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

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Antibodies, Monoclonal* ; Cyclosporine* ; Humans ; Radioimmunoassay*

No abstract available.
Korea*

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Fingers*

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

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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.
Necrosis*

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The reference values of motor unit action potentials(MUAP) of first dorsal interosseous and tibialis anterior muscles were measured in 50 healthy subjects. The MUAPs were recorded with a concentric needle electrode and extracted with a decomposition method. Sixty six patients with neuropathy were also studied in the same way with a count of outliers and measurement of mean values. The mean values of amplitude, area, duration and thickness were 667.74+/-204.34 V, 992.26+/-253.18 Vms, 9.75+/-1.95 ms and 1.49+/-0.26 ms, respectively in the first dorsal interosseous muscles, and 612.88+/-140.13 V, 1172.84+/-199.21 Vms, 11.41+/-2.48 ms and 1.93+/-0.34 ms respectively in the tibialis anterior muscles. There was no significant difference in age and gender of normal subjects. The amplitude was the most sensitive parameter to detect abnormality in a count of outliers and measurement of mean values. The outliers count in duration showed a higher sensitivity than the measurement of mean values(p<0.05), but not in amplitude, area or thickness. Based on the results of this study, the count of outliers was more sensitive than the measurement of mean values in the diagnosis of patients with neuropathy. Further more, less numbers of MUAPs were needed for the evaluation of the outliers count. Through this method we could save the evaluation time and the patients felt more comfortable.
Diagnosis ; Electrodes ; Humans ; Muscles ; Needles ; Reference Values