No abstract available.
Child* ; Humans ; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic*

No abstract available.
gamma-Globulins* ; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic*

No abstract available.
Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, Second*

No abstract available.
Intracranial Aneurysm*

The authors performed microsurgical reconstruction by free cutaneous or myocutaneous flaps transfer in 104 cases, who were sustained of extensive soft tissue injuries on their extremities by accident. These 104 cases were operated in 6 years from 1980 to 1986 and were consisted of 47 cases of latissimus dorsimyocutaneous free flaps, 36 cases of scapular free flaps, 18 cases of dorsalis pedis sensible free flaps, and 3 cases of groin flaps. Most of them were males(80 cases) and were in third decade(28 cases). The youngest case was 2-year-old baby and the oldest one was 76-year-old woman. The traffic accident was the most frequent cause of injuries(55 cases), and the others were burn, industrial injuries, and cultivator accidents. Most of the microsurgical reconstruction were performed in lower extremity injuries(81 cases), especially below the ankle joints(65 cases). The average dimension(width and length) of free flaps were 7.3×14.3cm in latissimus dorsi free flaps, 5.6×8.2cm in scapular free flaps, and 4.5×5.9cm in dorsalis pedis free flaps. The dorsalis pedis free flaps were successful in 100%, the scapular free flaps were in 83.3%, the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous free flaps were in 89.4%, and the groin free flaps were in 33.3%, And the overall viability of 104 free flaps was 87.5%.
Accidents, Traffic ; Aged ; Ankle ; Burns ; Child, Preschool ; Extremities ; Female ; Free Tissue Flaps ; Groin ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Myocutaneous Flap ; Soft Tissue Injuries ; Superficial Back Muscles

No abstract available.

To investigate the effect of tumor removal and administration of OK432 on the splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity in the subcutaneous tumor bearing rats, NK cell activity assay using a 4-hour 51Cr release assay and flow cytometric analysis for NK cell population were performed. The results were as follows: 1. Splenic NK cell activity and population in the subcutaneous tumor bearing rats decreased along with the growth of the tumor. 2. The rats with subcutaneous tumor removal showed decrease of splenic NK cell activity, but splenic NK cell population was not decreased. 3. In the rats with subcutaneous tumor removal and OK432 administration, splenic NK cell activity was significantly increased 1 week after administration of OK432 and then gradually returned to normal, whereas increase of NK cell population was not significant. In the present study, splenic NK cell activity was significantly decreased despite removal of subcutaneous tumor. But with the administration of OK432, splenic NK cell activity returned to normal. Considering the role of NK cells on the first line of defense against the metastatic implantation of circulating tumor emboli, we suggest that perioperative administration of immunopotentiator such as OK432 may improve the patient's outcome after surgery of human neoplasm.
Animals ; Humans ; Killer Cells, Natural* ; Picibanil* ; Rats* ; Spleen

Trichorrhexis nodosa(TN) denotes small node-like swelling with a loss of cuticle of the hair shaft through which the hair readily fractures. The basic cause of TN is mechanical or chemical trauma, and a contributing factor is an inherent weakness of the hair shaft. We report a case of localized TN in a 37-year-old male. He had an ovoid hair patch with multiple small white-gray dotted and stubby hairs localized to the right occipital scalp. TN is known to be the commonest of all hair shaft anomalies (Price, 1975). However TN is rarely reported, and there have been only four reports in Korean dermatological literature, to our knowledge, which might be due to underdiagnosis of this disorder. We postulated that diagnostic difficulty lies in the discrepancy between terminology and gross morphological findings.
Adult ; Fibrinogen ; Hair ; Humans ; Male ; Scalp

No abstract available.
Pregnancy* ; Pyelonephritis*

No abstract available.