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Palatine Tonsil* ; Tonsillitis*

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Autografts* ; Cartilage* ; Transplantation, Autologous*

This study was aimed for comparison of efficacy in detecting epileptiform discharges, which was originating from mesiobasal temporal lobe, among the four non-standard non-mvasive skm surface electrodes such as ear lobe(Al/A2), zygomatic(Zl/Z2), surface sphenoidal(SS1/SS2) and true anterior temporal electrode(Tl/T2). The study was performed with simultaneous placement of the nonstandard electrodes including standard electrodes(F7/F8). The resul ts were as follows. Among the non-standard electrodes, zygomatic and true anterior temporal electrodes detected more epileptiform discharges compared to the other two electrodes, although there was no statistical significancy. Compared to the standard electrodes, zygomatic and true anterior temporal electrode showed statistically high significant detecting rate (p<0. 01). Also average detection rate of epileptiform discharges of the whole non-standard electrodes which was compared to the rate of the standard electrodes showed statistically significance (p<0.05). In conclusions, non-standard surface electrodes, especially zygomatic and true anterior temporal electrode, are considered as valuable to detect the epileptiform discharges from temporal lobe if they were used at the routine initial EEG examination.
Ear ; Electrodes* ; Electroencephalography ; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe* ; Humans ; Temporal Lobe*

Alveolar Bone Grafting ; Cicatrix ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Dentition, Mixed ; Fistula ; Humans ; Inlays ; Oral Hygiene ; Rehabilitation ; Ribs ; Tooth, Deciduous ; Transplants

Alveolar Bone Grafting ; Alveolar Process ; Bone Marrow ; Bone Transplantation ; Busan ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Maxilla ; Surgery, Oral ; Transplants

OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to evaluate the pregnancy rate following the transfers of frozen- thawed embryos which was derived from intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) using sperm obtained by ejaculated, testicular sperm extraction (TESE), and frozen-thawed testicular sperm extraction (t-TESE). METHODS: Frozen-thawed embryos were successfully transferred to the patients in 664 cycles among 695 cycles from January 1998 to December 2002, where ICSI was done with various origins of sperm. Subjects were divided into three groups according to the origin of sperm; ejaculated sperm group as a control (n=535), TESE group (n=98) and t-TESE group (n=62). After conventional ICSI, the supernumerary PN stage or developing embryos were cryopreserved by slow freezing protocol with 1, 2-propanediol as cryoprotectant. RESULTS: The survival rate of frozen-thawed embryos was 77.7% (2515/3236) in ejaculated sperm group, 76.6% (441/576) in TESE group and 83.9% (292/348) in frozen-thawed TESE group, respectively. The difference of survival rate of between t-TESE group and other two groups was statistically significant (p<0.01). The good embryo formation rate and positive beta-hCG rate was 46.3% (1164/2515), 28.8% (148/513) in ejaculated sperm group, 49.2% (217/441), 36.6% (34/93) in TESE group and 46.2% (135/292), 34.9% (22/63) in frozen-thawed TESE group, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that comparable pregnancy rate and implantation rate could be achieved after the transfer of frozen-thawed embryos following ICSI using various sources of sperm. As there was no statistically significant difference in pregnacy rate between ICSI with fresh testicular sperm and with frozen-thawed testicular sperm, the sequential cryopreservation of supernumerary testicular sperm and embryos may be a useful method for increasing pregnancy outcome in infertile couples with male factor.
Cryopreservation ; Embryonic Structures* ; Family Characteristics ; Female ; Freezing ; Humans ; Male ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome* ; Pregnancy Rate ; Pregnancy* ; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic* ; Spermatozoa* ; Survival Rate