• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.618-622
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• 2005

Articular cartilage is an important target for studying the arthritic diseases. To verify the therapeutic effects of bee venom herb-acupuncture in vivo, 3${\mu}$l of diluted solution of bee venom for herb-acupuncture were injected into articular cavity once a day during 3 months after making full-thickness defects in rat articular cartilage. Histological examination and immunohistochemistry indicated that the chondrocyte-like tissue was formed during the repair process of cartilage injury, and the expression of a cartilage-specific protein, collagen type II, were significantly activated. It means that the expression of the gene encoding type I collagen was down-regulated, whereas those of collagen type II were up-regulated. Histological examination by hematoxylin-eosin staining indicated that the cells regained their original round morphology. In addition, a homogeneous distribution of articular cartilage extracellular matrices was detected around the cells. These results suggested that bee venom herb-acupuncture was very effective on the recovery of articular chondrocyte phenotype.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.157-164
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• 1998

It has been very difficult to managing partial joint defect in any etiologies, especially in children. Unicondylar defect of the tibial condyle in children reconstructed with proximal fibular head with articular cartilage from 1995. Two kinds of transfering methods were used, peroneal artery pedicled ipsilateral fibula head transposition to defective lateral tibial condyle defect that revealed poor prognosis with gradual absorption of transposed fibular epiphysis. Free vascularized fibular head transplantation with microvascular anastomosis underwent in the case with medial condyle defect of tibia which revealed very satisfactory results. Author can conclude with these clinical experiences: 1. Tranposition without epiphyseal vesssels intact is not sufficient in fibular head osteochondral transplantation in reconstruction of tibial condyle defect. That means peroneal arterial vascular pedicle is not enough for transplanted proximal epiphysis maintains its function on articular surface and growth activity in children. 2. The anterior recurrent tibial artery is one of the most important and easy to utilizing vessel in proximal fibular epiphyseal transplantation. 3. Free vascularized fibular head transplantation is hopeful method in reconstruction of the knee joint in the patient with partial joint defect which has no effective solution in conventional methods.

• 대한관절경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한관절경학회 2006년도 제15차 추계학술대회 심포지움
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• pp.82-83
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• 2006

• 대한관절경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한관절경학회 제21차 추계 학술대회
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• pp.79-80
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• 2009

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2015

Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic joint disease in the world. With its progression, cartilage thickness tends to diminish, which causes severe pain to human being. One way to examine the stage of osteoarthritis is to measure the cartilage thickness. When it comes to inter-subject study, however, it is not easy task to compare cartilage thickness since every human being has different cartilage structure. In this paper, we propose a method to assess cartilage defect using MRI inter-subject thickness comparison. First, we used manual segmentation method to build accurate atlas images and each segmented image was labeled as articular surface and bone-cartilage interface in order to measure the thickness. Secondly, each point in the bone-cartilage interface was assigned the measured thickness so that the thickness does not change after registration. We used affine transformation and SyGN to get deformation fields which were then applied to thickness images to have cartilage thickness atlas. In this way, it is possible to investigate pixel-by-pixel thickness comparison. Lastly, the atlas images were made according to their osteoarthritis grade which indicates the degree of its progression. The result atlas images were compared using the analysis of variance in order to verify the validity of our method. The result shows that a significant difference is existed among them with p < 0.001.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2007

목적: 슬관절 연골 결손 환자 치료로 진보적으로 변형된 gel 형태의 fibrin matrix 자가 연골 세포 이식술을 시행한 후 이차 관절경을 통하여 그 단기 결과를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 슬관절 연골 결손 환자 6명을 대상으로 하였으며 결손 크기는 평균 $5.13\;cm^2$ 이었다. 1차 관절경 시술시 연골 전층을 채취하여 $4{\sim}6$주간 배양하여 연골 세포를 증식한 후, 2차로 fibrin을 matrix로 하는 gel 형태의 자가 연골 세포 이식술을 시행하였다. 결과: 수술 후 Modified Cincinnati Knee Score는 6명중 4예에서 양호 이상, Lysholm function score는 수술 전 평균 59.5점에서 수술 후 평균 75.25점으로 증상이 호전되었다. ICRS grade 측정에서 6명중 4예에서 거의 정상의 결과를 보였다. 결론: Gel 형태의 fibrin matrix 자가 연골 세포 이식술은 기존의 고식적인 방법에 비해 수술시간이 짧고, 최소 절개 또는 관절경적 시술이 가능한 유용한 방법으로 사료되나, 추후 더 많은 증례 및 지속적인 장기 추시가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한족부족관절학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한족부족관절학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 및 총회
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• pp.13-13
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• 2008

• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.154-160
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• 2013

The treatment of open, traumatic intraarticular injuries to the metatarsophalangeal joint with severe articular comminution and cartilage defect of metatarsal head is a challenge to the foot surgeon. We report the joint reconstruction treating the injured joint by autogenic costal osteochondral graft with satisfactory outcome.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2011

목적: 슬관절의 연골 결손에 대한 미세골절술 후 병변을 덮는 생체막을 이용한 환자들의 치료 결과를 비교, 분석하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 2008년 1월부터 2010년 1월까지 관절경 검사로 확인된 슬관절 연골의 국소적 전층 결손이 있으며, 골관절염을 보이지 않는 53명(총 59례)의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 무작위로 선정된 36명(42례)은 미세골절술 후 생체막으로 병변을 덮어주었고(실험군), 나머지 17명(17례)은 고식적인 미세골절술만을 시행받았다(대조군). 모든 환자는 수술 후 6개월째에 임상적 결과를 IKDC 설문지와 통증, 만족도에 대한 VAS 점수를 이용하여 비교하였고, 자기공명영상 촬영을 통해 골연골 병변의 회복 상태를 비교하였다. 결과: 임상 결과(IKDC, 통증 VAS, 만족도 VAS)에서 실험군이 대체로 더 우수하였으며 IKDC에서는 두 군 간의 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. (IKDC, p=0.047, 통증 VAS, p=0.074; 만족도 VAS, p=0.001). MRI 추시결과에서 실험군의 33명(78.6%)에서 우수한 결손 치유(67~100%)를 보이고, 5명(11.9%)만이 불량한 치유 소견을 보인 반면, 대조군에서는 4명(23.5%)의 환자에서 양호한 결손 치유가 관찰되고 9명(52.9%)의 환자들에서 결손 치유가 불량하였다(p=0.001). 실험군에서 35명(83.3%), 대조군 중 6명(35.3%)에서 변연부 결합부에서 간격이 관찰되지 않았다(p=0.001). 생체막 사용과 관련하여 심각한 부작용은 발견되지 않았다. 결론: 슬관절의 연골 결손 병변에 대해 미세골절술 후 생체막으로 도포한 군에서 단기 추시 임상적 결과 및 MRI를 이용한 영상학적 결과에서 결손부의 연골재생이 잘 된 것을 확인하였고, 미세골절술 후 ArtiFilm$^{TM}$을 함께 사용했던 군에서 연골 치유가 더 잘되는 경향이 있음을 시사한다.

• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2010

Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the clinical and radiographical results of anatomical reconstruction by Chen method for chronic lateral ankle instability. Materials and Methods: Fifteen patients with chronic lateral ankle instability who had undergone anatomical reconstruction of anterior talofibular and calcaneofibular ligaments by Chen method were evaluated retrospectively. Average age of the patients was 31.3 years, and average follow-up period was 15.5 months. Preoperative and postoperative radiographs including varus stress view and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were analyzed. The clinical evaluation was performed according to the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) scale. Results: Radiographically average talar tilt angle was $15.3^{\circ}$ preoperatively, and the difference with contralateral normal side was $10.1^{\circ}$. At last follow up, talar tile angle and the difference with contralateral side improved to $5.9^{\circ}$ and $1.3^{\circ}$ respectively. AOFAS scale was 66.6 preoperatively and 87.3 postoperatively. In MRI findings, four patients had associated intra-articular lesion such as articular cartilage defect, synovitis and osteoarthritis. The talar tilt angle improvement and AOFAS scale of patients without intra-articular lesion was better than those of four patients with intra-articular lesions. Surgical wound pain occurred in six patients and sural neuropathy in three patients. Conclusion: The anatomical reconstruction by Chen method was an easy and effective procedure for symptomatic chronic lateral ankle instability. Careful operative technique may prevent the surgical wound pain and sural neuropathy.