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Varicose Veins*

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IVRO is a popular procedure to setback prognathic mandible. But guided functional physiotherapy after IVRO is the most important factor to get successful result, because there have been some concerns over an openbite tendency following this procedure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the early adaptability to fuctional phsiotherapy and early openbite tendency associated with the kinds of surgery performed. The study was performed in fifty patients who had received bilateral IVRO from 1993 to 1994. After two weeks of maxillomandibular fixation(MMF), active physiotherapy was carried out according to Park's protocol and detail of openbite tendency was checked. We recorded the number of days for physiotherapy to analzye the adaptability in early physiotherapy until there was no more openbite tendency. The following results were obtained. 1. The adaptability in early physiotherapy to prevent openbite tendency following IVRO was more favorable in two-jaw surgery group than one-jaw surgery group.(p<0.005) 2. The adaptability in early physiotherapy was more favorable in lesser mandibular setback group than larger setback group, but there was no statistical significance. (p<0.05). 3. The adaptability in early physiotherapy was more favorable in posterior impaction group than non-posterior impaction group, but there was no statistical significance.(p<0.05). 4. The cases which MMF was applied again because of the strong openbite tendency were more plentiful in one-jaw surgery group than in two-jaw surgery group. 5. First two or three days after releasing of maxillomandibular fixation might be the critical period to prevent anterior openbite tendency, and if the partient shows strong openbite tendency during this period, 4-5 days of reapplication of MMF was enough to prevent openbite tendency .
Critical Period (Psychology) ; Humans ; Jaw Fixation Techniques ; Mandible ; Open Bite* ; Prognathism*

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Acetabulum*

We found that the packing of a rolled tensor fascia lata flap after the excision of avascular lunate was reasonably effective in relieving symptoms in 4 patients with advanced Kienbock's disease, even though there was still some residual postoperative loss of wrist motion and grip strength, and the slightly progressive tendencies of earpal collapse and translation as well as rotational deformities of scaphoid. Pre-operatively all patients had pain and limited motion of the wrist as well as weakness of grip. Roentgenographically all had sclerosis, fragmentation and collapse of the lunate. They were analysed each two cases in advanced stage II and III according to the classification by Lichtman. Most had symptoms for longer than two and half years. After removal of the avascular lunate through a dorsal incision, a rolled tensor fascia lata flap was packed to fit the defect. Patients were followed for an average of sixteen months. All were improved clinically but there were somewhat postoperative progress in carpal collapse, translation and rotational deformities of scaphoid roentgenographically.
Classification ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Fascia Lata ; Fascia ; Hand Strength ; Humans ; Osteonecrosis ; Sclerosis ; Wrist

Fracture of the vertebral end plate in the lumbar spine has been reported as a rare lesion occurring in the adolescent period. It is characterized by variable degrees of sign and symtom related to the degree of block on myelogram and the level of end plate fracture. Trauma or strenuous sport activity seems to play an improtant role in the production of fracture of vertebral body in the adolescent period. We experienced three cases of fracture of lower lumbar vertebral end plate in teenaged patients, two males and one female. Two patients showed upper end plate fracture with severe neurologic deficit on the involved root level and a strong positive on straight leg raising test, and one patient showed lower end plate fracture with slight neurologic deficit. Two patients with upper end plate fracture were treated with partial laminectomy with removal of fracture fragment and one patient with lower end plate fracture was treated with bilateral laminectomy and posterolateral fusion. The method of treatment will depend upon the type of fracture and the degree of neurologic symptoms. We obtained satisfactory results with posterior decompressive laminectomy and removal of fracture fragment with or without fusion.
Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Laminectomy ; Leg ; Male ; Methods ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Spine ; Sports

