1.Effect of continuous whole body hot bath on blood sugar level in diabetic rats treated with intermediate-acting insulin.
Sae Yoon KANG ; Seung Han YANG ; Sung Hun NAM ; Chan Seok OH
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 1991;15(4):412-416
No abstract available.
Animals
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Baths*
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Blood Glucose*
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Insulin*
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Rats*
2.Anatomy as Elective Course for Fourth-Year Medical Students.
Tae Hwan KONG ; Sang Hun KIM ; Yong Hun SON ; Ki Sang CHUNG ; Ho Kyung JIN ; Hye Won JANG ; Chang Seok OH
Korean Journal of Physical Anthropology 2016;29(1):1-7
Five medical students in the fourth-year took anatomy as their elective courses for 1 month. They dissected one cadaver, and investigated Digital Report, under the course subjects as follows; (1) the shape of thyroid gland and the location of its isthmus, (2) the branches of left and right coronary arteries, (3) the number of blood vessels and bronchi on the hilum of lung, (4) topographical relationship of the renal vessels and ureter, and the shape of the renal pelvis, (5) the location and attachment of the appendix, (6) the penetration of median nerve through the pronator teres, (7) the sensory nerves and the extensor tendons on the dorsum of hand, (8) the branches of deep femoral artery. The pancreatic and live samples were processed and stained with H&E, for LM observation, since the individual had suffered from pancreatic cancer and got a Pylorus preserving pancreatico-duodenectomy (PPPD). At the last step of the elective course, students wrote small articles following the conventional method for writing manuscript. From the viewpoint of professor, the anatomy course for the fourth-year students were definitely different from that for first-year students, and had many positive effects in terms of anatomy education.
Appendix
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Blood Vessels
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Bronchi
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Cadaver
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Coronary Vessels
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Education
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Femoral Artery
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Hand
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Humans
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Kidney Pelvis
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Lung
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Median Nerve
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Pancreatic Neoplasms
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Pylorus
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Students, Medical*
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Tendons
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Thyroid Gland
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Ureter
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Writing
3.Clinical experiences of osseous genioplasty.
Sung jin HWANG ; Jin hoo JOO ; Il Dong KIM ; Chung Hun KIM ; Song Chul KIM ; Seok Jun OH
Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 1993;20(2):312-324
No abstract available.
Genioplasty*
4.PHILOS Plate Osteosynthesis in Metaphyseal Fractures of the Distal Humerus through an Anterolateral Approach.
Jung Ho PARK ; Jung Wook KIM ; Chi Hun OH ; Keun Seok CHOI ; Jae Young HONG ; Jae Gyoon KIM
Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow 2015;18(3):128-132
BACKGROUND: We described a surgical method for osteosynthesis and reported the resultant strength after application of a PHILOS plate through the anterolateral approach for the treatment of fractures of the distal humerus. METHODS: Between February 2010 and March 2012, open reduction and internal fixation operations with the PHILOS plate for treatment of fracture of the distal humerus were performed on a total of nine patients (five men, four women). The mean age was 40.8 years (range, 24-50 years), and the average follow-up period was 9.1 months (range, 6-15 months). Clinical evaluations were performed 6 months after the operation. Clinical assessment included determination of the range of motion of the elbow, the Mayo and Oxford elbow scores, and any postoperative complications. RESULTS: Fracture union was noted in all patients, with an average period of 12.4 weeks. The average Mayo elbow and Oxford elbow scores were 87.2 (of a total of 100) and 43.3 (of a total of 48), respectively. For the postoperative range of motion of the elbow, all patients showed complete recovery to the preoperative range of motion. No other conditions, such as neurolepsis, plate breakage, or rotational deformity, were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Open reduction and internal fixation of distal humerus fractures with a PHILOS plating system via anterolateral approach can be effective. A high rate of union with good outcomes can be assumed.
Congenital Abnormalities
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Elbow
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Follow-Up Studies
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Fracture Fixation
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Humans
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Humeral Fractures
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Humerus*
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Male
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Postoperative Complications
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Range of Motion, Articular
5.Two Cases of Congenital Giant Melanocytic Nevus (CGMN) with Vitiligo.
