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Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Prostate* ; Prostatic Neoplasms*

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Prostate* ; Prostatectomy* ; Prostatic Neoplasms*

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Prostate* ; Prostatectomy* ; Prostatic Neoplasms*

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Prostatectomy* ; Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia*

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Prostatectomy* ; Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia*

BACKGROUND: We studied the incidence of trauma caused by alcohol related accidents, and the effects that has on the occurrence, the extent, and the outcome to the patient. METHODS: In our study we studied trauma patients excluding pediatric patients(15 years old and under) who came to the Emergency department of Korea University Medical School Anam Hospital from the 1st of january 1996 to 30th of June 1996, looked into their medical records, and studied the records in a retrospective manner. The trauma patients were divided into two groups, a) alcohol-related and b) alcohol-non-related. The two groups were then subdivided according to their sex, age, the time they came in, the anatomical part of the trauma, the mechanism of their injury, the extent of the injury, the length of their hospital stay, the length of their ED stay and were seperately compared and analysed. Statistically, ANOVA and logistic regression analysis using SAS were used in the study and then was assessed in Chi-square analysis methods. RESULTS: The total of the trauma patients, added up to 832 people, 577: male and 255: female. Among this sum, 16 trauma patients were alcohol related(male:127 & female 36). 115 people were in the age group of 21-40. Compared to the non-alcohol related trauma group, the alcohol-related group had more facial & scalp injuries and tended to come in the hours between 0-6 AM. The cause of the injuries were mossy by fast-fighting and suicide, compared to mostly accidental-slipping injuries in the non alcohol-related group. There were no difference in the degree of the injury(ISS) and the length of hospital stay between the two groups, whereas the length of the stay at the ED was longer alcohol-related trauma patients. CONCLUSION: Alcohol related trauma patients were mostly in their 20s and 30s, came to the hospital at a late time it the reason for their visit were mossy because of fist fighting. In the Emergency department, because prompt and correct diagnosis is quite difficult to make in this group, their ED stay tended to be longer. We can conclude that measuring the blood alcohol level of these patients, continuing the psychological therapy and educating people is needed.
Diagnosis ; Emergency Service, Hospital ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Length of Stay ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Medical Records ; Retrospective Studies ; Scalp ; Schools, Medical ; Suicide

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Child* ; Humans ; Learning Disorders* ; Learning*

Prostate cancer represents the most common cancer in men in US and the fifth in men in Korea. For the patients with advanced prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains the gold standard. However, patients with metastatic prostate cancer treated with ADT frequently develop hormone-refractory status (HRPC). Recent large randomized clinical trials demonstrated that docetaxel-based chemotherapy enhance survival and improve the quality of life in patients with HRPC. Although docetaxel-based chemotherapy has become the standard treatment for HRPC, PSA responses rarely exceed 50% and median survival is still less than 2 years. Therefore, there is a need for newer agents that can improve outcomes. This review focuses on the current therapies for the treatment of HRPC, including new cytotoxic agents, antiproliferative agents, antitumor vaccine and antiangiogenic agents. These approaches yielded expected or disappointing results in the phase II or III trials. Interpretation of these trials is sometimes complicated by discordant radiographic and PSA responses. Further investigation in search of more predictive new markers is warranted. Docetaxel-based chemotherapy has become the first-line standard treatment for HRPC, but the survival results are not satisfactory. Therefore, newer agents are being developed with promising results in phase II trials. These new agents should demonstrate higher patient survival rate in phase III studies on a larger scale in order to be approved for clinical use.
Angiogenesis Inhibitors ; Antineoplastic Agents ; Cytotoxins ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Prostate ; Prostate-Specific Antigen ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; Quality of Life ; Survival Rate

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection for chalazia in pediatric patients. METHODS: We performed a retrospective chart review of 58 patients (70 lesions) under fifteen years of age and 40 patients (50 lesions) aged fifteen and over, who underwent intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injections and performed follow-ups for at least three months between January 2007 and October 2008. Data regarding age, sex, lesion size, location, number of injections, treatment success, surgery, and complications were evaluated. RESULTS: Cumulative treatment success of TA was 64.3% with the first injection, 82.9% with a second injection, and 88.6% with a third injection in patients under fifteen years of age. The average number of TA injections was 1.67+/-1.03 in primary chalazia and 1.48+/-0.87 in recurrent chalazia, while the cumulative treatment success until third TA injection was 89.8% in primary chalazia and 85.7% in recurrent chalazia inpatients under fifteen years old. The average number of TA injections was 1.95+/-1.18 in primary chalazia and 1.80+/-1.14 in recurrent chalazia, while the cumulative treatment success until the third TA injection was 82.5% in primary chalazia and 70.0% in recurrent chalazia in patients aged fifteen and over. No complications were noted with TA injections. CONCLUSIONS: Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection in chalazia is an effective and safe treatment in pediatric patients.
Aged ; Chalazion ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Injections, Intralesional ; Inpatients ; Retrospective Studies ; Triamcinolone Acetonide