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Oryzias dancena (Beloniformes; Teleostei), is a euryhaline teleost that mainly inhabits the brackish or freshwater of river mouths and estuaries around the Bay of Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. It also has a short interval between generations, with spawning possibilities just 60 days after hatching. The aim of this paper is to provide a review for the study of O. dancenabased on the studies collected so far, and could form the basis for a wide category of researches including zootoxy, cytogenetics, anesthesia, tagging, salinity tolerance, reproduction, fish disease, chromosome engineering, and trnasgenesis in order to highlight the recent progress in different fields of study using this species.
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Oryzias dancena (Beloniformes; Teleostei), is a euryhaline teleost that mainly inhabits the brackish or freshwater of river mouths and estuaries around the Bay of Bengal and the Malay Peninsula. It also has a short interval between generations, with spawning possibilities just 60 days after hatching. The aim of this paper is to provide a review for the study of O. dancenabased on the studies collected so far, and could form the basis for a wide category of researches including zootoxy, cytogenetics, anesthesia, tagging, salinity tolerance, reproduction, fish disease, chromosome engineering, and trnasgenesis in order to highlight the recent progress in different fields of study using this species.
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Purpose@#Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common disease that requires hospitalization. The most common cause of SBO is postoperative adhesion. Delayed timing of operations in patients who need surgical intervention results in mortality or morbidity. A number of studies on SBO have established criteria for emergency surgery. However, few objective clinical parameters are available for screening patients who need a delayed operation. Therefore, we analyzed factors that affect the clinical course of SBO to select appropriate therapeutic plans for reducing the risk of complications in these patients. @*Methods@#We investigated the clinical characteristics of patients admitted to the surgery department of our hospital between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2016, who were diagnosed with SBO. Patients were divided into an operative treatment group (n = 12) and a conservative treatment group (n = 96). We compared clinical characteristics between the 2 groups. @*Results@#The operative treatment group underwent more operations before SBO than the conservative treatment group (P = 0.007). Initial leukocyte counts (P = 0.004) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (P = 0.028) were elevated in the operative group. Body mass index (BMI) was lower in the operative group (P = 0.013). @*Conclusion@#The number of operations before SBO, leukocyte counts, CRP levels, and BMI were useful parameters for selecting patients who needed an urgent operation for SBO.
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Cholestanol , Spinal Cord , Xanthomatosis, CerebrotendinousABSTRACT
There are a variety of different causes of parkinsonism including PD, secondary parkinsonism, and the parkinsonism plus syndromes. Secondary parkinsonism is caused by structural, toxic, metabolic, or infectious mechanisms. Among structural causes, intracranial neoplasms are a rare cause of secondary parkinsonism. Moreover, there are almost never case reports with intracranial space-occupying lesions resulting in parkinsonism associated with rapid cognitive impairment. Therefore, we report herein a 37-year-old woman diagnosed with papillary meningioma who presented with parkinsonism associated with rapidly progressive cognitive impairment mimicking diffuse Lewy body disease.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Brain Neoplasms , Dementia , Lewy Body Disease , Meningioma , Parkinson Disease, Secondary , Parkinsonian DisordersABSTRACT
We present a 77-year-old woman with levodopa-nonresponsive parkinsonism, dementia, and supranuclear gaze palsy on vertical and horizontal gaze. Laboratory findings were consistent with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, and brain computed tomography showed extensive bilateral calcifications of the basal ganglia, centrum semiovale, dentate nuclei, and cerebellar white matter. These results illustrate that striopallidodentate calcification due to hypoparathyroidism may present with symptoms mimicking progressive supranuclear palsy.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Basal Ganglia , Brain , Dementia , Hypoparathyroidism , Paralysis , Parkinsonian Disorders , Phenotype , Supranuclear Palsy, ProgressiveABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of the smooth surface hydroxyapatite (HA)-coated acetabular cup in total hip arthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From March 1992 to June 1998, 289 smooth surface HA coated acetabular cups were implanted. This study included 29 retrieved cups that had been in situ for an average of 54.9 months. The three dimensional acetabular cups were converted into two dimensional figures using a digital camera, and the ratio of bone ongrowth and HA absorption were calculated using a computer imaging analysis system (analySIS-pro 3.0, Soft Imaging System GmbH, Germany). The central hole and the peripheral 12 holes were excluded from total surface area of the cup, which was divided into 3 surfaces by 2 circular grooves. RESULTS: Bone ingrowth was noted in 26 of the 29 cases; in 11 cases (37.9%) on the central surface, 12 cases (41.3%) on the middle surface and 8 cases (27.5%) on the peripheral surface. Bone ongrowth was noted in 22 cases (75.8%) on the medial groove and in 21 cases (72.4%) on the lateral groove. The average rate of bone ongrowth was 13.8 percent. HA absorption was noted in all cases and averaged 60.5 percent. CONCLUSION: Bone ongrowth on the smooth surface HA-coated acetabular cup was very scant. Bone ongrowth was seen more on the grooves than on the surfaces. We believe that a rough surface would enhance bone growth on HA-coated acetabular cup.
