Acetabular fracture is severe injury and is associated with other body injuries severely. It's complications are traumatic arthritis and avascular necrosis of femoral head which induce severe permanent disability and its treatment is equivocal. A clinical study was performed on 70 patients with 65 fresh fractures and 5 old fractures of the acetabulum, who were hospitalized and treated at Severance Hospital from January 1971 to December 1980 and following results were obtained. 1. The prevalent age distribution was between 20 and 50 years of age (75.7%), and the ratio between males and females was 2.2:1. The most common cause of injury was traffic accident (70.%). 2. 56 patients (80.0%) were associated injuries of other parts and the most common associated fracture was pelvic bone fracture and the most common associated soft tissue injury was urological injury. 3. A classification of acetabular fracture was induced from Judet and Letournel's anatomical classification; simple fracture was 45 cases (64.2%), associated fracture was 25 cases (35.8%) and most common hip dislocation was posterior dislocation (31.4%). 4. The methods of treatment were; closed management by using traction for 53 patients, surgical management by open reduction and internal fixation for 12 patients, and hip reconstructive surgery by total hip replacement(2 patients), cup arthroplasty (2 patients), acetabular roof formation by using iliac bone graft (1 patient). 5. The satisfactory result of conservative treatment was (57.8%), surgical treatment was (72.7%), hip reconstructive treatment was (80.0%). 6. The complications of the acetabular fracture were traumatic arthritis (36.1%), avascular necrosis (23.0%), myositis ossificans (6.6%), infection (3.3%). 7. Finally, the results of treatment depend largely on anatomical reduction, early joint motion.
Accidents, Traffic ; Acetabulum ; Age Distribution ; Arthritis ; Arthroplasty ; Classification ; Clinical Study ; Dislocations ; Female ; Head ; Hip ; Hip Dislocation ; Humans ; Joints ; Male ; Myositis Ossificans ; Necrosis ; Pelvic Bones ; Soft Tissue Injuries ; Traction ; Transplants

In order to evaluate causes and the effective treatment of postoperative bleeding after open heart surgery, we measured platelet count and plasma fibrinogen levels before, during a 30 and 60-minute, and after a 30, 60 and 90-minute extracorporeal circulation in 5 patients perfused by a bubble and membrane oxygenator, respectively. The results were as follows: 1) The platelet count was reduced significantly by 57.2+/-3.04% during a 30-minute extracorporeal circulation using the bubble oxygenator and by 43.8+/-0.84% using the membrane oxygenator, and these levels were maintained throughout the extracorporeal circulation. 2) The platelet count after a 90-minute extracorporeal circulation increased significantly compared with after a 30-minute extracorporeal circulation (p<0.05) and these effects were more prominent using the bubble oxygenator (p<0.025). 3) The plasma fibrinogen level was reduced by 28.6+/-7.50% during a 30-minute extracorporeal circulation using the bubble oxygenator and by 33.6+/-5.77% using the membrane oxygenator, and these levels were maintained throughout the extracorporeal circulation. 4) The plasma fibrinogen level after a 90-minute extracorporeal circulation increased significantly compared with after a 30-minute extracorporeal circulation (p<0.05).
Blood Platelets* ; Extracorporeal Circulation* ; Fibrinogen* ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Oxygen ; Oxygenators ; Oxygenators, Membrane ; Plasma* ; Platelet Count* ; Thoracic Surgery

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Adenocarcinoma* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell*

Angioleiomyoma is a benign tumour arising from the vascular smooth muscle of blood vessel walls. It usually occurs in the lower extremities of females as a slow-growing, firm and occasionally painful mass. Only 8.5~10% of angioleiomyoma have been reported to occur on the head and neck area. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge only 9 cases of angioleiomyoma have been reported to occur on the ear. Herein, we report a case of angioleioyoma in a 66 year-old woman who presented with a 4 year history of a painless, nontender nodule on the anti-helix of the ear, an unusual site of occurrence.
Aged ; Angiomyoma* ; Blood Vessels ; Ear* ; Female ; Head ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular ; Neck

