• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.88-91
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• 2019

The burn center in our hospital is a national and regional (Southeast Asia) center. Of all admissions, 10% are related to blast explosions, and 8% due to chemical burns. In the acute burn management protocol of Singapore General Hospital, early surgical debridement is advocated for all acute partial-thickness burns. The aim of early surgical debridement is to remove all debris and unhealthy tissue, preventing wound infection and thereby expediting wound healing. In chemical burns, there can be stubborn eschars that are resistant to traditional debridement. We would like to present a novel technique using the diathermy scratch pad as a cheap and efficient tool for the dual purpose of surgical debridement and dermabrasion.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.218-222
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• 1997

저자는 화상 환자의 창상 처치 과정에서 동통 조절을 위한 최면적 개입을 성공적으로 경험하였기에 그 중에서 2명의 증례를 기술하고 최면과 동통, 해리 등에 관해 고찰함으로써 이와 관련된 연구에 대한 관심을 도모하고자 하였다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.317-324
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• 2014

Background Burn infliction techniques are poorly described in rat models. An accurate study can only be achieved with wounds that are uniform in size and depth. We describe a simple reproducible method for creating consistent burn wounds in rats. Methods Ten male Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized and dorsum shaved. A 100 g cylindrical stainless-steel rod (1 cm diameter) was heated to $100^{\circ}C$ in boiling water. Temperature was monitored using a thermocouple. We performed two consecutive toe-pinch tests on different limbs to assess the depth of sedation. Burn infliction was limited to the loin. The skin was pulled upwards, away from the underlying viscera, creating a flat surface. The rod rested on its own weight for 5, 10, and 20 seconds at three different sites on each rat. Wounds were evaluated for size, morphology and depth. Results Average wound size was $0.9957cm^2$ (standard deviation [SD] 0.1845) (n=30). Wounds created with duration of 5 seconds were pale, with an indistinct margin of erythema. Wounds of 10 and 20 seconds were well-defined, uniformly brown with a rim of erythema. Average depths of tissue damage were 1.30 mm (SD 0.424), 2.35 mm (SD 0.071), and 2.60 mm (SD 0.283) for duration of 5, 10, 20 seconds respectively. Burn duration of 5 seconds resulted in full-thickness damage. Burn duration of 10 seconds and 20 seconds resulted in full-thickness damage, involving subjacent skeletal muscle. Conclusions This is a simple reproducible method for creating burn wounds consistent in size and depth in a rat burn model.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.578-582
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• 2009

Purpose: In extensive deep burn of the lower limb, due to less amount of soft tissue, bone is easily exposed. When it happens, natural healing or reconstruction with skin graft only is not easy. Local flap is difficult to success, because adjacent skins are burnt or skin grafted tissues. Muscle flap or free flap are also limited and has high failure rate due to deep tissue damage. The authors acquired good outcome by performing one - stage operation on bone exposed soft tissue defect with AlloDerm$^{(R)}$(LifeCell, USA), an acellular dermal matrix producted from cadaveric skin. Methods: We studied 14 bone exposed soft tissue defect patients from March 2002 to March 2009. Average age, sex, cause of burn, location of wound, duration of admission period, and postoperative complications were studied. We removed bony cortex with burring, until conforming pinpoint bone bleeding. Then rehydrated AlloDerm$^{(R)}$(25 / 1000 inches, meshed type) was applicated on wound, and thin split thickness(6 ~ 8 / 1000 inches) skin graft was done at the immediately same operative time. Results: Average age of patients was 53.6 years(25 years ~ 80 years, SD = 16.8), and 13 patients were male(male : female = 13 : 1). Flame burn was the largest number. (Flame burn 6, electric burn 3, contact burn 4, and scalding burn 1). Tibia(8) was the most affected site. (tibia 8, toe 4, malleolus 1, and metatarsal bone 1). Thin STSC with AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ took without additional surgery in 12 of 14 patients. Partial graft loss was shown on four cases. Two cases were small in size under $1{\times}1cm$, easily healed with simple dressing, and other two cases needed additional surgery. But in case of additional surgery, granulation tissue has easily formed, and simple patch graft on AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ was enough. Average duration of admission period of patients without additional surgery was 15 days(13 ~ 19 days). Conclusion: AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ and thin split thickness skin graft give us an advantage in short surgery time and less limitations in donor site than flap surgery. Postoperative scar is less than in conventional skin graft because of more firm restoration of dermal structure with AlloDerm$^{(R)}$. We propose that AlloDerm$^{(R)}$ and thin split thickness skin graft could be a solution to bone exposured soft tissue defects in extensive deep burned patients on lower extremities, especially when adjacent tissue cannot be used for flap due to extensive burn.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.697-704
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• 2013

