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Cough*

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Echocardiography, Stress*

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Drug Therapy* ; Lung Diseases, Obstructive*

Left ventricular diverticulum is rare cardiac malformation;fewer than 30 cases have been reported in the world. We present a case of left ventricular diverticulum with chest pain suggested unstable angina. Myocardial rupture of this case was occured during cardiac catherization. patient was recovered and discharged. Relevant literature was also reviewed.
Angina, Unstable ; Chest Pain ; Diverticulum* ; Humans ; Rupture

Forty children underwent three crossed K-wires fixation after reduction of the totally displaced supracondylar fracture(type IE ) of the humerus from October 1994 to March 1997, were reviewed. The patients age ranged from 3 years and 2 months to 12 years and 7 months, averaging 6 years and 6 months. Preoperatively, five patients(12.5%) had concomitant nerve injury. Three patients(7.5%) revealed ischemic sign on distal part of the fracture. All the fractures were treated within 24 hours after arrival at the emergency room. After general anesthesia, all but one fractures reduced by closed means. Each reduced fracture was fixed by two parallel K-wires in lateral side followed by one crossed medial K-wire under fluoroscopic control. The preoperative distal ischemia of the three patient restored blood supply within 24 hours after reduction. The K-wires were removed after averaging 3.3 weeks after operation in out patient clinic. Five patients revealed neurologic deficit preoperatively recovered completely within 4 months after reduction of the fractures. The followup period ranged from 12 months to 32 months, averaging 17 months. By Flynns functional and cosmetic criteria, 39 patients(97.5%) among forty patients resulted in satisfactory criteria. The one unsatisfactory patient revealed cubitus varus treated by corrective osteotomy. In conclusion, three crossed K-wires fixation is considered as effective and safe method for the totally displaced supracondylar fracture of the humerus in children.
Anesthesia, General ; Child* ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Humerus* ; Ischemia ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Osteotomy

Bacterial endocarditis is a disease with protean manifestations whose presentation has recently changed greatly. Right-sided endocarditis associated with congenital heart lesions is now relatively less common. Patients with ventricular septal defect are at risk for right-sided endocarditis, but its incidence is low in children and adolescents. The organism is frequently a staphylococcus and the clinical course is dominated by septic pulmonary infarction and septicemia. We reported two cases of pulmonic vegetation and pulmonary infarction associated VSD with brief review of literature.
Adolescent ; Child ; Endocarditis ; Endocarditis, Bacterial ; Heart ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular ; Humans ; Incidence ; Pulmonary Infarction* ; Sepsis ; Staphylococcus

For the establishment of the basis of treatment and study in the patients of facial bone fracture, we performed a clinico-statistical study about 28 papers and 9564 cases reported as facial bone fractures in the journal of Korean association of oral and maxillofacial surgeons, the journal of the Korean academy of maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and related journals. The results were as follows: 1. The ratio of men to women was 4.50:1. 2. The age frequency was highest in the third decade(37.6%), and fourth(21.5%), second(15.5%), fifth(10.3%) decade in orders. 3. The most common location of facial bone fractures was the mandible(62.7%), and zygoma complex (22.6%), nasal bone(15.0%), and maxilla(13.0%) were next in order of frequency. 4. The major etiologic factors were traffic accident(37.9% ), fisticuffs(26.4%), and falldown and slip down(23.4%). 5. The frequent fracture site of mandible is symphysis(39.3%), angle(24,4% ), and condyle(22.5%). The ratio of left to right was 1.31:1. Open reduction(69.1%) was the more frequently using method of treatment in mandibular fracture than colsed reduction (28.6%). 6. The sites of zygoinatic fractures were zygoma complex(48.0%), zygornatic arch(35.7%), and combined(16.3%). The left to right ratio was 1.37:1. 7. The most frequent maxillary fracture was Le Fort I (31.4% ), and Le Fort II (27.1%), unilateral(14.3%), Le Fort III (7.6%) were next in order of frequency.
Facial Bones* ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mandible ; Mandibular Fractures ; Maxillary Fractures ; Plastics ; Statistics as Topic* ; Zygoma

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Epidemiologic Studies*

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Humans ; Spinal Cord Injuries* ; Spinal Cord* ; Urinary Bladder*

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Humans ; Hyperplasia* ; Prostate* ; Transurethral Resection of Prostate* ; Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction