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Lumbar spinal stenosis may be defined as any type of narrowing of the spinal canal, nerve root canals or intervertebral foramina. It may be local, segmental or generalized and may be caused by the encroachment of bone or soft tissue. The narrowing may involve the bony canal alone or the dural sac or both. Myelo-enhanced computerized tomography(MECT) has been accepted as especially useful diagnostic method for spinal steonsis after its application in the orthopedic fields. The goal of this study was to analyze the diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity of MECT and to determine the prevalance of stenosis in various regions of lumbar spine. During the period of 3 years, from January 1991 to December 1993, 40 cases of lumbar spinal stenosis were analyzed, all of whom took myelography, computerized tomography and surgical treatment. The results of the study were as follows: 1. The myelographic findings were, respectively, hourglass bilateral defect 15(37.5%), complete block 14(35%) and the unilateral focal defect 5(12.5%). 2. The most prevalent from of spinal stenosis was the combined central-lateral-foraminal stenosis(47.5%) and the degenerative change in the lumbar spine was the principal etiologic factor(55%) by Arnoldi classification. 3. The involved levels were as follows:1 level 18(45%), 2 level 16(40%) and 3 level 6(15%). And among single level, the most frequent level was L5-S1 intervertebral space(30%). The diagnostic accuracies according to operative finding and above results were 83% by myelography and 97.5% by MECT. The MECT showed absolutely superior to myelography or CT and it was especially useful in lateral stenosis and multi-level stenosis.
Classification ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Dental Pulp Cavity ; Methods ; Myelography ; Orthopedics ; Spinal Canal ; Spinal Stenosis ; Spine

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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen*

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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Nucleolus Organizer Region*

This study demonstrates that prophylactic effect of plaster and cataplasm contained ketoprofen in adjuvant arthritis therapy by X-ray. Adjuvant arthritis was induced by a single injection of Freund's complete adjuvant. Mature female Sprague-Dawley rats were designated to 3 groups such as nontreated control, plaster-treated (PT) and cataplasm-treated (CT), each of which was composed of ten animals. The PT and the CT groups showed reduced primary paw swelling, but secondary paw swelling was not affected. Bony changes were observed in all regions of the femur and tibia of the nonadjuvant-injected leg and the adjuvant-injected leg. The mean radiographic scores of the PT and the CT groups were significantly lower than those of the control group from day 0 to 7 of the experimental period (p<0.05, p<0.01). The CT rats showed reduced poly-arthritis development than the PT rats. Our results suggest that radiographic assessment of bony changes is more suitable for measuring changes in long bones such as femur or tibia than in vertebrae. The prophylactic effect of CT prominently suppressed edematous swelling and bony changes in arthritic limb compared with PT.
Animals ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/*pharmacology ; Arthritis, Experimental/*prevention & control ; Calcium Sulfate ; Drug Carriers/administration & dosage ; Excipients/*administration & dosage ; Female ; Freund's Adjuvant ; Ketoprofen/*administration & dosage/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

The objective of this study was to determine the clincotherapeutic effect of whole bee venom in hypogalactic sows postpartum. Sows after parturition were assigned to treated and nontreated control groups. In the treated group, 22 sows were bee acupunctured once a day for 3 consecutive days. Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) for bee acupuncture were about 15 days after metamorphosis. One live bee was used to sting the acupoints known as Yang-ming (ST-18, 1.5 cm lateral to the base of the last 2 pairs of teats) and Jiao-chao (GV-1, at the indentation between the base of tail and the anus). In the control group, 20 sows were intramuscularly injected with a standard dosage of penicillin G (400,000 IU/head) once a day for 3 consecutive days. At post-treatment, 85.0% of the drug-treated control and 90.9% of the bee venomtreated group recovered from hypogalactia syndrome. The advantages of apitherapy were that the patients did not have stress because they were not restrained for a long period. The result suggested that apitherapy using bee venom is an effective treatment for sows with hypogalactia syndrome postpartum.
*Acupuncture Points ; Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage ; Bee Venoms/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use ; Body Temperature ; Escherichia coli/isolation & purification ; Female ; Injections, Intramuscular/veterinary ; Lactation Disorders/drug therapy/therapy/*veterinary ; Mammary Glands, Animal/microbiology ; Penicillin G/administration & dosage ; Staphylococcus/isolation & purification ; Streptococcus/isolation & purification ; Swine ; Swine Diseases/drug therapy/*therapy

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Mass Screening* ; Tissue Transplantation* ; Transplants*

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease which most frequently affects the sacro-iliac joints of young men, and also the synovial joints of the whole spine. Bony fusion of these joints and ossification along the longitudinal ligaments lead to total immobility of the vertebrae. Sixty-two cases of ankylosing spondylitis treated at the Severance Hospital from June 1980 to June 1986 were analysed clinically and the followings were obtained. 1. The average age was 38 years and the sex ratio between the male and the female was 58: 4(Male=94%). 2. The most frequent location of pain was low back (32%), and the pain was usually bilateral (81%). 3. The main stiff regions were the hip joint (35%) and the lumbar spine (27%). 4. The most frequent joint affected was the hip (44%), and the extraarticular manifestations were pleuropulmonary disease (29%), gastrointestinal disorder (15%), iritis (10%), etc. 5. The characteristic X-ray findings were sacro-iliac changes (72%), facet joint blurring (53%), and syndesmophyte (37%). 6. Laborstory findings showed increased ESR (85%), positive HLA B-27 (97%), negative rheumatoid factor (94%), and the serum immunoglobulins snd complements were not decreased.
Clinical Study ; Complement System Proteins ; Female ; Hip ; Hip Joint ; Humans ; Immunoglobulins ; Iritis ; Joints ; Longitudinal Ligaments ; Male ; Rheumatoid Factor ; Sex Ratio ; Spine ; Spondylitis, Ankylosing ; Zygapophyseal Joint

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is histologically characterized by marked cellular pleomorphism of lipid-laden neoplastic astrocytes and bizarre giant cells showing mitotic figures and high cellularity. Inspite of its ominous-looking microscopic features, howerver, the prognosis is usually favorable. This tumor develops mainly in the supratentorial area of young people and frequently involves the leptomeninges. We experienced a case of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in 18 year-old-male. In addition to the cellular pleomophism, the prominent reticulin fibers surround the individual tumor cells or the tumor cells nests. Immunohistochemical staining and electron microscopy revealed glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP) expression and pericytoplasmic basal lamina in the tumor cells.

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Child* ; Humans ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Nodule*