BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to compare clinical and radiological outcomes between trans-acromial fixation with Kirschner's wire (K-wire) and AO locking hook plate fixation for acute acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. METHODS: This study included 61 patients who underwent either closed reduction and trans-acromial fixation with K-wire (group A, 23 patients) or open reduction and internal fixation with AO locking hook plate (group B, 38 patients). Pain on a visual analogue scale (VAS) score, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) shoulder score, the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score, and active range of motion (ROM) were used in the functional evaluation. For radiological evaluation, coracoclavicular distance (CCD) was measured on both clavicular anteroposterior view and compared between groups. RESULTS: At one-year follow-up, no significant differences in VAS pain score, UCLA shoulder score, ASES score, and active ROM were observed between groups, despite five cases (22.7%, 5/23) of complication in group A. The side-to-side difference between normal and affected CCD was 2.4 ± 2.2 mm in group A and 0.2 ± 0.7 mm in group B. This difference showed a statistical significance between groups (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: For the treatment of acute AC joint dislocation, the K-wire trans-acromial fixation group showed a significantly greater CCD than the AO locking hook plate group. In addition, during the follow-up period, much higher incidence of complication related to implant was observed in the trans-acromial fixation group. Although clinical outcomes between groups were not significantly different, these results should be interpreted carefully.
Acromioclavicular Joint* ; California ; Dislocations* ; Elbow ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Incidence ; Joints ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Shoulder ; Surgeons

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Hematuria*

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Diagnosis* ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect* ; Herpes Simplex* ; Simplexvirus*

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OBJECTIVES: It has been constantly reported that mismatch negativity (MMN) is impaired in patients with schizophrenia. However, the mechanism which relates impaired MMN and schizophrenia is not clear yet. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between MMN and clinical variables including functional status in patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: The present study assessed MMN using passive auditory oddball task in 26 patients with schizophrenia and 48 healthy controls. Repeated measures Analysis of Variance with age as a covariate was carried out for comparing peak amplitude and latency of MMN at 8 central line electrodes (FPz, Fz, FCz, Cz, CPz, Pz, POz, Oz) across groups. Pearson's correlation was performed to reveal the relationship between MMN and clinical variables including neurocognitive test results and the Global Assessment of Functioning score. RESULTS: MMN amplitude was significantly reduced in patients with schizophrenia compared with healthy controls. Pearson's correlation showed that subsets of short form of Korean Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale scores and GAF scores were associated with MMN amplitude in patients with schizophrenia. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that MMN amplitude is associated with current functional status including cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia.
Adult ; Analysis of Variance ; Electrodes ; Humans ; Intelligence ; Schizophrenia*

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Cyclophosphamide* ; Humans* ; Stomach Neoplasms*

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Palatine Tonsil* ; Tonsillitis*

The traditional aesthetic blepharoplasty has limitations in correcting the heaviness and bulkiness of the lateral orbital region. These limitation is due to presence of sub-orbicularis oculus fat(SOOF) which is defined as that layer of fibrofatty soft tissue deep to the orbicularis oculus muscle, superficial to orbital septum and orbital rim, and extending medially from supraorbital nerve and laterally to varying distance over the lateral upper orbit. Therefore authors performed resections of the SOOF in conjunction with aesthetic blepharoplasty in 15 patients, who visited the clinic with complaints of thickness and heaviness over their lateral eyebrow, often accompanied by tired or sad-looking appearance. We believe that in these patients the heaviness. bulkiness and fullness in the lateral upper orbital region were corrected effectively and smoothly in aesthetical aspect. No patients developed postoperative hematoma, dry eye syndrome, lacrimal gland injury and significant paralysis of the orbicularis oculus of corrugator muscle. Our department performed the SOOF resection to those who had bulkiness and heaviness in lateral upper orbital region. From this experience, the SOOF resection would appear to be a useful adjunct to standard blepharoplasty technique in selected patients. Since we achieved a satisfactory result aesthetically through this method on patients who showed proper indications, we are recording the indications, operative techniques and complications in addition to review of reference.
Blepharoplasty* ; Dry Eye Syndromes ; Eyebrows ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Lacrimal Apparatus ; Orbit ; Paralysis

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Goldenhar Syndrome*

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Fibrin Tissue Adhesive* ; Fibrin* ; Rabbits* ; Wound Healing* ; Wounds and Injuries*