• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.54 no.9
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• pp.684-691
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• 2016

The odontogenic cutaneous fistula in facial area is uncommon but, well defined disease. It is difficult to diagnose from the dental origin of cutaneous sinus tract. Most patients may visit to the dermatologists or general hospital without cause of disease. They usually be treated by repeated surgical excisions, biopsies, and antibiotic medications, but suffered from recurrences. We studied odontogenic cutaneous fistula through retrospective study in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province between 1 January 2009 and 12 December 2015. There were 3 males, 5 females from 14 to 78 years old with an average age of 50.4 years old. Only 2 patients felt the toothache, others didn't detect it. They suffered from recurrences and repeated treatments for 3 to 11 months with an average period of 7.9 months. They visited average 2.8 hospitals before a precise diagnosis in a dental clinic. All cases were fully healed endodontic treatment or extraction of origin teeth without recurrences. In conclusion, the cause of cutaneous fistula in facial area can be odontogenic. If dentists or doctors diagnose a patient with cutaneous fistula on face, they should check dental problems or take x-ray views for precise diagnosis. It could be helpful for differential diagnosis.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.601-608
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• 2015

In order to answer questions successfully on behalf of the human contestant in DeepQA environments such as 'Jeopardy!', the American quiz show, the computer needs to have the capability of fast temporal and spatial reasoning on a large-scale commonsense knowledge base. In this paper, we present a hybrid spatial reasoning algorithm, among various efficient spatial reasoning methods, for handling directional and topological relations. Our algorithm not only improves the query processing time while reducing unnecessary reasoning calculation, but also effectively deals with the change of spatial knowledge base, as it takes a hybrid method that combines forward and backward reasoning. Through experiments performed on the sample spatial knowledge base with the hybrid spatial reasoner of our algorithm, we demonstrated the high performance of our hybrid spatial reasoning algorithm.

• The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.79-93
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• 2014

Objectives: This study was to establish safety and efficacy of using herbal medicine during pregnancy and to investigate patient's satisfaction. Methods: We investigated general pregnancy outcome, birth history, newborn infant's physical condition and patient's satisfaction. Survey respondents were 54 gynecological outpatients who visited Daejeon University Dunsan Oriental hospital from January 1, 2011 through February 28, 2013. Results: A total of fifty one cases maintained pregnancy and 3 cases had miscarriages. Forty seven cases delivered normally, 4 cases gave birth prematurely. There was no congenital malformation due to using herbal medicine and most of newborn babies had on the average weight and height and were healthy condition. The average score of patient's satisfaction was 3.44 point (Excellent=5). Conclusions: This study presents safety and efficacy of using herbal medicine during pregnancy.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.233-238
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• 2019

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Korean medicine treatments on pain reduction and functional improvement of patients after rotator cuff surgery. We studied 10 patients who had admitted to Dunsan Korean Medical hospital after have being diagnosed as rotator cuff tear and got a surgery at other hospital from April 30, 2014 to April 30, 2019. This study was conducted as retrospective study which analyzes patient's medical records. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS statistics 24 program. We used Numeric Rating Scale to evaluate pain reduction, Range of Motion to evaluate shoulder functional improvement and Five-point likert scale to evaluate the patient's satisfaction. The result showed that Korean medicine treatments statistically significantly reduced pain on the patients after rotator cuff surgery. Although there were improvement of Range of Motion, it wasn't statistically significant. In conclusion, we found that the Korean medicine treatments showed a positive effect on pain reduction of patients after rotator cuff surgery and got a high satisfaction.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.219-225
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• 2019

The objective of this study is to observe the effectiveness of complex Korean Medicine treatments on pain reduction of patients after meniscal surgery. We analyzed 16 patients who have been diagnosed as Meniscal injury on Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) scan and had admitted to Dunsan Korean Medical hospital from January 30, 2014 to April 30, 2019. The analysis was conducted as retrospective study which analyzes patient's medical records. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS statistics 25 program. We used Numeric Rating Scale to evaluate pain reduction, Five-point likert scale to asses treatment satisfaction. The result showed that there were statistically significant pain reduction on the postoperative meniscal injury patients treated with complex Korean Medicine treatments. In conclusion, we found that the complex Korean Medicine treatments showed a positive effect on pain reduction of postoperative meniscal injury patients. Further research is required to confirm the effectiveness of Korean Medicine treatment.

