The Natrelle(TM) 410 (Allergan Inc., Irvine, CA, USA) shaped, form-stable silicone gel implant was introduced in Europe in 1993. Its "form stability" relates to increased cohesiveness or stiffness of the gel filler, allowing the implant to maintain its shape in the upright position. The anatomical form-stable implant is helpful for reducing ripples and provides more natural looking due to less upper pole fullness, so it has some benefits for the thin patients. And it provides more expansion to the lower pole, it has also benefits for the ptotic breasts or constricted breasts. I have experienced 69 cases with anatomical form-stable implants (52 Polytech Replicon(R) (POLYTECH Health & Aesthetics, Dieburg, Germany) implants, 85 Natrelle(TM) 410 implants) from February to December of 2012. The most common used implants are MF295 g of Natrelle(TM) 410 and high profile 315 g of Polytech Replicon(R). I did reoperations for 2 breasts of 2 patients. One was due to hematoma and the other was due to displacement. Both cases are my early experiences of shaped implants. There is no other complication yet. I need longer follow-up period for the appropriate evaluation. In my early experiences, the results of anatomical form-stable implants seem to make less fullness of upper pole, less ripples, more tightness, and similar recovery periods in contrast with the results of round textured implants.
Breast ; Breast Implants ; Displacement (Psychology) ; Esthetics ; Europe ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Mammaplasty ; Models, Anatomic ; Silicone Gels

BACKGROUND: Synmastia is serious condition but rare. Synmastia is a technical complication caused by over dissection of the medial pocket over the sternum. In sunken chest, the medial portion of Pectoralis muscle tends to be elevated easily from the sternocostal area. So it should be more careful to prevent from overdissection in breast augmentation of sunken chest. METHODS: An idea was obtained from buttock augmentation with implant. For buttock augmentation, implants are placed intramuscularly for the protection of sciatic nerve and for the prevention of implant displacement. Muscle splitting concept for intramuscular placing of implant in sunken chest adds tissue to sunken area and provide guarding barrier to reduce detaching tendency at the parasternal area. RESULTS: As I had the concept of intramuscular placement at the medial side for the breast augmentation in case of sunken chest, I experienced steady medial breast contour in 5 cases of sunken chest. CONCLUSIONS: Muscle splitting as coronal plane of medial portion of pectoral muscle make muscular pouch at the medial corner of subpectoral pocket which is effective for the prevention of medial displacement of implant in breast augmentation of sunken chest by guarding effect of irregularly arranged muscle fibers which resist against the detaching force of pectoral muscle from the sternocostal origin.
Breast* ; Buttocks ; Muscles* ; Pectoralis Muscles ; Sciatic Nerve ; Sternum ; Thorax*

BACKGROUND: For the correction of small ptotic breasts, augmentation mastopexy provides a better shape than other techniques, but its periareolar or vertical scar is a limiting factor. Subglandular augmentation tends to increase ptosis. Submuscular augmentation may result in a "Waterfall" deformity (double contour deformity). This report uses examples of two patients to illustrate concepts for improving breast augmentation of ptotic breasts. METHODS: Two patients initially underwent insertion of breast implants for ptotic breasts, using full height type of implants inserted by the type III dual plane technique. Both patients had wanted breasts that were not excessively large, but which had an improved shape and minimal scars. At nearly the same time after the initial surgery (postoperative day 3 and 7), each patient exhibited a unilateral double contour breast deformity. The initial implants were changed to shorter height implants to shift volume to the lower pole. RESULTS: Changing the implants resulted in improved breast shape by enhancing the leverage effect. The double contour deformities observed after using the taller implants were improved by changing to shorter implants. CONCLUSIONS: For rotating the nipple areolar complex upward during correction of small ptotic breasts with implants, the type III dual plane technique is an effective way to produce a larger volume pocket in the lower pole of the breast. More leverage effect can be obtained by using a shorter height and greater projection type of shaped implant instead of a full height implant.
Breast Implantation ; Breast Implants ; Breast* ; Cicatrix ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Female ; Humans ; Mammaplasty ; Nipples* ; Postoperative Complications

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to develop the web-interface creator, which automatically changes the Case Report Form(CRF) web page when the protocol developer in any clinical study revises the ontology of CRF. METHODS: This study established the conceptual model of CRF on oriental and western medicine, and developed ontologies. A program was developed to produce online-based a input form through the parser that generates automatically HTML script from OWL. RESULTS: The CRF applied in this study is a draft through consensus of experts for stroke research at the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. The ontology of CRF consisted of Label, ControlType and Value classes and hasControl, hasValue and hasSymptoms properties. The Label is the class of question items groups, so it could have CRF questionnaire instances. The ControlType is the class that expresses controls such as checkbox, text, etc in the HTML script. The Value class represents selections for each items. Finally, the HTML script was created by XSL transformation from the OWL script. CONCLUSION: Online-based automatic interface creation, which enables immediate coping with the continuous change in the medical knowledge system, assures reduced time requirement.
Consensus ; Korea ; Medicine, East Asian Traditional* ; Strigiformes ; Stroke

Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) is known for its ambiguous and various clinical presentations. Among these presentations, congestive myelopathy is one of the most common, yet it is challenging to correctly diagnose SDAVF at initial presentation. Several diseases present as myelopathy, including demyelinating diseases. Herein, we present two cases of congestive myelopathy due to SDAVF presenting to the emergency room (ER) with progressive quadriparesis. Even though the patients had a proper magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination from the initial presentation, there was a delay in making a final diagnosis. Both patients’ clinical presentation and MRI mimicked central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating disease initially, and a more thorough examination revealed SDAVF. Such a delay in diagnosis can result in more neurological deterioration and may result in more sequelae. Hence, SDAVF should always be considered as a differential diagnosis when examining patients with myelopathy.

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Arthritis, Gouty* ; Humans ; Pelvic Bones*

Congenital stapes fixation showing normal finding of external auditory canal and tympanic membrane causes non-progressive conductive hearing loss in the range of 40 to 60 dB since childhood. It is a rare disease, but most commonly found among the isolated ossicular anomalies. Patients with this disease are very suitable candidates for stapes surgery, and successful hearing improvement can be expected by an appropriate surgical procedure. We report 2 cases of congenital stapes fixation which had been operated improperly. One case showed interposed homologous ossicle between the stapes head and the incus, and the other case showed transposed incus between the malleus handle and the stapes head along with the anterior crus fracture. They showed hearing improvements of more than 30 dB after stapedotomy with placement of the Fisch type stapes prosthesis. We are reporting two cases of misdiagnosed congenital stapes fixation with a discussion.
Ear Canal ; Head ; Hearing ; Hearing Loss, Conductive ; Humans ; Incus ; Malleus ; Prostheses and Implants ; Rare Diseases ; Stapes Surgery ; Stapes* ; Tympanic Membrane

Objectives: Early hemorrhage detection in intensive care units (ICUs) enables timely intervention and reduces the risk of irreversible outcomes. In this study, we aimed to develop a machine learning model to predict hemorrhage by learning the patterns of continuously changing, real-world clinical data. Methods: We used the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care databases (MIMIC-III and MIMIC-IV). A recurrent neural network was used to predict severe hemorrhage in the ICU. We developed three machine learning models with an increasing number of input features and levels of complexity: model 1 (11 features), model 2 (18 features), and model 3 (27 features). MIMIC-III was used for model training, and MIMIC-IV was split for internal validation. Using the model with the highest performance, external verification was performed using data from a subgroup extracted from the eICU Collaborative Research Database. Results: We included 5,670 ICU admissions, with 3,150 in the training set and 2,520 in the internal test set. A positive correlation was found between model complexity and performance. As a measure of performance, three models developed with an increasing number of features showed area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve values of 0.61–0.94 according to the range of input data. In the subgroup extracted from the eICU database for external validation, an AUROC value of 0.74 was observed. Conclusions Machine learning models that rely on real clinical data can be used to predict patients at high risk of bleeding in the ICU.

Background: and purpose: The anti-aging standard forest healing program (ASFHP), which uses forest therapy, was reported to be effective in improving psychological, physical, and cognitive functions. However, there are several challenges to directly visiting the forest. This study aimed to investigate the impact of multi-session ASFHP with forest visit on the mental and physical health of the older people with visits to forest facilities and compared them with those of the same program conducted indoors. Methods: Individuals aged over 70 years with concerns about cognitive decline were recruited at dementia relief centers and divided into control and experimental groups. A total of 33 people were administered ASFHP under the supervision of a forest therapy instructor. The control group stayed indoors, while the experimental group visited a forest healing center and repeated the program 20 weeks. Results: The multiple-session ASFHP positively affected cognitive impairment screening test (CIST) total scores (p=0.002), memory (p=0.014), Korean version of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status total scores (p<0.001), immediate recall (p=0.001), visuospatial/construction (p<0.001), language (p<0.001), forest healing standard questionnaire total scores (p=0.002), and cognitive function (p=0.019), regardless of location. The forest visits during the ASFHP showed positive effects on orientation (p=0.035), delayed recall (p=0.042), emotional stability (p=0.032), physical activity (p=0.005), and health (p=0.022). The CIST scores of the memory domain were the strongest indicator of the multiple-session ASFHP effects. Conclusions The 20-week multi-session ASFHP with forest visit showed effects on cognitive improvement and physical and emotional stability compared to indoor education.