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Electric Stimulation* ; Pelvic Floor*

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Aircraft* ; Mass Media*

Hepatobiliary interventional procedures are most important and commonly practiced procedures in Korea. These procedures comprise about 60~80% of procedures in interventional radiology. We can do percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage(PTBD), percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients with bile duct and cystic duct obstruction. These procedures prevent high-risk operation and are performed on an emergency basis in some patients with bile infection. A residual biliary stone after operation can be removed with basket and shock wave without reoperation and multiple intrahepatic stones also can be removed through the PTBD tract without operation. Transarterial chemoembolization is a very effective method and has the widest range of indications in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). Also we can treat HCC percutaneously with local injection of absolute ethanol and radiofrequency ablation. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS) has replaced surgical shunt operation in variceal bleeding in liver cirrhosis. Resection of a large volume of liver is a very safe method after portal vein embolization of a lobe to be resected due to hypertrophy of the remaining lobes of the liver. Metallic stenting of kinking vessels always shows excellent results and we can employ this technique for hepatic vein and portal vein kinking after living-donor liver transplantation.
Bile ; Bile Ducts ; Catheter Ablation ; Cholecystostomy ; Cystic Duct ; Emergencies ; Esophageal and Gastric Varices ; Ethanol ; Hepatic Veins ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Korea ; Liver ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Liver Transplantation ; Methods ; Portal Vein ; Radiology, Interventional ; Reoperation ; Shock ; Stents

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Hepatitis B* ; Hepatitis* ; Lamivudine*

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Diagnosis, Differential* ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*

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Diagnosis* ; Intervertebral Disc* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging*

Melanosomes were isolated from the human hair by graded centrifugation and identified by transmission and scanning electron microscopic examination. Melanosomes were separated from the keratinous structures by treating with strong NaOH solution for 15 hours. The keratinous structures were removed by centrifugation ai 2,500xg and 3,500xg for 10 minutes respectively at 0 ℃. The isolated melanosomes were collected by centrifugation at 7,800xg at 0 ℃. Scanning electron microscopic examination made it possible to evaluate the global structure of purified melanosomes.
Centrifugation ; Hair* ; Humans* ; Melanosomes* ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning

BACKGROUND: Despite concern about treatment of sporotrichosis, little is known about the sensitivity of S. schenckii against antifungal agents. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to investigate minimal irihibitory concentration(MIC) of antifungal agents against S.chenckii. METHOD: The tested strains were seven in number. The tested antifngal agents were ketoconazole, itraconazole, amphotericin B, and potassium iodide. A various concentration of drugs were mixed into fluid media containing 50% ethanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, and distilled water. The inoculum consisted of 3mm block containing hyphae and spores. RESULTS: MIC ranges of ket.oconazole, itraconazole, amphotericin B, and potassium iodide were 0.39- 25pg/ml, 0.78-25pg/ml, 0.78-25pg/ml, and 75-550pg/ml, respectively. CONCLUSION: We find that ketoconazole is the most active drug against S. schenckii.
Amphotericin B ; Antifungal Agents* ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide ; Ethanol ; Hyphae ; Itraconazole ; Ketoconazole ; Potassium Iodide ; Spores ; Sporothrix* ; Sporotrichosis ; Water

The result of clinical survey of seventy-five children with supracondylar fractures of the humerus is presented. Sixty-eight fractures had gross displacement, and seven were undisplaced ones. Seven children with undisplaced fractures were treated with simple splinting. Twenty-one fractures with gross displacement were closedly reduced and immobilized by cast. Twenty cases treated with over-head skin traction or skeletal traction, and followed by cast immobilization, and twenty-seven were operatively reduced and were fixed with 2 K-wires. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The average age of children was 6.8 years, and the male and female ratio was 2.1:l. 2. 97.1% (66 cases) was the extension type and 2.9% (2 cases) was the flexion type. 3. Good end results were obtained in the well-reduced groups, such as undisplaced fractures and surgically reduced fractures. Of 27 operated cases, 19 who had early operation without manipulative trial or traction, had excellent results, while 8 who had surgery in delay developed limitation of flexion and/or extension motion of the elbow. Of these 19, two cases developed mild extension limitation as sequella. 4. As complications, incomplete ulnar nerve palsy developed in one case, but it spontaneously recovered in 3 weeks after open reduction. During treatment utilizing the olecranon pin traction, pin tract infection developed in 2 cases, but the infection was controlled by the antibiotic administration and wound dressing. Severe cubitus varus deformity developed in 4 cases among the conservatively treated group (manipulatively reduced group and skeletal traction group). These 4 children had corrective osteotomy. Mild deformity was the inevitable one when it is treated conservatively. Limitation of elbow motion developed in 23 cases (32%) as a sequella. 5. Fracture healed mostly in three weeks after reduction and immobilization. Average hospital stay for conservatively treated patients was 17.2 days, whereas that for surgically treated patients was 5.8 days in average. 6. Early anatomical reduction by any means whether it is surgical or nonsurgical, proved to be only the methods which bring the satisfactory results, and minimize the sequellae.
Bandages ; Child ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Elbow ; Female ; Humans ; Humerus ; Immobilization ; Length of Stay ; Male ; Olecranon Process ; Osteotomy ; Skin ; Splints ; Traction ; Ulnar Neuropathies ; Wounds and Injuries