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Cleft Palate* ; Muscles* ; Palate, Soft*

Primary success rate of endonasal DCR has been reported as lower than that of the conventional procedure. Endonasal DCR has been performed from July 1991 to October 1994, with a follow-up period of 6 to 37.3months(mean, 14.2months). According to the period of the operation, 156 eyes of 132 patients were classified into three groups: Group 1;47 eyes between July 1991 and June 1992. Group 2;44 eyes between July 1992 and June 1993, and Group 3;65 eyes between July 1993 and October 1994. Success rates of the primary operation were 68.1% in Group 1, 84.1% in Group 2, and 92.3% in Group 3 respectively. The success rate of Group 3 reached almost similar to that of the conventional procedure. Improvement of success rate may be owing to appropriate preoperative evaluation, skillful surgical technique, and careful postoperative management.
Dacryocystorhinostomy* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans

Thin study measured dietary intakes in late pregnancy and psychological stress during the period of gestation and examined the roles of diet and psychological stress in pregnancy weight gain and infant birth weight. Study subjects were 98 pregnant women who delivered infants at 2 general hospitals in Taejon city. Mean weight gain during pregnancy was 14.6+/-4.89Kg. Mean infant birth weight was 3.39+/-0.62kg in males and 3.28+/-0.43Kg in females. Mean energy and protein intake levels were adequate, but mean iron and calcium intakes were only 61.2+/-14.9% and 79.1+/-18.2% of RDA, respectively. Fat intake which constitutes 22.0+/-4.3% of total energy intake, and animal protein intake which constitutes 22.0+/-4.3% of total energy intake, and animal protein intake which constitutes 53.7% of total protein intake were moderately high. Though mean energy, fat, animal protein, and meat protein intakes in the low psychological stress group were higher than those in the middle or high stress group, psychological stress did not significantly affect pregnancy weight gain and infant birth weight. High intakes of nutrients except for dairy protein, iron, and niacin were associated with higher pregnancy weight gain and high intakes of protein and meat protein were associated with higher infant birth weight. It is concluded that dietary intakes during pregnancy has effects on pregnancy weight gain and infant birth weight, and psychological stress has no direct effect on them.
Animals ; Birth Weight ; Calcium ; Daejeon* ; Diet ; Energy Intake ; Female ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Infant ; Iron ; Male ; Meat ; Niacin ; Parturition* ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women* ; Stress, Psychological* ; Weight Gain

Trichofolliculoma is a benign tumor of hair follicle and is intermediate in differentiation between a hair nevus and a trichoepithelioma. It is a rare dermatosis first described by Fessler in 1924. Clinically, asymptomatic 4-5 mm sized solitary tumor usually occurs on the scalp, head and neck in the adultnood, This tumor may be clinically suspected if occurs as a small domeshaped nodule with a central umbilication showing small wisps fimmature hairs. Microscopically, the turnor shows one or several keratinfilled cysts in the dermis which are surrounded by spuamous epithelium, and contain horny meterial and birefringent fragments af hair shaft. These are primary hair follicles. And there are small secondary hair follicles which appear to radiation from the pimary hair follicles and have fine hair. The surrounding squarnous epithelium of primary follicles form epithelial strands, and interconnection the secondary hair follicles. We presented here a case of trichofolliculoma with typical clinical and histopthological findings in a 41 year-old male patient.
Adult ; Dermis ; Epithelium ; Hair ; Hair Follicle ; Head ; Humans ; Male ; Neck ; Nevus ; Scalp ; Skin Diseases

We treated 4 patients with uric acid calculi in the renal pelvis or ureter with alkaline fluid irrigation through percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) tube. Initial presentations were anuria or severe flank discomfort, we performed PCN to relieve such obstructive symptoms caused by uric acid calculi. We tried to dissolve uric acid calculi with normal saline mixed to sodium bicarbonate through a PCN tube. The success of therapy is believed to be related to the direct and constant urinary alkalinization effect obtained with irrigation compared to be the intermittent alkalization that occurs when oral agent are used.
Anuria ; Calculi* ; Humans ; Kidney Pelvis ; Nephrostomy, Percutaneous* ; Pregnenolone Carbonitrile ; Sodium Bicarbonate ; Ureter ; Uric Acid*

