A Symptomatic Study of Depressive Phenomena on Chronic Prostatitis / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Author attempted to confirm characteristic mental symptoms of chronic prostatitis. 953 people of normal subjects, 336 patients of depressive neurotics and 183 patients of anxiety neurotics participated in this survey and each of the above groups was compared with 80 patients of chronic prostatitis respectively with intention of collection of anticipated data by means of Zung's Self-Rating Depressive Scale. Each of those groups was compared with calculated mean and standard deviation through t-test. Based on calculated means and standard deviations of each item, chronic prostatitis was compared with normal subjects, depressive neurotics and anxiety neurotics respectively by means of t-test. Each item was arranged in the order of means comparing chronic prostatitis with normal subjects, depressive neurotics and anxiety neurotics respectively. The above results are summarized as follows : 1. The degree of depressive symptom of chronic prostatitis was between that of normal subject and depressive or anxiety neurotics. 2. The psychologic symptom of chronic prostatitis patients appears to he more pronounced than that of normal subjects but physiologic symptom does not appear to be of considerable significance. 3. Depressive degree of chronic prostatitis was lower than depressive neurotics except 2 out of 20 items. 4. Comparing chronic prostatitis with anxiety neurotics, psychologic symptoms appeared to be more pronounced, but physiologic symptoms appeared to be more pronounced in anxiety neurotics. 5. There was no definitive correlation between psychological and physiological symptoms in anxiety neurotics. Chronic prostatitis patients, normal subjects, and depressive neurotics marked high in psychologic symptoms. From the above results, it could be concluded that depression of chronic prostatitis was originally similar to that of depressive neurotics and that the aspect of the quantity is of triviality.

A Clinical Observation on Injuries of Genito-Urinary Tract / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A clinical observation was made on the injuries of genitourinary tract of the in-patient in the department of urology, Chungnam National University Hospital during the period from March, 1974 to February, 1978. The results are as follows. 1. Of 403 cases hospitalized, 73 cases were injury of genitourinary tract, giving a ratio of 18.1 %. 2. The most prevalent age was from 21 to 40 for 49.3 %. The sex ratio, male to female, was 3.3:1. 3. There was increasing tendency of genitourinary tract injury annually. 4. Traffic accident, fall or straddle and kick or blow were the most frequent causes of the injury in 23.3 % respectively and the next was iatrogenic in 15.1 %. 5. The urethra was involved most frequently in 45.2 % and the next was bladder in 23.3 % the kidney in 19.2 %, the external genitalia in 8.2 % and the ureter in 4.1 %. 6. Among the 17 cases of bladder injuries, 10 cases were vesico-vaginal fistulas. All 9 patients taken repair of fistula, were cured successfully with first attempt. 7. Operation was performed in 5 cases of 14 renal injuries. 8. Three of 7 bladder ruptures were accompanied with pelvic bone fracture. 9. 10 of 33 urethral injuries were accompanied with pelvic bone fracture. Posterior urethral injury was more common in traffic accident with pelvic bone fracture and bulbous urethral injury was more common in straddle injury.