1.Two Cases of Term Pregnancy Associated with Thrombophilia.
Tae Hwa JOUNG ; Sung Woon CHANG ; Hyeon Chul KIM ; Suk Ho KANG ; Woo Sup CHANG ; Sung Woo CHO ; Kyung Mi LEE ; Ji Hyeun PARK ; Do Yeun OH
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2003;46(4):856-859
These are natural inhibitors of coagulation, and deficiencies of any of these factors is referred to as thrombophilia. The identified main causes of thrombophilia are deficiencies of antithrombin III, protein C, or protein S, resistance to actived protein C associated with Factor V Leiden mutation, and inherited hyperhomocystinemia. Inherited and acquired thrombophilias may also contribute to pathophysiological processes involved in recurrent pregnancy loss, fetal death, intrauterine growth restriction, placental abruption, placental infarction, and pre-eclampsia. Various therapeutic protocols with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) were used. because it is associated with a low incidence of osteoporosis and thrombocytopenia. We experienced the two cases of successful deliveries by Cesarean section following a successful pregnancy maintenance in thrombophilia. we administered LMWH to prevent thromboembolism. one patient was the primi-gravidarum, with inherited thrombophilia, who has the familial history of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis. the other was the multi-gravidarum, with acquired thrombophilia, who has the past medical history of pulmonary embolism.
Abruptio Placentae
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Antithrombin III
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Cesarean Section
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Factor V
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Female
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Fetal Death
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Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
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Humans
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Incidence
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Infarction
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Osteoporosis
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Pre-Eclampsia
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Pregnancy Maintenance
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Pregnancy*
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Protein C
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Protein S
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Thrombocytopenia
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Thromboembolism
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Thrombophilia*
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Venous Thrombosis
2.A Nationwide Study of Surgery in a Newly Diagnosed Spine Metastasis Population
Seil SOHN ; Chun Kee CHUNG ; Kyung Do HAN ; Jin Hyung JUNG ; Joung Ho HYEUN ; Jinhee KIM ; Ung Kyu CHANG ; Moon Jun SOHN ; Sung Hwan KIM
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2019;62(1):46-52
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this nationwide study was to analyze the current state of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic spine tumors according to surgical methods.METHODS: Data was extracted from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service database. Surgery was categorized into three methods : fusion, decompression, and vertebroplasty. Data included patient age, sex, health insurance type, and co-morbidities. Survival rates of metastatic spine tumor patients according to each surgical method were evaluated.RESULTS: Among 1677 patients who had an operation, 823 patients were treated by fusion, 141 patients underwent decompression, and 713 patients were treated by vertebroplasty. The three most prevalent primary tumor sites were the lung, breast, and liver & biliary. On the other hand, the three most prevalent primary tumor sites of patients who underwent surgery were the lung, liver & biliary, and the prostate. The median survival periods for each surgical method in the metastatic spine tumor patients were 228 days for those who underwent surgery, 249 days for decompression, and 154 days for vertebroplasty. Age, sex, and comorbidities significantly affected survival rate.CONCLUSION: For every primary tumor site, decompression was the least common surgical method during the study period. Although the three surgical methods did not significantly affect the survival period, patients with a poor prognosis tended to undergo vertebroplasty.
Breast
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Comorbidity
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Decompression
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Hand
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Humans
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Insurance, Health
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Liver
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Lung
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Methods
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Prognosis
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Prostate
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Spine
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Survival Rate
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Vertebroplasty