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Intraarterial Scintigraphy in Recurrent Cervix Cancer - The Evaluation of Radionuclide Therapeutic Trials - (자궁경부재발암 환자의 국소동맥 주입식 동위원소 검사 -방사성 동위원소의 치료시도를 위한 평가-)

  • Kim, Eun-Young;Suh, Jin-Suck;Park, Chang-Yun;Lee, Jong-Tae;Yoo, Hyung-Sik
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.293-298
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    • 1990
  • We performed 17 intraarterial scintigraphies in six patients with recurrent cervix cancer. With Seldinger method, the agent (four different radiopharmaceuticals) was perfused at the same speed of infusion of anticancer drugs (25 cc/hour) through internal iliac artery. There were four different radiopharmaceuticals; I-131-Lipiodol, Tc (Technetium)-99m-HSa (Human Serum Albumin), $^{99m}Tc-Sucralfate$ and $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ (Macroaggraegated Albumin). We evaluate the distribution pattern of radioactivity by the use of ratio of Tumor/Extratumor uptake (T/ET ratio). Our results reveals that $^{99m}Tc-MAA$ scan showed the highest T/ET ratio and the other were not ideal agents for intraarterial therapy of recurrent cervix cancer. In conclusion, an ideal radioisotope and tracer which can block capillary, for example MAA, should be re-evaluated or produced in order to treat the patient with recurrent cervix cancer.

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Quantitative Evaluation of the Stress Urinary Incontinence using the Contraction pressure measurement at the Pelvic Floor Muscle (골반저근의 수축압력 측정을 이용한 복압성요실금의 정량적 평가)

  • Min, H.K.;Noh, S.C.;Kwon, J.W.;Min, K.S.;Choi, H.H.
    • Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2007
  • In this study, diagnostic algorithm was suggested to diagnose quantitatively the degree of the stress urinary incontinence. The bio-signal measurement system was developed to measure the contraction pressure of the pelvic floor muscle and diagnostic parameters were drawn out by analyzing the contraction pressure data. Statistical evaluations were done to classify the diagnositc parameters by order that relationship is high. The diagnostic algorithm that was able to diagnose degree of the urinary incontinence as quantitatively was realized from the high relationship parameters.

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A Huge Intra-Abdominal Mass Associated with Long-Term Surgical Gauze Retention in a Toy Breed Dog

  • Lee, Sung-Jun;Jeong, Soon-Wuk;Eom, Ki-Dong;Shin, Jong-Il;Yoon, Hun-Young
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.116-121
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    • 2016
  • A 1.83 kg, 9-year-old, spayed female Yorkshire Terrier was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of Konkuk University for evaluation of an intra-abdominal mass with a week history of vomiting and diarrhea. On physical examination, survey radiography, abdominal ultrasonography, and computed tomography, a huge firm mass was identified in the mid-caudal abdomen. Surgical exploration of the abdominal cavity was performed to remove the mass. The encapsulated mass adhered to the mesentery, tail of the spleen, small intestine, omentum, and right lobe of the pancreas was removed using blunt dissection with dry gauze and cotton swabs. Macroscopic and histopathological examination revealed that the mass was foreign-body granuloma consistent with gauze fiber. Plain abdominal radiography demonstrated no remarkable findings 8 months post-operatively. There was no evidence of vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, difficulty breathing, and cyanosis on exertion 13 months post-operatively.

Extracorporeal repairs of small bowel via mini-laparotomy after a single incision diagnostic laparoscopy in patients with small bowel perforations after blunt trauma (소장천공을 동반한 외상환자에서 단일공을 통한 진단적 복강경 후 최소절개를 통한 체외 소장복구: 증례 보고)

  • Yang, Youngro;Kim, Kwang Sig
    • Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.13-16
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    • 2019
  • In a patient with blunt abdominal trauma with small bowel injury, early diagnosis is clinically challenging due to unclear clinical symptoms and signs in the early stage of an injury. On the other hand, a delay of diagnosis of bowel disruption may lead to increased complication and mortality. The diagnostic laparoscopy is very useful for the evaluation of the small bowel injury. Laparoscopy can reduce unnecessary open surgery in a patient with blunt abdominal trauma with subtle symptoms and imprecise findings on abdominal computed tomography. Also it can prevent delay of treatment and be converted immediately to open surgery as soon as bowel damage is revealed. Furthermore, extracorporeal repair of small bowel via mini-laparotomy after a single incision diagnostic laparoscopy in a patient with traumatic small bowel perforation was a feasible and safe alternative to conventional laparoscopy. We are pleased to introduce successfully treated cases by extracorporeal repair of small bowel via mini-laparotomy after a single incision diagnostic laparoscopy in a patient with small bowel perforation after blunt trauma.

