No abstract available.
Laurence-Moon Syndrome*

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Laurence-Moon Syndrome*

The value of ultrasonography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography in determining the site and etiology of biliary obstruction with surgical jaundice was studied in 30 patients. All diagnoses were subsequently made by surgery and pathology. The results were as follows; 1. In ultrasonography, the site of obstruction was delineated in 46%, while the etiology of the lesion was established in 40%, In comparison, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography delineated the site in 100% and the etilogy in 93%. 2. Although the percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography is invasive to the human body, it is considered to be the single procedure of choicein the managment of the patient with biliary obstructive jaundice because of its diagnostic accuracy, technical simplicity and relative safety.
Cholangiography ; Diagnosis ; Human Body ; Humans ; Jaundice ; Jaundice, Obstructive ; Pathology ; Ultrasonography

Takayasu's arteritis is an arteritis of undetermined etiology, which affects the aorta and the proximal portions of its major branches. But aortic regurgitation and coronary artery involvement were unusual manifestations in this disease. We experienced a patient of Takayasu's arteritis who represented these unusual manifestations. Aortogram revealed grade IV aortic regurgitation and proximal segment narrowing of left main coronary artery. A case of Takayasu's arteritis associated with aortic regurgitation and left main coronary artery involvement is reported with a review of literatures.
Aorta ; Aortic Valve Insufficiency* ; Arteritis ; Coronary Vessels* ; Humans ; Takayasu Arteritis*

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Methicillin Resistance* ; Methicillin* ; Staphylococcus*

Parricide, the crime of murdering a parent, accounts for about 5% of all homicides. Filicide is the crime of murdering one's own child. This study aimed to review demographic features and criminal characteristics of individuals who committed parricide and filicide in Republic of Korea (ROK). This study is based on data from the Korea Police Crime Analysis System, from 2006~2013. We assessed the diverse characteristics of both victims and perpetrators. Over the selected period, 381 parents were killed by their children and 230 children were killed by parents in the ROK. Parricides caused by schizophrenic murders accounted for 39.6% of all cases. Moreover, approximately 44.4% of the perpetrators attempted suicide following the maternal filicide. In our findings, psychiatric illness was a very important predictor in parricide, and these further suggest that young mothers with severe mental illness require careful monitoring by mental health support service.
Child ; Crime ; Criminals ; Homicide ; Humans ; Korea ; Mental Health ; Mothers ; Parents ; Police ; Republic of Korea ; Schizophrenia ; Suicide, Attempted

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to compare the surgical outcome of the initial and recent surgical cases, during our 15-years experience, in terms of the surgical strategies and the prognostic factors for surgically remediable epilepsy. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed and compared the surgical outcomes between the initial 256 (Group I) and recent 139 (Group II) patients according to the time period of operation for a total of 518 consecutive epilepsy surgeries at our institution since 1992. The patients of the middle intermediate period, which were subjected to changed surgical strategies, were excluded. RESULTS: The surgical outcome data from the initial and recent groups showed a much improved outcome for patients who underwent temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery over time. The number of patients with a good outcome (Engel class I-II) was much increased from 87.7% (178 TLE cases of Group I) to 94.8% (79 TLE cases of Group II) and this was statistically significant (p = 0.0324) on univariate analysis. Other remarkable changes were the decreased performance of intracranial invasive studies from 43.5% in Group I to 30.9% in Group II due to the advanced neuroimaging tools. The strip/grid ratio was reduced from 131/32 in Group I to 17/25 in Group II, because of a markedly reduced mesial TLE surgery and an increased extratemporal epilepsy surgery. CONCLUSION: Our results show that surgical outcome of epilepsy surgery has improved over time and it has shown to be efficient to control medically intractable epilepsy. Appropriate patient selection, comprehensive preoperative assessments and more extensive resection are associated with good postoperative outcomes.
Epilepsy ; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe ; Humans ; Neuroimaging ; Patient Selection ; Retrospective Studies

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Leukemia*

BACKGROUND: Preemptive analgesia is an antinociceptive treatment that prevents the establishment of central sensitization, which amplifies the postoperative pain. In this study, we investigated the preemptive effect of local infiltration of bupivacaine on postoperative pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy. METHODS: Thirty adult patients scheduled for inguinal herniorrhaphy were randomly assigned to one of two groups. 0.25% bupivacaine 20 ml was infiltrated in the surgical wound site either 15 min before skin incision or immediately after skin closure. Postoperatively, visual analogue scale (VAS) at rest and movement were assessed. Also the time to the first request for postoperative analgesic and the total dose of postoperative analgesics were assessed. In addition, the number of patients who didn't require any analgesics during the postoperative period were assessed. RESULTS: The VAS at rest and movement was not significantly different between the two groups. The time to the first request for postoperative analgesic, the total dose of supplemental analgesics and the number of patients who didn't require any analgesics were not significantly different. CONCLUSIONS: In pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy, we could not demonstrate the pre-emptive analgesic effect of preincisional bupivacaine infiltration. Traction pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy was sustained during the study period and this kind of pain was not inhibited (or prevented) by local infiltration of bupivacaine.
Adult ; Analgesia ; Analgesics ; Bupivacaine* ; Central Nervous System Sensitization ; Herniorrhaphy* ; Humans ; Pain, Postoperative* ; Postoperative Period ; Skin ; Traction ; Wounds and Injuries

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of enteroclysis through the previously inserted Miller-Abbott (M-A) tube for decompression in the postoperative intestinal obstruction. MATERIALS & METHODS: This study includes twenty patients who had intestinal obstruction symptoms after operation for benign(12) ormalignant(8) abdominal lesions. Small amount of barium was introduced to M-A tube for enteroclysis. We evaluated the presence, level, degree, and causes of obstruction on enteroclysis, compared with surgical(11) and clinical(9)findings. RESULTS: Obstruction was seen in 18 cases including the two cases in which the level of obstruction wasnot clear. There was no obstruction in two cases. Obstruction on enteroclysis was demonstrated in all 11 operated cases(100% accuracy, 11/11). The level of obstruction on enteroclysis were jejunum in three cases, ileum in seven,and colon in one case. The levels of obstruction on enteroclysis were matched with those in operation field in 10 cases. There were two cases of nonobstruction, nine cases of low-grade partial obstruction, and nine cases of high-grade partial obstruction. We analyzed the findings on enteroclysis regarding causes of obstruction in 16 patients with the findings of adhesive bands of extrinsic cause(9), cancer recurrence of intrinsic cause(6), and bezoar of intraluminal cause(1). Misinterpreted cases were two cases(87.7% accuracy, 14/16). The cause, for nonvisualization of obstruction site on enteroclysis in four patients included technical failure such asin adequate location of tube(1) and bowel overlapping(1), minimal obstruction(1), and nonexistent obstruction(1), in spite of diffuse edematous mucosa. CONCLUSION: Enteroclysis through the M-A tube for decompression in patients with postoperative intestinal obstruction is an useful method for evaluation of intestinal obstruction.
Adhesives ; Barium ; Colon ; Decompression* ; Humans ; Ileum ; Intestinal Obstruction ; Jejunum ; Mucous Membrane ; Recurrence