Biomedical subjects

D Magelssen

Publications and source records attributed to D Magelssen.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1990

Faculty development and organizational systems behavior.

Faculty development is that process that fosters improvement in faculty members' skills in teaching and research and promotes their career advancement. This study investigated the association between organizational behavior in military medical centers and the faculty development of its medical corps officers assigned to teaching positions. Such organizational behaviors as defining tasks clearly and resolving conflicts satisfactorily correlated well with the faculty members' overall satisfaction and other parameters of good faculty development. The results suggest that a strong relationship exists between the organizational behavior of an institution and the sense of identity, productivity, and continued career growth of its individual faculty members.

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PubMed1990

Classification of endometrial cells on cervical cytology.

One hundred eighty-eight women who had endometrial cells on cervical cytologic specimens during the secretory phase or in the postmenopausal period were studied retrospectively. Each had undergone hysterectomy or endometrial biopsy within 12 months of the original smear. The endometrial cells were classified as typical, atypical, or suspicious for carcinoma. Among premenopausal subjects, three of 57 with typical cells had endometrial hyperplasia, one of two with atypical cells had endometrial polyps, and both with cells suspicious for carcinoma had endometrial carcinoma. In the postmenopausal group, ten (13.5%) of 74 with typical endometrial cells had either hyperplasia or carcinoma, and five (22.7%) of 22 with atypical cells and 24 77.4%) of 31 patients with suspicious cells had either hyperplasia or carcinoma. The present findings and a review of the pertinent literature demonstrate that the classification system used is helpful in predicting the risk for endometrial disease in patients with endometrial cells seen on cervical cytologic smears during the secretory phase or in the postmenopausal period.

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PubMed1987

Supernumerary ovary. A case report.

To date only 13 cases of histologically confirmed supernumerary ovary have been reported. This case met Wharton's criteria and histologically represents the 14th case. The patient had undergone a transabdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for chronic pelvic pain. Several years postoperatively she again presented with a complaint of pelvic pain. At surgery a mass was found on the anterior descending colon. The mass was bilobed and was projecting from beneath the taenia coli. The final pathology report revealed ovarian tissue.

Adult↗

PubMed1986

Presacral neurectomy for chronic pelvic pain.

Over an eight-year period, 50 presacral neurectomies were performed at Madigan Army Medical Center for chronic pelvic pain failing response to medical management. Each hospital record was reviewed and 45 patients answered a questionnaire grading the severity of their pain from 0 to 10 for dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and other pelvic pain before and after surgery. The results showed success rates of 73% in relieving dysmenorrhea, 77% in relieving dyspareunia, and 63% in relieving other pelvic pains. The addition of a bilateral uterosacral ligament resection to the presacral neurectomy did not increase the success rate. There was an 18% lateral pelvic pain recurrence rate, and no recurrence of dysmenorrhea. Complications occurred in 4%.

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