1.In vivo antitumor effects of lactic acid bacteria on sarcoma 180 and mouse lewis lung carcinoma.
Hyung Yong KIM ; Hyeong Suk BAE ; Young Jin BAEK
Journal of the Korean Cancer Association 1991;23(2):188-196
No abstract available.
Animals
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Bacteria*
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Carcinoma, Lewis Lung*
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Lactic Acid*
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Mice*
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Sarcoma 180*
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Sarcoma*
2.A Clinical Study on the Fractures of Tibia with Severe Compounding and Soft Tissue Injury
Kyu Young PARK ; Hyung Seok KIM ; Jin Ohk SUK
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1981;16(2):436-441
Fractures of tibia are often trouble-some because of their easy compounding and associated soft tissue injury, especially neurovascular tissue. Initial proper treatments for fractures of tibia with severe compounding are very important for a better prognosis. In the orthopaedic Department of the Seoul Adventist Hospital, open reduction and internal fixation with Sherman plate were performed for 12 cases of tibia with severe compounding from January 1975 to October 1980 and the results were as follows; 1. The age of the patients ranged from 11 years to 50 years, and the majority of the patients were injuryed in traffic accident. 2. All of the patients were suffered from combined injures, so intensive close treatment was needed but 2 patients expired. 3. 7 out of 12 cases were found as vascular rupture and therefore 2 B-K amputations were carried out because of necrosis. 4. Average time for bone union was 6.9 months and infection was controlled without sequela. 5. Outcome of open reduction and internal fixation with Sherman plate for fractures of tibia with severe compounding was rather good, but comparisons are thought to be required after standardization of patients for open reduction without internal fixation. and openreduction with internal fixation.
Accidents, Traffic
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Amputation
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Clinical Study
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Humans
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Necrosis
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Prognosis
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Rupture
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Seoul
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Soft Tissue Injuries
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Tibia
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Tibial Fractures
3.Use of a Titanium Buttress to Prevent Implant Displacement in Extensive Orbital Blowout Fracture.
Jin Sik BURM ; Jae Hyung HYUAN ; Suk Joon OH ; Tai Suk ROH
Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2000;27(1):92-96
The operative treatment of orbital blowout fracture involves restoration of intra-orbital soft tissue and bony structural integrity. In extensive blowout fracture, postoperative edema and subsequent increase of intraoribital pressure may sometimes lead to displace the implant. To prevent postperative displacement of the implant, we tried reinforcing the implant using a buttress consisting of micro-titanium mesh and titanium mesh in 13 cases of extensive orbital blowout fracture, including medical wall fracture (6), inferior wall fracture (5) and inferomedial wall fracture (2). A small thin titanium buttress was inserted beneath the implant at the point where intraorbital pressure was involved maximally. It was usually placed superoinferiorly in a medial wall fracture wall fracture, mediplaterally along th posterior ridge of bony defect in an inferior wall fracture, and anteroposteriorly in an inferomedial wall fracture. No evidence of implant displacement after operation was noted in any cases and this was confirmed by postoperative computed tomographic scan. Also, any complication by a titanium buttress did not occur. Orbital implant reinforcement using a titanium buttress may be an available technique for preventing implant displacement in reconstruction of extensive orbital blowout frature.
Edema
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Orbit*
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Orbital Implants
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Titanium*
4.The relationship between depressive tendency, somatic symptoms and drug use in housewives.
Ki Heum PARK ; Nak Jin SUNG ; Suk CHOI ; Sung Soo CHO ; Suk Hyung JUNG
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1997;18(5):490-450
BACKGROUND: In women, the prevalence of depression is known to be more than twice as high as in men. Because many depressive women complain of their somatic symptoms instead of neurovegetative ones, many cases of depression have been misdiagnosed. Women also tend to use medicine more frequently than men do to manage depression. So we investigated the relationship between somatic symptoms and drug use in housewives for better management. METHODS: From 1st. March to 31st. March in 1996, the prepared questionnaires were presented to housewives living in the area of Kyung-ju city, who responded the questionnaires under direct interview. The questionnaire was composed of two parts. One part included demographic data, somatic complaints, drug use, places of drug purchase, current diseases that had been diagnosed by doctors. The other included Korean standard Beck Depression Inventory-questionnaire. The subjects were divided into two groups by BDI score(21 point), which was the cut-off point for depression in Korea. The relationships of somatic symptoms and drug use between the two groups were analyzed. RESULTS: There were 110 housewives who had depressive trends among 569 respondents. In general characteristics, there was significant difference between the two groups except the item of religion. In the items of somatic symptoms, there were more somatic symptoms in the group of high BDI score(>_21) except fatigue(P<0.01). More drug users were found in the group of high BDI score(>_21) (P<0.05). In the group of high BDI score(>_21), there was definite correlation between the items of somatic symptoms and drug use. There was no difference between the two groups in the item of drug purchase site. The most common site of drug purchase was the drug store in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Depressive housewives complained of more somatic symptoms and more often used drugs as well.
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Depression
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Drug Users
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Female
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Gyeongsangbuk-do
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Humans
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Korea
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Male
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Prevalence
5.Clinical menifestations of tuberculosis in chronic renal failure.
Hyung Jin YOON ; Yoon Goo KIM ; Curie AHN ; Jin Suk HAN ; Auhnggwon KIM ; Jung Sang LEE
Korean Journal of Nephrology 1991;10(3):352-359
No abstract available.
Kidney Failure, Chronic*
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Tuberculosis*
6.The Inhibition of Stress-Induced c-fos Expression by Superior Cervical Ganglion Block in Rat Brain.
