A clinical study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of Zomepirac in 27 patients who had undergone bone surgery, 13 patients who had soft tissue surgery and 7 non-surgical patients admitted to the department of orthopedic surgery of Hanyang University Hospital from Oct., 1981 to Nov., 1981. The conclusions were as follows: 1. To decrease pain by half, Zomepirac was determined to be much more effective in patients with severe pain than in patients with moderate pain. 2. The initial pain relief was also more marked in patients with severe pain than in patients with moderate pain. 3. The duration of analgesia with Zomepirac was longer in patients with severe pain than in patients with moderate pain. 4. The duration of pain relief after medication with Zomepirac was from 1 to 3 hours in 79.3% of patients. 5. The results of treatment were excellent in 5 patients (10.6%), very good in 5 patients (10.6%), good in 7 patients (14.9%), fair in 4 patients (8.5%), poor in 1 patient (2.2%), when the intensity of pain before treatment was severe; but fair in 13 patients (27.7%), poor in 11 patients (23.3%), when the pain was moderate. Thus the clinical results demonstrated that this medication was remarkably effective in patients with severe pain and much less so in patients with only inoderate pain. 6. Side effects were mild transient drowsiness in 3 patients (6.3%) and gastric colic in 2 patients (4.3%). In patients with drowsiness was continuously administered. The gastric colic subsided when the medication was combined with antacid.
Analgesia ; Clinical Study ; Colic ; Humans ; Orthopedics ; Sleep Stages

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9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene* ; Carcinogenesis* ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation* ; Submandibular Gland*

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Breast Implants* ; Breast*

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Hepacivirus* ; Hepatitis C* ; Hepatitis*

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Carcinoma, Bronchogenic* ; Lymph Nodes* ; Mediastinoscopy*

Changes of histopathological findings with time were studied after scratching the skin of 37 patients with dermographism. Biopsies were also done in 13 normal healthy controls for comparison with unstroked skin of the patients. 1. Biopsies of unscratched skin of the patients showed no histologic difference from those of the skin from controls. 2. Neutrophils increased in number with time after scratching and maximum neutrophil count (mean 16.08+/-24.17/HPF) was observed at 90 minutes after scratching 3. Eosinophilic infiltration was also similar to that of neutrophils. Maximum eosinophil count (mean 324+/-4.76/HPF) was found at 60 minutes after scratching. 4. L ymphohistiocytic infiltration showed a similar tendency to that of neutrophils, but the degree of change was not so prorninent. 5. Before scratching, mast cell count in patients with dermographism showed no difference in number when compared with norrnal controls. In patients with dermographism, mast; cell count inclined to decrease after scratching. 6. Edema and lymphatic dilatation in the upper dermis were most prominent at 5 minutes after scratching and disappeared slowly thereafter.
Biopsy ; Cell Count ; Dermis ; Dilatation ; Edema ; Eosinophils ; Humans ; Mast Cells ; Neutrophils ; Skin

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Transplants*

In recent years, the incidence of traumatic dislocation of the hip joint appears to be on the increase, year by year, as the rate of traffic and industrial accidents increases. To prevent complications after dislocation of the hip, many authors have pointed out the importance of the early accurate reduction. But many authors have advocated different methods for aftercare treatment. In this paper, the author has reviewed 34 patients of traumatic disolocation of the hip who had been hospitalized and treated at Hanyang University Hospital from May 1972 to Dec. 1980. It was possible to follow 21 of these patients for an average followup period of 54 months. With this study, the following results were obtained. l. Of 34 patients, 31 patients were male and 3 were female. The prevalent age distribution was from 21 to 30 years of age 12 patients (35.3%) showing this distribution. 2. 30 (88.4%) of 34 dislocations of the hip were the result of traffic accidents, 22 of these being auto accidents. 3. The order of incidence according to the Thompson-Epstein classification is; posterior type I (44.1%), III (23.5%) and type II (11.8%). 4. 28 (82.4%) dislocations of the hip were complicated by multiple injuries at other sites. The most common site of associated injury was the ipsilateral lower extremity, which occurred in 15 patients. 5. 27 closed reductions, 5 open reductions and 1 prosthetic replacement of femoral head were performed, and 24 (88.9%) of 27 closed reductions were performed within 24 hours. 6. By Thompson-Epstein method, the author evaluated 21 patients who could be followed for an average of 54 months, and so obtained excellent or good results in 16 patients (71.4%) and fair or poor results in 5 patients (28.6%). Of these 21 patients, 13 patients who were performed closed reduction with 24 hours were results of excellent of good. 7. As complications avascular necrosis, traumatic arthritis and ectopic ossification developed in one, four and three patients respectively. In addition 5 patients developed sciatic nerve injuries, 3 of these recovered completely.
Accidents, Occupational ; Accidents, Traffic ; Aftercare ; Age Distribution ; Arthritis ; Classification ; Clinical Study ; Dislocations ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Head ; Hip Joint ; Hip ; Humans ; Incidence ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Methods ; Multiple Trauma ; Necrosis ; Ossification, Heterotopic ; Sciatic Nerve

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Histamine* ; Peptic Ulcer*

Finances of health insurance can be explained by factors determining benefit expense and premium collection. This study was conducted to analyze factors contributing to the financial status of rural health insurance. Nationwide 134 health insurance associations except the six pilot project counties were analyzed and obtained the followings. 1. In univariate analysis, statistically significant variables that explain 1) outpatient benefit expenditures include public health center utilization, proportion of pregnant women, premium and collection rate of premium 2) inpatient benefit expenditures include public health center utilization, proportion of old age, proportion of pregnant women, premium and collection rate of premium 3) profits include public health center utilization, proportion of old age, proportion of pregnant women and collection rate of premium. 2. In multiple regression analysis, statistically significant determinants in 1) outpatient benefit include premium and public health utilization 2) inpatient benefit include premium 3) profit include public health center utilization, premium and collection rate of premium.
Female ; Health Expenditures ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Insurance ; Insurance, Health* ; Outpatients ; Pilot Projects ; Pregnant Women ; Public Health ; Regression Analysis ; Rural Health