Common peroneal nerve injury has been reported as the most frequent lower extremity peripheral nerve injury. The peroneal nerve may be particulary prone to direct or indirect injury by penetrating trauma or external compression by it's superficial route to bony prominence of fibular neck. By the development of microsurgical technique, recently epineural repair, fascicular group repair, and interfascicular graft were tried. The authors have experienced five cases microsurgical repair of common peroneal nerve injury around the knee joint from December 1990 to November 1991, and motor and sensory result was relatively good.
Knee Joint ; Lower Extremity ; Neck ; Peripheral Nerve Injuries ; Peroneal Nerve ; Transplants

Following is a case report of giant cell tumor of the metacarpal bone of rlght thumb treated with surgical method. The metacarpal bone except both articular surfaces was excised and replaced with an autogenous iliac bone graft. The graft bone was fixed with 3 Kirschner's wires and the thumb was immobilized with plaster cast. There has been no evidence fo recurrence during the 6 years following and function of the hand is normal.
Casts, Surgical ; Giant Cell Tumors ; Giant Cells ; Hand ; Methods ; Recurrence ; Thumb ; Transplants

In spite of numerous clinical and patho-anatomical studies made in the past, there are still different opinions concerning the machanism of low back pain. We have focused attention on the posterior structures as an alternative source of low back pain with leg radiation, so we have studied and analyzed the effect of the injection of mixture methylprednisolone acetate suspension (20-40 mg) and local anesthetic (1% procaine, 1cc) into the posterior facet joint. In this paper, the records of 41 in-patients who have chiefly compalned of low back pain wlth leg radiation and have been treated at the Departmnt of Orthopedics, Han Yang University Hospital from May, 1979 to April, 1980 were studied. The following results are recognized by observing and analyzing their chief complalnts, physical examination, x-ray findings, the effect of facet block and the follow-up studies after facet block. 1. Low back pain with sciatica was 1.9 times more common in female than male, and frequently occured In 4th to 6th decades (75.7%). 2. The abnormal findings of plain x-rays were osteophyte (35.6%), marginal sclerosis (27.1%), narrowing of disc spce (18.6%), lumbarization (11.9%), spina bifida (3.4%), and tropism (3.4%). 3. The most frequent site of abnormal posterior facet joints was at the level between 4th and 5th lumbar vertebra (42.9%), and all were on lower lumber region. 4. The range of lumbar motion was decreased in the cases of abnormal posterior facet jolnt or degenerative changes, and it was especially more decreased in the combined cases. 5. The effect of facet block was as follows; In initial assessment, 29 of 41 cases (70.7%) showed complete rellef and one month later, 16 of 29 cases (55.2%) showed continuous rolief, 4 of 18 cases (22.2%) which were followed for 3 more months showed complete relief. 6. The effect of facet block according to pain character was as follows: 20 of 26 cases (76.9%) of numbness, 5 of 6 cases (83.3%) of dull pain and 4 of 8 cases (50.0%) of radlating pain were completely relleved and a case of burning pain was partially relleved.
Burns ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hypesthesia ; Leg ; Low Back Pain ; Male ; Methylprednisolone ; Orthopedics ; Osteophyte ; Physical Examination ; Procaine ; Sciatica ; Sclerosis ; Spinal Dysraphism ; Spine ; Tropism ; Zygapophyseal Joint

Replantation of a severed limb is an elective procedure and, as such, the decision to carry it out must be assessed anew in each case. The arm is progressively more valuable from shoulder to fingers, the leg, on the contrary, is progressively of less significance. Especially, the replantation of severed hand at the level of carpal bones or wrist joint is technically more difficult than at the level of forearm or arm. We have a successful case of replanted hand at the level of intercarpal joint without bony shortening.
Arm ; Carpal Bones ; Carpal Joints ; Extremities ; Fingers ; Forearm ; Hand ; Leg ; Microsurgery ; Replantation ; Shoulder ; Wrist Joint

Cloeortolone (9-a-chloro-6-a fluoro-11-B 21 digydroxy-16 methyl preganl,4-diene) is a newly synthesized corticonsteroid which has been found to have potent antinflammatory action and good tolerance through animal experiment. Several investigators reported its therapeutic affect in various dermatoses by topical application. The present was undertaken to evaluate the therapeutic effect of 0.1% clocortolone cream (Purantix-Sandoz) in patients with eczematous dermatoses and with psoriasis and to compare its effect with that of I% hydrocortisone. Eleven patients with contact dermatitis, 10 with psoriasis entered this study durtin the period of 6 months from January to june, 1977 at the Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University Hospital. All patients were instructed to apply 0.1% Clocortolone cream on one side of their lesion and 1%hydrocortisone cream on the opposite site for two weeks. After wo weeks' period of observation the status of the lesion was evaluated clinically and the tesults were as follows. 1. Ninety one percent of patiens with contact dermatitis, 70% of atopic dermatitis, 60% of nenrodermatitis, 67% of nummular eczema and 60% of psoriasis responded very effectively or moderately effectively. The therapeutic responses were generally similar to that of 1% hydrocortisone. 2. During the ovservation period, there was no systemic of local side effect of 0.1% Clocortolone cream.
Animal Experimentation ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Dermatitis, Contact ; Dermatology ; Eczema ; Humans ; Hydrocortisone ; Psoriasis ; Research Personnel ; Seoul ; Skin Diseases*

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Esophageal Atresia* ; Tracheoesophageal Fistula*

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Child* ; Humans ; Nephrosis, Lipoid* ; Rifampin*

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B-Lymphocytes* ; Cytokines* ; Humans*

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Sinusitis*

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Acetazolamide* ; Aneurysm* ; Brain* ; Humans ; Perfusion* ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage* ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*