Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a new, minimally invasive modality that serves as an alternative to surgery in patients with thyroid tumors. The Task Force Committee of the Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology developed recommendations for the optimal use of RFA for thyroid tumors in 2012 and revised them in 2017. Herein, we review and summarize the 2017 thyroid RFA guideline and compare it with the 2012 thyroid RFA guideline.
Advisory Committees ; Catheter Ablation ; Humans ; Thyroid Gland ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; Thyroid Nodule ; Ultrasonography

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for telemedicine and remote healthcare solutions,highlighting the need for a platform that supports personalized oral health management. In particular, a systematic information technology (IT)-based solution that enables children and adults to effectively perform oral care at home has become essential.To address this need, a smart dental care device and service platform integrating augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies was developed. Methods: The platform was designed based on an analysis of the oral health management needs of children and adults, leveragingexisting smart dental care devices and pre-collected datasets. AR and AI technologies were utilized to provide personalized content and enable real-time monitoring and counseling in remote settings. This study focused on consolidating existing data and technological approaches to establish a foundation for platform development. Results: The platform development process identified key elements of oral health management and incorporated them into thedesign, demonstrating the feasibility of personalized oral health services. Additionally, data analysis highlighted differing oral health needs between children and adults, enabling the design of tailored content and services for effective management. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of IT-based solutions in oral health management and presents the developmentprocess of a personalized platform as a foundational reference. The platform lays the groundwork for future advancements in oral health technology and supports its potential for adaptation and application in various settings.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for telemedicine and remote healthcare solutions,highlighting the need for a platform that supports personalized oral health management. In particular, a systematic information technology (IT)-based solution that enables children and adults to effectively perform oral care at home has become essential.To address this need, a smart dental care device and service platform integrating augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies was developed. Methods: The platform was designed based on an analysis of the oral health management needs of children and adults, leveragingexisting smart dental care devices and pre-collected datasets. AR and AI technologies were utilized to provide personalized content and enable real-time monitoring and counseling in remote settings. This study focused on consolidating existing data and technological approaches to establish a foundation for platform development. Results: The platform development process identified key elements of oral health management and incorporated them into thedesign, demonstrating the feasibility of personalized oral health services. Additionally, data analysis highlighted differing oral health needs between children and adults, enabling the design of tailored content and services for effective management. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of IT-based solutions in oral health management and presents the developmentprocess of a personalized platform as a foundational reference. The platform lays the groundwork for future advancements in oral health technology and supports its potential for adaptation and application in various settings.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for telemedicine and remote healthcare solutions,highlighting the need for a platform that supports personalized oral health management. In particular, a systematic information technology (IT)-based solution that enables children and adults to effectively perform oral care at home has become essential.To address this need, a smart dental care device and service platform integrating augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies was developed. Methods: The platform was designed based on an analysis of the oral health management needs of children and adults, leveragingexisting smart dental care devices and pre-collected datasets. AR and AI technologies were utilized to provide personalized content and enable real-time monitoring and counseling in remote settings. This study focused on consolidating existing data and technological approaches to establish a foundation for platform development. Results: The platform development process identified key elements of oral health management and incorporated them into thedesign, demonstrating the feasibility of personalized oral health services. Additionally, data analysis highlighted differing oral health needs between children and adults, enabling the design of tailored content and services for effective management. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of IT-based solutions in oral health management and presents the developmentprocess of a personalized platform as a foundational reference. The platform lays the groundwork for future advancements in oral health technology and supports its potential for adaptation and application in various settings.

Objectives: This study aimed to establish a linkage model involving regional responsible medical institutions after analyzing the existing conditions and deriving problems through qualitative analysis within the community care system. Methods: A total of 14 participants of this study were selected through the snowball sampling method, including 7 community care service providers and 7 service users. As for the research data, primary data were collected through interviews, and as a result of analyzing according to Aday&Anderson’ model, a total of 5 catergories, 8 topics, and 22 sub theme were derived. Results: The problem derived from the interview is that division services are provided for each institution due to the absence of a key central institution of community care system, and users’ commercial institutions is unclear. The second is the inconsistency between the needs and supply for community care, resulting in a possibility of delay in returning to the community after discharge. Based on these problems, it is necessary to unify it as an community care window of the Dong-community center. In addition, there is a need for public health centers to play an active role, and to establish a public-private joint system with the Health and Living Support Center to establish a model that can play a certain role. Conclusions Therefore, based on the results of this study, it can be used as basic data when constructing community care model and applying it as an expanded model in the future.