Hyun Ju JUNG ; Chong Min PARK ; Dong Suk CHUNG ; Myung Ja AHN ; Hyung Jin BYUN
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1997;33(6):1029-1036
BACKGROUND: Using c-fos expression one of the immediate early gene, as a marker of altered neuronal response, we investigated the effect of superior cervical ganglion block (SCGB) exhibiting the same effect of SGB of human on the activity of several brain regions which are considered as located on autonomic neural pathway and neuroendocrine axis in rat. METHOD: The 48 Sprague-Dawley strain rats were divided into 4 groups, as saline/stress (control) group, SCGB/stress (tested) group, saline group, SCGB group. Superior cervical ganglion block was conducted in the SCGB/stress group and SCGB group while saline/stress and saline group were sham operated. After then restraint stress was imposed on the animals of SCGB/stress group and saline/stress group. And 2 hour after injection (saline, SCGB group) or restraint stress (saline/stress, SCGB/stress group), c-fos protein (Fos) was localized by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS: Much stronger Fos immunoreactivity was induced in the several brain region of control group rats compared to other three groups and the numbers of Fos positive cell count of tested group were significantly decreased in paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (p<0.01), A5 (p<0.01), raphe pallidus (p<0.05), nucleus tractus solitaius (p<0.01) compared to control group. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrate that superior cervical ganglion block attenuates stress induced neuronal activities of paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, A5, raphe pallidus, nucleus tractus solitarius.
Animals
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Axis, Cervical Vertebra
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Brain*
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Cell Count
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Genes, vif
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Humans
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Immunohistochemistry
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Neural Pathways
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Neurons
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Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
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Rats*
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Solitary Nucleus
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Superior Cervical Ganglion*
7.A clinical analysis of 50 cases of renal transplantation.
Hyung Min JIN ; Chul Woo YANG ; Suk Young KIM ; Chang Joon AHN ; Rae Sung KANG
The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation 1993;7(1):95-105
No abstract available.
Kidney Transplantation*
8.The significance of gallium scan in miliary tuberculosis.
Hyung In KIM ; Choon Jo JIN ; Suk Joong YONG ; Kye Chul SHIN
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1993;40(5):558-564
No abstract available.
Gallium*
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Tuberculosis, Miliary*
9.Change of serum prostate specific antigen values after radiation therapy in prostate cancer.
Korean Journal of Urology 1993;34(3):444-447
We studied the change or serum prostate specific antigen in 12 men of prostate cancer including 9 or stage C and 3 or stage D1 to monitor patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate after radiation therapy. All patients had a pre-treatment prostate specific antigen level above 100ng/ml Median patient followup was 18 months (range 9 to 28 months) and serum prostate specific antigen levels were determined at 1 month and then 3 to 6 month intervals after radiation therapy. Initially, all patients had a decrease in prostate specific antigen within 6 months after treatment. Of 10 patients who had a decreasing prostate specific antigen to normal values, 1 patient had an increasing prostate specific antigen value at 21 months but 2 patients, a decrease in prostate specific antigen that never approaches normal had an increasing prostate specific antigen values at 12 months and 18 months. 3 patients(clinical stage D1/poorly differentiated ; 2 cases, clinical stage C/poorly differentiated; 1 case) who had an increasing prostate specific antigen values had a bone metastases. These observations indicate that patients who had a decreasing prostate specific antigen to normal values were low risk in disease progression and an increasing prostate specific antigen values after radiation therapy were correlated with progression to metastatic disease. We concluded that serial post-irradiation prostate specific antigen values may be useful in the early identification ofrecurrence and disease progression after radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
Adenocarcinoma
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Disease Progression
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Male
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Prostate*
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Prostate-Specific Antigen*
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Prostatic Neoplasms*
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Reference Values
10.Therapeutic Effects of Norfloxacin(Neutam-400.
Sung Suk HAN ; Young Yo PARK ; Hyung Ki CHOI ; Moo Sang LEE ; Jin Mee LEE
Korean Journal of Urology 1985;26(3):237-242
Norfloxacin is a new broad spectrum of antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram. negative bacteria. After oral administration of Norfloxacin, it produces high concentrations in the urine, so it has the excellent effect for the treatment of urinary tract infection. Norfloxacin was studied with respect to clinical effect in 115 patients with the urinary tract infection and the following results were obtained. 1. Excellent efficacy was 53% and efficacy rate was 90% in upper urinary tract infection(UTI). Efficacy rate for 20 patients with upper UTI without the underlying disease was 100%, and in 29 patients with underlying disease efficacy rate was 83%. 2. In upper UTI resistant for other antibiotics, efficacy rate was 78%. 3. In lower UTI excellent efficacy rate was 36% and efficacy rate was 71%. In gonococcal urethritis excellent efficacy rate was 76% and efficacy rate was 88%. 4. Eliminated rate of bacteria on culture findings were E. coli 93%, pseudononas 89%, proteus 100%, klebsiella 80%, gonococcus 88% and staphylococcus 80%. 5. Mild side effects such as epigastric pain, nausea, dizziness and itching sensation were seen in 5 cases. We consider Neutam-400 is one of the most effective agents in urinary tract infection.
Administration, Oral
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Bacteria
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Dizziness
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Humans
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Klebsiella
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Nausea
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Norfloxacin
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Proteus
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Pruritus
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Sensation
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Staphylococcus
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Urethritis
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Urinary Tract Infections*
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Urinary Tract*