No Abstract Available.
Sutures* ; Tibia*

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Female ; Humans ; Insulin* ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins*

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Computed tomography of the temporal bone can provide otologists precise informations regarding the middle ear diseases. In this study, we aimed to measure the distance of mastoid antrum using the temporal bone CT for predicting the distance of mastoid depth during the mastoid surgery. MAERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed normal ears of 88 patients who visited the Department of Otolaryngology, Chonnam University Hospital during the period between Aug. 1996 and Aug. 1997. These patients demonstrated unilateral chronic otitis media, temporal bone fracture, and traumatic facial nerve palsy. RESULTS: The mean distance of mastoid antrum was 11.45mm. The distance of mastoid antrum according to age distribution showed 7.75 mm in 0-4 year old group, 10.35 mm in 5-9 year old group, 10.71 mm in 10-14 year old group, 11.50 mm in 15-19 year old group, and 11.93 mm in over 20 year old group. The distance also differed between males and females, with 2.84 mm for male and 11.24 mm for female. CONCLUSION: For the group under 20 years old, the distance of mastoid antrum increased as the patient's age became older. Especially, the group who were between 5 to 9 years old showed marked increase in the distance, and the distance did not differ between male and female. The distance of the mastoid antrum of the Korean adults was 10.1-13.7 mm and it represents some difference when compared with that of Westerners.
Adult ; Age Distribution ; Child ; Ear ; Ear, Middle ; Facial Nerve ; Female ; Humans ; Jeollanam-do ; Male ; Mastoid* ; Otitis Media ; Otolaryngology ; Paralysis ; Temporal Bone* ; Young Adult

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Balloon Valvuloplasty* ; Constriction, Pathologic*

Neurilemmoma is rare benign tumor originating from the Schwann cell of the nerve sheath. Intrabronchial neurilemmoma are extremely rare and only few cases have been reported previously in Korea. Neurilemmoma at all ages but are most common in persons between the ages of 20 and 50 years. It affects the head, neck, flexor regions of the extremities. Neurilemmoma was confirmed histologically because of the presence of Verocay bodies, Antoni A or B tissue pattern and of S-100 protein. We report two cases of intrabronchial neurilemmoma with chronic coughing and nonspecific radiologic findings.
Cough ; Extremities ; Head ; Humans ; Korea ; Neck ; Neurilemmoma* ; S100 Proteins

To examine the relation of mood disorder to season of birth, we analyzed the data of 156 male and female mood disorder patients who were admitted to or visited NaJu National Mental Hospital from March 1997 to June 1997. The results of this study were as follows: 1) There was a significant difference of birth season distribution in patients with mood disorder compared with that of geneal population. We suggest that birth seasonal factors have influence on onset of mood disorder. 2) High onset rate in spring was noted in patients with mood disorders. Winter-born patients had a significantly low onset rate in autumn, and autumn-born patients had a significantly low onset rate in winter. The results suggest that seasonal factors affecting onset of schizophrenia are associated with onset of mood disorder. Further studies should follow to find out concrete and objective relation of mood disorder to season of birth.
Female ; Hospitals, Psychiatric ; Humans ; Jeollanam-do ; Male ; Mood Disorders* ; Parturition* ; Schizophrenia ; Seasons*

The use of interlocking intramedullary nail is accepted one of treatment choices in the comminuted fractures of humeral shaft. The insertion of distal interlocking screws remains technically problematic. The use of intrageon's hands during the procedure. In order to reduce technical difficulty and radiation exposure, it is necessary to compare the rigidity of intramedullary nail according to the number of distal interlocking screws. The purpose of study is to compare the stability of interlocking intramedullary nail according to the number of distal screws by means of torsional compliance measurements in the simulated humeral shaft fractures. Simulated fractures were made in 20 humora from 10 cadavera at the mid-junction of humeral shaft. All humora were fixated with titaium humeral nail system. Interlocking screws were placed at proximal and distal screw holes by standard procedure. Group I consisted of 10 humora fixated with one distal interlocking screw and group II consisted of 10 humora fixated with two distal intterlocking screws. Torsional compliance was measured with single-end of 10 humora fixated with two distal interlocking screws. Torsional compliance was measured with single-end double arm torquing machine. The torsional compliance analog was 0.0294+/-0.0033 mm/N mm for one screw and 0.0241+/-0.0045 mm/N mm for two distal screws. The torsional compliance analog between two groups was found to be statistically insignificant(p=0.23). In conclusion, One distal interlocking screw was not inferior to two interlocking screws in terms of biomechanical characteristics, especially torsional compliance analog.
Arm ; Compliance ; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary* ; Fractures, Comminuted ; Hand

BACKGROUND: Intense pulsed light(IPL) systems are high intensity pulsed sources which emit noncoherent, defocused, polychromatic light in a broad wavelength spectrum of 400-1200nm. The mechanism of action of such light systems corresponds to the selective photothermolysis.Nowdays, IPL system widely used in dermatologic field such as unwanted hair removal, epidermal melanocytic lesions, vascular lesions, and photorejuvenation OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of diverse epidermal melanocytic lesions after treatment with an IPL source. METHOD: Twenty patients with epidermal melanocytic lesions were enlisted. IPL treatment was administered to the patients in a 4-week sessions. Irradiation wavelength was controlled using cutoff filters ranging from 400 to 700nm, with a fluence of 10-13.5J/cm2 with double pulse illumination and a pulse width of 7msec. RESULTS: By the end of the study, three attending physicians assessed the results for 85% of the subjects as excellent or good, with 85% of the patients reporting that same results; however, deep lesion such as Becker's nevus showed an average clearance of fair. No specific adverse effects except two case of blisters were observed after treatment. CONCLUSION: Treatment of epidermal melanocytic lesions in Asian skin using IPL is an effective, safe, and rapid treatment, with relatively few side effects and high patient satisfaction.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Blister ; Hair Removal ; Humans ; Lighting ; Nevus ; Patient Satisfaction ; Skin

Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratoma is a rare complication. Most com-mon malignant transformation of mature cystic teratoma is squamous cell carcinoma, which represents about 75 to 80% followed by adenocarcinoma in 6 to 7%. It is generally consi-dered that prognosis is extremely poor in case of adenocarcinoma associated with cystic te-ratoma. In this paper, we describe an adenocarcinoma arising from a mature cystic teratoma of left ovary in 47 year old woman. Left ovary was measured 18x15x7cm, 1,295gm in size. Uterus and right ovary were normal appearance. Left ovarian cyst was adhered to omentum and peritoneum. But neither rupture of cyst nor ascites were found at laparotomy. A brief review of concerned literatures was presented.
Adenocarcinoma* ; Ascites ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Female ; Humans ; Laparotomy ; Middle Aged ; Omentum ; Ovarian Cysts ; Ovary* ; Peritoneum ; Prognosis ; Rupture ; Teratoma* ; Uterus

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Lung* ; Lymph Nodes* ; Neoplasm Metastasis*