the demand of colonoscopy has been increasing rapidly due to the social interest for screening of colorectal cancer (CRC). This phenomenon is associated with the fact that colonoscopy is the most useful method for the detection and removal of colorectal polyps and that colonoscopic polypec-tomy significantly reduces the incidence and mortality of CRC. Although there are several screening modali...

Aside from cancer, stroke has long been the number one cause of death in Korea, followed by heart disease. Last year, our gov­ ernment reported that this order was reversed, due primarily to a decrease in stroke mortality (Figure 1). The change is strik­ ing; ten years ago (in 2002), stroke mortality was about two times higher than that of heart disease (77 per 100,000 vs. 36.9 per 100,000, res...

PURPOSE: Surgery in frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) has a worse prognosis regarding seizure freedom than anterior lobec-tomy in temporal lobe epilepsy. The current study aimed to assess whether intracranial interictal and ictal EEG findings in addition to clinical and scalp EEG data help to predict outcome in a series of patients who needed invasive recording for FLE surgery. METHODS: Patients with...

Historical view of the development of selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy for the treatment of the intractable temporal limbic seizures. Preservation of neopallial structures and functions. Erfahrungen mit der selektiven Amygdalo-Hippokampektomie Historische Sicht der Entwicklung der selektiven Amygdalo-Hippokampektomie als Behandlung thera-pieresistenter temporaler limbischer Anfälle. Bewah-run...

is an idiopathic motility disorder that results from degeneration of the myenteric plexus in the wall of the esophagus and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). 1 In esopha-geal manometry, achalasia is characterized by impaired relaxation of LES and loss of peristalsis in the body of the esophagus. Achalasia results in severe dysphagia for solids and liquids. Additional symptoms can also develo...

manufacturer has produced tapered, more flexible guidewires that straighten arterial contours less and push the burr into the edge of a curve less forcefully. The distal 9 cm of the drive shaft tubing was removed, also making the shaft more flexible. With evolution of the shaft-guidewire system biased cutting is reduced. However, in severely angulated segments such as the takeoff of a left circ...

287 tion of stroke — the viscosity factor. blood flow, haematocrit and viscosity in subjects with a high oxy-THE purpose of carotid endarterectomy is to reduce the risk of future stroke. Unless the incidence of stroke related to the surgery is extremely low, there is little likelihood of benefit for patients. It is widely held that clinically significant ischemia is a relatively common sequel t...

1 published an original article on the efficacy of the endoscopic management of bile leak after cholecystectomy. Endoscopic management , which involved biliary stent placement with or without biliary sphincterotomy, was successful in 30 of 32 cases (93.8%). Complications of endoscopic management occurred in four of 32 cases (1.3%), but were managed conservatively without se-quelae. 1 Results fr...

I n autologous breast reconstruction after mastec-tomy, fat induration is a rather common complication that causes deep tissue infection, pain, and contracture deformity. Follow-up for fat induration provides important clues after breast reconstruction with an autologous flap because fat induration is the clinical stage before fat necrosis that may lead to the need for corrective surgery. Our u...

Letters to the Editor et al. (1990) on the genetics of acute appendicitis. Family studies such as this can overestimate heritability if family environment is a significant covariate of disease, unless some measure of this is included in the analysis. We felt it might be useful to present appendectomy data from the Australian NH&MRC Twin Registry (ATR), as the classical twin study allows one to ...