No abstract available.
Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

No abstract available.
Varicose Veins

There have been controversies on the rationale, surgicl indication, technique and results of meniscus repair.. Authors comparatively studied 100 cases of meniscus injury in 88 patients (arthroscopic total menisectomy: 16 cases, arthroscopic partial menisectomy: 68 cases, arthroscopic meniscus suturing: 16 cases) from February 1985 to March 1992. The results were as follows: 1. Male (61.4%) was much more affected than female. 2. The third decade group was most commonly affected and the most common causes was sports injury (43.2%) 3. The lateral meniscus was more injured (71%), than the medial (29%) 4. In arthroscopic finding, longitudinal tear (37%) was the most common. 5. According to the Tapper and Hoover's criteria, satisfactory result was 56.3% in arthroscopic meniscus repair group.
Athletic Injuries ; Female ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Menisci, Tibial ; Tears

BACKGROUND: It is one of anesthesiologist's important tasks to know the accurate recovery state of a patient after general anesthesia. Postanesthetic recovery score (PARS) has been widely used as a measure of evaluating recovery state because it is simple, easy to apply and applicapable to all situations. In this study, we investigated whether there were correlations between PARS and PAR-stay time, and examined factors influencing PAR-stay time. METHODS: Two hundreds and five patients were selected randomly. PARS was measured in each patient immediately after he or she arrived at PAR. Correlations between PARS and PAR-stay time were studied. And other variables such as age, sex, physical status, operation site and anesthetic time were studied as influencing factors on PAR-stay time. RESULTS: There were no significant correlations between PARS and PAR-stay time. PARS was influenced by the operation site only. And PAR-stay time was influenced by the patient's age only. CONCLUSIONS: In evaluating the postanesthetic recovery state, it seems to be important to consider not only PARS but also other factors such as patient's age.
Anesthesia, General ; Humans ; Recovery Room*

BACKGROUND: In gastric cancer surgery, a splenectomy might enhance the radicality of the operation, but, on the other hand, it can alter the immune status of the patients. In the immunological aspect, many studies suggest that a splenectomy is therapeutically effective for stage IV gastric cancer and that the spleen must be preserved for stage I or II disease. However, a splenectomy for stage III gastric cancer is controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of splenectomy on the immune status of stage III gastric cancer patients. METHODS: From 1989 to 1995, a splenectomy was done in 76 patients with stage III gastric cancer at the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University. From the patients treated during this period, we selected 18 patients for a splenectomy group and 18 patients for a non-splenectomy group. T-lymphocyte subset studies were performed pre-and post-operatively in all of these patients. Postoperative PHA stimulation lymphocyte cultures were performed in 10 patients of the splenectomy group and all of the patients in the non-splenectomy group. The postoperative studies were performed at around 2 years after the operations. RESULTS: In the splenectomy group, the ratio of T4 (helper cell)/T8 (suppressor cell) was significantly decreased after the operation; this may be due to a decrease in the proportion of T4. In the non-splenectomy group, the proportion of T3 was increased significantly after the operation; this may be due to an increase in the proportion of T8. The results of the PHA stimulation lymphocyte cultures did not show significant differences between the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS: In stage III gastric cancer, a splenectomy may be detrimental because the effect of the reduction in the proportion of T4 can be somewhat higher than that of T8. Thus, a splenectomy in stage III gastric cancer might lower the patient's postoperative immune status.
Hand ; Humans ; Lymphocytes ; Seoul ; Spleen ; Splenectomy ; Stomach Neoplasms* ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets* ; T-Lymphocytes*

BACKGROUND: In the skin, it is often difficult to differentiate lymphomas from reactive lymphoid lesions by light microscopic examination. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine whether immunologic data obtained from mutine-processed specimens could be used to further objective morphologic interpretations. METHODS: We conducted an immunohistochcmical staining in 44 cases of benign and malignant cutaneous lymphoproliferative lesions using nine antibodies, including anti-CD3, UCHL1, MT1, MT2, L26, MB2, BerH2, 123C3, and MIB1. RESULTS: 1. Immunophenotyping with anti-CD3, UCHL1, MT1, L26, and MB2 was useful for the diagnosis of T cell or B cell lymphoma. However, these antibodies showed a lack of specificity for neoplastic cells, 2. Antibody to CD56, 123C3 showed positivity in 4 cases of angiocentric lymphoma, but negativity in 8 cases showing angiocentric lymphoma-like pathology. 3. Antibody to CD30, BerH2 showed positivity in all 6 cases of CD30 positive large cell lymphoma, but negativity in 6 cases showing diffuse lymphoma-like pathology. 4. Antibody to Ki-67, MIB1 showed positivity in more than 30% of infiltrating cells in 6 cases of angiocentric lymphoma, 4 cases of diffuse B cell lymphoma, and in more than 60% of infiltrating cells in 6 cases of CD30 positive large cell lymphoma. CONCLUSION: These observations suggest that immunostaining may provide useful adjunctive information in distinguishing benign from malignant cutaneous lymphoproliferations in paraffin sections.
Antibodies ; Diagnosis ; Immunophenotyping ; Lymphoma ; Lymphoma, B-Cell ; Paraffin ; Pathology ; Pseudolymphoma* ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Skin

A 52-year-old woman with a history of at least 5 attacks of benign recurrent aseptic meningitis for the past 2 years is presented. Three of 5 attacks were afrebrile. In cerebrospinal fluid examinations, there was increased protein, normal or reduced glucose, and pleocytosis including endothelial cells, lymphocytes or leukocytes. Brain computed tomography revealed slight ventricular dilatation. No causative organism was found with available techniques. This is believed to be the first reported case of Mollaret's meningitis in Korea.
Brain ; Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Dilatation ; Endothelial Cells ; Female ; Glucose ; Humans ; Korea ; Leukocytes ; Leukocytosis ; Lymphocytes ; Meningitis ; Meningitis, Aseptic ; Middle Aged

No abstract available.
Apolipoprotein C-II* ; Apolipoproteins* ; Hep G2 Cells* ; RNA, Messenger*

No abstract available.
Fluorides* ; Osteoblasts*

The purpose of this paper is to present a form of aphasia test, Modified Western Aphasia Battery (MWAB), which can be a practical method of examing and classifying Korean aphasic patients. This scorable test has five subtests: information, fluency, comprehension, repetition and naming. The authors have examined 11 aphasics and 34 normal control with this test, and report its methods and results.
Aphasia* ; Comprehension ; Humans ; Neuropsychological Tests