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T Morikawa

Publications and source records attributed to T Morikawa.

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PubMed1977

A retrospective study on the prognosis of aged patients with epilepsy.

A retrospective follow-up study on the prognosis of 90 patients with epilepsy above 40 years of age has resulted in: 1. In the aged patients, the duration of epilepsy (mean: 23 years) was longer than the period of treatment they underwent (mean: 14 years). The delayed commencement and/or interrupted medication along with the patients' incompliance of taking drugs accounted for the main reasons for at least 70% of the patients. 2. The partial epilepsy (80%) especially with complex symptomatology (55%) were predominating in the aged group. And also, that the tonic-clonic seizures were liable to convert to the complex partial seizures in their thirties and forties, was found in this study. 3. Although almost all the patients (97%) had more or less clinical attacks even at the time of survey, 75% or more decrease in seizure frequency have been exerted for one and a half year, regardless of the seizure types in the majority of the patients (81%). This seems to offer an explanation that an appropriate sociomedical strategy is necessitated for patients with long-standing epilepsies.

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PubMed1977

Conduit repairs of transposition complexes. A report of 14 cases.

Of 14 patients with transposition complexes undergoing conduit repairs, 10 had complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA) and 4 double-outlet right ventricle. All 14 had ventricular septal defect (VSD). Ten had pulmonary stenosis, one had an atrial septal defect, and one had patent ductus arteriosus. The ages of the patients ranged from 13 months to 18 years. Six patients were treated with nine palliative operations: four systemic-pulmonary artery shunts, three atrioseptectomies, and two pulmonary banding procedures. Four patients died immediately after the operation. Among the 10 operative survivors, there were no late deaths during the follow-up periods from 5 months through 6 years. Review of the factors influencine the early operative results has stressed the importance of correct timing of operation with or without palliative treatment, increased surgical experience, and the critical evaluation of intracardiac anatomy.

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