• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.52-64
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to understand and describe the illness experience of middle-aged women who underwent craniotomy for meningioma. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews with 7 middle-aged women who underwent craniotomy. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Giorgi's phenomenological analysis to uncover the meaning of the illness experience of the participants. As a results, seven themes were identified: serious attack of fear in middle age, strengthening self-confidence in healing, escape from fear of death, care for my own body, two types of conflict for family harmony and disease, nurse as a healing partner, and opening the second life. Based on the results of this study, it will be possible to plan more comprehensive nursing intervention through understanding of participants' experience. Also, the main reason of fear that participants felt was lack of information about craniotomy. Therefore, the development of educational programs to provide information and knowledge about cranial surgery is suggested.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Quality Management Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.51-56
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• 2006

이 연구에서는 의료서비스 품질 향상을 위하여 제안된 뇌 전위적 영상안내에 의한 개두술 방법과 옥틸 시안화 아크렬산염 (2-octylcyanoacrylate: 2-0CA)을 드레싱 재료로 사용한 조사군과, 전통적 개두술 방법과 봉합사 및 아이오다인을 사용했던 대조군과 비교를 실시하여 의료품질 향상 효과를 분석하였다. 연구방법으로는 특정 의료기관에서 26 례 조사군과, 38례 대조군을 대상으로, 임상적 특성, 감염균, 두피접착의 열개(裂開)성 및 기타 위험 인자를 조사하였다. 연구결과 새롭게 제안된 의료용 재료인 2옥틸시안화 아크릴산염은 피부조직 속으로 외부 액체가 유입되는 것을 억제하거나 제한하였으며, 외피 접착기능으로 창상보호 특히, 평균감염률과 감염빈도에 있어서 상대적으로 대조군보다 우수하였다. 한편 뇌 전위적 영상 안내에 의한 개두술 방법으로 수술시간의 단축과 수술 복잡성의 경감 및 위험성이 감소되었으며, 상처 부위 흔적이 적게 남는 등 미용적인 측면에서도 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.130-138
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of gum chewing temporalis muscle exercise on masticatory discomforts after craniotomy. Methods: Data collection was performed from July 10 to October 24, 2008. Forty participants who were treated with elective craniotomy were enrolled in this study. Twenty participants in the exercise group were given a gum chewing exercise protocol for five days and twenty participants in the control group received usual postoperative care only. All the participants were examined on the first, third and fifth postoperative day regarding the masticatory pain score, mouth opening range, and satisfaction with mastication. Collected data were analyzed using t-test, $x^2$-test and repeated measures ANOVA. Result: Masticatory pain of experimental group was significantly lower than the control group ($p$ <.001). Mouth opening range and satisfaction with mastication of experimental group were significantly improved in experimental group compared with the control group ($p$ <.001). Conclusion: The gum chewing temporalis muscle exercise after craniotomy is a useful intervention to reduce masticatory pain and to improve mouth opening range, recovery rate of mouth opening range and satisfaction with mastication.

• Proceedings of the KSLP Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.85-85
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• 1996

편측성대마비에 대한 치료방법으로 외측에 위치한 성대를 수술적으로 교정하려는 시도는 최근 활발하게 진행되어 Teflon 등을 이용한 성대내 이물주입술, 제Ⅰ형 갑상연골 성형술 및 피열연골 내전술등의 시술들이 시행되어 왔다. 저자들은 최근 후두와 종양으로 개두술을 시행받은 후 발생한 재발성 흡인성 폐렴 및 애성을 주소로 내원한 49세 남자환자를 원인 미상의 우측 편측성 성대마비로 진단하고 제Ⅰ형 갑상연골 성형술을 시행한 후 흡인성 폐렴 및 애성 등의 증상의 현저한 호전을 관찰할 수 있었으며, 술전 Maximal comfortable phonation time(MPT)이 6.24초에서 술후 17초로 증가하는 등 좋은 결과를 얻은 1례를 치험 하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1991.06a
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• pp.39-39
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• 1991

뇌하수체 종양에 대한 경비중격 경접형동 수술은 1907년 Schloffer가 비절개수술에 의한 방법을 보고한 이래 1914년 Cushing이 sublabial approach를 정립하였으나, 이후 약 반세기 동안 경비중격 경접형동 수술이 개두술에 비해 종양의 재발율이 높다는 이유로 기피되어왔다. 1968년에 이르러 Cottle의 maxilla-premaxilla approach로 비중격에 대한 수기가 축적되고 수술현미경의 발달로 미세수술이 도입되면서 경비중격 경접형동수술이 다시 각광을 받게 되었다. 이후 sublabial approach, alotomy approach, columellar approach, external rhinoplasty approach 등이 개발되어 보고되었으며 접형동의 함기화가 불완전한conchal 형이나 터어키안 상측부로의 종양의 확장이 심한 예를 제외하고는 모두 이 방법으로 수술을 시행하는 것이 보편화되어 있으며 문헌고찰에 의하면 개두술시의 술후 사망율이 17%인데 비해 경비중격 경접형동술의 경우 1.8%라고 보고되고 있다. 서울대학교병원 이비인후과에서는 sublabial approach로 터어키안까지 종양을 노출시킨 후 신경외과의와 공동으로 뇌하수체 종양을 치료한 예를1977년부터 1988년까지 135례를 보고한 바 있다. 최근에는 sublabial approach의 단점을 보완하면서 외비의 해부학적인 구조에 익숙해질 수 있는external rhinoplasty approach를 이용하여 경비중격 경접형동 수술을 시행하고 있으며 1977년부터의 치험례를 임상분석하여 특히 external rhinoplasty approach의 수술성적을 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.298-305
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• 2010