• The Journal of the Korean dental association
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• v.57 no.7
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• pp.372-378
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• 2019

The dental implants in modern dentistry brought out a new era in everyday dental practice. Increasing of dental implants usage, various failures and complications has occurred. Failures and complications of dental implant treatments that can happen in implant surgery, in mechanical or prosthetic problem and in biological aspect. The aim of this study was to assess implant failures for 6 years as well as find out how to overcome implant failure. In Jeju National University hospital, 26 dental implants in 17 patients were removed by implant failure through 2013.1.1.-2018.12.31. Each implant failure case was analyzed in report form with various informations about failure retrospectively. The present study showed 26 failed dental implants of 17 patients were removed. 13 implants(50%) of 8 patients(47.06%) were failed before functional loading and 13 implants(50%) of 9 patients(52.94%) were failed after functional loading. 11 implants(42.31%) of 7 patients(41.18%) with medical disease were extracted. 6 implants(23.08%) of 5 patients(29.41%) with additive bone graft were failed. We discuss with 26 failed dental implants of 17 patients about their causes, solutions and prevention retrospectively for 6 past years. Precise diagnosis and treatment planning are needed. Medically compromised patients and patients with implants and additive bone grafts should be cautiously treated with high failing possibilities.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.357-363
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• 2019

To the basic information of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to rupture of cerebral aneurysm treated with coil embolization, and to identify the general trend of treatment through classification according to hospitalization route, residence distribution, location and size of cerebral aneurysm, and procedure. A total of 164 patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms treated with coil embolization were 54(32.9%) males and 110(67.1%) females. The sex and frequency of occurrence by age group were the most in 50s(31.3%), and among them, females were the most. The hospitalization route was the most common in 122(74.4%) people who were admitted to the emergency room through 119 evacuation, 79(48.2%) patients lived in where hospitals belong to the hospital. The season had 23(14%) in December, 18(11%) in January, 15(9.1%) in February, and the anterior circulation was 153(93%). The largest size was 5-7 mm found in 63(38.4%) patients. Patients underwent initial coil embolization for subarachnoid hemorrhage due to cerebral aneurysm rupture treated more patients than the incidence of the population. As a result of cerebral aneurysm rupture was seasonally affected, and winter occurs more frequently, female than male, age 50 is most common, and ruptured cerebral aneurysm is 5-7 mm in size.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.263-268
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• 2020

The aim of this study was to observe the effectiveness of Korean Medicine treatments on pain reduction of patients who were diagnosed hip fracture - Acetabulum and Proximal Femur. We reviewed the 17 patients' records who had admitted to Daejeon Korean Medical hospital and diagnosed fracture of acetabulum or proximal femur bones from January 1, 2011 to April 30, 2020 during the admission retrospectively. Statistical analysis was done using the IBM SPSS statistics 25 program. We measured Numeric Rating Scale to evaluate the treatment's efficacy. Korean Medicine treatments reduced median of Numeric Rating Scale reduced statistically significantly from 6.00 to 3.00(p<0.05). During the admission, patients didn't experience the side effects of Korean Medicine treatments. In conclusion, these results implied that Korean medicine treatments showed a positive effect on pain reduction of hip fracture patients. Further research is required to confirm the effectiveness of Korean Medicine treatments.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.329-337
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• 2022

Objectives: To examine effects of traditional Korean medical treatment on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Methods: Effects of Korean medical treatment on patients with OCD who visited the neuropsychiatric clinic of Korean medicine were examined. Patients were treated with acupuncture, herbal medication, and oriental psychotherapy. Padua-ICMA, Y-BOCS, BDI-2, STAI-X1/X2, BAI were compared before and after 8 and 12 weeks of treatment to determine whether symptoms of patients were improved. Results: After 8 weeks treatment (n=19), Padua-ICMA, Y-BOCS, BDI-2, STAI-X1/X2, and BAI scores were significantly decreased. After 12 weeks treatment (n=12), Padua-ICMA, Y-BOCS, BDI-2, STAI-X1/X2, and BAI scores were also significantly decreased. Conclusions: Traditional Korean medicine is clinically effective in treating OCD.

• The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.169-184
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• 2009

Purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of Korean medicine treatment on overactive bladder. Methods: 64 patients of overactive bladder received Korean medicine treatment for at least 30days. We studied retrospectively symptom disappearance rate, the relationship between the improvement rate and age, scale of symptoms, BMI(Body Mass Index), WHR(Waist Hip Ratio). Results: Symptoms of 27 patients were disappeared, and those of 28 patients were improved. But 9 patients didn't show the improvement of their urination problems. The symptom disappearance rate was 43.08%. The improvement rate was 85.15%. The mean${\pm}$standard deviation of daily frequency was reduced from 10.05128 to 7.44872 after treatment(p<0.0001) The symptom disappearance rate was reverse-related with the OABSS score, KHQ and WHR. The improvement rate of married patients was higher than unmarried patients. And especially that was co-related with the frequency of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment. Conclusion: The results of this study suggested that Korean medicine treatments, such as acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal prescriptions have positive efficacy on overactive bladder patients in ordinary clinical practice.