• Journal of Korean Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.55-60
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• 2002

Purpose : To assess the change in the number of mechanoreceptors of posterior cruciate ligament(PCL) after transecting posterior cruciate ligament of the rabbit. Materials and Methods : We selected 10 skeletally-matured New Zealand white rabbits and one of the two posterior cruciate ligaments was transected and the other underwent sham-operation on each rabbit. Afterward, PCLs with synovium were obtained at femoral attach area in both knees in 20 weeks postoperatively, but in one of the cases, the transected PCL did not heal and had to be excluded from this study. Consequently, histologic examination of the ligament for the remaining 9 cases was done after being prepared with modified gold chloride stain. Results : The study showed a little bit more decrease in the number of mechanoreceptors in the transected group compared with that in the sham-operated group, but the number was statistically negligible. Conclusions : It is considered that the knee joint with injured PCL may still maintain proprioception since the decrease in the number of mechanoreceptors is not considerable, but further study on biomechanical role and function of mechanoreceptor of healed PCL is required.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.42 no.10
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• pp.1222-1230
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• 2015

Segmentation of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in knee MRI remains a challenging task due to its inhomogeneous signal intensity and low contrast with surrounding soft tissues. In this paper, we propose a multi-atlas-based segmentation of the ACL in knee MRI with locally-aligned probabilistic atlas (PA) in an iterative graph cuts framework. First, a novel PA generation method is proposed with global and local multi-atlas alignment by means of rigid registration. Second, with the generated PA, segmentation of the ACL is performed by maximum-aposteriori (MAP) estimation and then by graph cuts. Third, refinement of ACL segmentation is performed by improving shape prior through mask-based PA generation and iterative graph cuts. Experiments were performed with a Dice similarity coefficients of 75.0%, an average surface distance of 1.7 pixels, and a root mean squared distance of 2.7 pixels, which increased accuracy by 12.8%, 22.7%, and 22.9%, respectively, from the graph cuts with patient-specific shape constraints.

• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.125-131
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• 2011

Optimal treatment of the torn posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) remains controversial. The type of tibial fixation (transtibial vs inlay), the femoral tunnel position within the femoral footprint (central, eccentric or isometric), and the number of bundles in the reconstruction (single-bundle vs double-bundle) are controversial issues. The PCL has a better chance of spontaneously healing than the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) because of a rich blood supply (near the branch of the middle genicular artery) and coverage with a thicker synovium. In general, for easier passage of the graft and full visualization of the original ligament attachment site during the precise positioning of the tunnel, the remaining PCL fibers are usually debrided during reconstruction. However, the remaining remnant structures would significantly contribute to the posterior stability of the knee joint, the healing of the graft, preserving proprioceptive function of the mechanoreceptors in the PCL. Double bundle PCL reconstruction may result in some surgical complications because of increased complexity of making tunnel. Therefore, single bundle PCL reconstruction with remnant preservation seems to be an effective procedure.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.10B no.2
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• pp.213-218
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• 2003

In this paper, we implement a crossword game, which operate by speech. The CAA (Cross Array Algorithm) produces the crossword array randomly and automatically using an domain-dictionary. For producing the crossword array, we construct seven domain-dictionaries. The crossword game is operated by a mouse and a keyboard and is also operated by speech. For the user interface by speech, we use a speech recognizer and a speech synthesizer and this provide more comfortable interface to the user. The efficiency evaluation of CAA is performed by estimating the processing times of producing the crossword array and the generation ratio of the crossword array. As the results of the CAA's efficiency evaluation, the processing times is about 10ms and the generation ratio of the crossword array is about 50%. Also, the recognition rates were 95.5%, 97.6% and 96.2% for the window sizes of "$7{\times}7$", "$9{\times}9$," and "$11{\times}11$" respectively.}11$" respectively.vely.

• Journal of Korean Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.37-42
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• 2002

Purpose : To report a short-term clinical results and technical method of thermal shrinkage with radiofrequency device for anterior and posterior cruciate ligament laxity which is not suitable to indications of reconstructive surgery. Materials and Methods : Nine cases of anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACL), 5 cases of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries and 3 cases of combined anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injuries, in which the condition is not indicated as reconstructive surgery, are investigated. The follow-up period averaged 6 months. Results : Instability in living activity, limping and pain were improved with excellent results. But, posterior cruciate ligament thermal shrinkage revealed as recurrent knee laxity progressively Conclusions : The result of thermal shrinkage for partial tear of cruciated ligament was excellent. We believe this procedure is applicable to partial tear of the ACL or PCL which reconstructive surgery is not indicated. Long-term follow-up results were needed.

• 보건세계
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• v.53 no.7 s.599
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• pp.14-16
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• 2006

대한결핵협회 12개 시ㆍ도지부 산하에는 총9곳의 복십자의원이 있다. 전북지부 복십자의원도 바로 그 중 하나. 대한결핵협회 전북지부는 타지역에 비해 비교적 늦은 1958년 창설되었고, 1983년 부설 복십자의원이 문을 열면서 비로소 지금의 형태를 갖추게 되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.225-228
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• 2008

Pretibial cyst formation is a rare occurrence after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. We report this complication after ACL revision surgery using tibialis anterior allograft. This complication seems to be the consequence of a direct communication between the joint and the cyst through the tibial tunnel. In the present study, the authors report that there is a pretibial cyst formation after a revisional ACL reconstruction.

• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.65-69
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• 2005

It is well known that the two main variants of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures in an adolescent include tibial eminence fractures and midsubstance tears. Authors report a case of 17-year-old girl with simultaneous bilateral anterior cruciate ligament ruptures at the ligamento-osseus junction of tibial attachment which was treated with arthroscopic primary repair.

• Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.305-310
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• 2020

The review provides updated concepts regard to the anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) footprints. The concept of anatomical ACL reconstruction, in which the graft is placed in the native ACL insertion area, has been introduced. However, there is still no consensus on the anatomical positioning of the femoral and tibial tunnel. In this study, authors review and update the literature regarding the tunnel position for anatomical ACL reconstruction.

• Journal of the Korean Arthroscopy Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.102-108
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• 2005

The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament tears is increasing as a result of the increasing participation of individuals of all ages in high-risk sports. Endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using autogenous central third bone-patellar tendon-bone graft is the most commonly used method. With regard to BPTB graft as the go]d standard in ACL reconstruction, there are no data that refute this claim to date. Author reviewed the biomechanical properties, donor site morbidity and selection of the bone-patellar tendon-bone graft and described the surgical technique of endoscopic ACL reconstruction using BPTB autograft.