1.Multisegmental Osteotomy for Kyphotic Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jae Yoon CHUNG ; Go Hun CHUNG ; Ki Sang PARK
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1996;31(3):455-459
Refractory deformity in ankylosing spondylitis is caused by loss of normal lordotic curvature in lumbar spine. For the correction of deformity, monosegmental osteotomy, intracorporal decancellation and multisegmental osteotomy are used. Among them, multisegmental osteotomy is reported to be safe because of its small correction amount at each level. Since 1989, authors treated 5 cases of ankylosing spondylitis with severe kyphotic deformity by multisegmental osteotomy and transpedicular instrumentation. All were young males between 22 and 35 years of age. Preoperative kyphotic deformity was 80°, 105°, 72°, 35°, 55° (Av. 70°) and amount of correction was 55°, 105°, 72°, 20°, 40° (Av. 58°) respectively. Levels for osteotony were 4 to 8 segments and correction at a level was 5° to 13° (Av. 8.3°). Normal standing upright posture and vision for straight forward were obtained in all. Instrumentation was Zielke in three Cotrel-Dubousset in two. One case of Zielke instrumentation showed rod failure. However, all showed solid bony union without any loss of correction or pseudoarthrosis. From the above experience, multisegmental osteotomy for the treatment of kyphotic deformity in ankylosing spondylitis was believed to be a safe and effective method of treatment.
Congenital Abnormalities
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Humans
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Male
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Methods
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Osteotomy
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Posture
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Pseudarthrosis
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Spine
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Spondylitis, Ankylosing
2.Clinical Value of Prostatic Biopsy in Patients with Elevated Serum PSA.
Jae Hong CHOI ; Heung Jae PARK ; Chil Hun KWON
Korean Journal of Urology 1996;37(10):1110-1116
We analyzed the results of the prostate biopsies of 64 patients with elevated serum PSA (>4ng/ ml) at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital from March 1993 to February 1996. Of 64 patients, 11 patients (17%) had prostate cancer and 53 patients (83%) were diagnosed as benign prostatic hyperplasia. Among the patients with prostate cancer, 1 patient had serum PSA between 4.1 to 10.0ng/ml, 2 patients between 10.1 to 20.0ng/ml and 8 patients above 20ng/ml The detection rates of prostate cancer in each serum PSA levels were 3%, 15% and 36% respectively. Two of 17 patients with both negative DRE and TRUS were diagnosed as prostate cancer Two of 21 patients with positive TRUS and negative DRE had prostate cancer but none of 8 patients with positive DRE and negative TRUS had prostate cancer. Seven of 18 patients with both positive TRUS and DRE had prostate cancer. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and overall accuracy of DRE and TRUS in patients with elevated PSA (>4ng/m1) were 64%, 64%, 27%, 64% and 82%, 43%, 23%, 50% respectively in patients with elevated serum PSA (>4ng/ml). In conclusion, these results suggest that prostate biopsy in early diagnosis of prostate cancer would be needed for the patients with elevated serum PSA (>4ng/ml) regardless of the results of DRE and TRUS.
Biopsy*
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Early Diagnosis
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Humans
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Prostate
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Prostate-Specific Antigen
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Prostatic Hyperplasia
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Prostatic Neoplasms
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Sensitivity and Specificity
3.MANDIBULAR SETBACK OSTEOTOMY WITH REDUCTION CHEILOPLASTY.
Jae Bum PARK ; Soo Il JUNG ; Sang Hun AHN ; Doe Gyeun KIM ; Jae Jin AHN
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1997;23(4):728-735
The face and notably the lips are important structures not only of aestheticvalue but also for expression, vibrancy and vitality. Sometimes we are encountered with the functional and aesthtetic lip problems especially in the patients with mandibular prognathism, such as excessive vermilion exposure, lip incompetence and hyperactivity of mentalis muscle. The etiologic factors are usually related to excessive anterior facial height, secondary to the abnormal development of perioral muscle, salivary gland and the swelling of lymphatic gland. Sometimes orthognathic surgery (mandibular setback osteotomy) alone is not accepted regarding to aesthetic value, there is likely to be a corresponding interest in adjunctive procedures such as genioplasty and soft tissue procedures. This article urges the incorporation of reduction cheiloplasty. It is a relatively minor procedure that can be easily reproducible and yields excellent, predictatable results with few complications. We treated two patients who have excessive vermilion exposure and marked abnormal lip eversion using reduction cheiloplasty combined with mandibular setback osteotomy, followed by improved facial harmony and patients were pleased.
Genioplasty
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Humans
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Lip
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Orthognathic Surgery
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Osteotomy*
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Prognathism
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Salivary Glands
4.Measurement and Comparison of Hydration and Lipid Levels between Patients with Acne vulgaris and Patients with Atopic Dermatitis.
