• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.233-240
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• 2020

Objectives: This report presents a case using acupuncture and moxibustion to treat postoperative adhesive small bowel obstruction. Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male with two previous intra-abdominal surgeries, complaining of abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and general weakness, visited Korean medicine hospital. He was suffering from small bowel obstruction that had not improve for three weeks. Methods: The patient was diagnosed with postoperative adhesive small bowel obstruction. The patient received acupuncture and moxibustion in addition to intravenous fluid treatment. The patient underwent radiologic testing on a daily basis. Results: The symptoms improved quickly with the treatment, including acupuncture and moxibustion. He was able to start eating three days after he started receiving treatment. The abdomen X-ray also showed rapid improvement. No adverse effect was observed during the nine days of hospitalization. Conclusions: This report demonstrates that acupuncture and moxibustion may be effective in treating adhesive small bowel obstruction. However, further research is needed to confirm these findings.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2023

Postoperative adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is an intractable disorder which sometimes leads to adhesiolysis or small bowel resection. These therapeutic reoperations, however, also have many limitations including complications. An 80-year-old female, who had undergone 4-abdominal surgeries, visited the hospital with continuous vomiting. Based on her clinical symptoms and history, multiple air-fluid levels and distention of the small bowel in an abdominal X-ray, we diagnosed her with postoperative incomplete ASBO. We conducted acupuncture and an herbal medicine enema to stimulate bowel movement and relieve pain. The patient came in complaining of abdominal pain and vomited more than 10 times on hospital day 0 stopping on hospital day 4. Comparing hospital day 0 with hospital day 4, the abdominal pain decreased from a numerical rating scale (NRS) 10 to 4. There were no side effects such as redness or burns during the treatment process. This study presented an acupuncture-based treatment will be helpful for clinicians managing cases of ASBO with poor performance in elderly individuals.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.118-125
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• 2001

The effectiveness of operative and non-operative management for postoperative adhesive ileus in children has been discussed. This study reviews the clinical characteristics and the treatment consequences of adhesive ileus in our institution. Department of Surgery of Chunbuk National University Hospital, retrospectively. A total of 62 cases of post-operative small bowel obstruction treated between January 1975 and December 1998 under the 15 years of age are included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups, operative(n=26) and non-operative(n=36) groups. The prevalent age was between 11 and 15 years(28 cases; 45.2 %), and the most common previous operation was appendectomy(28 cases; 45.2 %). The most common operative procedures were adhesiolysis(17 cases; 65.4 %). The interval between admission and operation was 1 day in 11 cases(42.3 %). The most common site of adhesion was the ileum in 13 cases(50.0 %) and band constriction was the most frequent pattern(8 cases; 30.8 %). Intestinal resection was significantly high in delayed operations of more than four days, in the patients with three or more classical signs of strangulation(fever, tachycardia, leukocytosis, abdominal pain, rebound tenderness), and in the cases of complete obstruction on plain abdomen film(p < 0.05). In conclusion, operation should be considered in cases with three or more signs of strangulation, no clinical improvement for over four days of conservative treatment, and signs of complete obstruction on plain abdomen film during the observation periods.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.37-41
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• 2003

목 적 : 장중첩증의 진단 및 치료에 효과적인 방법인 공기 주입 정복술을 시행하는 도중 발생한 장천공에 대한 국내의 연구는 미미한 실정이다. 따라서 저자들은 이에 대한 위험인자 및 수술 합병증, 예후 등에 대하여 분석하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1990년 1월부터 2001년 12월까지 가천의대 길병원 소아과에 장중첩증으로 입원하였던 환아 중 공기 주입 정복술을 시행하는 도중 장천공이 발생하였던 12명의 환아를 대상으로 병록지를 통하여 성별 및 연령 분포, 주요 임상 증상, 증상 발현후 내원까지의 경과 시간, 장중첩증의 유형, 장중첩증의 천공 부위와 수술소견, 병리소견 등을 후향적으로 조사하여 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 공기 주입 정복술을 시행하였던 657명의 환아 중에서 596명이 성공적으로 치료되어 정복율은 90.7%였고, 장천공은 모두 12례에서 발생하여 천공율은 1.83%였다. 공기 주입 정복술 도중 천공된 환아들 중 남아는 11명(91.7%), 여아는 1명(8.3%)이었으며, 평균연령은 $5.3{\pm}2.7$개월이었다. 2) 천공된 장중첩증의 내원 당시 임상 증상을 살펴볼 때 구토 는 11명(91.7%), 주기적 보챔이 9명(75.0%), 혈변은 9명(75.0%)에서 발생하였고, 복부종괴는 5명(41.7%)에서 촉진되었다. 천공된 장중첩증 환아의 내원까지의 평균 경과 시간은 $44.7{\pm}23.7$시간이었다. 3) 천공된 장중첩증의 유형은 상대적으로 회장맹장(ileocecal) 형과 회장회장결장(ileoileocolic)형이 많았다. 수술로 확인된 장천공 부위는 상행 결장이 6명(50%), 횡횡 결장이 6명(50%)으로 모두 중첩된 장의 근위부에 발생하였고, 단발성 천공이 10명(83.3%)으로 대다수를 차지하였다. 4) 장천공이 발생한 부위의 병리 조직 소견은 대부분에서 장천공 주변부위의 점막이 출혈성 괴사와 장막열상 소견을 보였다. 천공된 장중첩증의 합병증으로는 긴장성 기복이 7례(58.3%)에서 발생하여 즉각적인 복부 감압이 필요하였고, 1례에서는 수술 18개월 후 유착성 장 폐쇄(adhesive band)가 발생하였다. 결 론 : 공기 주입 정복술 시행도중 장천공의 발생은 6개월이하에서 방사선 소견상 소장 폐색 증상이 있는 경우에 자주 발생하며, 증상 발현 시간이 오래될수록, 공기 주입 압력이 높을수록 잘 생기므로 이런 경우 정복시 환아에 대한 세심한 관찰과 주의가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.