No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular*

No abstract available.
Asthma* ; Theophylline*

This study describes an evaluation of the sonographic, cholangiographic, pathological, and immunological findings, and the protective effect shown by rats reinfected with Clonorchis sinensis. Eight experimental rat groups were, namely, a normal control, a primary infection control, a reinfection I (reinfection 7 week after treatment following 3-week infection), a reinfection II (reinfection 2 week after treatment following 8-week infection), a reinfection III (exploration of the intrahepatic bile ducts 1 week after reinfection 4 week after treatment following 4-week infection), a superinfection, a secondary infection control, and an infection following immunization group. Sonographic and cholangiographic findings showed moderate or marked dilatation of the bile duct confluence in the primary infection control, reinfection II, and secondary infection control groups. Juvenile worms survived in the intrahepatic bile ducts 1 week after reinfection following treatment in the reinfection III group. It was concluded that reinfecting juvenile worms found during the first week following reinfection failed to survive or grow further. Anatomical, pathophysiological, or immunological changes may induce protection from reinfection in rats.
Animals ; Anthelmintics/administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Helminth/blood ; Antigens, Helminth/administration & dosage/immunology ; Bile Duct Diseases/parasitology/*pathology/ultrasonography ; Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic/parasitology/*pathology/ultrasonography ; Cholangiography ; Clonorchiasis/parasitology/*pathology/ultrasonography ; Clonorchis sinensis/*pathogenicity ; Immunization ; Praziquantel/administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sound Spectrography ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

We tried to analyze the status of 10 units of frozen thawed apheresis platelet concentration by 6% DMSO method for the evaluation of practical applicability. The platelet concentrations were transferred to PL-732(Baxter, USA) cryopreservation bag, and DMSO is added to those bag at slow rate until expected final 6% concentration is achieved, thereafter those were directly placed to -80 degrees C refrigerator for freezing. Someday later from I week to 1 month, those were thawed at 37 degrees C water bath, and then washed by same volume of ABO matched plasma. In the course of cryopreservation, about 7% of platelets were lost and the mean recovery rate of platelet was 93% compared with those of unfrozen status. LDH, the values of platelet lysis, and pH were within normal limits, whereas platelet aggregation test shows decreased aggregation to collagen and ristocetine compared with those of unfrozen status(p<0.05) but they were clinically acceptable. We suggest that the frozen platelets may be useful in a some clinical situation such as hematologic malignancy and solid tumor by autologous transfusion.
Baths ; Blood Component Removal ; Blood Platelets* ; Collagen ; Cryopreservation* ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide* ; Freezing ; Hematologic Neoplasms ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Plasma ; Platelet Aggregation ; Ristocetin ; Water

No abstract available.
Child* ; Hip Joint* ; Hip* ; Humans ; Synovitis*

No abstract available.
Drug Therapy* ; Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor* ; Granulocytes* ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute*

From Nov. 1986 to May 1988, we experienced 5 patients of bilateral recurrent patellar dislocation and obtained the following results:1. The age at operation raaged from 17 to 25 years. Among 5 patients, four were female and one, male. 2. The age at the onset of symptom ranged from 7 to 16 years. 3. The common presenting symptoms were pain(5 knees), giving way(4), grating(4), swelling (3), and weakness(2). 4. The roentgenographic findings were lateral patella tilt(9 knees), lateral femoral condyle hypoplasia(6), patella alta(2), patella dysplasia(2), and accessory ossification center(2). 5. All knees were treated by Hughston technique:One patient(2 knees) was treated with proximal realignment only, and the others(7 knees) were with proximal and distal realignments. 6. Follow up period ranged from 1 to 2 years. And the excellent to good result was obtained from the patients treated with proximal and distal realignments(excellent in 4 knees, good in 2 knees), the fair result from the patient treated with proximal realignment only(2 knees), and the poor result from the patient slipped down at 6 weeks postoperatively(1 knee).
Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Patella ; Patellar Dislocation

Recently the fracture of patella has increasing tendency due to frequent traffic and industrial accidents. In this series, we treated 141 fractures of patella from January, 1980 to November, 1988 at the Department of Orthopedic surgery, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, and obtained following re sults: 1. Peak age was third to fifth decades. 2. The most common cause of fracture was traffic accident. 3. Comminuted fracture was the most common type in this series. 4. Men predominate in a ratio of nearly 7:l. 5. 101 cases were treated with Modified Tension Band Wiring(41 cases), Tenison Band Wiring (21 cases), Partial Patellectomy(21 cases), Total Patellectomy(9 cases), Circumferential Wiring (9 cases). 6. The most favorable results were obtained by Modified Tension Band Wiring method as compared with other fixation techniques.
Accidents, Occupational ; Accidents, Traffic ; Clinical Study ; Fractures, Comminuted ; Humans ; Male ; Methods ; Orthopedics ; Patella ; Seoul

A tibial plateau fracture was first described in the literature by Thamhayn, in 1852. It is a fracture of the proximal end of the tibia, usually involving an articular surface. The fracture is regarded as serious as it involves a major weight bearing joint and loss of function results in a high percentage disability of the extremity. Of the tibial plateau fractures treated at Hanyang University Hospital between June 1972 and August 1979, the 44 cases that could be followed for three months to two years have been analysed according to its cause, classification, treatment and result. Open reduction is indicated in anyone of or a combination of the following deformities as shown by roentgenograms: 1. a vertical depression in the plateau of greater than eight milimeters; 2. a horizontal displacement of the lateral or medial condyle of greater than four milimeters; 3. valgus or varus instability of the knee one or more milimeters in excess of that of the uninjured knee. Manipulation under anesthesia with skeletal traction is indicated in severe comminuted fracture that it is difficult to reduce with internal fixation, and open fracture that it is inevitable to delay operation. Plaster immobilization is indicated in the remaining situations except those of open reduction and skeletal traction. Anatomical considerations and a clinical end-result study of the 44 fractures emphasize the vulner-ability of the lateral tibial plateau to a valgus force on the extended knee. Among the 44 cases twenty-two (50 percent) were treated by plaster immobilization, 2 (4.5 percent) by skeletal traction, and 20 (45.5 percent) by operation. Thirty-nine cases (88.6 percent) out of 44 revealed the rating of “ACCEPTABLE” according to Hohl and Luck criteria.
Anesthesia ; Classification ; Clinical Study ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Depression ; Extremities ; Fractures, Comminuted ; Fractures, Open ; Immobilization ; Joints ; Knee ; Tibia ; Traction ; Weight-Bearing

No abstract available.
Spondylitis*