For the obliteration of the mastoid cavity, we used 3 kinds of flaps: an dermo-musculo-aponeurotic flap, the musculo- aponeurotic component with a superior or inferior pedicle, and the Hong Kong flap. Rebuilding the posterior wall of external canal: the posterior wall is rebuilt by skin or by cartilage of the auricle. Reconstruction of the middle ear transformer: ossiculoplasty, myringoplasty. The obliteration of the mastoid cavity by aponeuro-muscular flaps is a simple technique. It can be carried out widely at all local hospitals but it is very important to have dry mastoid cavity after operation. The obliteration is done not only at the 1st stage of mastoidectomy but also at the 2nd stage
Rehabilitation ; Recovery of Function ; surgery

The purpose of this review is to summarize the current concepts of the peri-operative management of intertrochanteric fractures to help minimize failures and improve outcomes when treating intertrochanteric fractures.
Hip Fractures ; Recovery of Function

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Decompression* ; Facial Nerve* ; Recovery of Function*

Combretum species (combretaceae) are widely used as folk medicine for the treatment of hepatitis, malaria, respiratory infection and even cancer in different parts of Asia and Africa. Claimed efficacies in Thai traditional textbooks are as follows that the leaves of Combretum quadrangulare Kurz was have been used as a treatment of wounds. In this study, we researched the action of Tram bau on hepatotoxicity. The centrilobular localization of CCl4 induced hepatic necrosis. The results showed that Trambau decoction with dosage 0,2 ml recovered the hepatic injury.
Recovery of Function ; Poisoning ; Infection ; Combretaceae ; Hepatocytes

Humans ; Hip Fractures/surgery* ; Recovery of Function

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify the factors affecting container terminal worker's recovery experience from job stress. METHODS: The subjects were 299 workers from one S dock in P city. Data were collected from April 5 to June 5, 2015 and analyzed by SPSS/WIN 18.0 program using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Sheffe test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and logistic regression. RESULTS: The mean scores of job stress, ego-resilience, and recovery experience from job stress were 47.18, 46.90, and 49.17 respectively. Recovery experience according to the general characteristics showed significant correlation between daily exercise. There was a significant negative correlation between recovery experience and job stress, and a positive correlation between recovery experience and ego-resilience. Recovery experience was 2.54 times higher for a high ego-resilience group than for a low ego-resilience group, and the group that exercised was 2.25 times higher, than the non-exercising group. The group with a low level of interpersonal conflict was 1.97 times higher, than a group with a high level of interpersonal conflict. CONCLUSION: Based on this study, intervention programs to increase ego-resilience, decrease interpersonal conflict, and encourage over 30-minute-daily exercise for in container terminal workers should be developed to improve recovery experience of job stress.
Clinical Trial ; Logistic Models ; Recovery of Function

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to investigate influencing factors on recovery among alcoholics. METHODS: The participants were 123 hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder in two hospitals in Gyeonggi province. The data were collected from May 16 to June 4, 2012 using self-report questionnaires including Hanil Alcohol Insight Scale, Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale, and Recovery Scale. The data were analyzed using the SPSS/Win 18.0 program with descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient and regression analysis. RESULTS: Recovery is positively related to abstinence self-efficacy and duration of abstinence. Recovery differed by insight type, gender, and occupation. Insight, duration of abstinence, gender, and occupation accounted for 59.1% of the variance in recovery of the alcoholics. CONCLUSION: The influencing factors on recovery among alcoholics were insight, duration of abstinence, gender, and occupation. Programs focusing on insight, abstinence self-efficacy, and abstinence maintenance should be developed and provided. When developing the programs, the environmental context in which the alcoholics work should be considered.
Alcoholics ; Humans ; Occupations ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Recovery of Function

It is known that if the detrusor integrity is maintained, a single coordinated sustained contractile relaxation curve can be observed on rapid injection cystometry in the paralytic period after overdistention, but there is no study on its clinical significance. This study is to know the diagnostic usefulness of such relaxation curve in assessing the possibility of the voiding function recovery in the paralytic period after overdistention. We performed rapid injection cystometrys in 12 patients who had no contraction and sense on medium injection cystometry until 450ml infusion after non-neurogenic acute urinary retention by various causes, and compared the duration for recovery and the presence or absence of a single coordinated sustained contractile relaxation curve, the bladder volume at the first time of such a relaxation curve and the maximum pressure of contraction curve. The results were as follows; 1. All of 3 patients without a single coordinated sustained contractile relaxation curve did not recover their voiding function until three months after overdistention. 2. All of 9 patients with single coordinated sustained contractile relaxation curve recovered their voiding function within four weeks. 3. In 9 patients who recovered their voiding function, the smaller the bladder volume at the first such relaxation curve, the shorter the duration for recovery(r=0.69767. p=0.036), but there is no relationship between the maximum pressure of contraction curve and the duration for recovery(r=-0.10192, p=0.794). In conclusion, rapid injection cystometry is a useful clinical test to check the possibility of voidingfunction recovery within a few weeks in the paralytic period after acute overdistention.
Humans ; Recovery of Function ; Relaxation ; Urinary Bladder* ; Urinary Retention

Osteochondroma of the proximal fibula is relatively common, but there are only rare reports of this lesion in conjunction with peroneal nerve palsy. We report here on a case of the peroneal nerve palsy secondary to fibular head osteochondroma, and the patient experienced complete recovery of function following the excision of the tumor and neurolysis of the peroneal nerve.
Fibula ; Head ; Humans ; Osteochondroma ; Paralysis ; Peroneal Nerve ; Recovery of Function

The aim of the study is to investigate the association between cerebral white matter hyperintensity (WMH) and the functional improvement using the Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) score during inpatient stroke rehabilitation. One hundred sixty participants were divided into 2 groups based on the severity of WMH according to Fazekas scale: Mild WMH group was defined as patients with Fazekas scale 0 and 1, and severe WMH group was defined as Fazekas scale 2 and 3. Functional status was assessed using the K-MBI score, and functional gains were calculated from the K-MBI score. The absolute functional gain in mild WMH group was significantly higher compared to severe WMH group (p < 0.05). In addition, patients in mild WMH had higher absolute functional efficiency, rehabilitation effectiveness, and relative functional efficiency. In the generalized linear model analyses, there was an association between functional outcomes and severity of WMH. In this study, the severity and extent of WMH are significantly correlated with poor functional improvement in patients with ischemic stroke. The WMH could be considered as one of many factors that can influence functional recovery during rehabilitation of stroke.
Humans ; Inpatients ; Linear Models ; Recovery of Function ; Rehabilitation ; Stroke ; White Matter