Seung Hun LEE ; Tae Hyun PARK ; Yung Jae LEE ; Sang Hoon PARK
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1995;33(3):459-466
BACKGROUND: Skin surtice lipids increase and decrease in tints with acne vulgaris and in patients with atopic dermatis, respectively. Notably, hydratior. in decreased in patients with atopic dermatitis. Clinically it is common for the two diseases to occur together. OBJECTIVE: We would like to find out the rate, clinical cteristics, and hydration and lipid levels when acne vulgaris and atopic dermatitis concur. METHODS: We classific the clinical levels and measured the hydration and lipid levels of the face and forearm area of patients with acne vulgaris, patients phatopic dermatitis, and patients with both diseases, who visited the Youngdong Severance Hospital. RESULTS: 1) 13.8% (14/102) of patients with acne vulgaris had at, epidermatitis. 31.1% (14/45) of patients with atopic dermatitis had acne vulgaris. 2) Patients with acne vulgaris had increased lipid levels and normal hydration levels. 3) Patients with atopie dermatitis had decreased lipid and iylration levels. 4) Patients withoth cnevulgaris and atopic dermatitis a no severe grade of acne vulgaris, and showed decreased hydration but normal lipid levels. CONCLUSION: In patients with both arne vulgaris and atoic dermatitis, clinically acne vulgaris was not severe and hydation levels were lower than normal controls.
Acne Vulgaris*
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Dermatitis
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Dermatitis, Atopic*
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Forearm
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Humans
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Skin
5.Effect of Intraabdominal Pressure on Cardiopulmonary Function during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy .
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1995;28(2):234-244
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a new surgical procedure which worldwidely applicated gallstone disease and is presenting now anesthetic challenges. The advantages of laparoscopic cholecystectomy are shorter hospital stay, more rapid retum to normal activies and less postoperative ileus, compared with open laparotomy. During the laparoscopic surgery to enable visualization of abdominal structures, pneumoperitoneum is made with CO2 insufflation but insufflation of CO2 into abdominal cavity has been reported several consequences. Hypercarbia, high peak airway pressure, cardiac arrhythmia which were all may result from CO2 insufflation. Also, increased intraabdominal pressure from the induced pneumoperitoneum can cause decreased venous return and may result in hypotension. To ascertain the cardiopulmonary effcts of the increased intraabdominal pressure by CO2 insufflation, a clinical study was performed in 80 patients who divided into four groups likes as control group (open cholecystectomy, number:No=20), group I (15 mmHg of pressure of pneumoperitoneum, No=20), group II (20 mmHg, No=20), group III (25 mmHg, No=20). We investigated the effect of CO2 insufflation to mean arterial pressure, heart rate, end-tidal CO2 partial pressure, mean airway pressure, and arterial blood gas components. The measurements were obtained from the time of skin incision(basic value) to 20 min every 5 min interval in all groups. The results are following, I. Mean arterial pressure significantly began to increase (p<0.05) at post-incision 5 min in control, group IIl & at 10 min in group I, II compared with pre-incision value(basic value), but there were no difference between control and other study groups. II. Heart rate(HR) significantly began to differ (p<0.05) at post-incision 5 min in group II, III. compared with control group. Also HR significantly began to increase (p<0.05) at post-incision 5 min in control, group III & to decrease at post-incision 15 min in group compared with basic value. III. There were significant difference in pH between control and study groups, pH change were in normal ranges clinically. PaCO2 was significantly began to decrease (p<0.05) at post-incision 5 min in study groups compared with basic value, but still in normal acceptable ranges. IV. PaCO2 significantly began to increase (p<0.05) at post-incision 10 min in group II & at 15 min in group IIl compared with control group. Also PaCO2 significantly began to increase (p<0.05) at 5 min in group I, II & at 10 min in group III compared with basic value. V. PETCO2 significantly began to increase (p<0.05) at 10 min in group II & at 15 min in group III compared with control group. Also PETCO2 significantly began to increase (p<0.05) at 10 min in group I,II,III compared with basic value. VI. PAW significantly began to increase (p<0.05) at 10 min in group I,II,III compared with basic value. Conclusively, insufflation of CO2 into abdominal cavity during laparoscopic operation was minimal change in cardiopulmonary system and arterial blood gas value at below 20 mmHg intraabdominal pressure.
Abdominal Cavity
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac
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Arterial Pressure
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Cholecystectomy
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Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic*
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Gallstones
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Heart
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Heart Rate
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Humans
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Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
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Hypotension
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Ileus
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Insufflation
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Laparoscopy
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Laparotomy
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Length of Stay
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Partial Pressure
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Pneumoperitoneum
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Reference Values
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Skin
6.Transcatheter Embolization Therapy of the Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage.