Background We conducted an experimental study to compare the effect of massage using topical agents (Kelo-cote or Contractubex) on scar formation by massaging the healed burn wound on the dorsal area of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Methods Four areas of second degree contact burn were made on the dorsal area of each of 15 SD rats, using a soldering iron 15 mm in diameter. After gross epithelialization in the defect, 15 SD rats were randomly divided into four groups: the Kelo-cote group, Contractubex group, Vaseline group, and control group. Rats in three of the groups (all but the Control group) were massaged twice per day for 5 minutes each day, while those in the Control group were left unattended. For histologic analysis, we performed a biopsy and evaluated the thickness of scar tissue. Results In the Kelo-cote and Contractubex groups, scar tissue thicknesses showed a significant decrease, compared with the Vaseline and control groups. However, no significant differences were observed between the Kelo-cote and Contractubex groups. In the Vaseline group, scar tissue thicknesses showed a significant decrease, compared with the control groups. Conclusions The findings of this study suggest that massage using a topical agent is helpful in the prevention of scar formation and that massage only with lubricant (no use of a topical agent) also has a considerable effect, although not as much as the use of a topical agent. Thus, we recommend massage with a topical agent on the post-burn scar as an effective method for decreasing the scar thickness.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2005

목 적 : 화상의 병태 생리에 대한 지식 증가와 효과적인 항균제의 이용 및 상처의 괴사조직을 조기에 제거하는 수술 방법의 도입으로 최근 사망률이 감소하고 있으나, 아직도 세균 감염으로 인한 패혈증과 폐렴 등의 합병증이 사망의 가장 큰 원인이 되고 있다. 최근 내성균주의 증가로 적절하고도 제한적인 항균제 선택의 중요성이 증대되고 있다. 특히 Acinetobacter의 multi-drug resistant 균주는 최근 들어 관심의 대상이다. 중환자실의 MRSA, VRE 등의 균주가 증가되고 있는 우리나라의 실정에서 소아 연령의 화상부위 세균 감염 양상을 파악하고 각 균주에 따른 항균제 내성의 추이를 파악하여 적절한 항균제 선택으로 소아 화상 부위의 치료에 도움이 되고자 한다. 방 법 : 1999년 1월부터 2002년 12월까지 4년간 한림대학교 의료원 한강성심병원 화상 센터에 입원한 만 15세 이하 환아 중, 화상 부위 세균 배양 검사 양성으로 나타난 213명, 406검체를 대상으로, 의무기록의 후향적 고찰을 통하여 감염세균 및 항균제 감수성 양상을 조사, 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 총 213명의 환아 중 남아 127명(59.6%), 여아 86명(40.4%)이었다. 나이별로는 1~5세까지의 학령 전기에서 132명(62.0%)으로 가장 많았고, 1개월~1세의 영아기 45명(21.1%), 6~10세의 학령기 24명(11.3%) 순이었다. 2) 화상의 종류로는 열탕 화상이 167명(78.4%)으로 가장 많았고, 다음으로 화염 화상이 35명(16.4%), 접촉 열화상 6명(2.8%) 순이었다. 3) 총 213명 406검체 중 64검체(15.8%)에서 두 종류 이상의 균주가 분리되었다. P. aeruginosa가 236검체(58.1%)에서 분리되어 가장 흔한 원인균이었다. Enterococcus species가 73검체(18.0%), S. aureus가 51검체(12.6%), S. epidermidis가 48검체(11.8%)에서 분리되었다. 그 다음으로 Streptococcus species, Acinetobacter species, E. coli 순이었다. 4) P. aeruginosa의 경우 항균제에 대한 내성률은 trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 100%, cephalothin 98.1%, ampicillin-sulbactam 96.2%, ampicillin 95.3%, ceftriaxone 95.2%, tobramycin 93.7%, cefoperazone 68.9%, ceftazidime 67.7%이었다. 5) Enterococcus species는 tetracycline 63.9%, streptomycin 45.5%, gentamicin 36.1%, penicillin G 13.7%의 내성을 보였다. 6) S. aureus는 gentamicin 89.7%, tetracycline 86.2%, ciprofloxacin 86.2%, penicillin G 84.3%, oxacillin 78.4%, erythromycin 76.5%의 내성을 보였다. 7) S. epidermidis는 oxacillin 81.2%, erythromycin 79.2%, gentamicin 76.2%, penicillin G 70.8%, fusidic acid 70.3%, tetracycline 61.9%의 내성을 보였다. 8) Acinetobacter species는 ampicillin-sulbactam 100%, gentamicin 85.7%, ampicillin 83.3%, piperacillin 61.5%, aztreonam 53.3%의 내성을 보였다. 결 론 : P. aeruginosa의 선택적 항생제 중 cefoperazone 68.9%, ceftazidime 67.7% 등 높은 내성을 보였고, imipenem 역시 25.9%의 내성을 나타냈다. 현재 P. aeruginosa에 대한 백신이 개발 중이나 효과에 대해선 더 많은 연구가 필요할 것이다. S. aureus는 penicillin G 84.3%, oxacillin 78.4% 등의 높은 내성을 보였으나, vancomycin 0%, teicoplanin 2.2%로 아직 낮은 내성률을 보였다. Acinetobacter species는 최근 계속 증가하는 multi-resistant drug 양상을 보이고 있어 향후 항균제 선택에 있어 신중한 주의가 필요하다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.58-63
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• 1999

