1.Change in Plasma Homocysteine Concentration during the Recovery Phase of Renal Transplantation.
Jin Ho JEON ; Dong Ho YANG ; Sea Yong HONG
Korean Journal of Nephrology 1999;18(3):476-482
A prospective study of vitamin B6, B12, folate, and homocysteine levels was carried out in 7 kidney transplant(KT) recipients. The first sample for the basal level was drawn on the morning of the KT day before the start of cyclosporine injection. Thereafter, serial blood samples were taken every day until the serum creatinine level decreased below 1.5 mg/dl and then every 2 or 3days until discharge. The serum creatinine level decreased to below 1.5 mg/dl within 3days except for cases 4 and 6. The homocysteine levels decreased markedly in synchronisation with serum creatinine levels increased during the first 7days and then declined together with serum creatinine levels but went up again after a few days. The levels of B6, and vitamin B12 do not continue to decrease after the levels of serum creatinine have decreased to 1.5mg/dl, while homocysteine levels go up progressively. In conclusion, contrary to our expectation, the level of homocysteine rebounds a few days after KT following a transient decline. A deficiency of folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 does not seem to cause hyperhomocysteinemia in KT recipients. It is necessary to pay attention to hyperhomocysteinemia in KT recipients, especially when the recipients have an atherosclerosis-related complication.
Creatinine
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Cyclosporine
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Folic Acid
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Homocysteine*
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Hyperhomocysteinemia
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Kidney
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Kidney Transplantation*
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Plasma*
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Prospective Studies
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Vitamin B 12
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Vitamin B 6
2.A Clinical Study of the Treatment of Ruptures of Deltoid Ligament Associated with Fracture of Distal Part of Fibula
Jung Ham YANG ; Tae Hwan CHO ; Jong Ho KIM ; Deok Ha JEON ; Yul Ho YOON
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1989;24(2):381-388
A survey of the literature on the treatment of ruptures of deltoid ligament associated with fracture of distal part of fibula is controversial. Some authors advocated surgical repair of the ruptured deltoid ligament based on the theoretical consideration, while others advocated non-operative treatment based on the clinical consideration. We studied the results in forty-five patients who were treated for disruption of the deltoid ligament and a distal fibular fracture. The length of follow-up in our series was twelve to twenty-four months, with an average of fifteen months. When the fibular fracture was adequately reduced and medial clear space was returned to its normal width, the 91 percents both of patients of being treated with repair of deltoid ligament and patients of being treated without repair had a good or excellent results.
Clinical Study
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Fibula
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Ligaments
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Rupture
3.Multiple Sclerosing Hemangiomas of the Lung: A Case Report.
Soon Ho CHON ; Tae Yol JUNG ; Yang Bin JEON ; Won Sang CHUNG ; Young Hak KIM ; Jung Ho KANG ; Heng Ok JEE ; Eun Kyung HONG ; Seok Chul JEON
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1999;32(4):408-412
Since sclerosing hemangioma of the lung was first described by Liebow and Hubbell in 1956, there have been several reports on cases occurring as a solitary nodule; however, sclerosing hemangiomas occurring as multiple nodules are extremely rare. The histogenesis of this tumor remains controversial and there are several hypotheses of the etiology. Three separate nodules were found in a 57-year-old housewife, one found in the right middle lobe, one in the apicoposterior segment of the left upper lobe, and one in the superior segment of the left lower lobe. The only symptom or sign presented was a dry cough. Apicoposterior segmentectomy of the left upper lobe and wedge resection of the superior segment of the left lower lobe were performed. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the postoperative 15th day.
Cough
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Hemangioma
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Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous*
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Humans
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Lung Neoplasms
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Lung*
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Mastectomy, Segmental
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Middle Aged
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Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma
4.Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures with Seidel Nail.
Hyung Ku YOON ; Ho Seung JEON ; Key Nam CHO ; Ji Ung YANG
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1998;33(3):674-680
Seidel nail provides more advantages for treatment of humeral shaft fracture than other treatment modalities. It enables patients to get high bone union rate, makes surgical technigne less invasive, and allows early mobilization mobilization so that the patients is subjected to more comfortable treatment. But, Seidel nail is apt to injure the rotator cuff and has relatively weak holding power of distal fragment of fracture so that it may result in distraction and rotatory instability, and make nonunion and impaired shoulder function. Thus, in order to the functional and radiological results, complications and technical problems, we evaluated the efficacy of Seidel nail in treatment of 20 cases of hurneral shaft fractures from March l994 to March 1996, retrospectively. The results were as follows. 1. 18 cases(90%) achieved radiological union. 2. The time of union was 12.5 weeks in average. 3. 17 cases achieved satisfactory results according to Neers functional score. 4. The complications included proximal protrusion of nail from the entry site(10%), fracture of greater tuberosity of proximal humerus(5%), loosening of distal spreading screw(10%), and nonunion( l 0%). In conclusion, Seidel nailing is one of good treatment modalities for humeral shaft fracture, but skillful operative technique is needed to obtain the satisfactory functional result. And also, it is necessory to modify the distal locking system of Seidel nail to reinforce the rotational stahility of the fracture site.
