Humans ; Infection ; etiology ; therapy ; Pancreatitis ; complications ; therapy

An examination of 106 women with genital infection at the Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province was carried out, the results showed that: 39,6% were infected by Candida albicans and 15,1% of Trichomonas vaginalis.
Female Genital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications ; women ; infection

Humans ; Infection ; etiology ; Laryngitis ; complications ; Neck ; Pharyngitis ; complications

Comprehensive prevention and treatment of burn infection should be further enhanced, as monotonous treatment is prone to fail to get satisfying curative effects. In the articles to be published in this issue, causative factors for burn infection are analyzed in depth and discussed from different angles, and they will lay the foundation for the comprehensive prevention and treatment of burn infection.
Burns ; complications ; prevention & control ; therapy ; Humans ; Infection Control ; methods ; Wound Infection ; etiology ; prevention & control

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this retrospective study is to review the clinical results, fusion rate, quality of reduction and stabilization and effects of cages in the intervertebral space in spondylolisthesis. METHODS: Authors reviewed retrospectively 30 patients who were treated with instrumentation and posterior lumbar interbody fusion(PLIF) between April 1996 to December 1997. RESULTS: Among 30 patients, 13 patients were degenerative type and 17 were isthmic types. The most commonly involved level was L4-5(16cases, 53.3%). Fusion was obtained in 29 patients(96.7%). Clinically, 14 of 17 patients(82.3%) showed excellent or good results in isthmic group, and 11 of 13 patients(84.6%) showed excellent or good results in degenerative group. Postoperative complications developed in three cases(10%), wound infection two cases(6.6%), cage retrodisplacement one case(3.3%). CONCLUSION: PLIF combined with transpedicular instrumentation in lumbar spondylolisthesis showed in all clinical results and fusion rate.
Humans ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies ; Spondylolisthesis* ; Wound Infection

Aged ; Bronchogenic Cyst ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Infection ; complications ; Mediastinal Cyst ; complications

The disease course of children with persistent or chronic diarrhea lasts from two weeks to two months or over. Diarrhea is a clinical syndrome caused by a group of multiple etiologies. This paper reviews common causes of persistent or chronic diarrhea in children, including intestinal infections, nonspecific inflammatory bowel diseases, food allergy, lactose intolerance, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, neural regulation abnormality, immunodeficiency disease, malnutrition, Celiac disease and zinc deficiency.
Child ; Chronic Disease ; Diarrhea ; etiology ; Humans ; Infection ; complications ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ; complications ; Lactose Intolerance ; complications ; Malnutrition ; complications ; Zinc ; deficiency

Humans ; Herpesvirus 3, Human ; Myelitis, Transverse/complications* ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome/complications* ; Herpes Zoster/complications* ; Varicella Zoster Virus Infection/complications*

PURPOSE: Resection of the bowel or solid organs may be required for pelvic tumor surgery. The present study was performed to assess combined surgical procedures and determine the role of the general surgeon in gynecologic oncology surgery METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of 135 patients with gynecologic malignancy who underwent a combined operation with a general surgeon between January 2000 and December 2005 at Asan Medical Center. The purpose of the combined operation was categorized into 3 groups: a tumor debulking operation, a resolution of intraoperative complications by a gynecologic surgeon, or an intraoperative diagnostic change. RESULTS: The incidence of combined operations for debulking, resolution of intraoperative complications, and intraoperative diagnostic changes were 103 cases (76.3%), 22 cases (16.3%), and 10 cases (7.4%), respectively. Ovarian cancer was the most common gynecologic malignancy (74.1%) and the rate of a combined operation with a general surgeon in ovarian cancer was 18.5% during the time period. Colorectal resection was the most common procedure by a colorectal surgeon (61.5%). Twenty four patients (17.8%) experienced postoperative complications, including ileus, wound infection, pancreas leakage, and stomal necrosis, with no significant differences according to the purpose of combined operation, pathologic diagnosis, or bowel preparation. The rate of a preoperative consultation to a general surgeon by gynecologic surgeons in cases with colorectal or solid organ invasion preoperatively was 53.2%. CONCLUSION: A general surgeon is an important consultant in a debulking operation of gynecologic malignancies, especially ovarian cancer, or treatment of complications. Thorough preoperative evaluation, bowel preparation, and preoperative consultation to a general surgeon is important in gynecologic oncology surgery.
Consultants ; Humans ; Ileus ; Incidence ; Intraoperative Complications ; Necrosis ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; Pancreas ; Postoperative Complications ; Retrospective Studies ; Wound Infection

Infradiaphragmatic extralobar pulmonary sequestration is an extremely rare congenital malformation. It is more frequently diagnosed in the antenatal period due to routine ultrasonic examination of the fetus or in the first 6 months of life, though on rare occasions it is discovered incidentally in adults. A 32-yr-old man presenting with epigastric discomfort and fever was referred. Computed tomographic scanning showed that a 16-cm, multiseptated, dumbbell-shaped, huge cystic tumor was located beneath the diaphragm. On the next day, 850 mL of thick yellowish pus was drained by sonography-guided fine needle aspiration for the purpose of infection control and diagnosis, but no microscopic organisms were found in repeated culture studies. Surgical removal of the cyst was performed through thoracoabdominal incision and most of these pathologic lesions were removed but we could not find the feeding arteries or any fistulous tract to surrounding structures. Histopathologic study revealed that it was extralobar pulmonary sequestration and culture study showed that many WBC and necrotic materials were found but there were no microorganisms in the cystic contents. We report the first case of an infected infradiaphragmatic retroperitoneal extralobar sequestration which was administered a staged management and achieved an excellent clinical course.
Adult ; Bronchopulmonary Sequestration/complications/*pathology/surgery ; Diaphragm/abnormalities ; Humans ; Infection/complications/pathology ; Male ; Retroperitoneal Space/abnormalities