Color Doppler Sonography Surveillance for Deep Vein Thrombosis after Hip Replacement Surgery / 대한정형외과학회잡지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to validate the value of Duplex Color Doppler Ultrasonography (DDU) in post-operative deepvein thrombosis (DVT) after hip replacement surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From September 1998 to June 2000, 138 cases (130 patients) were eligible for a minimal one-year follow-up.DDU was carried out between the 7th and 10th postoperative in all cases, patients wore a compressive stocking on the lower extremity. RESULTS: DVT occurred in five cases (4%), four cases occurred at 10th postoperative day and one case was occurred after one month. DVT occurred in the femoral vein in all cases. Three cases had clinical symptoms such as pain and localized edema. However, no case complained of systemic pulmonary symptoms. CONCLUSION: The incidence of DVT obtained from DDU after replacement hip surgery was very low (4%) with early mobilization and acompressive stocking. No case of DVT progressed to symptomatic pulmonary embolism. DDU was valuable for detecting DVT in the proximal thigh as a screening test.

Clinical outcome in Cystic Diseases of Soft Tissue According to Treatment Modalities / 대한정형외과학회잡지

PURPOSE: To find the most effective treatments in cystic diseases of soft tissue using three different treatment modalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed three different treatment modalities-curative excision, incision & steroid injection, and aspiration & human fibrinogen injection-in 75 patients from June 1997 to May 1998 and followed up for at least one year. We analyzed the recurrence rate and patients' satisfaction according to their treatment modalities. We used the Fischer's exact test (P=0.05) to evaluate the results. RESULTS: In curative excision 4 of 23 patients (18%) were recurred, 6 of 14 patients (43%) were recurred in incision & steroid injection, and 20 of 36 patients (56%) in aspiration & human fibrinogen injection, and it was meaningfully different in statistics. 16 of 23 patients (70%) were satisfied with the result in curative excision, 4 of 14 patients (29%) in steroid injection, and 11 of 36 patients (31%) in aspiration & human fibrinogen injection, and it was also different in statistics. Recurrence was the most popular reason of dissatisfaction. CONCLUSION: This study showed that curative excision was the most effective cure method. Because both incision & steroid injection and aspiration & human fibrinogen injection method were easier to perform, cosmetically preferable and much cheaper in cost, these two methods would be recommended before surgical intervention.