1.Changes of Serum Inhibin Concentration in Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation for IVF-ET.
Shin Yong MOON ; Seok Hyun KIM ; Jae Hoon LEE ; Chang Suk SUH
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1998;41(11):2795-2805
Inhibin is a glycoprotein usually produced by granulosa cell of ovary and is known as regulator of FSH secretion. Inhibin is consisted of two heterodimeric subunit of a, B . There are two distinct molecular forms of the B subunit that exist (BA and BB) and when combined with an a subunit, form inhibin A, and inhibin B, respectively. Ovarian reserve describes women's reproductive potential, which usually decreased according to chronological age. Because useful markers claimed for the prediction of ovarian response during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for IVF-ET have not been always successful, new biomarker has been investigated. The purpose of this study was to observe the changes in serum and ovarian follicular inhibin A concentration during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for IVF-ET program and to evaluate the clinical significance of inhibin A as a prognostic marker for assisted reproductive technology outcomes. From Jan 1996 to Dec 1996, 48 patients who underwent IVF-ET were included. In each patient, the Day 3 FSH, LH, E2q were measured in the first month of cycle before commencing GnRH agonist administration, In the stimulation period after pituitary down regulation, blood samples for inhibin A were collected at the day 3, day 7, day of hCG injection, day of oocytes aspiration, and day of embryo transfer. Ovarian follicular inhibin A was collected at the day of oocyte aspiration. Inhibin A concentration was measured using test kit for inhibin A (INHIBIN-EASIA (code 40.134.00), Belgium Medgenix). The changes in serum inhibin A, E2 concentration during IVF-ET program showed increasing pattern throughout controlled ovarian hyperstimulation periods. If the cut-off value of day 3 serum inhibin A determined to 0.28 U/ml, the sensitivity and specificity were 80.0%, 75.0% respectively in predicting the number of oocytes retrieved being more than five. If the cut-off value of peak serum E determined to 1316 pg/ml, the sensitivity and specificity were 89.0%, 100.0% respectively in predicting the number of oocytes retrieved being more than five. In conclusion, measurement of serum inhibin A concentration on the day of starting stimulation (day 3) could be used as a useful marker for predicting the ovarian response in IVF-ET program.
Belgium
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Down-Regulation
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Embryo Transfer
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Female
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Glycoproteins
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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
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Granulosa Cells
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Humans
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Inhibins*
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Oocyte Retrieval
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Oocytes
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Ovary
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Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Serum
2.Detection of hepatitis B virus DNA in serum by digoxigenin labeled DNA probe.
Su Hee KIM ; Won Ki BAEK ; Min Ho SUH ; Jae Ryong KIM ; Dong Hak SHIN
Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology 1993;28(4):303-311
No abstract available.
Digoxigenin*
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DNA*
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Hepatitis B virus*
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Hepatitis B*
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Hepatitis*
3.The Effect of Subconjunctival Bevacizumab Injection after Primary Pterygium Surgery.
Jae Shin SUH ; Sang Kyung CHOI
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2013;54(1):53-59
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect and safety of subconjunctival bevacizumab injection immediately after primary pterygium surgery. METHODS: From October 2010 to June 2011, 54 patients (54 eyes) with primary pterygium who had received pterygium excision with the bare sclera technique were evaluated. Twenty-seven patients (27 eyes) in the bevacizumab group received a subconjunctival injection of 5 mg (0.2 ml) bevacizumab and 27 patients (27 eyes) in the control group received a subconjunctival injection of 0.2 ml balanced salt solution immediately after surgery. At the 6-month follow-up, the degree of fibrovascular tissue proliferation, the recurrence rate of pterygium and the effect of wound healing were analyzed prospectively. RESULTS: One month after the surgery, the degree of fibrovascular tissue proliferation was inhibited in the bevacizumab group compared to the control group (p = 0.028). However, 3 to 6 months after surgery, there was no significant difference between the 2 groups. In addition, there was no significant difference between the 2 groups in the recurrence rate of pterygium and wound healing after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Subconjunctival bevacizumab injection after primary pterygium surgery inhibited the degree of fibrovascular tissue proliferation for 1 month and safe for wound healing. Subconjunctival bevacizumab injection has the potential for adjunctive therapy after pterygium surgery.
Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Prospective Studies
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Pterygium*
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Recurrence
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Sclera
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Wound Healing
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Bevacizumab
4.The Effect of Conjunctivochalasis Surgery Using a High-Frequency Radio-Wave Electrosurgical Unit.
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012;53(11):1571-1576
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of conjunctivochalasis surgery using a high-frequency radio-wave electrosurgical unit. METHODS: Twenty-seven eyes of 14 patients with conjuctivochalasis who received surgeries with shrinkage of the inferior bulbar conjunctiva using a high-frequency radio-wave electrosurgical unit (Ellman surgitron(R)) were evaluated. Conjuctivochalasis grade, the ocular symptoms, Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), tear film break-up time (BUT), Schirmer test, and corneal staining with fluorescein were measured preoperatively, at 3 months postoperatively, and analyzed prospectively. RESULTS: Three months after the surgery, all patients' conjunctivochalasis became grade 0, and the ocular symptoms, OSDI score, BUT, and corneal staining with fluorerscein were also improved. Additionally, there were no specific complications during the follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: Conjunctivochalasis surgery using a high-frequency radio-wave electrosurgical unit produced an effective improvement in conjuctivochalasis grade and symptoms and appeared to be a simple and safe procedure.
Conjunctiva
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Eye
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Fluorescein
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Tears
5.Train of Four Responses as Indicies of Onset and Recovery during Pancuronium Induced Neuromuscular Blockade .
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1989;22(5):670-680
The train of four (TOF) stimulation is commonly used in animal research and clinical practice to determine the degree of neuromuscular blockade. It has been suggested that relationship existed between the degree of single, or initial twitch depression and the amount of TOF fade responses within train. Although block produced by all non-depolarising muscle relaxants is associated with fade in response to tetanic or TOF stimulation, recent studies have shown quantitative difference in degree of these fade between various agent. However, more recently, the variability of this relationship with the same neuromuscular blocker during onset and spontaneous recovery of neuromuscular blockade has been demonstrated. And so, the degree of fade may be affect the reliability in assessment of degree of block and recovery of block in comparison to single twitch stimulation. In present study, we has assessed the effect of pancuronium 0.04 mg/kg on the pattern of TOF (T(4) ratio) and first twitch response in the train compared with control twitch (T(1) ratio) and, thereafter, the twitch responses of vecuronium 0.02 mg/kg on recovery period from pancuronium induced neuromuscular blockade in 14 rabbits. The changes in neuromuscular transmission were measured by recording the isometric contraction of the left gastrocnemius muscle evoked by supramaximal stimulation of the tibial nerve. The results were as follows: 1) The effect of pancuronium 0.04 mg/kg was variable, ranging from incomplete (64.3%) to complete (35.7%) neuromuscular block. 2) During the onset of action, there was greater reduction associated with T(1) than T(4), ratio in all cases. The changes of T(1) ratio decreased steadily in all cases, but the changes of T(4) ratio in cases of incomplete neuromuscular blockade was biphasic, showing initial decrease to 77.2+/-8.1% followed by increase to 100% of T(4) rato when T(1) ratio was 4.6+/-3.2%. 3) During the recovery period, T(4) ratio was increased linearly with T(1) ratio which reached 25% when T(4) ratio was approximately 22.5+/-18.8% in cases of complete neuromuscular blockade. In cases of incomplete neuromuscular blockade, T(1) ratio was increased linearly depending on time course, but the change of T(4) ratio was biphasic, showing initial decrease to 28.2+/-16.6% when T(1) ratio was 25%, followed by increased linearly with T(1) ratio. 4) The twitch response during the onset of the action and recovery after vecuronium 0.02 mg/kg on 75% recovery period of pancuronium induced neuromscular blokade was similar to that of pancuronium. The results of this study suggest that the TOF ratio and the depression of the single twitch bear no fixed relationship. The clinical use of TOF using the T(4) ratio only, as a monitor of the degree of block and recovery from non-depolarising block has been useful, but we would recommended that T, ratio of TOF should be considered to evaluated the incomplete neuromuscular block of pancuronium and vecuronium in rabbit.