Early Ambulation
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Humans
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Humerus
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Retrospective Studies
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Rotator Cuff
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Shoulder
5.The Relation Between Clinical Results and Correction Angle in Proximal Tibial Osteotomy.
Dae Kyung BAE ; In Ho JEON ; Byung Joo PARK ; Hyoung Seop YANG
Journal of the Korean Knee Society 1999;11(1):82-89
PURPOSE: To determine the relation between clinical results and correction angle in proximal tibial osteotomy through the retrospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-two valgus osteotomies of the tibia were performed in forty-nine patients from 1985 to 1992; average follow-up period was 7 year 11 months(range, 5 to 12 years). We classi- fied the patients into three groups according to the tibiofemoral angle measured at the last follow-up. Group I includes patients with less than valgus 6 degrees of tibiofemoral angle, Group II with from valgus 7 degrees to 9 degrees and Group III with more than valgus 10 degrees. RESULTS: The Insalls Hospital for Special Surgery knee score was gradually decreased in time as 95 at postoperative 2 years, 92 at 5 years and 82 at the last follow-up. The average preoperative tibiofemoral angle was varus 3.4 degrees and the average postoperative tibiofemoral angle was corrected as valgus 8.0 degrees, 7.9 degrees at two years, valgus 7.0 degrees at five years and valgus 5.4 degrees at the last follow-up. The group I, 40 cases(mean 9 year 7 month follow-up), showed postoperative valgus 6.4(3-15) degrees and val- gus 2.6 degrees at the last follow-up. Loss of correction was 3.8 degrees and knee score was 76 at the last fol- low-up. The group II, 21 cases(8 year 1 month), showed postoperative valgus 9.0(7-11) degrees and 7.6 degrees at the last follow-up. Loss of correction was 1.4 degrees and knee score was 83.5 at the last follow- up. The group III, 11 cases(7 year 7 month) showed postoperative valgus 11.4(10-15) degrees and 10.9 degrees at the last follow-up. Loss of correction was 0.5 degrees and knee score was 97 at the last follow-up. The group III showed better maintenance of postoperative correction angle and clinical results than the other gf OUpS. CONCLUSION: Deductively, it is essential to correct tibiofemoral angle more than 7, especially ranged from 10 to 15 degrees for the best long-term clinical results.
Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Knee
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Osteotomy*
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Retrospective Studies
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Tibia
6.Roentgenogram of the Issue: A Case of Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Lung in a Coal Miner.
Jeon Ho YANG ; Jung Yoon CHOE ; Ho Sang SHON ; Sung Gug JANG ; Jung Dong BAE ; Sang Chae LEE
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1997;44(3):692-697
A 62-year-old male was admitted for evaluation of a mass shadow on chest film. Chest PA showed 7×5cm lobulated homogenous mass in right upper medial area of lung. On chest computed tomography, there was a Barge irregularly lobulated mass with central necrotic low density area in apical segment of right upper lobe. Right upper lobectomy of the lung was performed. Partial adhesion to parietal pleura of posterior mediastinum and severe adhesion to right upper apicoposterior segment was found during the operation Microscopic and ultrastructural studies(including immunocytochemical stains) of the mass revealed malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
Coal*
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Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous*
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Humans
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Lung*
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Male
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Mediastinum
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Middle Aged
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Pleura
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Thorax
7.staphylococcus Aureus Growth Inhibition in Amniotic Hluid -Antibody fot the Transferrin-binding Protein-.
Sung Heui SHIN ; Eun Suk YANG ; Sang Kee PARK ; Kyung Rae MOON ; Yong LIM ; Ho Jong JEON ; Jin Ho KIM
Korean Journal of Perinatology 2000;11(4):481-789
No abstract available.
Staphylococcus aureus*
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Staphylococcus*
8.The Significance of Electroencephalography in the Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Human.
