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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) assay has been proposed as an effective tool in minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. We evaluated its usefulness during minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Ten patients (female 6, male 4) of primary hyperparathyroidism (8 single diseases, 2 multiple diseases) were analyzed retrospectively. We used computed tomography (CT) and 99mTc-Sestamibi (MIBI) scan for localization of parathyroid lesions preoperatively, and frozen biopsy and PTH assay at 10 (T-10), 20 (T-20) minutes after excision intraoperatively. We also compared the diagnostic sensitivity of CT and MIBI scan and intraoperative PTH. RESULTS: All patients were treated successfully and in single disease group, diagnostic sensitivity of CT, MIBI scan were 75% and 87.5%, and that of T-10 was 75% and T-20 was 100%. In multiple disease group, diagnostic sensitivity of CT, MIBI scan were 75%, 87.5%, and that of PTH was 80%. CONCLUSION: Intraoperative PTH assay improves cure rate in minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. It allowed intraoperative recognition of missed parathyroid lesions by preoperative imaging study.
Biopsy ; Humans ; Hyperparathyroidism, Primary ; Male ; Parathyroid Hormone ; Parathyroidectomy ; Retrospective Studies ; Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. The awareness and treatment rate of the disease are low despite its relatively high prevalence. With the added data, this study aimed to identify changes in prevalence and risk factors of COPD using the data from the 5th KNHNES. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 8,969 individuals aged 40 and older who satisfied suitability and reproducibility for pulmonary function tests. The prevalence, awareness and risk factors of COPD were predicted based on the questionnaires on gender, age, educational level, income level, smoking history, body mass index (BMI) and other COPD related questions. RESULTS: Diagnosis of COPD was based on the airflow limitation (forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity <0.7) of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) criteria. The prevalence of COPD from 2010 to 2012 was 13.7%, of which 23.3% was men and 6.5% women. The prevalence was on the rise, with 12.2% in 2010, 13.2% in 2011, and 15.5% in 2012. In GOLD stage 1, the percentages of those who had cough or sputum and smoking history were 12.1% and 75.5%, respectively, but only 0.1% was diagnosed with COPD. Even after adjusting for asthma and tuberculosis, men, old age, larger amount of smoking were linked with a higher prevalence of COPD, and obese and higher educational level were associated with a lower prevalence of COPD. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of COPD in Korea has been increasing every year, and a higher prevalence was associated with male, older age, more amount of smoking, lower educational level and lower BMI.
Asthma ; Body Mass Index ; Cause of Death ; Cough ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Nutrition Surveys* ; Prevalence* ; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Respiratory Function Tests ; Risk Factors ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Sputum ; Tuberculosis ; Vital Capacity

Ameloblasts are specialized cells derived from the dental epithelium that produce enamel, a hierarchically structured tissue comprised of highly elongated hydroxylapatite (OHAp) crystallites. The unique function of the epithelial cells synthesizing crystallites and assembling them in a mechanically robust structure is not fully elucidated yet, partly due to limitations with in vitro experimental models. Herein, we demonstrate the ability to generate mineralizing dental epithelial organoids (DEOs) from adult dental epithelial stem cells (aDESCs) isolated from mouse incisor tissues. DEOs expressed ameloblast markers, could be maintained for more than five months (11 passages) in vitro in media containing modulators of Wnt, Egf, Bmp, Fgf and Notch signaling pathways, and were amenable to cryostorage. When transplanted underneath murine kidney capsules, organoids produced OHAp crystallites similar in composition, size, and shape to mineralized dental tissues, including some enamel-like elongated crystals. DEOs are thus a powerful in vitro model to study mineralization process by dental epithelium, which can pave the way to understanding amelogenesis and developing regenerative therapy of enamel.
Mice ; Animals ; Durapatite/metabolism* ; Dental Enamel/metabolism* ; Ameloblasts/metabolism* ; Amelogenesis ; Stem Cells ; Organoids