environment to minimize vasovagal reaction (VVR) is very important because VVR is the most common factor for stopping re-donation. METHODS: From the 1st of January to the 30th of November in 2005 at Busan Red Cross Blood Center, a total 195,247 donations from 138,093 donors were investigated for VVR. RESULTS: The total frequency of VVR was 0.14%. The frequency of VVR of the group donors who donated in indoor collecting places was the highest and the next highest VVR frequency was for the outdoor donors group. Unexpectedly, the frequency of VVR was the lowest in donors who donated in a blood bus. Teenage donations of blood were most frequent, and the next were people in their twenties. The frequency of VVR was the highest in first-time donor group. The more blood donated, the less the subjects experienced VVR. CONCLUSION: To recruit and retain the blood donors, the blood collection environment should be reconsidered for the group-donors in indoor- or outdoor places and not for those in the blood bus. In these places, it is important to educate the staff and prepare the blood-collecting environment where individual attention can be given to donors of the high-risk group for preventing VVR.
Blood Donors ; Busan ; Humans ; Red Cross ; Tissue Donors