Yang Bin JEON ; Chang Ha LEE ; Chan Young NAH ; Jung Ho KANG
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2001;34(6):465-471
BACKGROUND: Hypothermia protects the brain by suppressing the cerebral metabolism and it is performed well enough before the total circulatory arrest(TCA) in the operation of aortic disease. Generally, TCA has been performed depending on the rectal or nasopharyngeal temperatures; however, there is no definite range of optimal temperature for TCA or an objective indicator determining the temperature for safe TCA. In this study, we tried to determine the optimal range of temperature for safe hypothermic circulatory arrest by using the intraoperative electroencephalogram(EEG), and studied the role of EEG as an indicator of optimal hypothermia. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Between March, 1999 and August 31, 2000, 27 patients underwent graft replacement of the part of thoracic aorta using hypothermia and TCA with intraoperative EEG. The rectal and nasopharyngeal temperatures were monitored continuously from the time of anesthetic induction and the EEG was recorded with a ten-channel portable electroencephalography from the time of anesthetic induction to electrocerebral silence(ECS). RESULT: On ECS, the rectal and nasopharyngeal temperatures were not consistent but variable(rectal 11degree C -25degree C, nasopharynx 7.7degree C -23degree C). The correlation between two temperatures was not significant(p=0.171). The cooling time from the start of cardiopulmonary bypass to ECS was also variable(25-127min), but correlated with the body surface area(p=0.027). CONCLUSION: We have found that ECS appeared at various body temperatures, and thus, the use of rectal or nasopharyngeal temperature were not useful in identifying ECS. Conclusively, we can not fully assure cerebral protection during hypothermic circulatory arrest in regards to the body temperatures, and therefore, the intraoperative EEG is one of the necessary methods for determining the range of optimal hypothermia for safe circulatory arrest.
Aorta, Thoracic
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Aortic Diseases
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Body Temperature
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Brain
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Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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Electroencephalography*
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Humans*
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Hypothermia
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Metabolism
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Nasopharynx
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Transplants
9.Effective Production and Clinical Application of Anti-Interleukin-6 Monoclonal Antibodies.
Kyung Soo NAM ; In Pyo CHOI ; Cheorl Ho KIM ; Mi Jung CHOI ; Jung Hwa YANG ; Jeon Ok MOON
Korean Journal of Immunology 1998;20(3):289-294
Highly specific and sensitive immunoassay method for soluble human recombinant interleukin-6 (hu rlL-6) was established by two different immunization methods. One is conventional method by Freund's adjuvant method and the other is special method which is directly injected to mouse spleen. Among seven established monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), two typical monoclonal antibodies, designated YB3 (IgG1) and NY2 (IgM), were further characterized. These mAbs highly bound to IL-6, however did not show cross reactivity with IL-1B and IL-2. As the results of ELISA inhibition assay and western blotting method, it was further identified that YB3 and NY2 had high binding specificity with IL-6. And the limiting detection amount of rlL-6 for YB3 was 5 ng/ml and for NY2 was 0.5 ng/ml. Furthermore, N-glycosylated human rlL-6 was also bound to YB3 on ELISA. On the other hand YB-3 furtherly recognized N-glycosylated human rlL-6 by sandwich ELISA method. These mAbs may be of use to diagnose the gynecopathy which contains abortion and preterm labor.
Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal*
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Blotting, Western
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Female
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Freund's Adjuvant
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Hand
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Humans
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Immunization
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Immunoassay
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Interleukin-2
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Interleukin-6
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Mice
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Obstetric Labor, Premature
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Pregnancy
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Spleen
10.Iron-uptake System of Staphylococcus aureus According to the Antibiotic Susceptibility.
Sung Heui SHIN ; Yong LIM ; Nam Woong YANG ; Seung Il LEE ; Ho Jong JEON ; Jin Ho KIM
Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases 2001;33(6):414-418
OBJECTIVE: It was reported that a few antimicrobial agents influenced on the activity of bacterial iron- uptake system (IUS). In the present study, we tried to investigate the relatedness between the resistance of antibiotics and the activity of the two high-affinity IUS, siderophore-mediated IUS and transferrin-binding protein (SA-tbp)-mediated IUS, of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates. METHODS: Total 71 strains including the standard ATCC 6538 strain were used. Seventy strains were isolated from the second or third line general hospitals from 1998 to 1999. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed by disk diffusion method. CAS agar diffusion assay was used for the measurement of staphylococcal siderophore. To visualize the expression of SA-tbp, Western blotting using human transferrin conjugated with horseradish peroxidase was performed. RESULTS: Among the nine antimicrobial agents, only the susceptible strains to oxacillin produced more siderophore compared to the resistant strains (P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the antimicrobial susceptibility of the other antimicrobial agents and the production of siderophore (P>0.05). There were no antibiotics related to the expression of SA-tbp (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that only oxacillin (OXAC) influences on the production of staphylococcal siderophore and the further consecutive study about the action mechanism of OXAC is necessary.
Agar
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Blotting, Western
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Diffusion
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Horseradish Peroxidase
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Hospitals, General
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Humans
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Oxacillin
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Staphylococcus aureus*
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Staphylococcus*
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Transferrin