Abstract
Closed thoracostomy with UWSD* which is the most utilized procedure in chest surgery applies general thoracic disorders, trauma and after-thoracic surgery. The University hospital was involved on operating 2341 cases of closed thoracostomy with UWSD except chest tubing after-thoracic surgery for a full six years from January, 1991 to December, 1996. The rate of men and women out of the total 2341 cases was 3.5 : 1, the distribution by age showed that men were 36.6 $\pm21.0$ years old, women were $47.0\pm20.2$ years old and so that the total were 40.0 $\pm$ 20.5 years old. As for indication, spontaneous, secondary and traumatic pneumothorax were the most common, in addition to hemothorax hemopneumothorax, hydrothorax, hydropneumothorax, empyema, chylothorax. The most indwelling period of chest tubing is between eight and fourteen days for 974 cases and the average is 13.7 $\pm$ 6.3 days, The average drainage amount immediately after thoracostomy was 537 $\pm$ 88m1, and in 694 cases(46.0%), the drain amount was 201 ~ 500 ml. The rate of right and left tubing was 52.4 47.6, in 2071 cases(88.5%), the thoracostomy was the first chance and 2210 cases(94.4%) were treated with a single tube drainage. Almost all the patients complained of tube site pain, besides tube site infection, intercostal neuralgia, loss of tube function by the pleural adhesion, intrathoracic infection, incomplete reexpansion of defective lung, hemorrhage caused by the rupture of a blood vessel, subcutaneous emphysema, lung parenchymal rupture, diaphragmatic and intraabdominal trauma, reexpansionary pulmonary edema of one side lung and cellulitis were relapsed. 84.6% of all patients recovered with only clo ed thoracostomy and the rest of patient needed additional some necessary managements and so on to have successful results. There were two deaths(0.1%), caused by reexpansionary pulmonary edema, the cellulitis were complicated by thoracostomy with UWSD on an empyema patients to come to death(due to sepsis). t UWSD = under water seal drainage
폐쇄식 흉강 삽관술은 흉부외과 영역에서 가장 많이 사용하는 수기로, 기흉 등의 여러 흉부질환과 흉부외 상 또는 흉부 술후에 적용된다. 조선대학교 의과대학 병원에서는 1991련 1월부터 1996년 12월까지 만 6년간 흉부 술후에 흉관을 거치한 경우를 제외한 례쇄식 흉강 삽관술 2341예를 시행하였다. 총 234떼중 남녀 비는 3.5:1, 연령별 분포는 남자 $36.6\pm21.0세,$ 여자 $47.3\pm20.2세로$ 전체평균 $40.0\pm20.5세$ 였으며, 적응증은 자연성, 이차성 및 외상성 기흉(39.4%)이 가장 많았고, 그 외에 혈흉, 혈기흉, 수흉, 수기흉, 농흉, 유미흉 등이었다. 흉관의 거치기간은 8714일이 974예(41.6%)로 가장 많았고, 평균 $13.7\pm6.3일$ 이었다. 상관후 배액량은 전체 평균 $537\pm88m1,$ 그리고 201~500ml가 694예(46.0%)로 가장 많았다. 상관의 우-좌비는 52.4:47.6이었고, 처음 상관한 경우가 2071예(88.5%)였으며, 1개만 삽관한 경우가 2210예(94.4%)였다 합병증은 거의 모든 환자에서 삽관부 동통(99.8%)을 호소하였으며, 그 외에 삽관부 감염, 늑간신경통, 흉막유착으로 인한 흉관기능의 상실, 흉강내 감염, 폐의 불완전 재팽창, 혈관손상으로 인한 출혈, 피하기종, 폐실 \ulcorner파열, 횡격막 및 복강내 손창, 일측폐의 재팽창성 폐부종 그리고 봉소염 등이 발생하였다. 삽관술 만으로 회복된 환자는 1981예(84.6%) 였 으며, 더 이상의 외과적 처치가 필요한 경우는 226예(9.7%)였다. 사망한 경우는 2예(0.1%)로, 재팽창성 폐부종 1예와 농흉 환자에서 흉강 상관후 봉소염이 병발하여 패혈증으로 사망하였다.