Hajdu-Cheney syndrome (HCS) is a rare skeletal dysplasia that is characterized by acroosteolysis of the distal phalanges, distinctive craniofacial and skull changes, dental abnormalities and generalized osteoporosis. The clinical and radiologic characteristics are variable and these characteristics progress with age. This syndrome shows autosomal dominant inheritance with sporadic cases. The genetic defects or molecular pathogenesis of HCS are still unknown. We experienced a case of Hajdu-Cheney syndrome in a 20-year-old man who had generalized osteoporosis with multiple non-traumatic spine compression fractures. He had acroosteolysis of the hands and feet, wormian bones in the skull, facial dysmorphism (mid-facial flattening, micrognathia and bushy eyebrows), a high arched palate, malocclusion and short dental alveolar processes. HCS was diagnosed based on the clinical and radiologic evidence. For the differential diagnosis, we excluded the other possible causes of the acroosteolysis and wormian bones, including hyperparathyroidism, osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatemia and mandibuloacral dysplasia. The specific treatment of HCS is unknown, but case reports with bisphosphonate treatment have been reported.
Acro-Osteolysis ; Alveolar Process ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Foot ; Fractures, Compression ; Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome ; Hand ; Humans ; Hyperparathyroidism ; Hypophosphatemia ; Malocclusion ; Osteogenesis Imperfecta ; Osteoporosis ; Palate ; Skull ; Spine ; Wills ; Young Adult

The mainstay of treatment in primary breast cancer is still a radical mastectomy. In the case of advanced breast cancer, preoperative chemotherapy is an alternative treatment method to induce surgical therapy. Although the number of elderly patients with breast cancer is increasing, the knowledge about the possible differences in the biology and clinical outcomes of breast cancer according to age is limited. In addition, elderly patients have difficulties with surgical treatment because of the higher rate of coincident systemic illness, high anesthetic risk and high rate of operation refusals for an operation than those in young patients. As it was well known that elderly patients have better prognoses than younger patients and more estrogen and progesterone receptors in tumor tissue, it was expected that oral chemoendocrine and radiation therapy could be an alternative in elderly patients who refuse surgery. Good results were experienced in our three elderly breast cancer patients when applying these non-surgical treatments.
Aged* ; Biology ; Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast* ; Drug Therapy ; Estrogens ; Female ; Humans ; Mastectomy, Radical ; Prognosis ; Receptors, Progesterone

OBJECTIVE: Removal of the anterior clinoid process (ACP) is an essential process in the surgery of giant or complex aneurysms located near the proximal internal carotid artery or the distal basilar artery. An extradural clinoidectomy must be performed within the limits of the meningeal layers surrounding the ACP to prevent morbid complications. To identify the safest method of extradural exposure of the ACP, anatomical studies were done on cadaver heads. METHODS: Anatomical dissections for extradural exposure of the ACP were performed on both sides of seven cadavers. Before dividing the frontotemporal dural fold (FTDF), we measured its length from the superomedial apex attached to the periorbita to the posterolateral apex which connects to the anterosuperior end of the cavernous sinus. RESULTS: The average length of the FTDF on cadaver dissections was 7 mm on the right side and 7.14 mm on the left side. Cranial nerves were usually exposed when cutting FTDF more than 7 mm of the FTDF. CONCLUSION: The most delicate area in an extradural anterior clinoidectomy is the junction of the FTDF and the anterior triangular apex of the cavernous sinus. The FTDF must be cut from the anterior side of the triangle at the periorbital side rather than from the dural side. The length of the FTDF incision must not exceed 7 mm to avoid cranial nerve injury.
Aneurysm ; Basilar Artery ; Cadaver ; Carotid Artery, Internal ; Cavernous Sinus ; Caves ; Cranial Nerve Injuries ; Cranial Nerves

