Clinical Observation on the Cryptorchism / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on 25 patients of cryptorchism who had been admitted to the Department of Urology, National Seoul Hospital during the 3 years period from January, 1979 to December, 1981. The following results were obtained: 1. The most frequent age group was seen at over 15 and average age was 11.2 years which means too late for requiring adequate treatment. 2. Orchiopexy was performed on 28 testis (84.9%), 4 cases were performed the orchiectomy because of atrophy or impossible placement to scrotum and histopathology revealed atrophic change, in all removed testes. 3 cases among them were proved to oligo-azoospermia by semen analysis. 3. The bilateral cryptorchisms were observed in 8 cases (32%)and inguinal type in 20 (60.6%), prepubic type in 6 (18.2%), intra-abdominal type in 4 (12.1%)and superficial inguinal type in 2 (6.1%) (12 cases in right and 5 cases in left). 4. Associated anomalies and complications were found in 11 cases (44%)and the most common anomalies were hernia, which was found in 4 cases (15.2%).

Clinical Observation on Chronic Prostatitis / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was performed on 154 cases of chronic prostatitis in the Department of Urology, National Seoul Hospital from January 1981 to March 1982. The results are as follows: 1. 121 cases or 78.4 percent of the cases were observed among the ages between 20 to 40 years are more than one half of these cases were seen between the ages of 26 to 35 years. 2. Previous diseases were Non-gonococcal urethritis on 82 cases (53.2%), Gonococcal urethritis on 45 cases(29.2%) and previous prostatitis on 15 cases (9.7%). 12 cases (7.8%) were free of previous diseases. 3. Most frequently observed symptoms consisted of those of mild chronic urethritis such as morning drop, urethral discomfort, perineal discomfort and frequency. 4. In microscopic findings of wet smear of the prostatic secretion, 125 cases (81.2%) showed W.B.C. more than10/H.P,F. 29 cases (18.8%) were within normal limit. 5. In 125 cases in which prostatic gram stain was done, microorganisms were gram (+) cocci on 26 cases (20.8%),gram (-) bacilli on 12 cases (9.6%) and gram (+) bacilli on 10 cases (8.0%). No microorganism were on 77 cases (61.6%).