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A patient with severe active systemic lupus erythematosus, who had not responded to conventional therapy, was treated with plasmapheresis and subsequent pulse cyclophosphamide. There was the reduction of anti-ds DNA...
Malignant schwannoma is a malignant neoplasm of nerve sheath cells. It develops in a solitary fashion or associated with Von Recklinghausen disease.
We experienced a malignant schwannoma in a 20-year old...
The interaction of Cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II)(Cis-DDP) with irradiation may be important in the clinical settings for which this drug is currently used.
Since the skin is a major tissue for the uptake of...
Arterial hypoxemia is a frequent occurrence in the immediate postoperaive period. For this reason many patients are given supplemental oxygen after operation.
The present study was undertaken to compare the oxygenation...
Experience with the use of the surgibone graft in anterior cervical interbody fusion employing the Cloward technique in 15 cases of the fracture-dislocation is reported.
The surgibone, manufactured from the bone...
The aid of treatment in patellar fracture is the restoration of knee joint function and quadriceps muscle power. In this series, we experienced 37 cases of patellar fractures from March...
The author has reviewed the results of microsurgical management in 56 patients with pituitary adenoma, In a series of 56 pituitary adenomas, 10(18%) were nonsecreting and 46(82%) produced hypersecretion syndrome...
The hepatobiliary stone is one of the most common surgical disease in Korean population, and intrahepatic stone is found in 9~22% of the biliary calculous disease in Korea. A retrospective...
Author described 57 pediatric surgical patients who were undergoing Surgery for regional complications following BCG vaccination at Ewha Womans University Hospital. The patients were randomly allocated either to surgery alone...
Twenty nine patients with small cell lung cancer patients has been studied from January 1986 to September 1990. In 14 limited disease patients, combination chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy to primary...
Carbon dioxide(CO2) laser is the the most commonly used laser in the treatment of cutaneous disorders of the skin. CO2 laser emits invisible far-infrared radiation of 10,600nm wavelength. This radiation...
Four single transplantations of left lungs in dogs were performed from October 1989 to June 1990 at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery, Collge of Medicine, Ewha Womans University.
Under...
Oral aluminum salt intake has been implicated in aluminum intoxication in patients suffering from chronic renal failure. We studied to observ a level of serum aluminum in patients with maintenace...
The psychosical stressors experienced in the 6 months prior to the adminssion were studied on 114 child and adolescenet psychiatric inpatients in the psychiatric department of Ewha Womans University Hostpital...
Butylated hydroxyanisole(BHA) has been shown to decrease the toxicological and carcinogenic potential of a variety of chemicals. One possible mechanism for chemoprotection is that BHA increases intestinal UDP-glucronosyltransferase activity and...
Congenital hypothyroidism result in permanent changes of skeletal system and intellectual development.
We treated a 37-year old man with congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid hypoplasia. He was presented with mental retardation,...
Carbon monoxide impairs oxygen transport to tissue when combined with hemoglobin in blood, leading to hypoxic damage of the organs, especially in central nervous system.
Methylxanthine such as Caffeine and Theophylline...
The accurated prediction and detection of follicular growth is very important in the successful investigation and treatment of the infertility. Recently, serial visualization of the ovarian follicles with ultrasound have...
Urinary imaging is essential because UTI in children is usually the first prensenting sign of urinary tract anomaly.
Early diagnosis and treatment of major urinary tract anomaly are important to prevent...
Nitroglycerin(NTG) can be used intravenously to induced hypotension. NTG has a short plasma half-life, is easy to control, and has no direct toxic effect or toxic metabolites.
The purpose of this...