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Amputees* ; Humans ; Phantom Limb*

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Amputees* ; Femur Neck* ; Femur* ; Humans

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Hallux Valgus* ; Hallux*

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Emergencies* ; Emergency Service, Hospital* ; Humans ; Statistics as Topic*

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Knee*

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes by the method of three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with cervical plate. SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW: The arthrodesis rate and outcome for patients having three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures is disappointing. The success of arthrodesis depends on several factors including bone graft type, size, and additional anterior plate fixation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Five patients (average age, 69 years; all males) were observed. All had a anterior discectomy, placement of autogenous tricortical iliac bone graft at three-levels and application of a Orion plate. Clinical and radiologic results of bony union, cervical lordosis and intervertebral disc height were assessed. RESULTS: All clinical symptoms of patients had been resolved after operation. The postoperative scores by the criteria of Odom are 2 in excellent and 3 in good. The bony unions were achieved in all cases in the average 12 weeks after surgery (minimum 8 weeks, maximum 20 weeks). The sum of three-level intervertebral disc height in average was increased from 14.8 mm preoperatively to 25.4 mm postoperatively. The average angle of cervical lordosis was corrected from 18o preoperatively to 27o postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: The three-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with Orion plate and autogenous tricortical iliac bone graft results in effective surgical treatment, which produces good clinical outcome, early and solid bony union, restoration of the normal cervical lordosis and disc space height.
Animals ; Arthrodesis ; Diskectomy* ; Humans ; Intervertebral Disc ; Lordosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Transplants

This article presents the results of the Implementation Study of the Seoul Cancer Registry, which started in July, 1991 as a population based cancer registry in Seoul, Korea. The completeness and validity of the registered data were evaluated using Mortality/Incidence ratio (M/I ratio), Histologically Verified Cases (HV%), Primary Site Uncertain (PSU%), and Age Unknown (Age UNK%). Owing to the additional active surveillance, the completeness of the data turned out to be fairly acceptable, except for the aged over 75(Mortality/Incidence ratio was over 100%). Eventhough the Seoul cancer registry(SCR) has further way to go in the completeness especially among elderly persons, the validity of SCR data was also acceptable in terms of HV%, PSU%, and Age UNK%. However, PSU% and Age UNK% might need to be further reduced to be comparable with other well established cancer registries. The age standardized incidence rates(ASR) of all cancers between July 1, 1991 and June 30, 1992 were 232.4/100,000 in males and 147.9/100,000 in females. The top five major sites of cancers in Seoul were the stomach, liver, lung, colo-rectum, and bladder in order in males, and the uterine cervix, stomach, breast, colo-rectum, and liver in females. Those 5 cancer sites comprised 68.9% and 64.7% of the total cancer incidence in males and females, respectively.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Human ; Incidence ; Infant ; Korea/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Age ; Neoplasms/*epidemiology/pathology ; *Registries ; Sex Factors ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't