Two cases of tendon transfer for paralysis of the radial nerve due to trauma in the humerus have been operated by transferation of foream flexors such as flexor carpi radialis, pronator teres and palmaris longus at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chosun University Hospiatl. The one case was a open fracture at midshaft of the humerus with cut down the radial nerve in the distal third of the humerus and with contaminated severe muscle injuries. The other case was radial nerve injury at the level of supracondylar area of humerus by the wound of deep laceration. The operative procedure carried out two month later after neurorrhpy of the radial nerve. However, the result of these cases were exhibited very good motor and sensory function of the radial nerve during two year follow up study. A review of literatures is included.
Follow-Up Studies ; Fractures, Open ; Hand ; Humerus ; Lacerations ; Orthopedics ; Paralysis ; Radial Nerve ; Sensation ; Surgical Procedures, Operative ; Tendon Transfer ; Tendons ; Wounds and Injuries

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the rate of early mouse embryonal development could be enhanced by cumulus cell coculture in vitro. METHODS: Ham's F-10 culture media supplemented with 0.4% bovine serum albumin were used. Two-cell F1 mouse embryos were cultured in media with or without cumulus cells of female ICR mouse embryo for 96 hours, and the rates of embryonal development were observed and compared. RESULTS: The percentage of hatched blastocyst in the coculture group was significantly higher than that in the control group by 87.3% vs 64.8% respectively (p< 0.05). CONCLUSION: This study provides confirmative information that cumulus cell coculture will be useful in enhancing early mouse embryonal development.
Animals ; Blastocyst ; Coculture Techniques* ; Culture Media ; Cumulus Cells* ; Embryonic Structures ; Female ; Humans ; Mice* ; Mice, Inbred ICR ; Serum Albumin, Bovine

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Breast Diseases* ; Breast* ; Estrogens* ; Progesterone* ; Receptors, Estrogen* ; Receptors, Progesterone*

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Animals ; Capsaicin* ; Colon* ; Cytokines* ; Lung* ; Melanoma, Experimental* ; Mice* ; RNA, Messenger*

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Aneurysm*

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Pulmonary Aspergillosis*

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Cardiac Tamponade*

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Lung Neoplasms* ; Lung*

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Coronary Artery Bypass* ; Saphenous Vein*

It has been known that the interconnection between the gervous, endocrine and immune system are largely mediated through regulatory soluble factors such as neruopeptides, cytokines and hormones. Capsaicin, the pungent principle of hot peppers, is a neurotoxin that affects primary sensory neurons of the C and A-b type and depletes primary sensory neurons (polymodal nociceptors) of neuropeptides like tachykinin. In this study capsaicin was used to explore the possible role of the neruons on the expression of cellular and humoral immune responses and TNF-a prodcution. Mice were pretreated with s.c. injections in the neck region with a single dose of 100 u,g of capsaicin per mouse before immunization. ...continue...
Anaphylaxis* ; Animals ; Capsaicin* ; Carcinogenesis* ; Cytokines ; Immune System ; Immunity, Humoral ; Immunization ; Mice* ; Neck ; Neuropeptides ; Sensory Receptor Cells ; Tachykinins