Kyung Tae Kim

PURPOSE: To analyze the causes and types of complications after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and determine proper prevention and treatment methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 1,576 UKAs were performed for osteoarthritis of the knee from January 2002 to December 2014 at one institution. We analyzed complications after UKA retrospectively and investigated proper methods of treatment. RESULTS: A total of 89 complications (5.6%) occurred after UKA. Regarding the type of complicati

Purpose: To compare the clinical and radiographic results of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the same patient, and to investigate patient preference and satisfaction. Materials and Methods: Among the 56 patients who underwent a UKA in one knee and a TKA in the opposite knee between January 2002 and December 2004, 51 patients were followed up. The average follow-up period was 4 years. Results: The average Knee Society Score (KSS) improved from 53.5 pr

PURPOSE: To identify the modes of failure after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients >55 years of age and to compare with those >55 years of age in patients who underwent revision TKA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 256 revision TKAs among patients who underwent TKA for knee osteoarthritis between January 1992 and December 2012. The causes of TKA failure were analyzed and compared between the groups. RESULTS: Thirty-one revision TKAs were performed in patients ≤55 years

PURPOSE: To evaluate the influence of postoperative tibiofemoral alignment on the clinical results and failure in patients who underwent unicompartmental knee athroplasty (UKA). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed 246 cases of medial UKA which were followed up for at least 5 years after the operation. The clinical results were compared between 5 groups classified according to the tibiofemoral angle that was measured at 3 months after surgery. We analyzed the relationship between the tibiofemoral

PURPOSE: To evaluate the long-term clinical results and survivorship of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in patients younger than 60 years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and six cases of medial UKA with a minimum follow-up of 10 years were selected for this study. There were 80 patients and the preoperative diagnosis was osteoarthritis in all cases. The mean age of the patients was 54.2 years and the mean duration of follow-up was 12.1 years. Clinical assessments were perform

The results of this study show outstanding functions of the knee joint and satisfactory 10-year survival rate after minimally invasive UKA. Therefore, minimally invasive UKA could be a useful method in the treatment of osteoarthritis in one compartment of knee joint.

We performed 560 minimally invasive unicompartmental knee arthroplasties in patients with osteoarthritis using the Oxford phase 3 prosthesis since January 2002. For the prospective analysis, clinical and radiographic assessments were carried out preoperatively and regularly followed after surgery. Ninety-five cases were followed at 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months postoperatively. In this prospective study, the early postoperative results of minimally invasive Oxford phase 3 unicompartmental knee art

Gastric cancer remains the fourth most prevalent cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. The predominant form of gastric cancer is adenocarcinoma, which originates from glandular epithelium of the gastric mucosa. The major risk factors for gastric cancer include diet, individual genetic variation, and, most importantly, infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Certain strains of H. pylori assisted by some of its virulence factors seem to play a critical r

The early clinical results of lateral UKA using the ZUK prosthesis were satisfactory for improvement of pain, knee score, function score, and recovery of knee motion. Therefore, the lateral UKA could be a useful method in the treatment of osteoarthritis in the lateral compartment of the knee. Long-term survivorship remains to be confirmed through ongoing follow-up.

BACKGROUND: Corrected QT-interval (QTc) prolongation (QTP) is a rare but fatal adverse effect of antipsychotics. Clozapine is the only antipsychotic recommended for treatment of resistant schizophrenia; however, clozapine has been reported to cause QTP. We sought factors predictive of QTP in patients who had antipsychotic polypharmacy involving clozapine. We explored whether the clozapine blood concentration might predict QTP. METHODS: We included 133 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorde

Homotypic fusion of endoplasmic reticulum membranes is driven by atlastin GTPases; however, the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, using a FRET-based single-vesicle fusion assay with liposomes bearing the yeast atlastin Sey1p, we investigated the molecular mechanisms of atlastin-mediated membrane tethering and fusion. Although Sey1p-bearing proteoliposomes frequently underwent membrane tethering in a GTP hydrolysis-dependent manner as reported in studies using bulk assays, only