No abstract available.
Retrospective Studies* ; Ribs* ; Transplants*

Authors examined the morphology and size in the maxillary lateral insicor from Korean adults and the following conclusion have been drawn. 1. In the shapes of labial surface in maxillary lateral incisors, the quite prominent middle lobe, moderate prominent middle lobe, less prominent midd1e lobe were 20.60%, 69.85%, 9.55%, respectively. 2. In the shapes of incisal margin in maxillary lateral incisors, the arc shaped to the distal, round, nearly straight were 24.96%, 60.20%, 15.11%, respectively. 3. In the shapes of incisal angle in maxillary lateral incisors, the equal sized mesioincisal angle and distoincisal angle, larger distoincisal angle, much larger distoincisal angle were 8.36%. 67.34%, 24.30%, respectively. 4. In the shapes of lingual surface in maxillary lateral incisors, the marked shovel (Ms), semi-shovel (Ss), trace shovel (Ts), no shovel (No) were 43.00%, 33.50%, 19.50%, 4.00%, respectively. 5. The size of the maxillary lateral incisors were as follows. 6. In comparison with Wheeler's data, crown length, crown width and crown thickness were larger in Korean adult, but the degree of cervical curvature were smallest.
Adult* ; Crowns ; Humans ; Incisor*

PURPOSE: This research is to know whether aroma foot massage has influence on the relief of anxiety and pain during colonoscopy under conscious sedation. METHOD: This research was designed as a quasi-experiment of non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest. Data were collected from April 1 2005 to August 30 2005. The subjects were divided into three groups (control group, foot massage group and aroma foot massage group) with 30 persons each. Anxiety was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), blood pressure and pulse. Pain response was measured with VAS and non-verbal pain behavior score. Sleep satisfaction was measured with a graphic rating scale. Data were analyzed through Chi-square test, t-test and repeated measure ANOVA. RESULTS: Systolic blood pressure, pulse, subjective anxiety and pain scores from the aroma foot massage group decreased significantly. Sleep satisfaction score of the aroma foot massage group increased significantly. Diastolic blood pressure from the aroma foot massage group did not decrease. CONCLUSION: The results show that aroma foot massage with refined oils can increase sleep satisfaction and decrease anxiety and pain during colonoscopy under conscious sedation.
Anxiety* ; Blood Pressure ; Colonoscopy* ; Conscious Sedation* ; Foot* ; Humans ; Massage* ; Oils

The spinal injuries were reported by relatively low incidence than other fracture and dislocation in the body. However, the rate of spine injury tend to increase year by year as the rate of traffic accident and industrial accident have been increased. Authors have experienced 403 cases of various type of injuries from Jan, 1966 to Aug. 1971. They were analysed as follows. 1. Out of 330 patient, males were 212 cases (64.2%) and female 118 (37.8%) Among them 74% of cases were between 20 to 40 years of age. About 51.9% of cases of the spinal injury were caused by traffic road accident. 2. The most most common fracture site in the spinal segments were between 12th thoracic spine and 2nd lumbar spine (69.0%) and most common types of spine injury was simple wedge fracture (70.7%) which is induced by flexion violence. 3. The stable injuries of the spine (69.4% 229 cases) were treated by functional methods such as bed rest, early ambulation. Injured spine were not immobilized in cast. They gave a more functional results than rigidly immobilized group. 4. 27 cases (8.2%) were complicated by paraplegia and mostly (59.3%) were caused by rotational fracture-dislocation. The common site of lesion were between D12-L2 (67.4%) 5. Among the 185 cases who were followed over 6 months, sponetaneous spinal fusion within 6 months after injury occured in 166 cases (89.7%) 76.8% of them were fused within 4 months. 6. Among the 27 paralysed cases, 3 were died within 2 weeks of admission, and 3 cases had complete recovery without residua.
Accidents, Occupational ; Accidents, Traffic ; Bed Rest ; Dislocations ; Early Ambulation ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Paraplegia ; Spinal Fusion ; Spinal Injuries ; Spine ; Violence

No abstract available.
Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital*

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum(OLF) is a well recognized cause of acquired spinal canal stenosis resulting in myelopathy, radiculopathy, or a combination of both. OLF is extremely rare in caucasian patients, but is one of the most common causes of compression of the posterior thoracic spinal cord in Japan. In most cases, it has been found in the thoracolumbar regions, and rarely in the cervical region. It is frequently but not alwalys found in association with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament(OPLL) and may cause cumulative damage, if comhined with OPLL. We experienced a case of ossification of the ligamentum flavum and posterior longitudinal ligament with sacral radiculopathy, which was treated hy posterior decompressive laminectomy and removal of the ossified ligamentum flavum and posterior longitudinal ligament. The day after operation, the radiating pain and paresthesia dramatically improved.
Constriction, Pathologic ; Humans ; Japan ; Laminectomy ; Ligamentum Flavum* ; Longitudinal Ligaments* ; Paresthesia ; Radiculopathy* ; Spinal Canal ; Spinal Cord ; Spinal Cord Diseases

Cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis is a commonly encountered disease, expecially in adults, Differentiation from other lymphadenopathy and benign conditions such as cystic neck masses is important. CT findings of tuberculous lymphadenopathy in the abdomen and thorax are reported in many literatures. But there are only a few articles concerning cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy. The authors retrospectively analyzed CT findings of 33 cases with cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis regarding distribution, contour, enhancing pattern, changes of adjacent fascial plane, and dermal and subcutaneous manifestations. We concluded that the presence of conglomerated nodal masses with central lucency, thick irregular rim of contrast enhancement and inner nodularity, varying degree of homogenous enhancement in smaller nodes, dermal and subcutaneous manifestations of inflammation such as thickening of overlying skin, engorgement of the lymphatic and thickening of adjacent muscles, and diffusely effaced fascial plane are suggestive of tuberculous lymphadenitis. However, some CT patterns of tuberculous adenitis may be seen in other disease; for example, enhancement can occur in hyperplastic nodes, vascular metastasis(thyroid, melanoma, and hypernephroma), lymphoma, granulomatous disease, and Castleman's disease.
Abdomen ; Adult ; Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Lymphadenitis ; Lymphatic Diseases ; Lymphoma ; Melanoma ; Muscles ; Neck ; Retrospective Studies ; Skin ; Thorax ; Tuberculosis, Lymph Node* ; Yemen

Two cases of old unreduced dislocation of shoulder are reported. One was the posterior dislocation for six months with malunited fracture of humeral shaft in thirty degree lateral angulation. Her shoulder and arm aches with limitation of motion remaining only ten degrees in every direction but abduction in thirty degrees, The malunion of humeral shaft and shoulder were reduced surgically in result of eighty degrees abduction, seventy degrees flexion, sixty degrees extension and twenty degrees of external rotation with free of pain. Another case was an anterior dislocation for one year. Her range of shoulder motions are almost normal degree but brachial plaxus compression symptoms. Open reduction in practically Putti-Platt procedure was performed. She became completely free of brachial plexus symptom and ranges of shoulder motion are normal except about fifteen degrees less external rotation than preoperative condition. The surgical indication and the result of treatment were discussed for the the neglected cases of old unreduced dislocation of the shoulder.
Arm ; Brachial Plexus ; Dislocations ; Fractures, Malunited ; Shoulder

No abstract available.
Hemorrhoids*

No abstract available.
Fingers* ; Humans ; Somatoform Disorders*