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Organ Transplantation* ; Transplants*

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Aneurysm, Infected

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Dermatitis* ; Streptococcus pyogenes

In these days, there are two main ways in the treatment of the avascular necrosis of the femoral head in adult by prosthetic replscement; total hip replacement and bipolar endoprosthesis. So far, no study has been performed on the post-operative functional evaluation of them. Therefore it is difficult to decide which one is preferred to the other in the treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in adult. In order to evaluate the functions of the prosthetic joints, the authors reviewed the results of 18 cases of cementless bipolar endoprosthesis(abbreviated as CBE) and 22 csses of cementless total hip replscement arthroplasty(abbreviated as CTHRA), performed at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, during the period from February, 1984 to May, 1986. The following results were obtained. 1. The average ages of CBE and CTHRA groups at the time of operation were 48.5 years and 37.5 years, respectively. 2. The average follow-ups of CBE and CTHRA were 15.7 months and 30.5 months, respectively. 3. By Meyer's modification of Marcus and Enneking classification, the sverage stages of CBE and CTHRA groups were 3.7 and 4.4 respectively. 4. According to Harris hip rating score system, Harris scores were increased as much as 30.5 in CBE group and 30.6 in CTHRA group. 5. In the aspects of functional improvement and relief of pain, the two groups showed no significant difference. However, the operation was essier, and the damage to the acetabular bone was less in CBE group. For these reasons, CBE was believed to be the preferred choice of treatment of avascular necrosis of femoral head in adult.
Acetabulum ; Adult ; Arthroplasty ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Classification ; Follow-Up Studies ; Head ; Hip ; Humans ; Joints ; Necrosis ; Orthopedics ; Seoul

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Aged* ; Gallstones* ; Humans

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Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Nodule*

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Lipoma*

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Hepatitis* ; Immunoglobulins* ; Plasmapheresis*

No abstract available.
Gonadal Dysgenesis, Mixed*

BACKGROUND: Peak expiratory flow (PEF) provides a simple, quantitative, and reproducible measure of the existence and severity of airflow obstructions. Peak flow meters are designed to monitor the condition asthma patients. There are many reports showing the normal predicted value of PEF in other countries. studies on healthy Korean adults have been performed in a relatively small sample number and a lower limit for the normal value was not reported. therefore, an attempt to provide normal predictive PEF value with a lower limit was made. METHOD: The PEF(Mini-Wright peak Flow Meter) measurements and spirometry were done in 233 men and 631 woman without history of respiratory disease. all subjects were non-smokers with no respiratory symptoms. the normal predictive value and its lower limit were developed by multiple regression analysis. The result was compared with regression equations in other reports. RESULTS: The regression equation for the normal PEF predictive value(L/min) is 25.117+4.587×Age(year)-0.064×Age2+2.931×Height(cm) in men in men(R2=0.25), and 146.942-0.011×Age2+1.795×Height(cm)+0.836×Weight (kg) in women(R2=0.21). The regression equation for the lower limit of this value (L/min) is 25.117+4.587×Age(year)-0.064×Age2+1.936×Height (cm) in men, and 146.942-0.011×Age2+1.232× Height (cm)+0.481×Weight (kg) in women. The residuals were normally distributed. The PEF in Korean males was similar to those reported in British and Japanese subjects. The PEF in Korean females was similar to that in British subjects, But higher than the PEF in Japanese subjects. The lower limit of normal value was 71% of normal predictive PEF value in men and 76% in women. CONCLUSION: The normal predictive PEF value and its lower limit was measured from 233 male and 631 female asymptomatic, lifelong non-smoking participants. The normal predictive value was different from those of other studies on Korean subjects. Therefore, further studies are required.
Adult ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Asthma ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Reference Values ; Spirometry