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Paralyses, Familial Periodic*

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Edema* ; Hydrops Fetalis*

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Edema* ; Hydrops Fetalis*

From April, 1980, to April, 1965, 24 male inpatients with suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy due to benign prostatic hypertrophy(B.P.H) were entered in the study. They were randomized into three groups. Intraoperative blood losses were evaluated by weighing the aspirated blood and the blood retained by the gauze tampones. New antihemorrhagic agent, Botropase(Bothrops Jararaca venom extract) was administered intramuscularly or intravenously in 8 cases of suprapubic transvesical prostatectomy due to B.P.H and following result were obtained. 1. Botropase(Bothrops Jararaca venom extract) was found to be useful to lead to reduction of local hemorrhage without any thrombophilic effect on the coagulation and fibrinolytic system. 2. Postoperative hematuria is significantly reduced by the administration of an antifibrinolytic agent. 3. In patients with a high thromboembolic risk, variation of the intra- and postoperativecoagulation and fibrinolytic activities should be carefully assessed; This is in under to prevent with the correct treatment thromboembolic accidents or disseminated intravascular coagulation syndromes. 4. No serious side effects were observed.
Bothrops ; Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation ; Hematuria ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Male ; Prostatectomy* ; Venoms

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Drug Therapy, Combination* ; Head and Neck Neoplasms* ; Head* ; Humans

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Appendicitis* ; Child* ; Humans

OBJECTIVES: This study was to investigate the effects of aesthetic surgery on mental health. METHOD: Sixty-four patients were assessed for their mental health and the degree of satisfaction with their body image before and after operations. The subjects' mental health was evaluated by the Korean version of Symptom Check List-90(SCL-90), a satisfaction scale with body image, and a questionnaire for demographic data and operation. RESULTS: 1) The average score of SCL-90 significantly improved from 68.17(S.D.+/-48.26) to 58.03(S.D.+/-46.93) after operation(p<0.01). The scores of all subscales for somatization symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, hostility and psychoticism improved significantly. Significant improvement was also found in patients who were in their 20's and 40's, had family support and had positive attitudes toward their operations. Family support had a more positive influence in the group who had a poorer state of mental health before the operation. 2) The average score of satisfaction with their body image improved significantly from 58.54(S.D.+/-23.14) to 78.14(S.D.+/-18.30)(p<0.01). The more they were satisfied with their body image, the more their mental health state improved. The degree of improvement in satisfaction was significant (p<0.01) in patients who had shown a poorer mental health state before operation. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that aesthetic surgery has positive influence on patients' mental health and improved satisfaction with their body image and also that, in selection of patients for aesthetic surgey, their age and possible family support should be considered.
Body Image ; Depression ; Hostility ; Humans ; Mental Health* ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: To observe MR findings of vascular abnormality in Sturge-Weber syndrome and to determine the value of MRI in diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (age : 3 months-32 years)were evaluated by MR imaging ; in six and four cases, respectively, the results were correlated with those of CT and angiography. We retrospectively analysed changes in the cortical vein and deep venous system, including the medullary and subependymal vein, as well as an largement of the choroid plexus, leptomeningeal enhancement, and changes in diploic space. RESULTS: In all cases except one, in which non-contrast enhanced study had been performed, varying degrees of leptomeningeal enhancement were seen. In nine cases the cortical vein became smaller; enlargement of the choroid plexus was seen in eight cases, change in the diploic space in seven (including three in which there was angiomatous involvement), and enlargement of the deep venous system in seven. In younger patients, collateral pathways were less developed and leptomeningeal angiomatous changes were more pronounced than in those who were older. CONCLUSION: MRI is a useful modality for the evaluationn of vascular changes in Sturge-Weber syndrome. These changes vary according to a patient's age and the duration of the disease.
Angiography ; Choroid Plexus ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Sturge-Weber Syndrome* ; Veins