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Animals ; Female* ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Haloperidol* ; Humans ; Rats*

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Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex* ; Herpes Simplex*

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Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex* ; Herpes Simplex*

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Urinary Retention*

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Tendons*

A Preliminary study for the evaluation of the Rehabilitation Nursing Program(RNP) implemented to the 25 stroke survivors at the Day Care Program Center of National Rehabilitation Hospital in Seoul was done at 1999. The purposes of this study was to assess the psychological effects as outcome-variables such as depression. powerlessness and self efficacy of the stroke survivors who were discharged from acute care hospitals. The Rehabilitation Nursing Program (RNP) integrated with the Day Care Program for rehabilitation was implemented and the psychological outcome variables were measured by 3 psychologic instruments of Zung Depression Scale. Millers's powerlessness and the Bandura's self efficacy scale. These instruments were translated into Korean and the contents validity and the reliability were tested. The subjects were 17 males and 8 females and 52% were aged over 51 years old and 24 % were from 31 to 50 years old. Most of them(72 %) had been educated more than high school level. The contents of RNP were 8 sessions composing of self-introduction. individualized assessment, health contract and feedback, management of depression, shaving experiences, effective communication, self efficacy teaching, health information. and daily care activities. This study found that the level of depression and the powerlessness were within average level and had not been changed the level of self efficacy after RNP were somewhat higher than before, but it was not changed significantly. According to the results. the psychological state of the subjects were not changed significantly. Only the level of self efficacy was a little improved after having the RNP. Based on theses results, the RNP should be focussed on the psychological nursing care and the psychological outcome variables were retested strictly with the enough sample size.
Day Care, Medical* ; Depression ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nursing Care ; Rehabilitation Nursing* ; Rehabilitation* ; Sample Size ; Self Efficacy ; Seoul ; Stroke* ; Survivors*

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Arm

It is well known that early diagnosis and early treatment is very important for the patient with congenital dislocation of the hip joint to provide a favorable function in the whole life. The goal of treatment, which is either conservative or operative, is to replace the dislocated hip into the socketand restore its anatomical position. If the head is reduced lately, it may subluxate or redislocate. As a result, secondary osteoarthritis will be complicated in such hips at a laterdate The most cases of congenital dislocation of hip have a increased anteversion and vaglus deformity. It is known that these deformity are cause of redislocation or subluxation, and should be corrected by varus or derotational varus osteotomy to restore for normal cephalocotyloid relationship. We analized 18 residual subluxation of hips which had been treated by derotational varus osteotomy. The results obtained are as follows. 1. Regardless of the age at the time of osteotomy and the amount of varization, the neck-shaft angle corrected to nearly normal in all cases within 3 years after the osteotomy. 2. Acetabular development, indicated by acetabular index, was satisfactory when the osteotomy was done before 4 years, but unsatisfactory in the cases after 4 years of age. 3. Coxa valga epiphysialis of the subluxated head corrected spontaenously after osteotomy in all cases. 4. Subluxated head, indicated by C-E angle and migration percentage, reduced in the cases who had by the derotational varus osteotomy in patients below age of 4 years, but it persisted without further luxation in the cases over 4 years of age.
Acetabulum ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Coxa Valga ; Dislocations ; Early Diagnosis ; Head ; Hip Joint ; Hip ; Humans ; Osteoarthritis ; Osteotomy

In order to compare the effects of the flexible external fixations with the rigid one on fracture healing, rabbits tibiae were fractured surgically and each fracture were immobilized with external devices using graphites (the group I), plastics (the group II) and stainless steel (the group III). At six weeks after fracture, clinical and radiological union rates in group I, II and III were 91% 73% and 60% respectively. The rabbits tibiae were load in 4-point bending test to determine the mechanical properties of the fracture healing. The means and standard errors of maximum bend moment of the fractured tibiae were 11. 30±2.33kg.f. cm., 8.55±2.02kg.f. cm. and 9.79±2.09kg.f. cm. in group I, II and III respectively. These data may suggest that a certain amount of the flexibility (ex, graphite) or motion is better than the rigidity (ex, stainless steel) in fracture healing by the method of the external immobilization).
Fracture Healing ; Graphite ; Methods ; Plastics ; Pliability ; Rabbits ; Stainless Steel ; Tibia

Ultrasonography is suited for screening patients with a mass in the soft tissue because of its safety, low cost, apparent sensitivity and non-invasiveness. But the application in orthopaedic surgery is insufficient. Authors examined 102 patients who had a palpable soft tissue mass of extremities and trunk with ultrasonography. Location, internal echogenicity, margin, and extent of soft tissue involvement, especially neurovascular bundle by tumor were evaluated. The diagnosis of mass was confirmed by histopathology after excision or biopsy of the mass. The ultrasonography correctly identified and differentiated the cystic lesions of 34 cases. The sonograms of all 16 malignant lesions showed ill-defined margin and heterogenous internal echo. The extent of soft tissue involvement, especially neurovascular bundle was confirmed exactly with ultrasonography. Therefore, in malignant tumor, after confirmation of no neurovascular involvemment with ultrasonography, limb-salvage operation could be considered and planned. In one case of abscess, percutaneous biopsy was done under guidance of ultrasonography. Therefore, ultrasonography can be used as a guide for percutaneous biopsy without exposure to radiation.
Abscess ; Biopsy ; Diagnosis ; Extremities ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Ultrasonography