Animal Experimentation
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Depression
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Isometric Contraction
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Muscle, Skeletal
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Neuromuscular Blockade*
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Pancuronium*
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Rabbits
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Tibial Nerve
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Vecuronium Bromide
6.Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Cerebellum in an Adult: A case report.
Young Min KIM ; Jae Hee SUH ; Tae Sook KIM ; Shin Kwang KHANG
Korean Journal of Pathology 1998;32(6):460-465
Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is a rare and highly aggressive neoplasm of infancy and childhood. Although it was originally described and most frequently reported in the kidney, it may occur in various extra-renal sites such as the liver, thymus, and soft tissue. In the last decade primary central nervous system (CNS) MRTs have been reported in both the supra- and infratentorial compartments. Patients with CNS MRT were generally below the age of two and reports in adults are extremely rare. This is a case of primary cerebellar MRT in a 24-year-old woman, who had presented with intermittent headache, vocal cord palsy, and cerebellar dysfunctions such as abnormal finger to nose test and tandem gait. By magnetic resonance imaging scan, a well-enhancing solid mass was demonstrated at the posterior fossa filling the 4th ventricle, which extended into the medulla and cervical cord via the foramen of Magendie. Histologically, the monotonous polygonal tumor cells were arranged in diffuse sheet with occasional hemorrhagic necrosis. The nuclei were vesicular and eccentrically located due to eosinophilic, PAS-positive, intracytoplasmic inclusions with prominent nucleoli. They were diffusely or focally immunoreactive for vimentin, neurofilament, cytokeratin, GFAP, synaptophysin, and smooth muscle actin, while epithelial membrane antigen and desmin were negative. Ultrastructurally, the polyhedral tumor cells were densely packed with primitive intercellular junctions. Scanty fibrillar intermediate filaments were intermingled with cellular organelles. Postoperatively, craniospinal irradiation and systemic chemotherapy have been done and she has been free of tumor recurrence during the 13 months' follow-up periods.
Actins
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Adult*
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Central Nervous System
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Cerebellar Diseases
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Cerebellum*
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Craniospinal Irradiation
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Desmin
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Drug Therapy
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Eosinophils
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Female
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Fingers
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Follow-Up Studies
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Gait
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Headache
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Humans
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Intercellular Junctions
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Intermediate Filaments
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Keratins
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Kidney
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Liver
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Mucin-1
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Muscle, Smooth
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Necrosis
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Nose
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Organelles
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Recurrence
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Rhabdoid Tumor*
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Synaptophysin
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Thymus Gland
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Vimentin
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Vocal Cord Paralysis
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Young Adult
7.Treatment of bone tumors with a custom-made prosthetic replacement.
Hyun Kug SHIN ; Jae Sung SUH ; Jong Chul AHN ; Joo Chul IHN
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 1991;8(1):206-214
We treated three cases of bone tumors-giant cell tumor, chondroblastoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma-with a custom-made prosthetic replacement. The patients were followed from 10 months to 18 months, postoperatively. The results of these study are as follows: 1. Satisfactory anatomic restoration 2. Early ambulation 3. Good function 4. Biomechanically sound reconstruction
Chondroblastoma
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Early Ambulation
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Humans
8.Epidural Angiolipoma: A Case Report.
Byung Joon SHIN ; Kyung Jae KIM ; You Sung SUH ; Dong Won KIM
Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery 1997;4(1):165-169
No abstract available.
Angiolipoma*
9.Effect of Oxytocin on the Succinylcholine Induced Neuromuscular Blockade .
