No abstract available.
Cleft Lip* ; Congenital Abnormalities* ; Nose* ; Transplants*

No abstract available.
Surgery, Plastic

The subjects of the present study was 300 out-patients and 304 people living in similar condition. The SCL-90(symptom check list-90) questionare was used and the two groups were compared by many factors. The rcsults were as follows. 1. All dimensional values of the dermographism group were much higher than the normal group except obsessive-compulsive dimension. The order of significance: Paranoid ideation, interpersonal sensitivity somatization, depression, anxiety, hostility and phobic anxiety(p<0. 01), The result indicates a significantly high incidence of psychological problems among dermographism patients. 2. In the dermographism group, the patients over 30 years old had significantly higher. scores in depression, anxiety, hostility and psychoticism. 3. Male patents showed significantly higher scores than female in paranoid ideation. 4. The unmarried patients had significantly higher scores in dcpression, para noid ideation and psychoticism. 5. Thc longer the duration of the disease was the higher the scores were. 6, There were no significant differences in educational status, family history, the job at onset of the disease, and the accuracy of understanding about the disease.
Adult ; Anxiety ; Depression ; Dronabinol ; Educational Status ; Female ; Hostility ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Outpatients ; Single Person

Vertebral pedicle screws have been widely used for secure posterior spinal fixation. When postoperative CT scan films were made, the blurring of pedicle screws were observed and we could not figure nut the exact diameter of screw and canal encroachment. There is no information in the difference hetween actual diameter and measured diameter of pedcile screws in CT yet. In this study, we try to find out partial voiume averaging artifact of pedicle screws made of stainless steel and titanium. Partial volume averaging artifact occurs when the shape of an object changes within the thickness of the CT slice or when a relatively small object is only partially included within the slice. Four pig cadaveric spinal column including 6 vertebrae each were prepared and CT scans were performed after insertion of C-D screws(stainless steel) to the left and TSRH screws(titanium) to the right pedicle. Another CT scans were performed after insertion of C-D screws to the right and TSRH screws to the left pedicle. The third CT scans were made after removal of all the pedicle screws. Actual C-D screw diameter was 6mm and CT scanned diameter was 8. I 6+/-0.66mm. Actual TSRH diameter was 6.5 mm and CT scanned diameter was 6.59+/-0.34mm. In conclusion, stainless steel has more partial volume averaging artifact than titanium. Safety margin of pedicle screw made of stainless steel is about 2mm and that of titanium is about 1 mm.
Artifacts ; Cadaver ; Nuts ; Spine ; Stainless Steel* ; Titanium* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Isolated situs in versus of the stomach with otherwise normal position of the thoracic and abdominal vescera isan extremely rare anomaly occurring in two distinct forms. Majority of cases are associated with eventration of the diaphragm and are reported as being confused with spontaneous pneumothorax of pyopneumothorax at base of the right lung. The right sided stomach may produce interesting and confusing changes in liver scan. We have experienced 2 cases of the isolated dextrogastria.
Diaphragm ; Liver ; Lung ; Pneumothorax ; Stomach

A sixity-three years old male admitted our department of dermatology showing generallized scaly, fissured, and swollen lower lip, we could diagnose it actinic cheilitis by the finding of skin biopsy specimen. And so we recomrnended him vermilioneciomy for the prophylaxis of squamous cell carcinoma, but he refused. After 2 months, above Iesion was changed a rapidly proliferating protruded mass in the centcr of the lower lip, which was diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma. For the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma and remained actinic cheilitis, we performed V-shaped excision of tumor mass and verrniliomy. After 5 months follow-up evaluation, the patient appeared excellent results without recurrence.
Actins* ; Biopsy ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Cheilitis* ; Dermatology ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lip ; Male ; Recurrence ; Skin