Dental Implants have been proved to be successful prosthetic modality in edentulous patients for 10 years. However, there are few reports on the survival of implant according to location in molar regions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the 4~5 years' cumulative survival rate and the cause of failure of dental implants in different locations for maxillary and mandibular molars. Among the implants placed in molar regions in Gwangju Mir Dental Hospital from Jan. 2001 to Jun. 2002, 473 implants from 166 patients(age range; 26~75) were followed and evaluated retrospectively for the causes of failure. We included 417 implants in 126 periodontally compromised patients, 56 implants in 40 periodontal healthy patients, and 205 maxillary and 268 mandibular molar implants. Implant survival rates by various subject factors, surgical factors, fixture factors, and prosthetic factors at each location were compared using Chi-square test and Kaplan-Meier cumulative survival analysis was done for follow-up(FU) periods. The overall failure rate at 5 years was 10.2%(subject level) and 5.5%(implant level). The overall survival rates of implants during the FU periods were 94.5% with 91.3% in maxillary first molar, 91.1% in maxillary second molar, 99.2% in mandibular first molar and 94.8% in mandibular second molar regions. The survival rates differed significantly between both jaws and among different implant locations(p<0.05), whereas the survival rates of functionally loaded implants were similar in different locations. The survival rates were not different according to gender, age, previous periodontal status, surgery stage, bone graft type, or the prosthetic type. The overall survival rate was low in dental implant of too wide diameter(> or =5.75 mm) and the survival rate was significantly lower for wider implant diameter(p<0.01) in mandibular second molar region. Among 5 surface types(acid etched, SLA, TPS, RBM, and HA), the survival rate of SLA type implant was the highest during the FU periods and the failure rates of HA type implants was significantly high following functional loading. Among 26 failed implants, 20 resulted in early failure of osseointegration or infection prior to functional loading, and 6 were removed because of progressive bone loss or implant fracture. In conclusion, implant survival rates were different in different locations on the posterior jaws, and the fixture diameter and surface type were the significant factor for implant survival in mandibular 2nd molar region. This observation suggests that implant treatment planning might require region-specific manner.
Dental Implants* ; Gwangju ; Humans ; Jaw ; Mandible ; Maxilla ; Molar* ; Osseointegration ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Analysis* ; Survival Rate ; Transplants

A ase of 47 years old female with cervical tuberculous spondylits involving C2,3 and C4 is reported. The lesion was treated surgically by curretage and anterior fusion with iliac bone autograft via median labiomandibular glossotomy.
Autografts ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Spondylitis*

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of smoking and/or alcohol drinking on the nutrient intake, nutritional status, and eating habits of adult males. The subjects were 157 male adults aged 20-49 living in Daejon. Interviews with questionaire on smoking and alcohol drinking habits and eating habits, anthropometric measurement, biochemical blood test, and dietary assessment by one-day 24 hour recall and two-day diet record were carried out. The subjects were divided into four groups : control (non-smoking and non-drinking), drinking only, smoking only, and the both(drinking and smoking). The average numbers of smoked cigarettes were 17.8/d and 19.1/d in the smoking only group and the both group, respectively. The frequency of alcohol drinking was 8.3 times/month and 11.6 times/month in the drinking only group and the both group, respectively. Height was significantly higher(P 0.05) in the drinking only group than in the none and smoking only groups, while the other anthropometric indices were not different among the four groups. There were positive correlations between smoking and drinking or coffee intake. Alcohol drinking increased eating-out frequency and the intakes of energy, protein, dietary fiber, vitamin A, B1, B/sub 6/, Fe and P, while smoking decreased snack frequency and intakes of energy, protein and vitamin B/sub 6/. Blood pressure was not changed in the smoking only and drinking only groups compared to the none group, while systolic blood pressure was elevated in both group(P 0.05). Alcohol drinking significantly elevated(P 0.05) serum total cholesterol and LDL-cholestrol level, while smoking did not change the serum lipid and cholesterol levels. Hemoglobin nd MCHC levels were significantly elevated(P 0.05) by smoking. From these data, it is suggested that both smoking and drinking have influence on some eating habits and nutrient intakes, and especially alcohol drinking can induce hypercholesterolemia.
Adult* ; Alcohol Drinking* ; Blood Pressure ; Cholesterol ; Coffee ; Daejeon ; Diet Records ; Dietary Proteins ; Drinking ; Eating* ; Hematologic Tests ; Humans ; Hypercholesterolemia ; Male* ; Nutritional Status* ; Smoke* ; Smoking* ; Snacks ; Tobacco Products ; Vitamin A ; Vitamins

The purpose of this study was to assess the energy value of breakfast and its relation to total daily nutrient intake and serum lipid. Dietary intakes were evaluated through the 3-day dietary recalls(interview for 1day and self-report for 2 days) from 333 Korean urban adults aged 20-49 year. Serum lipids in fasting blood samples were measured form 98 of those 333 adults. Low energy breakfast(<15% of daily energy intake) was consumed by 22.6% of males and 18.5% of females. 59.4 of males and 43.3% of females consumed a breakfast of average energy intake(15-25% daily energy intake) ; and 18.1 of males and 38.2% of females consumed a significant contribution to a total daily nutrient intake. The daily nutrient intake except crude fiber and vitamin A, B, B, and C in males and except vitamin C in females significantly increased as the energy value of breakfast increased. The differences in energy and nutrient intakes at breakfast were not made up for by other meals. To make matters worse, the satisfactory-energy breakfast group took more energy at dinner compared with the low-energy and average-energy breakfast group took more energy at dinner compared with the low-energy and average-energy breakfast groups in females. Among serum lipid parameters, TG was negatively correlated with energy provided at breakfast, and total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol had a negative correlation with energy and carbohydrates provided at breakfast in males. For females TG was positively correlated with the ratio of carbohydrates to energy at breakfast but negatively correlated with the ratio of fat to energy at breakfast. These results suggest that satisfactory energy intakes at breakfast have positive effects on the adequacy of daily nutrient intake and may positively affect the serum lipid status.
Adult* ; Ascorbic Acid ; Breakfast* ; Carbohydrates ; Cholesterol ; Fasting ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Meals ; Vitamin A