Development of Practical Investigation and Diagnosis Model in Rural Villages - Development of Empirical Diagnostic Indicators through Delphi Method - (농촌마을의 실증적 조사·진단기법 개발(I) - 델파이 설문조사를 통한 실증진단지표의 개발 -)

  • Koo, Hee-Dong;Park, Mi-Ran;Kim, Dae-Sik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.91-104
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to develop the diagnostic indices system that can be applied to the evaluation of rural village level, because the indicators developed in many existing studies were mostly consisted of statistical data in higher level than rural villages as well as those were difficult to apply to rural village level empirically. In order to develop the empirical diagnostic indices system, which has 52 indices with 7 categories, this study not only classified the kind of rural village facility and the regional development project of government, but also surveyed the specialist opinion with Delphi method. Especially, this study standardized the all diagnostic indices with positive value to remove the indices with negative values. Finally, the results that the study applied the empirical diagnostic indices to the 15 sample villages of Jinan-gun and Cheongyang-gun showed that there was the applicability of the indices system in the village level.

상악 측절치가 유실된 증례의 임상적 고찰과 치험일례

  • Lee, Gi-Soo;Yong, Yeol-Il
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.18 no.8 s.137
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    • pp.639-644
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    • 1980
  • In cases with maxillary lateral incisor missing, the problems were usually treated by the choice between space opening for prosthetic lateral incisor replacement and space closure with cuspid sub stitution for the alteral insicors. The decision of the choice could be perplexing in evaluation of the individual case. Therefore, various diagnostic criteria, such as occlusion, dental esthetics, canine position and inclination, tooth size relationship, maxillary lip length, and skeletal relation had to be evaluated. On the basis of this diagnostic information, the treatment planning could be established. A case was shown to illustrate the treatment of patient with congenitally maxillary lateral incisor missing.

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A Design of Intelligent Tutoring System for Mobile English Loaming (모바일 영어 학습을 위한 지능형 교육 시스템의 설계)

  • 이영석;김병규;조정원;최병욱
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2003.07d
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    • pp.1681-1684
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    • 2003
  • We propose the intelligent tutoring system for the mobile english learning. The proposed system is based on the item response theory to analyze the level of learner. We define the types of item, teaching method and item disposition according to contents modeling. The system estimates the learner level and it gives the learning contents, the evaluation results, and feedback. The system gives those by inference engine which consists of learner's level estimation value, method diagnostic value and disposition diagnostic value.

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Diagnostic Value of Flow Cytometric DNA Analysis in the Evaluation of Effusions (체강삼출액의 진단에 있어서 유세포분석에 의한 DNA 함량 측정의 유용성)

  • Lee, Ji-Shin;Juhang, Sang-Woo
    • The Korean Journal of Cytopathology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.20-26
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    • 1997
  • The specificity of cytologic examination in effusions is high but the sensitivity is low. Therefore, various ancillary methods for the detection of malignant cells in effusions have been proposed. The presence of an aneuploid cell population is generally considered diagnostic of malignancy. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the routine use of flow cytometry adds to standard cytologic evaluation in effusions. We did flow cytometric DNA analysis in 76 effusions(28 malignant and 48 benign fluids). All the 48 benign effusions were diploid. There were 12(42.9%) aneuploid and 16(67.1%) diploid malignant effusions. Based on these results flow cytometric DNA analysis had a sensitivity of 42.9% and a specificity of 100%. These results suggest that flow cytometric DNA analysis may be a useful adjunct to conventional cytology, but its principal limitation is us relatively low sensitivity.

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