No abstract available.
Acidosis, Renal Tubular*

20 patients with lumbosacral disorder underwent anterior spinal fusion using wide muscle splitting approach. The approach has considerable advantages over the usual muscle cutting approach or the transperitoneal approach commonly employed for this incision. The advantages of this approach are as follows: 1. The approach to the lesion site is safe and accurate. 2. The operation field is wide. 3. It is less destructive to the abdominal wall. 4, The defect left in iliac crest after removal of bone graft can be covered with external oblique layer. 5. The exposure given to the Ls-S1 intervertebral disc is superior to that given by the Rutherford Morrison approach.
Abdominal Wall ; Humans ; Intervertebral Disc ; Spinal Fusion ; Spine ; Transplants

Since cortison was administered to various clinical conditions, a large number of reports reviewed the influence of its application on the repair process of connective tissue. The effect of cortisone was described as consisting of delayed formation of fibroblast, rnucopolysac-charide and collagen, depressed activity of vitamin D in the human body, disturbed calciurn metabolism and consequently the delayed healing of the fracture. And it was therefore decided to investigate the effect of cortisone on fracture healing process. Twenty male rabbits weighing between 1500 and 2000 gms were used for this experiment. Their ribs were fratured and they were divided in 4 groups as follows: 1st group: control group 2nd group: vitamin. C 15mg/Kg. daily I. M. 3rd group: cortione acetate 20mg/Kg. daily I. M. 4th group: cortisone acetate 20mg/Kg. with vitamin. C 15mg/Kg. daily I, M. Gross and histological changes of healing process of ribs were observed, and results confirmed the delaying effect of cortisone administration in the fracture healing, on the contrary, the vitamin. C administration seemed to accelerate.
Ascorbic Acid ; Collagen ; Connective Tissue ; Cortisone ; Fibroblasts ; Fracture Healing ; Human Body ; Humans ; Male ; Metabolism ; Rabbits ; Ribs ; Vitamin D ; Vitamins

No abstract available.
Nevus*

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

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Adaptation, Psychological* ; Conversion Disorder* ; Somatoform Disorders*

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Adaptation, Psychological* ; Conversion Disorder* ; Somatoform Disorders*

Gangrenous skin disease is characterized by rapidly progressive necrosis of the subcutaneoua tissue. It is mainly caused by Group A b-hemolytic Streptococcus. We are now reporting three cases of gangrenous skin diseases including gangrene due to Vibrio vulnificus, streptococcal gangrene, and ecthyma gangrenosum. Their treatment was as follows: early surgical debridment, the correction of fluidelectrolyte depletion, and antibiotics. When fresh granulation tissues were seen on the wound base, we performed so called Island skin graft. 3 to 5 weeks later, there were good cosmetic and functional results. These results reveals that among several curative measures of gangrenous skin diseases early surgical debridment is the most important one. We belive many dermatologists should be concerned about skin surgery progressively.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Dermatologic Surgical Procedures ; Ecthyma ; Gangrene ; Granulation Tissue ; Necrosis ; Skin Diseases* ; Skin* ; Streptococcus ; Transplants* ; Vibrio vulnificus ; Wounds and Injuries

The spinal injuries were reported by relatively low incidence than other fracture and dislocation in the body. However, the rate of spine injury tend to increase year by year as the rate of traffic accident and industrial accident have been increased. Authors have experienced 403 cases of various type of injuries from Jan, 1966 to Aug. 1971. They were analysed as follows. 1. Out of 330 patient, males were 212 cases (64.2%) and female 118 (37.8%) Among them 74% of cases were between 20 to 40 years of age. About 51.9% of cases of the spinal injury were caused by traffic road accident. 2. The most most common fracture site in the spinal segments were between 12th thoracic spine and 2nd lumbar spine (69.0%) and most common types of spine injury was simple wedge fracture (70.7%) which is induced by flexion violence. 3. The stable injuries of the spine (69.4% 229 cases) were treated by functional methods such as bed rest, early ambulation. Injured spine were not immobilized in cast. They gave a more functional results than rigidly immobilized group. 4. 27 cases (8.2%) were complicated by paraplegia and mostly (59.3%) were caused by rotational fracture-dislocation. The common site of lesion were between D12-L2 (67.4%) 5. Among the 185 cases who were followed over 6 months, sponetaneous spinal fusion within 6 months after injury occured in 166 cases (89.7%) 76.8% of them were fused within 4 months. 6. Among the 27 paralysed cases, 3 were died within 2 weeks of admission, and 3 cases had complete recovery without residua.
Accidents, Occupational ; Accidents, Traffic ; Bed Rest ; Dislocations ; Early Ambulation ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Paraplegia ; Spinal Fusion ; Spinal Injuries ; Spine ; Violence

No abstract available.
Animals ; Lipid Peroxides ; Mice* ; Skin*