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Hematoma* ; Orbit*

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Gaucher Disease* ; Humans ; Siblings*

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Echocardiography was done on 51 cases with various cardiovascular disease and on 23 cases of normal control subjects from April, 1981 to March, 1982 in the Department of internal medicine, Eul Ji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The left ventricular mass estimated by the measurements made with standard convention was 261+/-8gm in patient group and 126+/-6gm in control group. With penn convention, the left ventricular mass of the patients group was 297+/-11gm and that of control group was 127+/-6gm. The differences between both conventions were significant statistically. 2. In measurements made with standard convention, those who showed increased left ventricular posterior wall thickness were 37 cases(73%) and those who showed increased left ventricular internal dimension were 15 cases(29%). On the other hand, number of cases who showed increased left ventricular mass were 45 cases(88%) and this results suggested estimation of left ventricular mass seems to be more useful method in the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy than simple measurements of left ventricular posterior wall thickness of left ventricular internal dimension. 3. The correlation coefficient between left ventricular mass and maximum voltage of electrocardiography, left ventricular posterior wall thickness left ventricularinternal dimension was 0.70, 0.74 0.51 respectively in standard method and 0.82, 0.76, 0.44 respectively in penn convention. Left ventricular mass was correlated fairly closely with the maximum voltage of electrocardiography and left ventricular posterior wall thickeness, less closely with the left ventricular internal dimension.
Cardiovascular Diseases ; Diagnosis* ; Echocardiography* ; Electrocardiography ; Hand ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular* ; Internal Medicine ; Korea ; Seoul

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Alzheimer Disease* ; Brain Injuries*

Burst fractures of lower lumbar spine are rare and have not been well delineated in the literature. Treatment and management considerations for lower lumbar burst fractures are somewhat different from the rest of spine because this area only has the cauda equina and nerve roots. The purpose of this study was to analyse the clinical and radiological results and to determine operative approach. The authors analysed the 16 patients who had been treated with spinal instrumentation (Cotrel- Dubousset, Danek, Kaneda) from Dec. 1990 to Dec. 1994, and following results were obtained. 1. The classification of fracture by Francis-Denis method was B type in 7 cases, A type in 6 cases, E type in 2 cases, and D type in 1 case. 2. By the load-sharing classification, six points or less in 11 patients (first group) and seven or more in 5 patients (second group). In first group lordosis was corrected from 20.4degreespreoperatively to 32.6degrees postoperatively and 24.1degrees at the end of follow-up. In second group lordosis was corrected from 14.8degrees preoperatively to 21.3degrees postoperatively and 0.8degrees at the end of follow-up. 3. The short segmental fixation through posterior approach yielded good result in the first group, but poor result in the second group with complications including two cases of loss of reduction and one case of screw breakage. As a result, posterior approach might be more perferable in first group and anterior approach in the second group.
Animals ; Cauda Equina ; Classification ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lordosis ; Spine

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of urologic complications requiring a urologic procedure during the perioperative period and compare the differences between abdominal radical hysterectomy (ARH) and laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (LRH). Methods: We identified all Korean women who underwent radical hysterectomy (RH) between January 2006 and December 2019 using the National Health Insurance Service database. Complications requiring surgical intervention-based urologic procedures between ARH and LRH were investigated. Results: A total of 12,068 patients were classified into the ARH group and 8,837 patients were classified into the LRH group. Urologic complications requiring urologic procedures occurred in 1,546 of 20,905 patients (7.40%) who underwent RH. The most common urologic procedure was double-J insertion (R326, 5.18%), followed by bladder repair (R3550, 0.90%). There was no significant difference in urologic complications requiring urologic procedures between the ARH and LRH groups (odds ratio [OR]=1.027; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.925–1.141; p=0.612). The incidence of bladder repair (R3550) was significantly higher in patients who underwent LRH (OR=1.620; 95% CI=1.220–2.171; p<0.001). Urologic complications requiring urologic procedures were statistically higher in the LRH group during the first half (OR=1.446; 95% CI=1.240–1.685; p<0.001), but more in the ARH group during the second half (OR=0.696; 95% CI=0.602–0.804; p<0.001) of the study period. Conclusion There was no difference of urologic complications between ARH and LRH with regard to urologic procedures. The incidence of urologic procedures decreases with time in patients who underwent LRH.

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Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus* ; Herpes Zoster*

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The symptoms of salivary diseasess are often nonspecific, and a variety of investigative methods can be employed. Conventional sialography, which is still widely used for diagnosis of salivary ductal pathologies, has the withdrawback of invasiveness and radiation exposure, and thus ultrasound and magnetic resonance (MR) sialography can replace the conventional tools. This study was performed to evaluate the usefulness of MR sialography for the diagnosis of idiopathic chronic sialadenitis. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: From November 2013 to June 2014, we have retrospectively analyzed 26 patients who have had swelling and pain of salivary glands and undergone MR sialography for further diagnosis of the idiopathic salivary obstructive symptom. We analyzed the symptom scores, salivary flow rate (SFR) and parameters of salivary gland scintigraphy. Then we evaluated correlation among MR sialography findings (duct visualization, grade of stenosis at main duct, degree of sialectasis and glandular volume size). RESULTS: Among the 26 patients, stenosis of salivary duct was observed in 14 patients (53.8%), chronic sialadenitis without stenosis in 6 patients (23.1%), Sjogren's syndrome in 3 patients (11.5%), Juvenile reccutent parotitis in 1 patient (3.8%), and 2 patients were norma (7.7%). The degree of sialectasis was significantly correlated with Tmin (time interval, in minutes, from stimulation to minimum count), maximum secretion (p<0.05), and glandular volume size was also significantly correlated with unstimulated SFR (p<0.05). But others did not show any significant correlations. From these findings, we report three cases that were useful to diagnose the gland disease using MR sialography. CONCLUSION: Resutls show that MR sialogarphy indirectly reflects the salivary gland function. Therefore MR sialography can be helpful when the differential diagnosis of idiopathic chronic sialadenitis is difficult with conventional tools.
Constriction, Pathologic ; Diagnosis* ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Parotitis ; Pathology ; Radionuclide Imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Salivary Ducts ; Salivary Glands ; Sialadenitis* ; Sialography* ; Sjogren's Syndrome ; Ultrasonography

Background: Research is continuously being conducted on the relationship between the airway and malocclusion. The nose, asthe upper part of the respiratory pathway, plays a critical role. While various international studies employ the Nasal Index classification for nasal morphology, domestic research remains scarce. This research investigates the proportions of nasal morphology in malocclusion patients utilizing a 3D software. Methods: The study evaluated 100 malocclusion patients in their 20s (40 Class I, 34 Class II, 26 Class III). Cone-beam computedtomography was used with the Mimics (ver. 22; Materialise) 3D program to model the skull and soft tissues of the patients in three views: coronal, sagittal, and frontal. Results: The results showed that in Class I, there were 5 leptorrhine (long and narrow) cases, 30 mesorrhine (moderate shape)cases, and 5 platyrrhine (broad and short) cases. In Class II, there were 3 leptorrhine, 25 mesorrhine, and 6 platyrrhine cases.In Class III, there were 2 leptorrhine, 21 mesorrhine, and 3 platyrrhine cases. Conclusion The findings of this study indicate that there is no significant correlation between the size of the nose and malocclusionin patients. Additionally, additional research related to this study is expected to be necessary.