The increasingly successful results of hair restoration surgery in the last years have developed the interest and the confidence of patients and it is the most frequently performed esthetic surgery among male patients. Currently, various kinds of techniques for hair restoration surgery including hair transplantation, scalp reduction, and scalp flaps are performed in our clinic. Among these, hair transplantation is the basic and the most popular procedure, which can be performed not only by itself but also in conjunction with other procedures. 123 consecutive cases of hair transplantations were peformed from Jan. 1995 to Feb. 1996 for male pattern baldness, traumatic alopecia, and female pattern baldness under out patient base. The authors introduced a new classification for male pattern baldness, which are the type M, O, C, U, M-O, and C-O after alphabet to make simple and easy for clinical application. The ancillary procedures were scalp reduction, preauricular flap, and scalp expansion. An ellipsis of hair bearing scalp taken from the occipital area was sliced into slit-, mega-, mini-, and micro-grafts. The survival rate of the grafts was over 90% with minimal complications. This hair transplantation technique enabled us to achieve a good density and more natural looking hair with avoidance of cobble stoning and apparent scar.
Alopecia* ; Cicatrix ; Classification ; Hair* ; Humans ; Male* ; Scalp ; Surgery, Plastic ; Survival Rate ; Transplants

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Alopecia* ; Hair* ; Humans ; Male* ; Tissue Expansion*

Scalp extension involves the continuous nonvolumetric expansion of the hair-bearing scalp, via biologic creep, using implanted surgical device consists of cutting a 5 cm wide strip of plain silastic (0.02 inch thick) from a larger 16x8 inch sheet, then gluing dacron-reinforced silastic strip (5x1 cm, 0.015 inch thich) to the distal ends. A stainless steel plate from hooks is then secured to each end of the extender. During the period from March 1996 to September 1997, 21 patients including 16 patients of male pattern baldness were treated for alopecia of the scalp using internal scalp extender in the department of plastic surgery Korea university hospital. All cases were successfully reconstructed without major complications. It not only reduces the number of scalp reductions and time necessary to totally excise bald vertex scalp, but also appears to decrease the amounts of stretch back and atrophic scarring that may accompany some reductions. Scalp extension appears to be a useful adjunctive technique in hair replacement and reconstructive surgery, and has distinct advantages over standard scalp reduction and tissue expansion techniques.
Alopecia* ; Cicatrix ; Hair* ; Humans ; Korea ; Male* ; Scalp* ; Stainless Steel ; Surgery, Plastic ; Tissue Expansion

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Humans ; Hyperthyroidism* ; Leydig Cell Tumor*

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Humans ; Hyperthyroidism* ; Leydig Cell Tumor*

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Perfusion* ; Stroke Volume* ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

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Perfusion* ; Stroke Volume* ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Goldenhar's syndrome is a kind of congenital anomaly with epibulbar dermoid, preauricular skin tag, blind-ended fistula and vertebral anomaly. The primary cause is unknown but thought to be a structural developmental abnormalities of the 1st, and 2nd branchial arch. In this syndrome, we can observe characteristic anomalies of the face, ear, vertebrae, heart, and the nervous system. Treatment is surgical correction, removal of epibulbar dermoid, prevention of hearing loss through early hearing test. The consultations of ophthalmologist, otorhinolaryngologist, orthopedist and dentist are necessary for this syndrome. We report a case of Goldenhar's syndrome with hemifacial hypoplasia, preauricular skin tags, blind-ended fistulas, hemivertebrae and vesicoureteral reflux.
Branchial Region ; Dentists ; Dermoid Cyst ; Ear ; Fistula ; Hearing Loss ; Hearing Tests ; Heart ; Humans ; Nervous System ; Referral and Consultation ; Skin ; Spine ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux*

Goldenhar's syndrome is a kind of congenital anomaly with epibulbar dermoid, preauricular skin tag, blind-ended fistula and vertebral anomaly. The primary cause is unknown but thought to be a structural developmental abnormalities of the 1st, and 2nd branchial arch. In this syndrome, we can observe characteristic anomalies of the face, ear, vertebrae, heart, and the nervous system. Treatment is surgical correction, removal of epibulbar dermoid, prevention of hearing loss through early hearing test. The consultations of ophthalmologist, otorhinolaryngologist, orthopedist and dentist are necessary for this syndrome. We report a case of Goldenhar's syndrome with hemifacial hypoplasia, preauricular skin tags, blind-ended fistulas, hemivertebrae and vesicoureteral reflux.
Branchial Region ; Dentists ; Dermoid Cyst ; Ear ; Fistula ; Hearing Loss ; Hearing Tests ; Heart ; Humans ; Nervous System ; Referral and Consultation ; Skin ; Spine ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux*

Granulosa cell tumors of the ovary are rare neoplasms, which account for 2-3% of all ovarian malignancies. There are two types of granulosa cell tumors, adult type and juvenile type. The patients with adult granulosa cell tumors present symptoms of metrorrhagia and amenorrhea due to high serum estrogen level, and maybe accompanied by endometrial hyperplasia in one third of cases and endometrial cancer in 10% of cases. Endometrial cancers have two different pathogenetic types, estrogen-dependent tumors with a history of exposure to unopposed estrogen, and estrogen-independent tumors. In patients with granulosa cells tumors, estrogen-dependent endometrial cancers can be found and most of these endometrial cancers are well differentiated, endometrioid adenocarcinoma and good prognosis due to early detection Although it is known that granulosa cell tumors with endometrial cancers are found in 10% of cases, Finn et al. found no cases of granulosa cell tumors with endometrial cancers. Heric et al. reported 5 of 54 cases of granulosa cell tumors with endometrial cancers, and recently Monzer et al. reported one such case. As we expeirence a case of adult granulosa cell tumor associated with endometrial cancer, we report our case with a literature review.
Adult* ; Amenorrhea ; Carcinoma, Endometrioid ; Endometrial Hyperplasia ; Endometrial Neoplasms* ; Estrogens ; Female ; Granulosa Cell Tumor* ; Granulosa Cells* ; Humans ; Metrorrhagia ; Ovary ; Prognosis