Biodegradable films were prepared by solution blend method in the weight ratio of chitosan for the purpose of useful biomaterials. The possibility of biomaterials prepared from natural polymer as a skin substitute was evaluated by measuring biocompatibility. These films were inserts in the back of rat and their biodegradability was investigated by the film weight and hematology as a function of time for the biotransformation. The result of rat test showed that medium, high viscosity chitosan induced some suspects of inbiocompatibility in the tissue by goreign body reaction 48 and 72 hours after implantation. Also, we prepared the official burn ointment which is made by low viscosity chitosan. This burn ointment was covered on the skin wound of artificial burn and their effect of healing was investigated by the evaluation of the naked eye and hematological change as a function of time. The result of rats test showed that burn ointments made from chitosan was effective reductio of inflammation than negative group.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2019

Staphylococcus epidermidis is well-known not only as an innocuous normal flora species commonly isolated from human skin, but also as an important bacterial species to keep skin healthy, because this species can protect the human skin from pathogenic microorganisms. However, S. epidermidis turns into a potential pathogen in damaged skin, because these bacteria can easily form a biofilm on the wound area and provide antimicrobial resistance to other microorganisms embedded in the biofilm. Thus, it is important to kill S. epidermidis in the early stage of wound treatment and block the formation of biofilms in advance. In the present study, hydrogel wound dressings were fabricated using polyvinyl alcohol/polyethylene glycol containing silver citrate nanorods, which have been proven to have strong antimicrobial activity, especially against S. epidermidis, and their wound-healing efficacy was investigated in vivo using a rat experiment.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.51-54
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• 2009

${\beta}ig$-h3, is a TGF-${\beta}$-induced gene product, extracellular matrix protein with 68 kDa MW(683 amino acids) and has been known for its possible roles in cell adhesion, spreading, migration and proliferation. To minimize a proteolytic degradation of ${\beta}ig$-h3, ${\beta}ig$-h3 incorporated chitosan sponge was prepared and its effects on fibroblast adhesion and migration were investigated. And its wound healing efficacy was evaluated in deep 2nd degree burn rabbit ear wound model. ${\beta}ig$-h3 enhanced fibroblast adhesion and proliferation. In histological observation, a significant over-proliferation of epidermal regeneration was observed in ${\beta}ig$-h3/chitosan dressing applied wound while epidermal regeneration was not proceeded yet in chitosan only treated wound. ${\beta}ig$-h3/sponge dressing could enhance epidermal regeneration.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.610-614
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• 2023

Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon yet fatal soft tissue infection. Current recommended treatment includes antibiotics with repeat surgical exploration and wound debridement followed by reconstruction. In burn patients, the Meek micrograft has demonstrated a higher true expansion ratio, faster reepithelialization rate, more resilient toward infection, and reduced risk of graft failure as compared with meshed graft. To our best knowledge, the use of Meek micrografting technique in reconstruction of postdebridement wounds of necrotizing fasciitis has not been reported. Hereby, we present a case of a 57-year-old gentleman who was referred to us for wound reconstruction after surgical debridement of Fournier's gangrene and extensive necrotizing fasciitis involving the anterior abdomen and bilateral femoral region. Meek micrografting technique was used to reconstruct the anterior abdomen as the wound bed was large. Although the graft was complicated with a small area of localized infection, it did not spread across the entire graft and was successfully treated with topical antibiotics and regular wound dressing. In our case, wound reconstruction using Meek micrografting technique in a patient with extensive necrotizing fasciitis was successful and showed positive outcome. Therefore, we suggest further studies to be conducted to investigate the applications and outcomes of the Meek micrografting technique, especially in patients with extensive wound bed and limited donor site availability.