Yong Joo KIM ; Auh Whan PARK ; Jae In SIM ; Hun Kyu RYEOM
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1994;30(5):823-828
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of transcatheter embolization for the treatment of massive gastrointestinal arterial bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was based on retrospective analysis of twelve cases(8 men, 4 women) including two patients with hemobilia in which transcatheter embolization was attempted for the control of massive gastrointestinal bleeding from March 1987 to October 1993. Clinical diagnoses of these patients were peptic ulcer(5), pseudoaneurysm formation(3) following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage or traffic accident, stomach cancer(I), typhoid fever(I), duodenal leiomyoma(1) and Osler-Weber-Rendu disease (1). RESULTS: Embolized vessels are as follows: gastroduodenal artery(6), left gastric artery(2), ileocolic artery(2), and hepatic artery(2). Embolization was effective in immediate control of bleeding in all patients. Although five of the six patients who had undergone embolization of the gastroduodenal artery developed rebleeding within 24 hour, only 2 reguired surgery and none showed serious complication. CONCLUSION: Embolization therapy is safe and effective initial treatment of choice for life-threatening massive gastrointestinal bleeding.
Accidents, Traffic
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Aneurysm, False
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Arteries
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Diagnosis
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Drainage
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage*
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Hemobilia
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Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Male
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Retrospective Studies
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Stomach
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Typhoid Fever
7.Clinical Results of the Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt.
Yong Joo KIM ; Auh Whan PARK ; Jae SIM ; Hun Kyu RYEOM
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1994;30(4):665-672
PURPOSE: To evaluate the cilinical results of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemicshunt(TIPS) for the control of variceal bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS: TIPS creation was attempted in 23 patients with endoscopically confirmed variceal bleeding. Most patients had multiple episodes of bleeding in the past and have been treated with multiple endoscopic sclerotherapies. Pre- and post-procedural hepatic and portal vein pressures were measured. After creation of TIPS patients were followed up at regular intervals. RESULTS: TIPS has been successfully accomplished in 22 of 23 patients using Wallstent(n=21 ) and Strecker stent(n=1 ). Immediate bleeding control was achieved in all patients with shunt creation. No procedure-related complication was noted. Portal vein pressure was reduced from 30.7+/-5.8 mmHg to 20.8+/-4.7 mmHg. The mean pressure gradient of portosystemic shunt dropped from 22.8+/-6.0 prior to TIPS to 12.2+/-4.1 immediately after. During the follow-up period (6-556 days, mean; 10months), seven patients died; progressive hepatic failure (n=4), variceal rebleeding(n=2), and respiratory failure(n=1). Hepatic encepha-Iopathy after TIPS was noted in 7 patients(31.8%). Variceal rebleeding occurred in 3 patients(13.6%). The remaining 15 patients have survived an average of 11 months. CONCLUSION: This results suggest that TIPS is a safe and effective method for lowering portal pressure and controlling variceal bleeding. Furthermore if these initial results are encourged by further long-term observation, TIPS could replace endoscopic and risky surgical intervention.
Esophageal and Gastric Varices
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Follow-Up Studies
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Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Liver Failure
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Portal Pressure
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Portal Vein
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Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical*
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Sclerotherapy
8.A study on the anatomic configuration of bladder and urethra in patients with stress urinary incontinence before and after anterior colporrhaphy: analysis with metallic beaded chain urethrocystography.
Kyung Hun HYUN ; Jae Chang LEE ; Hyoung Moo PARK ; Do Hwan BAE
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993;36(4):503-520
No abstract available.
Humans
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Urethra*
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Urinary Bladder*
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Urinary Incontinence*
9.A study on the anatomic configuration of bladder and urethra in patients with stress urinary incontinence before and after anterior colporrhaphy: analysis with metallic beaded chain urethrocystography.
Kyung Hun HYUN ; Jae Chang LEE ; Hyoung Moo PARK ; Do Hwan BAE
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993;36(4):503-520
No abstract available.
Humans
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Urethra*
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Urinary Bladder*
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Urinary Incontinence*
10.Treatment of hookworm infection with furfurol.
Dong Wik CHOI ; Sung Deok PARK ; Jae Woun KIM ; Chung Hun CHOY ; Yung Myung KIM
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 1972;10(1):22-26
Furfurol(Furfudol), a new anthelmintics, was administered to 7 adults and 21 children (6-12 years old) in total amounts of 15.6 mg(base) for 1 to 3 days. It has proven to be effective against hookworms. The anthelmintic effect against hookworms with a single dose of 15.6 mg of furfurol was similar to that of a single dose of 2.5 gm of bephenium hydroxynaphthoate. However, when a total of 15.6 mg of the base was given to both children and adult, the side reactions were so mild that the drug can be administered for therapeutic regimens in mass treatment. Minor abdominal discomfort was the only common side effect. This is the primary advantage of furfurol as compared with bephenium hydroxynaphthoate. These results have indicated that furfurol is safe in therapeutic dosage and is an effective agent to treat patients infected with hookworms.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda-hookworm
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chemotherapy-furfurol
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bephenium hydroxynaphthoate
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furfurol