A clinical observation was made on 96 cases of transurethral resection for the benign prostatic hypertrophy, admitted during the period of 3 years from January 1984 to December 1986. Previous to the transurethral resection of prostate, the suprapubic cystostomy was accomplished in 38 cases among them and following advantageous results were obtained. 1. Suprapubic cystostomy before TURP provides better endoscopic vision by continuous flow of irrigating fluid to permit no interrupted resection. 2. By eliminating the time spent for evacuation of the bladder, eye accommodation and reestablishment of surgical land marks, it permits transurethral resection of larger gland, within recognized safety guidelines. 3. It tends to minimize and prevent absorptive complications by lessening intravesical pressure. 4. It decreases operative risk by lessening operative time and the volume of fluid absorbed. 5. It provides an alternative route of irrigation and drainage intraoperatively and postoperatively.
Cystostomy* ; Drainage ; Operative Time ; Prostatic Hyperplasia* ; Transurethral Resection of Prostate ; Urinary Bladder

No abstract available.
Antibodies, Monoclonal* ; Cyclosporine* ; Humans ; Radioimmunoassay*

No abstract available.
Korea*

No abstract available.
Fingers*

No abstract available.
Necrosis*

No abstract available.

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) is characteristic of lesions of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) between the third and sixth cranial nerve nucleus. Bilateral INO is due to bilateral lesions of MLF. We present here one case of bilateral INO in tuberculous meningitis.
Abducens Nerve ; Ocular Motility Disorders* ; Tuberculosis, Meningeal

No abstract available.

A clinical evaluation was made in 168 spinal cord injuries who visited the department of urology in Korea Veterans Hospital and received follow up studies during the period from May, 1986 to May, l987. The results were as follow; l. 82 cases(51.8%) had thoracic lesions, 55(32.7%)cervical and 26(15.5%) lumber. 104 cases (61.99%) were complete and 64(38.1%) incomplete. 2. The cause of the spinal cord injury was falldown( 45.2%), gunshot(29.l%),traffic accident(25.O%) and etc. 3. 12 cases died during the follow-up at our hospital. The cause of death was renal failure (25%) and septicemia from bed sore(25%). 4. In view of complications according to voiding pattern, there were no difference in cases with renal stone, but high incidences of bladder stone, chills and fever, V-U; reflux, bacteriuria and epididymitis in the group having the indwelling catheter 5. Factors associated with a statistically. significant reduction in Ccr included renal calculi, chills and fever and V-U reflux, but other factors not found to be statistically significant included years since injury. bladder calculi, bacteriuria and extent of injury.
Bacteriuria ; Catheters, Indwelling ; Cause of Death ; Chills ; Epididymitis ; Fever ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Hospitals, Veterans ; Incidence ; Kidney Calculi ; Korea ; Male ; Renal Insufficiency ; Sepsis ; Spinal Cord Injuries* ; Spinal Cord* ; Urinary Bladder Calculi ; Urology

Purpose: To evaluate the pre- and post-operative refractive powers of patients undergoing sutured and sutureless scleral fixation (the latter: the Yamane technique). Methods: Patients who had undergone sutured or sutureless scleral fixation to treat intraocular lens (IOL) dislocation or phacodonesis at Dong-A University Hospital from January 2017 to December 2021 were retrospectively investigated. The preoperatively predicted spherical equivalents (derived using the radii of corneal curvature) were measured via optical coherence topography and the axial lengths were determined using an IOL master ® (Zeiss, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Jena, Germany) device and A-scan biometry (AL-100; Tomey, Nagoya, Japan) ultrasound. The spherical equivalent was measured 1 month after surgery employing an automatic refractive keratometer. The extent of agreement between the predicted and actual spherical equivalents were compared between the sutured and sutureless scleral fixation groups. Results: The sutured scleral fixation group included 20 eyes and the sutureless group 12 eyes. The preoperatively predicted spherical equivalent of the sutured group was -0.158 ± 0.577 diopters (D) on A-scan (Tomey) ultrasound and -0.143 ± 0.617 D employing the IOL master ® (Carl Zeiss Meditec); both correlated poorly with the postoperatively measured spherical equivalent of -0.400 ± 0.923 D (p = 0.903, 0.563). However, the predicted spherical equivalent of the group undergoing sutureless fixation was -0.340 ± 0.368 D on A-scan ultrasound and -0.183 ± 0.251 D using the IOL master ® (Carl Zeiss Meditec); both correlated significantly with the postoperatively measured spherical equivalent of -0.313 ± 1.129 D (p = 0.038, 0.005). Conclusions The preoperatively predicted refractive power correlated significantly with the postoperative refractive power after sutureless but not sutured scleral fixation. Sutureless fixation was safe and the postoperative refractive power was comparable to that of sutured fixation.