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Catatonia*

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Catatonia*

PURPOSE: This study was performed to analyze the clinical characteristics of urologic patients who visited emergency center and provide a fundamental data for further study, and to add some help in the management of the patients. Materials and Methods: Among the total 99,935 patients who visited the emergency center from July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1995, the clinical data of 3,063 urologic patients was reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: The most common group of age was 4th decade, and male predominated over female by 2.6 : 1. The peak time of patient's entrance to emergency center was between 20 : 00 and 24 : 00 (24.4%) and second peak was 00 : 00 and 04 : 00 (18.5%). Flank pain (57.5%) was the most common symptom and urinary retention (10.3%), gross hematuria (9.7%), irritative voiding symptoms (7.5%) followed that. The common diseases or injury were urinary stone (56.4%) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (8.0%), renal injury (4.0%), acute cystitis (3.7%) respectively. The admission rate was 23.3% and the ratio between urologic department and other departments was 4 : 1. Trauma was occupied 12.5% in all urologic patients and common disease or injuries that needed emergent operation were bladder rupture (23.5%), testicular torsion (18.5%), and renal trauma (16.0%). 7 patients with multiple injury were expired due to 1 urologic cause (renal trauma) and 6 non-urologic causes. CONCLUSIONS: The most common cause that brings the urologic patients to the emergency center is flank pain associated with urinary stone and the factors related to increased occurrence are male, age of 4th decades and midnight.
Cystitis ; Emergencies* ; Female ; Flank Pain ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Male ; Multiple Trauma ; Prostatic Hyperplasia ; Retrospective Studies ; Rupture ; Spermatic Cord Torsion ; Urinary Bladder ; Urinary Calculi ; Urinary Retention

Emphysematous urinary tract infection is a rare, life-threatening necrotizing infection characterized by gas generation, and usually occurs in patients with diabetes and/or urinary tract obstruction. We herein report a unique case of emphysematous renal infection occurred in. an old diabetic man with renal cell carcinoma. This case suggests that renal cell carcinoma should be also considered a rare cause of emphysematous renal infection showing mass contour.
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* ; Humans ; Urinary Tract ; Urinary Tract Infections

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a life-threatening, severe renal infection characterized by the presence of gas in the renal parenchyma or perirenal space. Bilateral involvement is rarely seen, with only 17 cases reported in the iterature. We herein report two cases of bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis. One is occurred subsequently in a patient with diabetic cystopathy, the other is developed simultaneously and shows bilaterally-communicated gas pattern on computerized tomography. The theories on pathogenesis of the disease are reviewed and the modes of disease progression in our patients are discussed.
Disease Progression ; Humans ; Pyelonephritis*

PURPOSE: To evaluate the usefulness and safety of unified technique of vascular control before renal exposure in reconstructive surgery of renal trauma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From July 1995 to June 1997, 10 patients with major renal trauma who operated by unified approach technique were included in this study. Blunt trauma was the mechanism of injury in 8 patients and 2 were resulted from penetrating(stab) injury. Of the injuries 2 were grade 3, 7 grade 4, 1 grade 5. RESULTS: Of the 10 patients, 8(80%) were performed kidney preserving surgery and 2(20%) resulted in nephrectomy. Partial nephrectomy was underwent in 6 patients(with vascular repair in 2 cases) and renorrhaphy in 2 patients. Pedicle flap of omentum was used mainly and polyglycolic acid mesh also used in 2 cases as coverage material of parenchymal defect. Complications occurred in 2 cases(20%) but none resulted in renal loss with the mean followup of 10 months(1 to 15 months). CONCLUSIONS: Unified approach technique of vascular control before renal exposure seems to be a safe and effective method for reconstructive surgery in renal trauma. To confirm this result, studies with more cases and longer followup are needed.
Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Nephrectomy ; Omentum ; Polyglycolic Acid

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Humans

PURPOSE: Is there any relationship between penile size and physical stature? This study was performed to answer this question and provide guidelines of penile size to assist in counseling patients for penile augmentation. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Penile size, body weight and height were measured in 150 young healthy men, and the body mass index(BMI) was calculated in weight(kg)/height(m)2. The penile length and circumference were measured with tape in flaccid and erect states. The 'lengthening ratio' was calculated by 'erect length/flaccid length', and 'tumescent ratio' was calculated by 'erect circumference/flaccid circumference'. All the data was statistically evaluated and the following results were obtained. Result : The average length and circumference were 8.26+/-1.07cm and 8.34+/-1.03cm respectively in the flaccid state, and 13.42+/-1.38cm and 11.17+/-1.05cm in the erect state. The average lengthening and tumescent ratios were 1.64+/-0.22 and 1.35+/-0.08, and were negatively correlated to the flaccid penile length and circumference. Height was positively correlated to erect penile length and lengthening ratio. There was a relationship between body weight and erect penile length in a positive direction, but with other penile parameters there were none. There was no relationship between BMI and any parameters of penile size. However, the erect penile length of the normal BMI group was longer than that of the lower BMI group. CONCLUSIONS: The results show that the flaccid penile size is related to the erect penile size and there is some relation between penile size and physical stature. We believe these results will be applicable to the penile augmentation.
Body Size ; Body Weight* ; Counseling ; Humans ; Male

PURPOSE: This study is for the evaluation of low tesla(0.064T) MR imaging diagnostic accuracy in the internal derangement of the knee. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analysed the MR images of 36 injured knees of 35 patients. The presence of tear was determined by arthroscopy or surgery in all cases. RESULTS: The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, negative predictive value of low tesla MRI for the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament injury were 83%, 88%, 86%, 77%, 91%, for the posterior cruciate ligament 75%, 95%, 86%, 92%, 83%, for the medial collateral ligament 83%, 96%, 92%, 91%, 92%, for the lateral collateral ligament 67%, 97%, 94%, 67%, 97%, for the menisci 75%, 93%, 89%, 75%, 93%. CONCLUSION: The low tesla MRI is an accurate method in detection and evaluation of the internal derangement of the knee.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament ; Arthroscopy ; Collateral Ligaments ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Knee* ; Lateral Ligament, Ankle ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Posterior Cruciate Ligament ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity

This study was designed to evaluate the clinical manifestations and results of operative treatment in penile injury during erection. We reviewed 18 cases of penile injury during erection from December 1992 to June 1996. Of 18 patients, 14 patients were treated with early operation, 3 patients with conservative treatment and followup was 1 to 31 months (mean: 14.1 months). Patients age ranged from 23-76 years old (mean: 39.6 years), common cause of the injury was sexual intercourse (8 cases), masturbation (3 cases) and finger-pressure (2 cases) in order. Of 8 patients who occurred during sexual intercourse, 7 patients were married. The injury developed at midnight in 8 cases (44%), early morning in 7 cases (39%) and the other times in 3 cases (~7%). Of 14 patients who received with early operation, 13 patients revealed rapture of the corpus cavernosum and 1 patient revealed rupture of superficial dorsal vein. The site of penile fracture showed proximal shaft in 8 cases (62%), midshaft in 3 cases (23%) and distal shaft in 2 cases (15%) in order. The overall complication rate of early operative treatment was 15% (2 of 13 cases) compared to a complication rate of 100% (2 of 2 cases) for conservative treatment. In conclusion, our experience demonstrates that the most common cause and site of penile injury are sexual intercourse and proximal shaft, early operative treatment would be an effective treatment of penile injury to prevent complications.
Coitus ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Masturbation ; Rupture ; Veins