No abstract available.
Head* ; Pancreas*

OBJECTIVES: The main purpose of this study was aimed at examining the epidemiological and clinical data of firesetters in Konju forensic psychiatric hospital. METHOD: The thirty firesetters were admitted at Konju forensic psychiatric hospital from January. 1, 1998 to December. 1, 1995, They carefully investigated from January. 3, 1996 to July. 31, 1996 through the methods of psychiatric interview, chart review, the written judgement review and telephone interview. RESULTS: There are significant differences in education level and intelligence quotient among three groups. Prevalence of febrile convulsion, nail biting, and enuresis are highest among the firesettes. Alcohol-related family history is significantly high in firesetters. Most frequently reported motivation of firesetters were psychosis, and anger or revenge.
Anger ; Education ; Enuresis ; Hospitals, Psychiatric* ; Humans ; Intelligence ; Interviews as Topic ; Motivation ; Nail Biting ; Prevalence ; Psychotic Disorders ; Seizures, Febrile

No abstract available.
Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Nodule*

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A case of thumb-in-palm deformity due to burn scar contracture. Recently it is felt that the incidence of thumb-in-palm deformity due to old burn scar contracture is far less than that of other causes; for example carebral palsy, trauma, Co. poisning etc; This case is a 23 years old male soldier who had sustained burn on the left palm at his age of 4, and the left thumb has been gradually contracted, resulting to established thumb-in-palm deformity evantually. There is no active or passive motion in the metacarpho-phalangeal phalangeal joint and carpho-metacarpal joint of left thumb. The distal phalanx is moderately atrophied and its nail is deformed. On act 6th, 1975 he was operated on soft-tissue releasing with Z-plasty fasciotomy of palmar aponeurosis and myotomy of adductor pollicis and flexor pollicis brevis with split thickness skin graft. Postoperatively he could have full extension of the left thumb as well as active flexion of metacrpho-phalangeal and interphalangeal joint with slight adducted state. He is able to take opposition of left thumb at the present time postoperative four weeks.
Burns ; Cicatrix ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Contracture ; Humans ; Incidence ; Joints ; Male ; Military Personnel ; Paralysis ; Skin ; Thumb ; Transplants

No abstract available.
Incidence* ; Peroneal Nerve*

No abstract available.
Muscle Spasticity* ; Phenol*

No abstract available.
Humans ; Persistent Vegetative State*

No abstract available.
Oxandrolone*

BACKGROUND: Surgical resection remains the mainstay of treatment for esophageal cancer. Despite recent advances in surgical therapy, i.e. en bloc resection and extended lymphadenectomy, the overall long-term prognosis of patients with esophageal carcinoma has not, however, improved during the last decades. One of the major reasons in its relatively high recurrence rate. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A retrospective review of recurrent patterns of cancer in 42 patients who underwent curative surgery for primary esophageal cancer was performed clinically and histo-phthologically. RESULT: Nineteen patients had developed recurrece during the 18 to 52 months(mean 34.2 nonths), 8 had local recurrences, 1 had both, and 11 had systemic recurrences. Twelve patients(63%) had developed recurrence within 1 year, 5 patients(26%) between 1 year to 2 patients(11%) after 2 years. The recurrence rate according to growth pattern of tumor or presence of microinvasive findings was not statistically significant, but it increased significantly in clinical tumor stage III than stage IIA, B and in patients with the number of metastatic lymph node over ten. CONCLUSION: Post-operative recurrences of esophageal cancer appear as a high rate even though curative wide resection was done. Several clinical and histo-pathological factors correlate with the recurrence.
Esophageal Neoplasms* ; Humans ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes ; Prognosis ; Recurrence* ; Retrospective Studies