PURPOSE: To evaluate the classification of punctal stenosis based on the shape of the external punctum, clinical characteristics and histopathologic features. METHODS: Patients who experienced tearing and were diagnosed with punctal stenosis were evaluated in this study. Punctal stenosis was classified according to the shape of the lower external punctum, which included membranous type, slit type, horseshoe type, and pinpoint type. Tear meniscus height, 2% fluorescein dye disappearance test and lacrimal pathway irrigation were measured or performed. For treatment, a punctal snip operation and silicone tube placement were performed, and the peripunctal histopathological findings were evaluated. RESULTS: Punctal stenosis was classified into four types: membranous type (17 eyes, 21.5%), slit type (11 eyes, 13.9%), horseshoe type (25 eyes, 31.6%), and pinpoint type (26 eyes, 32.9%). The tear meniscus was significantly higher, and the 2% fluorescein dye disappeared significantly more slowly in the punctal stenosis group. However, correlation of the tear meniscus height and 2% fluorescein dye disappearance test with the punctum shape was not statistically significant. A history of previous chemotherapy was significantly associated with the occurrence of punctal stenosis, especially the membranous type (p < 0.05). Histopathologic evaluation of the punctum showed differences between the punctum types. Pinpoint puncta exhibited a high density of muscle fibers, while they were faintly visible in the membranous type. CONCLUSIONS: Acquired punctal stenosis has various shapes, and the major types of stenotic puncta exhibited unique histopathologic features. Punctal stenosis and its pathophysiology may be related to multiple factors, such as age and systemic 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy history.
Classification* ; Constriction, Pathologic* ; Drug Therapy ; Fluorescein ; Fluorouracil ; Humans ; Lacrimal Apparatus ; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases* ; Silicon ; Silicones ; Tears

PURPOSE: We wanted to clinically evaluate the antibiotic therapy used from pre- to postlaparoscopic cholecystectomy along with the improved surgical techniques and instruments and the patient nutrition. METHODS: We prospective studied 105 patients who were treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute and chronic cholecystitis at Busan St. Mary Hospital from March 2007 to January 2008. The two groups were divided as follows: (A) the group was not injected with antibiotics, and the other group (B) was injected with antibiotics. We did not used antibiotics when the patient had no acute aggravating symptoms, and we exclude the patients with old age (<70 years), a past history of diabetes mellitus (DM) or hypertension (HTN), and a past operation history. RESULTS: Between the two group, there was no difference when they were compared for age, BMI (Body Mass Index), the operation time (minute) and the length of the hospital stay: (A) Group 49.3+/-13.0 years, 24.4+/-3.2 kg/m2, 37.9 +/- 10.0 minute and 4.6 +/- 1.3 days, respectively, and (B) Group 55.9+/-15.6 years, 23.5+/-3.5 kg/m2, 43.2 +/- 23.8 minute and 5.5 +/- 2.5 days, respectively. There was a significant different in the leukocyte count and the % of neutrophils: (A) Group 6396microliter(-1) and 53.4%, respectively and (B) Group 9354microliter(-1) and 66.6%, respectively. In (B) group, there were 2 cases of atrial fibrillation, 1 case of diarrhea and 1 case of wound seroma. There were no surgical related complications in group (A). CONCLUSION: For the well nourished chronic cholecystitis patients, the use of the prophylatic antibiotics may be less effective because of the many drug-induced side effects. More studies about the use of prophylactic antibiotics are needed.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Atrial Fibrillation ; Cholecystectomy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; Cholecystitis ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Diarrhea ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Leukocyte Count ; Prospective Studies ; Seroma

As a rule, spiradenoma occurs as a solitary intradermal nodule measuring 1 to 2cm in diameter. Occasionally, there are several nodules, and rarely, there are numerous small nodules in a zosteriform pattern or large nodules, up to 5 cm, in a linear arrangement. A 51-year-old man presented with a 4-year history of multiple, small, tender nodules which showed a linear distribution along the right subclavian area. The diagnosis of spiradenoma was made by clinical and histopathological findings and all the subcutaneous nodules were completely excised by a surgical method. We, herein, report a rare case of multiple linear spiradenoma.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Middle Aged