BACKGROUND: Computerized topography(CT) is the method of choice for establishing patients with abdominal and/or pelvic trauma. However, the sensitivity of CT far detecting bladder rupture has been questioned. We investigated the roles of CT as the initial evaluation of abdominal and pelvic trauma in diagnosis of bladder rupture. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records and radiographs of 53 patients with bladder rupture for last 5 year. And among them, all radiographs of 30 patients who underwent both CT and retrograde cystography were evaluated independently by two urologists who had no knowledge of the patients' final diagnosis. RESULTS: Among 30 patients, all of patients were correctly diagnosed by retrograde cystography, but the CT diagnosis was correct in only 23 patients(76.7%), who were 17 patients(85.0%) with intraperitoneal rupture and 6 patients(60%) with extraperitoneal rupture. And of the 7 patients who were negative by the CT, all showed the sign of inadequate bladder distension. CONCLUSION: We suggest that CT, if properly performed with adequate bladder filling, is as sensitive for detection of bladder injuries as conventional cystography. Especially, in trauma patients with hematuria and suspected other organ injury, CT-cystography with retrograde filing may be as accurate as conventional cystography and obviate the need for an additional plain film cystography,
Diagnosis* ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Medical Records ; Rupture ; Urinary Bladder*

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Laryngostenosis*

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Prostatic Neoplasms* ; Receptors, Androgen*

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Carbon Dioxide* ; Carbon* ; Respiratory Rate* ; Tidal Volume*

Authors want to report that PTA was an out-standing therapeutic method in treatment of renovascular hypertension by renal artery stenosis due to Takaysu's arteritis in an 18-years-old Korean female. Abdominal aortogram and bilateral renal arteriogram showed mild smooth narrowing of the mid abdominal aorta of 4cm length from origin of renal arteries, complete occlusion of left renal artery from it's origin with a few small collateral arteries and severe stenosis of proximal right renal artery. PTA of right renal artery was performed with Gruntzign Balloon dialtation catheter, and the patient's blood pressure was down to 120/80 from 220/130,stable for 8 months follow-up examination. Takayasu's arteritis is one of the msot important cause of renovascular hypertension in Orenals. Multiple treatement modalities, such as steroid administration or variable surgical intervention, were attempted and limited response was presented. But PTA is a simple, cost-effective, repeated,and relatively complicaiton-free method in treatment of renovascular hypertension due ot Takayasu's arteritis, with an outstanding result, as authors case.
Angioplasty ; Aorta, Abdominal ; Arteries ; Arteritis ; Blood Pressure ; Catheters ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hypertension, Renovascular ; Methods ; Renal Artery Obstruction ; Renal Artery ; Takayasu Arteritis

The authors report 16 cases of mediastinal fine-needle aspiration cytology from Jan. 1985 to Mar. 1988 at the Seoul National University Hospital. Among them, diagnostic material were obtained in fifteen cases, establishing the dia- gnosis of 7 thymomas, 2 germinomas, 2 neurogenic tumosr, 1 lymphoma, and 3 meastatic carcinomas. The 9 cytologic diagnoses could be confirmed by histologic examination in 8 patients and by another cytologic method in one patient, allowing concordance rate of 77%.
Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Diagnosis ; Germinoma ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Lymphoma ; Mediastinum ; Seoul ; Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid* ; Thymoma

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Alleles* ; Base Sequence* ; Clone Cells* ; Cloning, Organism* ; HLA-DR Antigens

The authors report our experiences with the use of Nd-YAG laser in extripation of selected intracranial tumors:5 Meningiomas, 1 Acoustic neurinoma, 1 Hemangioendothelioma and 1 Oligodendroglioma. The Nd-YAG laser is very helpful to coagulate the pathologic vessels. And because of it's excellent coagulation the Nd-YAG laser is particularly useful when applied in highly vascular tumor as well as in high contents of mesenchymal structures within the tumors.
Hemangioendothelioma ; Lasers, Solid-State* ; Meningioma ; Neuroma, Acoustic ; Neurosurgery* ; Oligodendroglioma

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Paralyses, Familial Periodic*

The partial nephrectomy of guillotine type following the nephrolithohmy or the bisection of 2 patients with large renal stone and staghorn calculi were presented. Major advantages of these combined technique were it's rapidity, minimal blood loss. Prevention of ischemia to the remaining parenchyma.
Calculi ; Humans ; Ischemia ; Nephrectomy*