• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.979-986
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• 2019

본 연구는 Rib Rando Phantom을 이용하여 겨드랑 첫 번째, 두 번째 갈비뼈 골절이 선예하게 나타나는 영상의 검사방법을 연구하였다. 팬톰의 자세와 엑스선관 각도를 수직, 머리쪽 5°, 다리쪽 5°로 변경하여 검사하였다. 획득한 영상을 방사선사가 주관적으로 영상평가 하였으며, 평가 데이터를 SPSS ver. 3.0으로 분석하였다. ImageJ Program을 이용하여 신호대잡음비(SNR)를 계산하였다. 그 결과 Cronbach Alpha 값이 0.789로 유의하게 높았다. 신호대잡음비(SNR)의 결과는 갈비뼈 앞쪽의 경우 엑스선관을 머리쪽으로 5° 기울여 검사 시 6.038, 갈비뼈 뒤쪽의 경우 엑스선관을 다리쪽으로 5° 기울여 검사 시 7.860으로 가장 높았다. 겨드랑 갈비뼈의 촬영기법으로 앞쪽 검사는 골절된 부위를 거상하고 엑스선관 각도를 머리쪽으로 5° 주며, 뒤쪽 검사는 골절된 부위를 밀착하여 엑스선관 각도를 발쪽으로 5° 기울여 검사한다면 선예한 영상을 얻을 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.185-188
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• 2016

The $12^{th}$ rib syndrome is a disease that causes pain between the upper abdomen and the lower chest. It is assumed that the impinging on the nerves between the ribs causes pain in the lower chest, upper abdomen, and flank. A 74-year-old female patient visited a pain clinic complaining of pain in her back, and left chest wall at a 7 on the 0-10 Numeric Rating scale (NRS). She had a lateral fixation at T12-L2, 6 years earlier. After the operation, she had multiple osteoporotic compression fractures. When the spine was bent, the patient complained about a sharp pain in the left mid-axillary line and radiating pain toward the abdomen. On physical examination, the $10^{th}$ rib was not felt, and an image of the rib-cage confirmed that the left $10^{th}$ rib was severed. When applying pressure from the legs to the $9^{th}$ rib of the patient, pain was reproduced. Therefore, the patient was diagnosed with $9^{th}$ rib syndrome, and ultrasound-guided $9^{th}$ and $10^{th}$ intercostal nerve blocks were performed around the tips of the severed $10^{th}$ rib. In addition, local anesthetics with triamcinolone were administered into the muscles beneath the $9^{th}$ rib at the point of the greatest tenderness. The patient's pain was reduced to NRS 2 point. In this case, it is suspected that the patient had a partial resection of the left $10^{th}$ rib in the past, and subsequent compression fractures at T8 and T9 led to the deformation of the rib cage, causing the tip of the remaining $10^{th}$ rib to impinge on the $9^{th}$ intercostal nerves, causing pain.