No abstract available.

31 cases of the trochanteric fractures were treated at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chosun University Hospital, from Jan. 1975 to Dec. 1978 and the following results were obtained. 1. The sex ratio was 3:2 (male to female). 18 cases were in man, with the peak age at the 4th decade and 5th decade and 13 cases were in woman over the 6th decade. 2. The most common causes of the trochanteric fractures were traffic accident or fall in man and slipping in woman. 3. The features of the trochanteric fractures were mostly unstable type (60%) and 16 cases in the right hip (52%) and 15 cases in the left hip (48%). 4. Dimon-Hughston method and Wayne-Country method were used to the unstable fractures and anatomical reduction to the stable fracture was maintained by inserting the S-P nail, Jewett nail and Mclaughlin nail. 5. Post-operative cast immobilization was applled until clinical union was oftained on the fracture site and early weight bearlng was carried out for the acceleration of the bony union. 6. Complications were found in 50% of the group treated by conservative method, while it occurred in 21.7% of the group treated surgically.
Acceleration ; Accidents, Traffic ; Clinical Study ; Female ; Femur ; Hip ; Hip Fractures ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Methods ; Orthopedics ; Sex Ratio

No abstract available.
Humans* ; Membranes*

Metabolomics, a novel "omics" platform, is a powerful tool for the discovery of clinically useful biomarkers and biochemical processes to improve diagnosis and therapy. Through the use of advanced analytical technologies, metabolomics enables the assessment of comprehensive metabolic profiles that are affected by both genotype and environmental factors. Recently, attention has been focused on the concept of pharmacometabolomics, an emerging field that is derived from metabolomics. Pharmacometabolomics is focused on the use of individual metabolic signatures for the prediction and evaluation of drug efficacy and safety, eventually accelerating clinical pharmacology toward personalized drug therapy.
Biochemical Processes ; Biomarkers ; Diagnosis ; Drug Therapy ; Genotype ; Humans ; Precision Medicine ; Metabolome ; Metabolomics ; Pharmacology, Clinical

OBJECTIVE: Acute inflammatory lesions in the placenta is one of the most common histopathologic lesions of women with preterm premature rupture of membrane. But there is a few scientific evidence to support the association between amniotic fluid white blood cell count and the presence and severity of acute placental inflammation in preterm premature rupture of membrane. To evaluate the relationship between amniotic fluid white blood cell count and the presence and severity of acute placental inflammatory lesions in preterm premature rupture of membrane. METHODS: The relationship between amniotic fluid white blood cell count and placental histologic finding was examined in 89 consecutive patients who were admitted with the diagnosis of preterm premature rupture of membrane and who delivered singleton gestation within 3 days. RESULTS: The prevalence of acute histologic chorioamnionitis was 68.5%(61/89) and that of positive amniotic fluid culture was 32.6%(29/89). The prevalence of positive amniotic fluid culture increased according to the higher severity of inflammation in each type of placental section(p<0.05 for each). The median amniotic fluid white blood cell count increased significantly according to the presence and higher severity of inflammation in each type of placental section(p<0.01 for each). The median amniotic fluid white blood cell count increased significantly according to the higher total grade of inflammation in placental histologic examination(p<0.01). CONCLUSION: Both the presence and higher severity of acute histologic chorioamnionitis are associated with an elevated amniotic fluid white blood cell count. The total grade of acute histologic chorioamnionitis is associated with an elevated amniotic fluid white blood cell count. Amniotic fluid white blood cell count is a reliable prenatal marker of histologic chorioamnionitis."
Amniotic Fluid* ; Chorioamnionitis ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Inflammation* ; Leukocyte Count* ; Leukocytes* ; Membranes* ; Placenta ; Pregnancy ; Prevalence ; Rupture*

No abstract available.
Amnion* ; Dinoprostone* ; Humans* ; Isoproterenol* ; Progesterone*

Osteogenesis imperfecta is a rare affection characterized by fragility of the bones, blue sclerae, and deafness, less freqently by hypermobility of the joints. The etiology is unknown, but it appears to be a mesenchymal defect. A case of osteogenesis imperfecta(tarda form). in a 8 ycar old girl, is presented with a review of the literatures. The chief complaints were bowing deformities of the right upper arm and both lower extremities, stunted growth, blue sclerae, dental defects, weakness of the muscles and pigeon breast. X-Ray showed multiple malunited fractures of the right humerus, both femurs, and bilaterally of tibiae and fibulae.
Arm ; Breast ; Columbidae ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Deafness ; Female ; Femur ; Fibula ; Fractures, Malunited ; Growth Disorders ; Humans ; Humerus ; Joints ; Lower Extremity ; Muscles ; Osteogenesis Imperfecta ; Osteogenesis ; Sclera ; Tibia

Anterior interosseous nerve paralysis observed in a 13-year-old boy with supracondylar fracture of the left humerus was reported. During the conservative management at a bone setter of the fracture, the gradual loss of pinch action of the thumb and index finger became conspicuous, and with operative reduction of the fracture and release of the fibrous compression and adhesion to the nerve at the ulnar head of the pronator teres, the paralysis could be relieved.
Adolescent ; Child ; Fingers ; Head ; Humans ; Humerus ; Male ; Paralysis ; Thumb

A case of disseminated bone tuberculosis was reported, observed in a 23 year old male who visited with chronic ulcer on the midportion of the left upper arm and painful, tender swelling at the proximal part of the left tibia. Brief review was done regarding its pathogenesis and controversy of its nomenclature.
Arm ; Humans ; Male ; Tibia ; Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular ; Ulcer

No abstract available.
Congenital Abnormalities* ; Fingers* ; Plastics*