Rotatory Instability of the permitting abnormal external totation of the tibia on the femur is the result af forced abduction of the flexed knee and external rotation of the tibia. The basic lesion is a tear in the medlal capsular ligament. The authors have reported clinical study in 40 patients with medial collateral ligament injuries who were treated by operative methods in the Orthopedic Department at the Taegu Presbyterian Hospital from January 1973 to Octdber 1979. of 40 patients, pes anserinus transplantation was performed on 15 patients and direct repair on 25 patients. The results are as followings: 1. All the patients were seen with a complete rupture of the medial collateral ligament and of these 45% had rupture of the femoral attachement. 2. Exellent to good result were more often obtained in recent injuries of less than 2 weeks rather than those in older Injuries. 3. Exellent to good result were more often obtained in the groups of Pes Anserinus tranplantation than the groups of direct repair. 4. In all cases of groups of pes anserinus transplantation, permanent sensory palsy af the patellar branches of the saphenous nerve was present due to the location of the surgical incision.
Clinical Study ; Collateral Ligaments ; Daegu ; Femur ; Humans ; Knee Joint ; Knee ; Ligaments ; Orthopedics ; Paralysis ; Protestantism ; Rupture ; Tears ; Tibia

Korean Ginseng (Panax C.A. Meyer) has survived empirical efficacy as tonic and geriatric agents for several thousands of years in oriental herbal medicine. But there has been numerous controversial reports about its use in aged hypertensive men due to its allegedly hypertensive effects. Therefore, the author conducted the pharmacological studies of Korean Ginseng extracts on the blood pressure and blood lipid metabolism, during development of hypertension, using SHR(Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat), counterpart model of human essential hypertension. The results obtained were as follows: 1. SHR could be grouped, according to their age, as prehypertensive stage(<6th week after birth), labile hypertensive stage(6th 14th week), early established hypertensive stage(14th-20th week), and late established hypertensive stage(>20th week). 2. Plasma renin activity tended to rise steadily, until established hypertensive stage was reached. Thereafter, plasma renin activity tended to decline. 3. The changes of blood pressure due to Ginseng extract, depended on the amount, route and duration of its administration. Low dose of Ginseng tended to increase blood pressure but high dose of Ginseng tended to decrease blood pressure, until 1 week of intraperitonal administration. But prolonged administration of Ginseng extract beyond 1 week, showed delayed hypertensive effect in the intraperitoneal administration but not in oral administration. 4. SHR seemed to have abnormalities in the lipid metabolism. SHR showed lowered level of serum cholesterol and phospholipid, whereas slightly higher level of triglyceride, and showed lower alpha-lipoprotin fraction but higher pre beta-lipoprotein fraction, as compared with NCR.(=Normal Control Rat). 5. When high fat cholesterol salt diet was fed on, it was possible to indece hyperlidemia and increment of hypertension in SHR. but when high fat cholesterol salt diet and Ginseng extract were fed on concomitantly, Ginseng showed significant inhibiting effect on the development of hyperlidemia and hypertension.
Administration, Oral ; Blood Pressure* ; Cholesterol ; Diet ; Herbal Medicine ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Lipid Metabolism* ; Male ; Panax* ; Plasma ; Rats, Inbred SHR* ; Renin ; Triglycerides

No abstract available.
Fallopian Tubes* ; Female

We present here a brief literature review and a case study of postpartum pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and progressive disease with a high maternal mortality rate. The patient, a 32-year-old woman, presented with dyspnea and shivering immediately following an uncomplicated vaginal delivery. The patient had no remarkable individual or familial history. She died 4 hours after her delivery, and an autopsy revealed atherosclerosis of the main pulmonary arteries and characteristic plexiform lesions on the lung. The remaining organs showed no remarkable pathology. We reported pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with pregnancy as the cause of death.
Adult ; Atherosclerosis ; Autopsy ; Cause of Death ; Death, Sudden ; Dyspnea ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension* ; Lung ; Maternal Mortality ; Pathology ; Postpartum Period* ; Pregnancy ; Pulmonary Artery ; Shivering