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Joints* ; Range of Motion, Articular* ; Spine*

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Animals ; Cadmium Chloride* ; Cadmium* ; Nasal Mucosa* ; Rats*

The safety and efficacy of the CO2laser as a replacement for the steel scalpel is well documented in plastic surgery, but the use of the laser blepharoplasty has been controversy. This study compares and contrasts the use of the CO2 laser with conventional method in cosmetic upper eyelid blepharoplasty. Thirteen Patients underwent blepharoplasty in a paired comparison study. Four patients(Group A) underwent blepharoplasty by laser, another four patients (Group B) underwent blepharoplasty by conventional method, and the other five patients(Group C) underwent upper eyelid blepharoplasty using the laser on one eye and a conventional method on the other side. Preoperative factor(set up time, equipment), intraoperative factor(actual operation time, bleeding, visibility), postoperative factor(swelling, ecchymosis, immediate & short term result) were evaluated. The advantage of using the CO2 laser rather than the steel scalpel in blepharoplasty are less bleeding and superior intraoperative visibility. The disadvantage of using the laser compared with steel scalpel include the cost of purchasing and maintaining the laser equipment, the need for additional and extensive laser training for surgeons and assistants, and the need for two assistants rather than the one needed for scalpel surgery There were no complications with either the scalpel or the laser.
Bleeding Time ; Blepharoplasty* ; Carbon Dioxide* ; Carbon* ; Ecchymosis ; Eyelids* ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Lasers, Gas* ; Matched-Pair Analysis ; Steel ; Surgery, Plastic

For many years the standard surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome has been division of the transverse carpal ligament under direct vision through a palm incision. Although the effectiveness and Patient acceptability of the conventional open carpal tunnel release are good, disability from a painful palm cutaneous neuroma, and prolonged swelling are reported Endoscopic carpal tunnel release seems to result in less postoperative morbidity, and minimal serious complications. Because endoscopic carpal tunnel release leaves the overlying skin, the subcutaneous fat and the palmer fascia and its attachments to the thenar and hypothenar musculature intact its proponents maintain that their patient have less scar tenderness, quicker recovery of grip strength, and earlier to return activities of daily living and work The endoscopic approach(Agee single portal technique), which includes specific localization of the hook of hamate, flexor retinaculum and the superficial palmar arch utilizing topographical landmarks, avoids entry into Guyon's canal and common digital nerves. We experienced four cases of carpal tunnel syndrome. In four cases, patients with carpal tunnel syndrome have been performed endoscopic carpal tunnel release with minor complication.
Activities of Daily Living ; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ; Cicatrix ; Fascia ; Hand Strength ; Humans ; Ligaments ; Neuroma ; Skin ; Subcutaneous Fat

The benign teratoma is usually slow growing tumor, but we expirienced a case of primary huge mediastinal benign teratoma that had grown very rapidly, maximally during 3 years. The 14-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital because of abnormal chest X-ray that showed 10x10cm sized well definded mass with multiple calcificactions. but the mass was not present in chest X-ray perfomed on 3 years prior to admission. Under the diagnosis of teratoma, complete surgical resection was done by the left thoracotomy. The result of pathology was benign teratoma.
Adolescent ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Mediastinal Neoplasms ; Pathology ; Teratoma* ; Thoracotomy ; Thorax

To investigate whether the prostatic biopsy specimen can be used for the estimation of total prostatic histologic ratio or not. we compared the relative volume density of glandular lumen from the open prostatectomy specimens with the relative area density of glandular lumen from the biopsied specimens in five patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy. We took four core biopsy specimens from each prostate. The overall correlation coefficiencies between volume densities and area densilies of each one to four combinations were 0.795, 0.898. 0.941 and 0.965 respectively. Furthermore. the probabilities of obtaining statistically significant values from each of one to four biopsy combinations were 50%, 65%, 100% and l00% respectively. In conclusion, the random biopsy specimens taken from more than three different sites would be enough to get the precise and reliable information about the histologic content of prostate.
Biopsy* ; Humans ; Prostate ; Prostatectomy ; Prostatic Hyperplasia*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine the detection rate of early gastric cancer and to measure the focal gastric wall thickening in computed tomography. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From November 1991 to November 1993, 19 patients (age;33--76 years, male ;female:4;5) with surgically proven early gastric cancer were examined by upper gastrointestinal series and abdominal computed tomography. Twenty lesions in these patients were included in this study. Computed tomography was performed with conventional technique using gastrografinR (17 cases) or water filling (2 cases) method in supine position. Additional scans were obtained either in right down decubitus (15 cases) or supine position (4 cases) with an ingestion of gas forming agent. We determined the detection rate of early gastric cancer at computed tomography and measured the maximum thickness of the lesion. RESULTS: The pathologic types of the early gastric cancer were type lib + IIc in 5 cases, type IIc in 6, type III in 3 and type I, I + IIc, Ila, lib, lib + III and IIc + III in one, respectively. Seventy-five percent (15 cases) of early gastric cancer was detected at upper gastrointestinal series and fifty percent (10 cases) at computed tomography. Computed tomography could detect 100% of elevated carcinomas (3/3) and 41% of depressed carcinomas (7/17). The maximum thickness of the lesion ranged from 7 mm to 11 mm (mean ;8mm). CONCLUSION: In a well-distended stomach, CT could detect focal gastric wall thickening (mostly, less than 1 cm) caused by early gastric cancer in half of the cases.
Eating ; Humans ; Male ; Stomach ; Stomach Neoplasms* ; Supine Position ; Water