Korean Journal of Dermatology 2003;41(6):805-808
Congenital giant melanocytic nevi (CGMN) are lesions of more than 20 cm in diameter, often in the distribution of a garment. Depigmented zones may appear around several types of acquired lesions such as dermal, junctional, and compound nevi, Spitz nevus, blue nevus, and malignant melanoma. The depigmentation may occur within the lesion, around it, or at a distant site. In contrast, congenital nevi rarely develop depigmentation. Vitiligo-like leukoderma distant from the nevus has developed in only three cases with a CGMN. We report two cases of CGMN with vitiligo which is located away from primary CGMN lesion.
Melanoma
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Nevus
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Nevus, Blue
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Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell
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Nevus, Pigmented*
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Vitiligo*
6.Significance of Thrombocytosis as a Prognostic Factor after Radical Nephrectomy in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Byung Seok OH ; Sung Hun PARK ; Yang Il PARK
Korean Journal of Urology 2004;45(11):1095-1099
PURPOSE: It has previously been reported that patients with renal cell carcinomas(RCC) with normal platelet count have an increased survival rate compared with those with thrombocytosis. Whether thrombocytosis was associated with poor prognosis in patients with a renal cell carcinomas was determined. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The record of 161 patients with renal cell carcinomas, who underwent radical nephrectomies, between January 1993 and December 2001, were retrospectively reviewed. The inclusion criteria were at least one perioperative platelet count and a histologic diagnosis of RCC. The survival, pathological tumor stage and grade, histological cell subtype, age, gender, hematuria and history of flank pain were recorded from the charts. Platelet counts were checked, and any patient with at least 1 platelet count greater than 400,000/mm3 was classified with thrombocytosis. RESULTS: Mean patient age and follow-up duration were 56.6, ranging from 30 to 80 years, and 49.8+/-28.8 months, respectively. There were 30 and 131 patients with thrombocytosis and persistently normal platelet counts, respectively. 11 of the 30 patients with thrombocytosis and 7 of the remaining 131 patients died of disease progression. Patients with thrombocytosis had a mean survival of 63.6 months, compared with 115.9 months in those without. The pathological tumor stage, nuclear grade and flank pain were associated with thrombocytosis(p<0.005). However, no statistically significant associations were found between other prognostic factors(cell subtype, gender, age and hematuria) and the presence of thrombocytosis. CONCLUSIONS: Perioperative thrombocytosis was found more frequently in patients with advanced RCC, and those patients showed poorer survival compared with those with a normal platelet count. These results suggest that the perioperative platelet count could be a new prognostic factor in patients with RCC having undergone a radical nephrectomy.
Carcinoma, Renal Cell*
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Diagnosis
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Disease Progression
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Flank Pain
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Follow-Up Studies
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Hematuria
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Humans
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Nephrectomy*
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Platelet Count
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Prognosis
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Retrospective Studies
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Survival Rate
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Thrombocytosis*
7.Leflunomide Treatment in BK Virus Associated Nephropathy after Renal Transplantation.
Young Ki SON ; Joon Seok OH ; Hyae Ju OH ; Yong Hun SHIN ; Joong Kyung KIM ; Hyeon Joo JEONG
Korean Journal of Nephrology 2009;28(3):211-218
PURPOSE:BK virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN) affects 1-10% of kidney transplant (KT) patients and it produces a progressive destruction of allograft. Reducing immunosuppression is the only way to save the graft, while it needs tight monitoring of the graft rejection and graft survival is poorer in advanced case. Leflunomide has immunosuppressive effect and also antiviral activity. Addition of leflunomide may improve BK virus clearance and graft survival. METHODS:6 KT patients with biopsy proven BKVAN (Histological pattern B) were treated with leflunomide and reduced immunosuppression. All patients were monitored with serial determination of viral load in blood and graft function. RESULTS:BKVAN was diagnosed at 14 months (7-28) post transplant, at that time median serum creatinine concentration was 2.8 mg/dL (1.8-3.6). 12.5 months (6-16) later of leflunomide treatment, median serum creatinine was 2.3 mg/dL and no graft loss was found. CONCLUSION:Leflunomide therapy with reduced immunosuppression may be effective in the treatment for BKVAN.
Biopsy
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BK Virus
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Creatinine
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Graft Rejection
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Graft Survival
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Humans
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Immunosuppression
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Isoxazoles
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Kidney
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Kidney Transplantation
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Transplantation, Homologous
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Transplants
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Viral Load
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Viruses
8.Clinical outcome of kidney transplantation in patients with diabetic nephropathy.
