Tuberculosis of the spine had been treated with posterior fusion of the spine mostly in 1950s and anterior fusion in 1960s in Korea. Posterior fusion is more simple procedure but cannot decompress in cord involvement nor confirm the diagnosis. Anterior fusion alone induce ofen progressive kyphosis in children who has more than two joint spaces involvement or who has already moderate kyphosis, and is hard to get solid anterior fusion in moderate or severe kyphosis in adult tuberculosis, Combined anterior and posterior fusion had been carried out in one or two stage since early 1970s and satisfactory results were obtained in 27 cases with follow up period of 6 moriths to 6 years. It is found that there are many advantages of one stage spine fusion and the patient tolerated the procedure well. It is concluded that the treatment of choice in most of the spine tuberculosis in children who has moderate kyphosis or more than two level involvement, and moderate kyphosis in adult are anterior and posterior fusion in one stage.
Adult ; Child ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Joints ; Korea ; Kyphosis ; Spine ; Tuberculosis

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Korea* ; Mental Health Services* ; Mental Health*

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Diagnosis* ; Heat Stroke* ; Hot Temperature*

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Angiotensins* ; Cardiovascular Diseases* ; Humans ; Hypertension*

A study on the sickness distribution and mode of treatment in rural area was conducted during the period from July '75 to Aug. '75 using 1,225 households, 7,918 population (4,017 male, 3,901 female) and 343 cases that found during the period of survey who had been lived in nammyon, Hwasoongun, Chonnam. The summarized results were as follows : 1. Average family number per household was 6.5 and prevalence rate was 43.3 (21.2 for male, 22.1 for female). 2. General sickness distribution by classification of disease according to W.H.O. was highest in disease of the nervous system and sense organs (21.3%), and important others were disease of the digestive system (16.9%) and disease of the respiratory system (14.8%). In male, distribution was in order of downward disease of digestive system, disease of nervous system and sense organs, disease of skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement , and disease of respiratory system. In female, distribution was in order of downward disease of nervous system and sense organs, disease of respiratory system, disease of digestive system, and disease of skin, cellular tissue, bones and organs of movement. 3. Types of treatment in both sexes were showed that home and folkmedicine (41.1%), pharmacy (24.5%), admission to hospital or clinic (16.9%), out-patient clinic (10.8%) ad herbmedicine (6.7%) in downward order. Hospital and clinic utility rate was 27.8% (31.5 for male, 24.0 for female) and it was highest in 0-4 age groups and lowest in 40-49 year age groups. 4. Hospital and clinic utility rate was highest in neoplasms, and the other hands, disease of the nervous system and sense organs and disease of the digestive system were the highest groups in the all types of treatment other than hospital and clinic. 5. On the results of treatment not, exactly replied answer was the highest (41.7%) and only 16.0% said complete recovery, In completely recovered cases, hospital and clinic using group was predominant (58.2%) and in aggravated cases home and folkmedicine using group was highest.
Classification ; Digestive System ; Family Characteristics ; Female ; Hand ; Humans ; Jeollanam-do ; Male ; Nervous System ; Outpatients ; Pharmacy ; Prevalence ; Respiratory System ; Sense Organs ; Skin

After the success of total hip replacement arthroplasty by John Charnley in 1962, it was well known fact that total hip replacement arthroplasty can be applied to degenerative arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, post-traumatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, even on the fused hip. However the old dislocated hip gives arise a few problem for its total hip replacement with the follwing causes:, 1. floor of the falad acetabulum is very thin and inadequate to receive a socket. 2. distorted anatomy of the acetabulum and proximal femur. 3. short and atrophic abductor mechanism. Total hip replacement arthroplasty could be successful for the old dislocated hip, if the adequate size of cup ard prosthesis are available and there is adequate length of the hip abductor. Preoperatively we can measure the size of the acetabulum and the distorted femur with roentgenogram. But it is not known how to measure or predict whether or not there is enough length of the abductor muscle mechanism preoperatively. Therefore the question arises how to measure or predict the length of the hip abductor in the old dislocated hip. Although this is a preliminary report, it is our feeling that the more the range of motion the hip has, the better the length of the hip abductor muscle. In our series acetabular socket can be positioned at the original site and the osteomized greater trochanter reduced to the femur easily in the cases more than 190 of total range of motion of the affected hips, The range of motion of the affected hip can be measured preoperatively.
Acetabulum ; Arthritis ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Arthroplasty ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Femur ; Hip ; Osteoarthritis ; Prostheses and Implants ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Spondylitis, Ankylosing

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Fatty Liver* ; Obesity*

To elucidate the role of plasmid-mediated AmpC-type B-lactamases in clinical practice, cefoxitin-resistant isolates of E. coli (19 strains) and K. pneumoniae (7 strains) from three hospitals in Korea were studied. All of the 26 isolates produced at least one j3-lactamase and 16 (62%) isolates produced AmpC-type B-lactamases poorly inhibited by clavulanic acid. In 16 such isolates, 4 kinds of AmpC enzymes were detected; the pI 8.0 AmpC enzyme in 11 isolates, the pI 8.9 in 3 isolates of E. coli, the pI 8.5 in 1 isolate of E. coli, and the pI 7.8 in 1 isolate of K pneumoniae. The pI 8.0 and 7.8 AmpC enzymes had an apparent molecular mass of 38 kDa and the pI 8.5 and 8.9 AmpC enzymes had a molecular mass of 35 kDa. Cefoxitin resistance was transmissible in six E. coli and three K pneumoniae strains due to a common AmpC-type B-lactamase with a pl of 8.0. This enzyme was confirmed to be CMY-1 B-lactamase by Southern blotting and PCR analysis. Four E. coli isolates produced large amounts of AmpC-type j3-1actamase. They were chromosomal AmpC hyperproducers carrying some alterations in the promoter and attenuator regions of the ampC chromosomal gene. The pI 7.8 AmpC enzyme is currently under study. In conclusion, this study showed that the CMY-1 plasmid-mediated cephamycinase play an important role in cephamycin resistance of K. pneumoniae and E. coli clinical isolates in Korea.
beta-Lactamases* ; Blotting, Southern ; Cefoxitin ; Clavulanic Acid ; Korea ; Pneumonia* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Combined procedue of open reduction and shortening of femur for treatment of congenital hip dislocation in the older child is known to minmize the incidence of avascular necrosis, redislocation and stiffness. Thirty six hips in thirty three children were operated upon in the past six years with combined procedue of open reduction and shortening of femur. And twenty eight hips in twenty five children who were followed up more than one year were analysed. By the results, we obtained excellent in twenty nine percent, good in fifty three percent, fair in fourteen percent and poor in four percent.
Child ; Dislocations ; Femur ; Hip Dislocation, Congenital ; Hip ; Humans ; Incidence ; Necrosis

Two hundred and thirty-seven patients who had paresis or paralysis of the quadriceps muscles underwent a transfer of the biceps femoris by Caldwell's method or medial hamstring to the patella. Seventy-six legs of seventy-two patients who had followed-up more than one year were reviewed and analysed. The results showed there was an overall improvement measured by decreased extension lag in all age groups and relatively uniform good results in young age group. Again we reviewed the forty-six patients chronologically to eliminate the outer factors who were transfered normal biceps femoris or medial hamstring power to absent quadriceps. By that we found the extension power of the knee joint after muscle transfer had been decreased by age.
Clothing ; Humans ; Knee Joint ; Leg ; Methods ; Paralysis ; Paresis ; Patella ; Poliomyelitis ; Quadriceps Muscle