No abstract available.
Gallstones* ; Humans

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Colorectal Neoplasms*

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Pancreaticoduodenectomy* ; Pancreaticojejunostomy*

No abstract available.
Cautery* ; Pneumothorax* ; Thoracoscopes*

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Dermatitis, Allergic Contact*

Since the time when the lumbar discogram was used as the clinical diagnostic method for the first time in 1952, many problems have been pointed out to this method, and moreover, in presentday tendencies for the diagnostic method, the lumbar discogram is carried on even useless by majority. One of the important reasons is that so many studies for the lumbar discograms have reported so many false positive lumbar discograms at the high ratio. Hower we found a certain usefulness of the lumbar discogram incidental to the operation. The purposes of our operative lumbar discogram are those; 1) to observe the radiological configuration of the lumbar discogram. 2) to measure the amount of the the dye injected into normal and abnormal lumbar discs, especially in our Koreans. 3) for confirmation of the diagnosis when the myelographic finding is suspicious. 4) for confirmation of the Ievel especially when the number of the possible lesion is more than one. We investigated and analyzed the 35 lumbar discograms of 26 patients and compiled the statistics.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Methods

To reveal the association between blood selenium level and the gastric diseases, 180 persons received the gastrofiberscopic examination at the outpatients department of the two university hospitals from July to September 1987, after the exclusion of the persons having the esophageal varix, were randomly selected. Their general characteristics such as age, sex and educational level and so on, were investigated. Five microliter venous blood was collected from each subjects and stored at 0 degrees C in heparinized vaccum tube. The blood selenium level was measured by the flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry. In the procedure of data analysis, five subjects having benign tumor and anomaly of the stomach, were also excluded. The mean blood selenium levels of the 155.5 microgram/l among gastritis cases, the 154.8 microgram/l gastric ulcer and the 133.0 microgram/l gastric malignancy were significantly lower(p<0.05) than that of the 173.3 microgram/l among normal controls. In men the mean blood selenium levels among gastritis, gastric ulcer and gastric malignancy cases were significantly lower(p<0.05) than that among normal controls. In females, the mean blood selenium levels among gastritis and gastric maligancy cases were significantly lower(P<0.05) than that among normal controls(169.7 microgram/l), buy that among gastric ulcer cases(177.7 microgram/l) was not significantly higher. In the logistic analysis, coefficient of the blood selenium level was -0.0436(p<0.05 ; odds ratio 0.957) for gastritis, -0.0197(p=0.17 ; 0.981) for gastric ulcer, -0.4876(p<0.05 ; 0.614) for gastric malignancy and -0.0411(p<0.05 ; 0.960) for gastric diseases including the gastritis, the gastric ulcer and the gastric malignancy. These data support the hypothesis that the gastric diseases are to be associated with the low selenium level but, for the gastric ulcer, the further research is recommended.
Esophageal and Gastric Varices ; Female ; Gastritis ; Heparin ; Hospitals, University ; Humans ; Male ; Odds Ratio ; Outpatients ; Selenium* ; Spectrophotometry, Atomic ; Statistics as Topic ; Stomach ; Stomach Diseases* ; Stomach Ulcer

Lumbar hernias are rare posterolateral abdominal wall defects that may be congenital or acquired. There are two types of lumbar hernia, the superior lumbar hernia through Grynfeltt triangle, and the inferior lumbar hernia through Petit triangle. Many techniques have been described for the surgical repair of lumbar hernias including primary repair, local tissue flaps, and conventional mesh repair. But these open techniques require a large skin incision. We report a case of superior lumbar hernia, which was successfully repaired using a laparoscopic approach.
Abdominal Wall ; Hernia ; Skin

Pityriasis lichenoides chronica is considered to be a benign disease. Erythematous yelIowieh scaly maeulea appear insidiously, chiefly on the sides of trunk, thighs and upper arms. Acanthosis nigricans is a rare cutaneous disorder with peak incidence in puberty characterized by hyperkeratosis and, dark pigmentation. We report a case of pityriasis lichenoides chronica assaciated with pseudoacanthosis nigricans in a 14 year-old obeae male patient who has bean sized erythematoua scaly papules on the trunk and extremities, velvety black brownish colored patchea on the neck and both axillary regions.
Acanthosis Nigricans ; Adolescent ; Arm ; Extremities ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Neck ; Pigmentation ; Pityriasis Lichenoides ; Pityriasis* ; Puberty ; Thigh

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Lymphoma*