Sacroiliac (SI) joint pain can result from degeneration, infection, malignancy, and trauma. Patients with metastatic bone pain who do not respond to conventional treatment may need more aggressive neuroinvasive approaches. Recently, pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) neuromodulation has emerged as a promising treatment alternative for refractory cases of SI joint pain. Nevertheless, there is no report on the treatment of pain arising from SI joint metastases with PRF. We are reporting about a 63-year-old woman suffering from buttock pain due to breast cancer metastases in the SI joint. We treated this patient with PRF neuromodulation of the L4-S3 primary dorsal rami and lateral branches using a rotating curved needle technique. The patient tolerated the procedures well, without any complications. She experienced about 70% reduction in pain, and pain relief was sustained for 10 months. This result suggests that PRF neuromodulation is a safe, effective treatment for pain from SI joint metastases.
Arthralgia ; Breast Neoplasms ; Buttocks ; Female ; Humans ; Joints ; Middle Aged ; Needles ; Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Sacroiliac Joint*

PURPOSE: Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) is a rare condition, characterized by severe lower extremity pain and acute-onset reluctance to walk in children. This study evaluated the clinical course of and laboratory findings related to BACM. METHODS: Patients with gait disturbance who had visited the Department of Pediatrics, Chungnam National University Hospital between March 2010 and May 2010 and who had been diagnosed with BACM were enrolled. The patients' medical records were examined retrospectively, and the clinical and laboratory data were recorded. RESULTS: Seven patients (six boys and one girl) were enrolled. Their median age was 7.3 years old. Four patients had leucopenia and five had mild thrombocytopenia and six had elevation of serum aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase levels, or both. The median serum creatine phosphokinase level was 1,864 IU/L, (range 368-7,166 IU/L). All patients had elevated lactate dehydrogenase and no patients studied had any evidence of bacterial infections. Influenza B virus was detected in two patients. and all patients spontaneously recovered after one week. CONCLUSION: Self-limited BACM should be considered if acute gait disturbances with calf pain and elevated serum creatine phosphokinase levels are observed in otherwise healthy children with no neurological abnormalities.
Alanine Transaminase ; Aspartate Aminotransferases ; Bacterial Infections ; Child ; Creatine Kinase ; Gait ; Humans ; Influenza B virus ; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase ; Lower Extremity ; Medical Records ; Myositis ; Pediatrics ; Retrospective Studies ; Thrombocytopenia

OBJECTIVES: The deficit of recognition memory has been found as one of the common neurocognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia. In addition, they were reported to fail to enhance the memory about emotional stimuli. Previous studies have shown that bilateral eye movements enhance the memory retrieval. Therefore, this study was conducted in order to investigate the memory enhancement of bilaterally alternating eye movements in schizophrenic patients. METHODS: Twenty one patients with schizophrenia participated in this study. The participants learned faces (angry or neutral faces), and then performed a recognition memory task in relation to the faces after bilateral eye movements and central fixation. Recognition accuracy, response bias, and mean response time to hits were compared and analysed. Two-way repeated measure analysis of variance was performed for statistical analysis. RESULTS: There was a significant effect of bilateral eye movements condition in mean response time(F=5.812, p<0.05) and response bias(F=10.366, p<0.01). Statistically significant interaction effects were not observed between eye movement condition and face emotion type. CONCLUSIONS: Irrespective of the emotional difference of facial stimuli, recognition memory processing was more enhanced after bilateral eye movements in patients with schizophrenia. Further study will be needed to investigate the underlying neural mechanism of bilateral eye movements-induced memory enhancement in patients with schizophrenia.
Bias (Epidemiology) ; Eye Movements* ; Humans ; Memory ; Reaction Time ; Schizophrenia*

PURPOSE: To report the expression of decorin and TGF-beta in partial myotomy of the extraocular muscle in rats. METHODS: Partial myotomy of the superior rectus muscle was performed on the right eye of 10 Sprague-Dawley rats followed by exposure of the left superior rectus muscle and a simple suture of the conjunctiva. The bilateral superior rectus muscle was obtained from all rats at 2 weeks postoperatively. The tissues were observed under light microscopy with hematoxylin-eosin, Masson's trichrome staining and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Histological examinations of the surgical area at 2 weeks after postoperatively showed irregularly concentrated fibrosis on light microscopy with hematoxylin-eosin and Masson's trichrome staining of the experimental eyes. Immnohistochemistry showed that expression of decorin was in the same location as TGF-beta in the experimental group. CONCLUSIONS: The expression of decorin was found in the healing process after partial myotomy of the extraocular muscle in rats. Immunohistochemistry showed that expression of decorin was in the same location as with TGF-beta.
Animals ; Conjunctiva ; Decorin* ; Fibrosis ; Immunohistochemistry ; Microscopy ; Rats* ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sutures ; Transforming Growth Factor beta*

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