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1983;16(3):203-207
Oxytocin has a stimulant effect on the smooth muscle of the uterus and mammary gland. Infusion or bolus injection of oxytocin followed later by the administration of succinylcholine is a fairly frequent sequence of events in our practice of obstetrical anesthesia. There were few reports and conflicting results about the effect of oxytocin on the response to a muscle relaxant. To assess the effect of oxytocin on the response to succinylcholine, we studied pregnant women(20 cases) compared with non pregnant women(20 cases). All patients were free of hepatic, renal, endocrine or neuromuscular disease. The ulnar nerve was stimulated at elbow using surface electrodes with square wave, supramaximal stimuli of 0.2 ms duration at a frequency of 1 Hz(Emerson peripheral nerve stimulator, U.S.A). The isometric twitch tension of indirectly stimulated adductor muscle was recorded by biophysiograph(San Ei, Japan). The effect of single bolus injection of oxytocin 10 I.U at the 50% recovery of succinylcholine induced neuromuscular blockade was compared in the pregnant and non pregnant patients. The results were as follows: 1) In the pregnant patients group: Twitch height was unaffected in 50% of patients while 10% of the patients were observed with 100% twitch height depression. Mean maximal twitch height depression was 61.2+/-28.58% and the duration of twitch depression was 95.2+/-43.45 sec. The effect of oxytocin on serum potassium change was not significant statistically(p<0.05). 2) In the non-pregnant patients group: Twitch height was unaffected in 25% of patients and 100% twitch height depreesion was not observed. Mean maximal twitch height depression was 41.5+/-31.0% and the duration of twitch height depression was 65.1+/-39.26 sec. A change of serum potassium before and after oxytocin injection was not significant statistically(p>0.05).
Anesthesia, Obstetrical
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Depression
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Elbow
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Electrodes
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Humans
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Mammary Glands, Human
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Muscle, Smooth
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Neuromuscular Blockade*
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Neuromuscular Diseases
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Oxytocin*
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Peripheral Nerves
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Potassium
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Succinylcholine*
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Ulnar Nerve
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Uterus
10.MRI Findings of Peripheral Schwannoma: Pathologic Correlation.
Jae Boem NA ; Kyoo Ho SHIN ; Jin Suck SUH ; Byung Il YIM ; Kun Chang SONG
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1995;33(6):833-839
PURPOSE: To characterize the MRI appearance of the peripherally located schwannoma as compared with pathologic findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 11 cases of 13 lesions of the schwannoma confirmed by pathology were analyzed, retrospectively. T11 T2 and Gadolinium-enhanced T1 weighted sagittal and axial images were obtained. The signal intensity, contour of lesion, and relationship with surrounding tissue were analyzed. All cases were correlated with MRI and pathologic findings. RESULTS: In 9 out of the 11 cases, schwannoma was connected to the main nerve trunk. Among them, tumors were located centrally in 6 cases and eccentrically in 3 cases. MR findings of schwannoma were iso signal intensity on T1WI(8 cases) with muscle intensity, high signal intensity on T2WI(all cases), strong heterogenous enhancement in all cases. 8 cases showing heterogenous appearance on T2WI, showed mixture of Antoni-A and B area and multifocal hemorrhage. Central low and peripheral high signal intensity on T2Wl(Target sign) was mainly high cellular component in the central portion and diffuse myxoid degeneration at the periphery, pathologically. Reversed target appea.rance(central high, peripheral low on T2WI) revealed central cystic degeneration with low cellular component and hemorrhage in the central portion, and high cellular component at the periphery. Linear band-like low signal intensity on T2WI, suggesting capsule of the schwannoma, was not the true capsule proven by pathology. Thin true capsule was not visualized on T2WI. CONCLUSION: MR appearance of schwannoma was non-specific. The signal intensity on T2 weighted MR imaging was determined by the presence of multifocal hemorrhage, focal cystic and myxoid degeneration, admixture of Antoni-A and B area.
Hemorrhage
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
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Neurilemmoma*
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Pathology
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Retrospective Studies