Young Ki SON ; Joon Seok OH ; Hyae Ju OH ; Yong Hun SHIN ; Joong Kyung KIM
Korean Journal of Medicine 2009;77(3):321-327
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Diabetic nephropathy is a growing cause of end-stage renal failure, and renal transplantation is considered the best option for survival in patients who experience such renal failure. Patients with diabetes are older and frequently have comorbidity, and only a minority of these patients is considered for renal transplantation. The survival rate of patients having diabetes treated with transplantation has improved, although the long-term prognosis has not been determined. This study examined the clinical outcome of renal transplantation in patients having diabetes compared to that in nondiabetic patients. METHODS: We compared diabetic (n=70) and nondiabetic (n=355) groups of patients for whom medical records were available for more than 3 months at our hospital from March 1998 to August 2008. RESULTS: The recipients were significantly older in the diabetic group (50.6+/- 10.5 vs. 39.8+/- 10.8 years), while donor age was significantly younger in that group (33.2+/- 9.0 vs. 37.5+/- 1.3 years). Cardiovascular events occurring after transplantation were more frequent in the diabetic group (11/70 vs. 10/355). Kaplan-Meier curves for cumulative survival of the renal allograft and patient survival revealed no difference between the two groups. The allograft survival rate in the diabetic group was 100% at 5 years and 79% at 10 years posttransplantation. In the nondiabetic group, the renal allograft survival rate was 98% at 5 years and 75% at 10 years. The patient survival rates did not differ significantly: 100% vs. 99% at 5 years and 91% vs. 91% at 10 years for the diabetic and nondiabetic groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In our study, the long-term survival of renal transplantation in patients with diabetes equaled that of nondiabetic patients. Graft survival was also comparable between the two groups. Therefore, kidney transplantation may be another therapeutic option for end-stage diabetic nephropathy.
Comorbidity
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Diabetic Nephropathies
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Graft Survival
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Humans
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Kidney
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Kidney Failure, Chronic
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Kidney Transplantation
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Medical Records
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Prognosis
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Renal Insufficiency
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Survival Rate
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Tissue Donors
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Transplantation, Homologous
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Transplants
9.Using Sirolimus for Posttransplant Management and Reduction of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Progression in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease Caused by Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.
Kang Hun LEE ; Han Sae KIM ; Sung Han YUN ; Jin Ho LEE ; Joon Seok OH ; Seung Min KIM ; Yong Hun SIN ; Joong Kyung KIM
The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation 2014;28(4):241-245
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a neurocutaneous disease characterized by the formation of hamartomas in multiple organs. TSC can show lesions including facial angiofibroma, shagreen patch on the skin, cortical tuber, subependymal nodule, astrocytoma in the brain, cardiac rhabdomyoma, and renal angiomyolipoma. In particular, renal angiomyolipoma may be a cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). On the other hand, sirolimus has regulatory effects on cellular growth and proliferation via its inhibitory effect on a protein, mammalian target of rapamycin. We report on a case of an 18-year-old male who underwent renal transplantation due to ESRD induced by TSC. Sirolimus played a role in successful treatment of TSC and effective immunosuppression for transplantation.
Adolescent
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Angiofibroma
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Angiomyolipoma
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Astrocytoma
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Brain
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Hamartoma
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Hand
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Humans
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Immunosuppression
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Kidney Failure, Chronic*
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Kidney Transplantation
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Male
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Rhabdomyoma
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Sirolimus*
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Skin
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Tuberous Sclerosis*
10.Angiomatoid Spitz Nevus.
Oh Eon KWON ; Bon Seok KU ; Yeong Kyu LEE ; Young Hun KIM ; Ki Ho KIM
Annals of Dermatology 2008;20(1):14-17
Spitz nevus is a variant of melanocytic nevus which is histopathologically defined as large spindle and/or epithelioid cells. Angiomatoid Spitz nevus is a rare histologic variant of desmoplastic Spitz nevus characterized by prominent vasculature. We present a case of angiomatoid Spitz nevus, celluar type, that has not been reported before. We provide another example to show the remarkable diversity of Spitz nevus.
Epithelioid Cells
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Nevus, Epithelioid and Spindle Cell
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Nevus, Pigmented