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Seminal Vesicles* ; Ureter*

PURPOSE: The goal of this study was to estimate development of secondary sex characters and genitalia including testicular volume, penile length and girth, and prevalence of varicocele. In addition, we evalua ted the relationship between testicular volume and presence of varicocele. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted on 893 school boys between the ages of 14 to 15 years, 3rd grade middle school in Chonju city during the period september to October, 1999. The testicular volume was measured in the upright posture using Prader's orchidometer and penile length and girth were estimated with a ruler. Varicocele was evaluated by dubin's method. RESULTS: The testis volume (mean+/-SD) was 10.20+/-2.6ml on right and 9.93+/-2.6 on left and penile length (mean+/-SD) was 10.9+/-1.6cm and penile girth (mean+/-SD) was 8.0+/-0.8cm. The prevalence of varicocele was 38.2% (342/893) in left side, 16%(146/893) in right side. The difference in testicular volume between right and left testis was statistically significant in students with unilateral varicocele than the students without varicocele (0.78+/-1.06ml v/s, 0.54+/-1.01ml, p=0.004). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we obtained mean testicular volume, penile length and girth and higher incidence rate of varicocele on adolescent school age group in Chonju area. The difference in testicular varicocele. The reduction of the testicular volume with varicocele correlated with the severity of grade of varicocele need following up to disclose the effect of the varicocele on the testicular growth and fertility potential.
Adolescent ; Fertility ; Genitalia* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Jeollabuk-do* ; Posture ; Prevalence* ; Testis ; Varicocele*

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Drainage* ; Lung Abscess* ; Lung*

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Sinusitis*

Epiblepharon is frequently encountered n oriental eyelid, especially in children. It is characterized by a horizontal fold of redundant skin and abundant orbicularis muscle near lid margin, which the lashes vertically, or posteriorly towards the eye. Surgical therapy of epiblepharon in correcting the trichiasis includes lid bracing sutures, burried sutures, skin resection, a Hotz procedure or its modification, and a Jones procedure. In our opinion, these procedures are not sufficient, because these procedures will not correct the epicanthal folds. Epicanthal folds have been a one of the characteristics of Asian over 50 percents of population in Japan and South Korea, and it either reduce the aesthetic result of the double-eyelid procedure or make the correction of the entropion and epiblepharon difficult. Although many surgical procedures are available to eliminate epicanthal folds, scarring on the medial canthus is in still and obstacle for surgeons to overcome. From January of 1998 to October of 1998, we used half z-plasty procedures in 5 cases to correct epicanthal folds in epiblepharon. There were few complications in our series. We believe that half z-plasty can get a good result in the correction of epibolepharon and oriental epicanthal folds.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Braces ; Child ; Cicatrix ; Entropion ; Eyelids ; Humans ; Japan ; Korea ; Skin ; Sutures ; Trichiasis

OBJECTIVE: To know the category, incidence, severity and clinical correlation, we evaluate the patient with neuropathy due to electrical burn on the basis of the electrodiagnostic findings and clinical feature. METHOD: We reviewed the electrodiagnostic findings of 30 patients who had been referred for the evaluation of the neuromuscular symptoms due to electrical burn. The clinical factors such as the input and output of the electrical current, current pathway, associated injury, neuromuscular symptoms and signs were investigated by the chart review and phone interview. RESULTS: 1) The 67% of the cases had the peripheral neuropathy and the 40% had the central nervous system lesion. 2) The median nerve was the most frequent injured nerve by electrical burn and then ulnar nerve was the next. 3) The 82% of the mononeuropathies were related to the entrance site of the electricity and the 35% were related to the exit site. 4) The central nervous system lesion was highly correlated with the current pathway through the head. CONCLUSION: The mononeuropathy, one of the peripheral neuropathies is closely related to the entrance and exit site of electrical injury. The central nervous system lesion was highly related to the current pathway through the head.
Burns* ; Central Nervous System ; Electricity ; Electrodiagnosis ; Head ; Humans ; Incidence ; Median Nerve ; Mononeuropathies ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ; Ulnar Nerve

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Neck*

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Child* ; Humans ; Hydronephrosis*