PURPOSE: To examine the putative seizure-protective properties of ketamine in lithium-pilocarpine induced status epilepticus (LPSE). METHODS: Lithium chloride followed 24 h later by pilocarpine was administered for seizure induction. Ketamine (40 mg/kg) or phenytoin (50 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally 10 min or 60 min after the onset of continuous ictal discharge. Then the seizure behavior and EEG were observed and histological changes were compared through Nissl stain at 72 hours. RESULTS: The antiepileptic effect of ketamine, injected during the early stages of LPSE (10 min after the onset of continuous ictal discharge), was comparable to that of phenytoin. Ketamine was more effective than phenytoin in decreasing spike frequency, when administered on the plateau of LPSE (injection 60 min after onset of continuous ictal discharge electrographically). Anticonvulsant action of ketamine was confirmed by a less neuronal injury in hippocampus compared with control rats injected with phenytoin. CONCLUSIONS: In prolonged status epilepticus rat model, ketamine was effective as an antiepileptic, but phenytoin was not. Ketamine was also neuroprotective on the neuronal injury in the hippocampus. These results suggest that ketamine might be useful as an antiepileptic drug when standard antiepileptic drugs fail in the treatment of the refractory cases of status epilepticus.
Animals ; Anticonvulsants ; Electroencephalography ; Hippocampus ; Ketamine* ; Lithium Chloride ; Models, Animal* ; Neurons ; Neuroprotective Agents* ; Phenytoin ; Pilocarpine ; Rats* ; Seizures ; Status Epilepticus*

No abstract available.
Humans ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic* ; Rhabdomyolysis*

The authors evaluated the stress response to cardiopulmonary bypass by measuring plasma Ig G, A, M and C3, C4concentrations. Anesthesia was induced with fentanyl, and all patients were underwent open heart surgery using bubble type heart-lung machine. Blood samples were obtained pre-induction, sternotomy, 10 min. and 30 min. after cardiopulmonary bypass, and 10 min. after termina tion of cardiopulmonary bypass and after transport to L.C.U. IgG, A, M and complement C3, C4concentrations were measured by Turbidmeter using Behring Turbidquant. The results were as follows: 1) Plasma concentrations of IgG, A, M and C3, C4 at preinduction period were 1345. 00+/-194. 42, 289. 10+/-100.4, 177.43+/-72.65, 59.20+/-16.33, 20.50+/-7.54 mg/dl., respectively. 2) Ten min. after cardiopulmonary bypass, the plasma concentration was significantly decreased when compared with the baseline values (p<0.01). 3) Thirty min. after cardiopulmonary bypass, the plasma concentration of the complenent C3, C4 were significantly decreascd (p<0.01). 4) In the 1ntensive care unit, Ig and complement C3, C4 were increased, but did not reach control values. Considering the above results, we conclude that the decrease of plasma Ig G, A, M and complenent C3, C4concentrations are related to mechanical stress of the cardiopulmonary bypass, and to certain activators such as denaturated protein, heterogenous RBCs, and foreign materials, etc.
Anesthesia* ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass* ; Complement C3* ; Complement C4 ; Complement System Proteins* ; Fentanyl* ; Heart-Lung Machine ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G* ; Immunoglobulins* ; Plasma ; Sternotomy ; Stress, Mechanical ; Thoracic Surgery

We investigated the growth inhibitory effects of Atrina pecitinata (AP) on the proliferation in human cancer cell lines in vitro. AP was extracted with methanol which was further fractionated into four diffferent types: methanol (APMM), haxane (APMH), butanol (APMB), and aquous layers (APMA). Among various partition layers, the APMM showed the strongest cytotoxic effects on all cancer cell lines which we used. In the MTT assay of AP fractions, the growth inhibitory effects was increased in proportion to its concentration. We observed quinone reductase (QR) induced effects in all fraction layers of AP on HepG2 cells. The QR induced effects of APMM on HepG2 cell at 80 microgram/mL concentration indicated 2.0 with a control value of 1.0.
Cell Line* ; Hep G2 Cells ; Humans ; Methanol ; NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)