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Aged* ; Gait* ; Humans ; Muscle Strength*

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Biomarkers*

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Androgens* ; Bone Density* ; Female ; Humans

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Intracranial Aneurysm*

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Fatty Liver*

Tuberculosis of the spine had been treated with posterior fusion of the spine mostly in 1950s and anterior fusion in 1960s in Korea. Posterior fusion is more simple procedure but cannot decompress in cord involvement nor confirm the diagnosis. Anterior fusion alone induce ofen progressive kyphosis in children who has more than two joint spaces involvement or who has already moderate kyphosis, and is hard to get solid anterior fusion in moderate or severe kyphosis in adult tuberculosis, Combined anterior and posterior fusion had been carried out in one or two stage since early 1970s and satisfactory results were obtained in 27 cases with follow up period of 6 moriths to 6 years. It is found that there are many advantages of one stage spine fusion and the patient tolerated the procedure well. It is concluded that the treatment of choice in most of the spine tuberculosis in children who has moderate kyphosis or more than two level involvement, and moderate kyphosis in adult are anterior and posterior fusion in one stage.
Adult ; Child ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Joints ; Korea ; Kyphosis ; Spine ; Tuberculosis

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Humans ; Physicians, Primary Care* ; Primary Health Care*

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Abdominal Pain*

BACKGROUND: 42 anesthesia-related medico-legal cases, consulted to the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists (KSA) in a recent 2 year period (1994, 11~1996, 10) were analysed. METHOD: Results of the analysis were classified into 11 items. RESULTS: Cases sources were 26 cases from civil court, 2 cases from criminal court, 8 cases from police stations and 6 cases from health centers, and involved surgical departments were obstetric & gynecology (17 cases), general surgery (7), orthopedic surgery (6), and others (12). Operation classification were Cesarean section (14 cases), reduction and fixations (5), gastrectomy (4) and others (19), and anesthesia methods were general anesthesia (36 cases), regional anesthesia (3), and local anesthesia (3). Involved hospitals were university hospitals (15), general hospitals (16) and private clinics (11), and involved anesthesiologists (anesthetists) were certified anesthesiologists (34), nurse anesthetists (3), and others (5). Patient's ages were classified into 0~20 years old (4), 20~40 years old (23), 40~60 years old (13) and over 60 years old (2), and patient's sex ratio was 16 (male) to 26 (female). Outcome of victims were deaths (26 cases), severe brain damages (10) and nerve injuries (6), and autopsy findings were hypoxic brain edema (4 cases), coronary artery diseases (3), and other findings (4). Causes of medico-legal problems were hypoxemia by ventilatory failure (12), pre-existing diseases (4), embolisms followed by operation (2), malignant hyperthermia (1), and uncertain cases (21). CONCLUSION: The most common cause of medico-legal problems was hypoxemia by ventilatory failure.
Anesthesia ; Anesthesia, Conduction ; Anesthesia, General ; Anesthesia, Local ; Anoxia ; Autopsy ; Brain ; Brain Edema ; Cesarean Section ; Classification ; Coronary Artery Disease ; Criminals ; Embolism ; Female ; Gastrectomy ; Gynecology ; Hospitals, General ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Malignant Hyperthermia ; Middle Aged ; Nurse Anesthetists ; Orthopedics ; Police ; Preexisting Condition Coverage ; Pregnancy ; Sex Ratio

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Foot* ; Hand*