Roles of urology as assessed by an analysis of inpatients referred to urology.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the necessity for professional urology treatment and the roles of urology in the treatment of inpatients referred to the urology department.

Materials And Methods: The subjects were patients referred to the department of urology among the inpatients of Chosun University Hospital from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2011. The patients' sex and age, the referring department, and the disease group were extracted from the patients' medical records.

Is the Index Finger and Ring Finger Ratio (2D:4D) Reliable Predictor of Semen Quality?

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test the validity of hypothesis that the index finger and ring finger ratio (2D:4D) is related with men's semen quality.

Materials And Methods: We set two groups of healthy young male student (mean age 23.9) who have different 2D:4D ratio from different departments of Chosun University.

Generic and disease-specific health-related quality of life in women with coital incontinence: a prospective, multicenter study.

Objective: This study was carried out to evaluate the impact of coital incontinence on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in women with lower urinary tract symptoms.

Methods: A total of 180 women with sexual activity were evaluated. To obtain HRQOL assessments, patients were asked to fill out the Bristol Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36) questionnaires.

Complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot in infancy.

We reviewed our long-term results of complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) in infant. One hundred and sixty infants diagnosed as TOF underwent complete repair between January 1990 and April 2002. Mean age at the operation was 8.

Comparison of lateral tunnel and extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure.

The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of lateral tunnel (LT) and extracardiac conduit (ECC) Fontan procedures at a single institution. From April 1995 to December 2006, 165 Fontan procedures were performed (67 LT, 98 ECC). Pre-, intra- and postoperative variable values were compared between two different techniques.

Mid-term follow-up of neoaortic regurgitation after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of the neoaortic valve after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries.

Methods: A retrospective review of arterial switch operations that were performed during the period from 1991 to 2003 was conducted. We followed patients with echocardiography.

Fontan conversion with arrhythmia surgery.

Objective: Hemodynamic abnormalities and refractory atrial arrhythmias in patients late after the Fontan operation result in significant morbidity and mortality. We reviewed our experience with Fontan conversion and concomitant arrhythmia surgery.

Methods: Between January 1996 and February 2004, 16 patients underwent Fontan conversion and arrhythmia surgery.

Heart-lung transplantation in Korea.

Heart-lung transplantation is an effective treatment for patients with various forms of congenital heart disease or pulmonary hypertension. Since the first heart-lung transplantation in 1997, five transplants have been performed in Korea. Three cases were performed in 1997, one in 1998, and the latest one in 2002.

Molecular investigation of two consecutive nosocomial clusters of Candida tropicalis candiduria using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing was applied to the epidemiological investigation of 21 Candida tropicalis isolates collected from urine specimens of 11 patients and one healthcare worker, in an intensive care unit (ICU) over a 4-month period. Seventeen epidemiologically unrelated strains from 14 patients were also tested to determine the discriminatory power of PFGE. PFGE typing consisted of electrophoretic karyotyping (EK) and restriction endonuclease analysis of genomic DNA (REAG), using two restriction enzymes (BssHII and SfiI).

Repair of transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

Objectives: This study was undertaken to compare the outcomes of the Lecompte procedure and Rastelli repair in the transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with ventricular septal defect (VSD) and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) and to determine the risk factors associated with unfavorable events.

Methods: Over a 12-year period (April 1990-October 2002), 35 patients underwent complete repair for TGA, VSD, and LVOTO. Twenty-five patients (71%) underwent the Lecompte modification, and mean age and weight were 23.

Surgical results of patients with a functional single ventricle.

Objective: Overall mortality of the patients with a functional single ventricle is still high, though excellent mid- and long-term results of the modified Fontan procedure have been reported. This study assessed the factors that affect the surgical outcomes mainly in the pre-Fontan stage and performed long-term survival analysis.

Methods: Between January 1988 and December 2000, 405 patients with a functional single ventricle underwent surgical interventions and were followed up until June 2001.

Chronic heart failure model in rabbits based on the concept of the bifurcation/trifurcation coronary artery branching pattern.

The aim of this study was to develop a reliable chronic heart failure model by coronary artery ligation in the rabbit on the basis of the new concept of the bifurcation/trifurcation classification system of the epicardial branching pattern of the left coronary artery (LCA). New Zealand White rabbits (n = 37) were divided into 3 experimental groups: a posterolateral division of the bifurcation pattern of the LCA was ligated at the 75% level from the apex along the course of the division (B75 group, n = 15); a lateral division of the trifurcation pattern at the 75% level (T75 group, n = 11); and a posterolateral division of the bifurcation pattern at the 50% level (B50 group, n = 11). The infarct size and the lung and liver water content were determined at 4 weeks following ligation.