1.A clinical study on the psychological tests and assessment ofpostsurgical satisfaction after orthognathic surgery in the patients with facial deformity.
Kuk Yeop LEE ; Woo Geong JIN ; Hyo Jeun SHIN
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 1992;18(4):15-26
No abstract available.
Congenital Abnormalities*
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Humans
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Orthognathic Surgery*
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Psychological Tests*
3.The Difference of Clinical Symptoms and Audiovestibular Function between Intrameatal and Extrameatal Acoustic Neuroma.
Jeong Yeop LEE ; Se A LEE ; Sang Kuk LEE ; Jeong Tae KIM ; Seung Bum PARK ; Bo Gyung KIM ; Jong Dae LEE
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2016;59(5):361-365
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Various hearing tests and vestibular function tests are used to diagnose acoustic neuroma. We analyzed the clinical characteristics and the results of audiovestibular function tests between patients of intrameatal and extrameatal acoustic neuroma. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Reviewing the medical records for 64 patients with acoustic neuroma between March 2007 and February 2014, we divided the patients into two groups, intrameatal (31 patients) and extrameatal acoustic neuroma (33 patients) according to the involvement of cerebropontine angle. We compared the clinical characteristics, pure tone audiograms, speech audiometry, caloric test, and vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) between the two groups. RESULTS: While hearing loss was the most frequent presenting symptom in patients with intrameatal acoustic neuroma, dizziness was the most common symptom in patients with extrameatal acoustic neuroma. Hearing thresholds measured by pure tone audiometry and speech discrimination scores were significantly worse for patients with extrameatal acoustic neuroma. Abnormal unilateral canal paresis of caloric test was significantly higher for extrameatal acoustic neuroma than for intrameatal acoustic neuroma. Most patients with acoustic neuroma showed abnormal findings in the VEMP test, but the number of patients between intrameatal and extrameatal acoustic neuroma did not differ significantly. CONCLUSION: Clinical symptoms and the results of audiovestibular function tests differed according to the tumor size of acoustic neuroma. Physicians should counsel patients presenting with audiovestibular symptoms of the possibility of acoustic neuroma.
Acoustics*
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Audiometry
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Audiometry, Speech
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Caloric Tests
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Dizziness
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Hearing
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Hearing Loss
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Hearing Tests
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Humans
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Medical Records
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Methods
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Neuroma, Acoustic*
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Paresis
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Speech Perception
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Vestibular Function Tests
4.A Case of Unusual Suicide due to Overlapping Inhalation of Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Monoxide
Jin Yeong KIM ; Ha Shig SHIN ; Do Kyung LEE ; Dong Hun KIM ; Jun Yeop LEE ; Kuk Ju KIM ; Sun Kwon KIM
Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 2020;44(4):173-177
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a chemical used as a medical anesthetic supplement, industrial semiconductor cleaning agent, and food additive in the manufacture of whipping cream. Nitrous oxide causes hypoxemia and suffocation during repeated inhalation. In severe cases, it causes coma and death. Some of those who are not aware of the dangers still illegally obtain and abuse nitrous oxide even with the law enforcing its use, and some people seem to have abused nitrous oxide after purchasing large amounts in small containers before the law has taken effect. Deaths from misuse of nitrous oxide are extremely rare in South Korea compared to those from other addictions such as carbon monoxide poisoning. No autopsy or follow-up blood tests were performed in this case.However, this is a unique and rare case in which carbon monoxide inhalation due to the combustion of lightning coal at the last moment overlaps with continuous inhalation of large amounts of nitrous oxide for several days beyond simple hallucination use, and is included in this report with a simple literature review.