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Absorption , Acetabulum , Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip , Bone Development , DurapatiteABSTRACT
STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study. PURPOSE: To review the results of the treatment of dural tears, sustained during operations on the lumbar spinal disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From Jan. 1991 to Dec. 2000, 694 consecutive patients had a decompression of the lumbar spine, 35(5%) patients sustained a dural tear during the operations. Of 32 patients who were followed up for more than one year, 29 patients were detected dural tear intraoperatively. 24 patients were treated with primary repair, 4 patients with fibrin glue and one patient with dural reconstruction and fibrin glue. Postoperative management consisted of closed wound drainage for an average of 3.3 days and bed rest for an average of 9.3 days. RESULTS: The total subfascial drains averaged an output of 626(18-1698) milliliters of 32 patients. Clinical symptoms were complained of headache in 12 patients, nausea in 7 patients, dizziness and vomiting in 2 patients postoperatively, but all had resolution of these symptoms after conservative treatment. A superficial wound infection occurred in one of these patients, managed with antibiotic therapy. Whereas the deep wound infection occurred in one, managed with wound debridement and antibiotic therapy successfully. A mean follow up of 34 months was available and showed satisfactory clinical results for 29 of the patients(91%). CONCLUSION: Closed wound drainage can be used safely in the presence of a dural repair and the patient needs to keep on bed rest while the drainage into a sterile bag is performed.
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Humans , Bed Rest , Debridement , Decompression , Dizziness , Drainage , Fibrin Tissue Adhesive , Follow-Up Studies , Headache , Nausea , Retrospective Studies , Spine , Tears , Vomiting , Wound Infection , Wounds and InjuriesABSTRACT
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Humans , Iron , Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous AmbulatoryABSTRACT
We report a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who had developed metabolic alkalosis during plasmapheresis. The metabolic alkalosis could be promptly corrected by reducing the amount of citrate load. The development of metabolic alkalosis can be explained by the citrate load during plasmapheresis. Careful monitoring of acid base status is mandatory in patients with limited renal function and the reduction of citrate load may be advisable in plasmapheresis.
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Adolescent , Female , Humans , Alkalosis/etiology , Citrates , Citric Acid , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/metabolism , Plasmapheresis/adverse effectsABSTRACT
'Pauci-immune' glomerulonephritis has been recognized as an important cause of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. The paucity of immune deposits can be separated from the other two major immunohistologic variants of crescentic glomerulonephritis, ie, antiglomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibody-mediated and immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis. Here we describe the case of a 42-year-old woman with pauci-immune' glomerulonephritis and vasculitis presenting as rapidly progressive renal failure with characteristic pathologic and immunohistologic findings. And in this case, despite oliguria and rapid deterioration of renal function, the renal function recovered partially and continued to be stabilized with a favourable response to hemodialysis and combined system immunosuppressive therapy.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic , Autoantibodies/analysis , Cyclophosphamide/therapeutic use , Drug Therapy, Combination , Glomerulonephritis/complications , Kidney/ultrastructure , Prednisolone/therapeutic use , Renal Dialysis , Vasculitis/complicationsABSTRACT
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Humans , Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory , PeritonitisABSTRACT
We report on a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, who, during the course of the illness, developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. In this case, the coexistence of these two conditions was confirmed by laboratory and pathologic findings. The infusion of fresh frozen plasma with plasmapheresis reversed the course of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
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Adult , Humans , Male , Blood Transfusion , Combined Modality Therapy , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications , Plasma , Plasmapheresis , Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic/etiology , SyndromeABSTRACT
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