OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the silicone ring pessary in the management of pelvic organ prolapse. METHODS: This study was evaluated for the clinical analysis of 58 pelvic organ prolapse patients who visited our hospital and weared silicone ring pessary from January 1997, to December 1998. RESULTS: Among 58 patients, failure rate was 13.7%(8/58) and complication rate was 50%(29/58). Main causes of failure were vaginal ulcer(4 cases) and recurrent falling out of pessary(3 cases). Most common problems were recurrent falling out of pessary(10 cases) and vaginal erosion with or without ulcer(9 cases), vaginitis(6 cases). There was no significant difference of failure rates and complication rates between hysterectomized patients and the non-hysterectomized patients. CONCLUSION: In management of pelvic organ prolapse which unsuitable for operation, pessary is noninvasive, simple and effective alternative method.
Humans ; Pelvic Organ Prolapse* ; Pessaries* ; Silicones*

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Pulmonary Embolism*

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Cytomegalovirus* ; DNA* ; Humans* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction*

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Cervix Uteri* ; Female

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Humans ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Living Donors*

The authors report 16 cases of mediastinal fine-needle aspiration cytology from Jan. 1985 to Mar. 1988 at the Seoul National University Hospital. Among them, diagnostic material were obtained in fifteen cases, establishing the dia- gnosis of 7 thymomas, 2 germinomas, 2 neurogenic tumosr, 1 lymphoma, and 3 meastatic carcinomas. The 9 cytologic diagnoses could be confirmed by histologic examination in 8 patients and by another cytologic method in one patient, allowing concordance rate of 77%.
Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Diagnosis ; Germinoma ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Lymphoma ; Mediastinum ; Seoul ; Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid* ; Thymoma

The incidence of contrast media extravasation has been increasing gradually. Most contrast media extravasations only can cause pain, swelling and erythema. However, in more severe cases, skin necrosis, ulceration, or compartment syndrome may occur, often necessitating a surgery. Early diagnosis and treatment should be established on the spot in order to avoid such a severe damage. We present a case of 42-year-old woman with a compartment syndrome in the right upper extremity caused by extravasation of computed tomography contrast media.
Adult ; Compartment Syndromes* ; Contrast Media ; Early Diagnosis ; Erythema ; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials* ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Necrosis ; Skin ; Ulcer ; Upper Extremity*

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Insulin Resistance* ; Insulin*

We report a case of atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini in which the characteristic soft atrophic patch with cliffdrop border developed on the neck and two well-demarcated indurated atrophic patches were on both shoulders. We took biopsies from centers and margins of each lesion. Histipathologic findings from atrophic center showed marked dermal atrophy comparing to that from margin of the lesion on the neck, but the atrophic center and margin of the lesion on the shoulder showed morphea-like features without, distinct differences between two.
Atrophy ; Biopsy ; Neck ; Shoulder

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Esophagus* ; Transplants*