Nonoperative dilatation techniques such as bougination, balloon dilatation, endoscopic laser therapy, and endoscopic electro-coagulation, have been applied to relieve dysphagia due to esophageal strictures, but the most widly used ia peroral dilatation once a guide wire has been passed under direct vision using a fiberoptic endoscope. Some cases of severe and curved esophageal strictures coutd'nt be introduced the conventional steel guide wire. We desecibe a method of cannulation of these difficult strictures guided by torque control angiographic catheter with radiogrphic control. A case of 18 year old man with severe corrosive esophageal stricture ingested HCl was successfully treated with esophageal dilatation with Savary-Gilliard dilator guided by Judkin's right coronary artery catheter.
Adolescent ; Catheterization ; Catheters* ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Coronary Vessels* ; Deglutition Disorders ; Dilatation* ; Endoscopes ; Esophageal Stenosis* ; Humans ; Laser Therapy ; Steel ; Torque

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Colon* ; Colonic Neoplasms* ; Humans ; Sparganosis* ; Ultrasonography*

No abstract available.
Nevus*

AIDS, which is being spreaded world-wide, would have the number of the patients and the infected persons to several million persons since the first patient had been reported among the homosexualists in 1981, and in our country patients of 323 persons had been found till 1993, therfore we could have significant concern and warning. Accordingly, this writer intended to present basic data to the blood Project and AIDS preventive movement by investigating knowledge, attitude and concern regarding AIDS including blood donors, and analyzed data of 1,920 pages by questionaire method from March to August 1994. According to the results, it is rather well-known as far as general knowledge, attitude and concern regarding AIDS are concerned, however, items which are 20-40% wrongly known are as followings: AIDS is infected by virus. It is infected by insects such as mosquito. It is infected with tight kiss with the person infected with AIDS. Risk of being infected with AIDS will be reduced if using condom when sexual intercourse. It may be infected through the foods. It may be infected by the same bacteria attacking venereal disease. And WHO(world Health Organization) designated Dec. 1st as AIDS'Day. Items which are 40-60 wrongly known are as followings: AIDS can be infected by blood donation, Now vaccine preventing AIDS has been developed. In our country, Preventive law of AIDS is established. And in the field of the attitude and concern, it was surveyed as important as being hahdied by the broadcasting and newspaper, and 60470% of the persons answered that they would avoid AIDS infected person, and 76% of male and 87.1% of female gave the reply thet AIDS infected persons should be administered extraordinarily by isolated accommodation by the nation.
Bacteria ; Blood Donors* ; Coitus ; Condoms ; Culicidae ; Female ; Humans ; Insects ; Jurisprudence ; Male ; Periodicals ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases ; World Health Organization

No abstract available.
Methotrexate* ; Skin*

An upward slant of palpebral fissure is usually said and believed to be a hallmark of Mongolian race. The slant of palpebral fissure is very important in the evaluation and treatment of patients with congenital deformities. And these statistical values of slant of palpebral fissures are very helpful in case of traumatic or congenital lateral canthal deformities and upper face lift or forehead lift. The normal values of slant of palpebral fissures are variable according to races, sex and ages. Even if upward slant of palpebral fissure are one of characteristic features of Koreans, there are a few articles concerning them in Korea yet, unfortunately. So, we have inevitably utilized the Caucasian or Japanese statistical data. Authors measured the slant of palpebral fissure in Koreans, and statistically analyzed them in 996 individuals including 468 males and 528 females. The mean values of slant of palpebral fissure was 8.5+/-2.0degreein males and 8.8+/-2.5degreein females. The mean values of slant of palpebral fissure was greater in female than male. However, there was no statistical difference between males and females. The slant of palpebral fissure reached the peak level at childhood and teenagers in a great portion. After the peak level, the changing pattern of slant of palpebral fissure was decreasing gradually. In summary, we consider 8.65degreeas normal standard value of slant of palpebral fissure when performing lateral canthal surgery in Koreans.
Adolescent ; Anthropometry ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Continental Population Groups ; Female ; Forehead ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Reference Values ; Rhytidoplasty

No abstract available.
Seizures*

PURPOSE: Several sets of criteria have been proposed and used by different authors, but the patients with Sjoren's syndrome have been missed at diagnosis or incorrectly classified due both to its great variability at presentation and to the lack of commonly accepted diagnostic criteria. We proposed a criteria for Sjoren's syndrome and attempted to utilize this criteria for diagnosis and classification of dry eye patients who were suspected of Sjoren's syndrome. METHODS: We proposed and applied a set of criteria for Sjoren's syndrome, which included clinical, histopathological and laboratory features as well as exclusions for the diagnosis, to 6 dry eye patients who were clinically at Chungnam National University Hospital from January 1992 to December 1996. RESULTS: Two of the 6 patients who were clinically suspected of Sjoren's syndrome had satisfactory histopathological results. This two patients were diagnosed as primary Sjoren's syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Our criteria would be helpful to the diagnosis and classification of the patients with Sjoren's syndrome, who were previously diagnosed as dry eye syndrome.
Chungcheongnam-do ; Classification ; Diagnosis ; Dry Eye Syndromes ; Humans

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BACKGROUND: It is well known that systemic blood pressure oscillates with low(0.04~0.1Hz), mid(0.1~0.15Hz), and high(respiratory) frequency range. But there has been no study about oscillation of pulmonary artery pressure(PAP). METHOD: We measured PAP for 5 minutes in 32 patients of ventricular septal defect and stored them to computer files. Power spectral density curve was obtained. Low, mid, respiratory frequency power were measured by integrating the area within each frequency range below the power density curve. RESULT: The incidence of significant low frequency power(more than 5% of total power) were higher in patients of high PAP and hign Rp/Rs than those of low PAP and Rp/Rs(p<0.01 and p<0.005 respectively). The low frequency power positively correlates with PAP and Rp/Rs(r=0.62, p<0.0005 and r=0.61, p=0.0005 respectively). CONCLUSION: It can be said conclusively that as PAP and pulmonary vascular resistance elevates, the PAP tends to definitively oscillate in low frequency range.
Blood Pressure ; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular ; Humans ; Incidence ; Pulmonary Artery* ; Vascular Resistance