Purpose: The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) after craniotomy. Methods: This study was a retrospective case-control study of 103 patients who had craniotomies between March 2007 and December 2008. A retrospective review of prospectively collected databases of consecutive patients who underwent craniotomy was done. SSIs were defined by using the Centers for Disease Control criteria. Twenty-six cases (infection) and 77 controls (no infection) were matched for age, gender and time of surgery. Descriptive analysis, t-test, $\chi^2$-test and logistic regression analyses were used for data analysis. Results: The statistical difference between cases and controls was significant for hospital length of stay (>14 days), intensive care unit stay more than 15 days, Glasgrow Coma Scale (GCS) score (${\leq}7$ days), extra-ventricular drainage and coexistent infection. Risk factors were identified by logistic regression and included hospital length of stay of more than 14 days (odds ratio [OR]=23.39, 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.53-216.11) and GCS score (${\leq}7$ scores) (OR=4.71, 95% CI=1.64-13.50). Conclusion: The results of this study show that patients are at high risk for infection when they have a low level of consciousness or their length hospital stay is long term. Nurses have to take an active and continuous approach to infection control to help with patients having these risk factors.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.141-145
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• 1988

A patient of cerebral sparganosis is reported : The patient, a 47-year-old female complained of frequent seizures and headache. The disease was involved on right frontal lobe, and the lesion was successfully removed by BRW stereotaxic system. The characteristic features of sparganosis are reviewed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.1765-1773
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the medical treatment of subdural effusion through clinical sequence analysis of patients who experienced improvement of subdural drainage and had a second operation for subdural drainage or subduroperitoneal shunt. Sixteen cases of the whole patients who have been underwent subdural effusion and subdural drainage were analyzed during the period from 2006 July to 2012 June. The study gave us a result that all of patients, who was taking aspirin, have been under the second operation(p<0.001) and these group have had a subduraoperitoneal shunt(p=0.014)). According to the comparative analysis for the patients group that divided into two; one had subduroperitoneal shunt and the other had no subduroperitoneal shunt, the outcomes of this study were shown as follows. First, their median line deviation was serious in their brain CT. In addition, their subdural effusion increased or did not change with a headache, vomiting, fever and dyspnea. As a result of those symptoms. subduraoperitoneal shunt was carried out(p=0.006). The surgical method for patients who were taken asprin must be cautiously selected and the prevention of sudden disappearance of cerebrospinal fluid and excessive change of intracranial pressure is very important in operation craniectomy.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.1340-1344
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• 2001

This is a rare case of cerebral metastasis from malignant fibrous histiocytoma(MFH) of the soft tissue. A 62-year-old man underwent craniotomy for resection of multiple intracerebral masses under the impression of metastatic brain tumor with unknown primary site. Preoperative investigation failed to detect any extracranial lesion. At six months after the operation and whole brain radiotherapy, right shoulder mass was detected to grow and excised. Specimen from the brain and shoulder lesions revealed identical pathological findings of malignant fibrous histiocytoma except existence of glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP)-positive cells only in brain lesions. Palliative radiotherapy was performed for subsequently developing metastatic lesions in skeletal system. At twelve months after initial diagnosis recurrent lesion at right shoulder was detected and chemotherapy is given. This case is unique because metastatic brain lesion from MFH is rare and also cerebral metastasis as an initial manifestaion of MFH has not been reported before. Another important finding is that there was expression of GFAP only in brain lesions but not in extracranial primary site lesion. Although the presence of GFAP-positive cells is thought as one of characteristic histological findings of primary intracrainal MFH, our observation supports the hypothesis that GFAP-positive cells in primary intracranial MFH may be nonneoplastic astrocytes secondarily involved by MFH.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.1179-1183
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• 2000

Objective : The treatment of malignant posttraumatic brain swelling remains a frustrating endeavor for neurosurgeon. Mortality and morbidity rates remain high depite advances in medical treatment of increased intracranial pressure. If conventional therapy fails in patients suffering from intracranial hypertension, there is only small number of second-tier option left including decompressive craniectomy. The role of decompressive craniectomy in posttraumatic brain swelling remains controversial. We assessed the efficacy and indications of decompressive craniectomy. Methods : The authors performed decompressive bifrontotemporal craniectomy in 22 patients with malignant posttraumatic brain swelling. Epidural pressure monotoring was performed in all patients. The clnical data and surgical outcomes were reviewed retrospectively. Result : The favorable outcome(GOS score 4-5) was 59%(13 of 22 patients), whereas the mortality rate was 32% (7 of 22 patients). Two patients(9%) remained in severely disabled state. Increased rate of favorable outcome was seen in the patients who had 8 or more of GCS score at admission and exhibited B wave in ICP monitoring and who showed steady state or slow deterioration in clinical course. Conclusion : If conservative therapy fails, decompressive bifrontotemporal craniectomy should be considered in the management of malignant posttraumatic brain swelling before irreversible ischemic brain damage occur.