• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.287-292
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• 2021

Background We report the efficacy of a dual-plane approach using a Dufourmentel skin flap with a purse-string suture of the de-epithelized dermis to manage pseudoaneurysm at the vascular access site for hemodialysis. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted of 61 patients from 2013 to 2018 with pseudoaneurysms at the arteriovenous fistula or graft who were treated with rhomboid excision, vessel repair with a purse-string suture, and a full-thickness Dufourmentel skin flap. The success rate was defined as the probability of complete wound closure and intact vascular access patency without infection or other complications. Results The success rate was 93.4% at 6 months postoperatively. Complications included newly occurring pseudoaneurysms (n=2), wound dehiscence (n=1) and bleeding (n=1). There were no complications such as stenosis or thrombosis from the procedure. Conclusions A dual-plane approach using a Dufourmentel skin flap with a purse-string suture for vessel repair was shown to be a favorable option for managing stable, small (diameter <2 cm) pseudoaneurysms without infection, rapid expansion, or patency issues of the vascular access.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.545-549
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• 2002

임신시에 발생한 폐동정맥기형은 드문 질환으로 유전성 출혈성 모세혈관확장증과 같이 유전적으로 동반되어 나타날 수 있는 질환이다. 저자들은 임신시에 발생한 호흡곤란과 흉부방사선촬영상의 종괴를 주소로 내원한 환자에서 발견된 폐동정맥기형 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2017

Brain abscess commonly occurs secondary to an adjacent infection (mostly in the middle ear or paranasal sinuses) or due to hematogenous spread from a distant infection or trauma. Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are abnormal direct communications between the pulmonary artery and vein. We present two cases of brain abscess associated with asymptomatic pulmonary AVF. A 65-year-old woman was admitted with a headache and cognitive impairment that aggravated 10 days prior. An magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a brain abscess with severe edema in the right frontal lobe. We performed a craniotomy and abscess removal. Bacteriological culture proved negative. Her chest computed tomography (CT) showed multiple AVFs. Therapeutic embolization of multiple pulmonary AVFs was performed and antibiotics were administered for 8 weeks. A 45-year-old woman presented with a 7-day history of progressive left hemiparesis. She had no remarkable past medical history or family history. On admission, blood examination showed a white blood cell count of 6290 cells/uL and a high sensitive C-reactive protein of 2.62 mg/L. CT and MR imaging with MR spectroscopy revealed an enhancing lesion involving the right motor and sensory cortex with marked perilesional edema that suggested a brain abscess. A chest CT revealed a pulmonary AVF in the right upper lung. The pulmonary AVF was obliterated with embolization. There needs to consider pulmonary AVF as an etiology of cerebral abscess when routine investigations fail to detect a source.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.491-497
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• 1991

Coronary arteriovenous fistula is a relatively rare congenital heart disease and it drains into right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, coronary sinus or superior vena cava. We experienced one case of fistulous communication between right coronary artery and right ventricle which was most common condition. The patient was a 12 year old female and the only sign was continuous cardiac murmur. The cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography showed the fistulous communication between right coronary artery and right ventricle and aneurysmal dilatation of right coronary artery. Under the cardiopulmonary bypass with the hypothermic cardioplegia, fistula opening[7mm] which was located at right ventricle below the tricuspid valve annulus between septal and posterior leaflet was closed with 4 - 0 prolene continuous suture through right ventriculotomy. Her postoperative course was uneventful.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권10호
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• pp.1118-1122
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• 2008

단일관상동맥에서 우심실로 유출되는 동정맥루는 보고가 매우 드물며 이 경우 치료 방침이나 예후에 대해 명확하지 않다. 저자들은 지속성심잡음이 들려 시행한 심초음파 검사상 단일 좌관상동맥이 확장되어 있으며 우심실로 유출되는 동정맥루를 진단하였으며 관상동맥조영술로 확진하였다. 체외순환하에 우심실에서 동정맥루를 결찰하였다. 18개월 후 추적시 증상은 없었고 관상동맥조영술상 동정맥루의 재발도 없었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.28-33
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• 2020

Background: When an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is created using the basilic or deep cephalic vein, it is additionally necessary to transfer the vessels to a position where needling is easy; however, many patients develop wound-related postsurgical complications due to the long surgical wounds resulting from conventional superficialization of a deep AVF or basilic vein transposition. Thus, to address this problem, we performed videoscopic surgery with small surgical incisions. Methods: Data from 16 patients who underwent additional videoscopic radiocephalic superficialization, brachiocephalic superficialization, and brachiobasilic transposition after AVF formation at our institution in 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Results: Needling was successful in all patients. No wound-related complications occurred. The mean vessel size and blood flow of the AVF just before the first needling were 0.73±0.16 mm and 1,516.25±791.26 mL/min, respectively. The mean vessel depth after surgery was 0.26±0.10 cm. Percutaneous angioplasty was additionally performed in 25% of the patients. Primary patency was observed in 100% of patients during the follow-up period (262.44±73.49 days). Conclusion: Videoscopic surgery for AVF dramatically reduced the incidence of postoperative complications without interrupting patency; moreover, such procedures may increase the use of native vessels for vascular access. In addition, dissection using a videoscope compared to blind dissection using only a skip incision dramatically increased the success rate of displacement by reducing damage to the dissected vessels.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2020

Background: As the population of patients with end-stage renal disease has grown older, the proportion of patients with poorly preserved vasculature has concomitantly increased. Thus, arteriovenous grafts (AVG) have been used more frequently to access blood vessels for hemodialysis. Despite this increasing demand, studies of AVG are limited. In this study, we examined the surgical outcomes of upper-limb AVG creation. Methods: Among the arteriovenous fistula formation procedures performed between January 2014 and March 2019 at Dankook University Hospital, 42 cases involved AVG creation. We compared patients in whom the axillary vein was used (group A; brachioaxillary AVG [B-Ax AVG]; n=20) with those in whom upper limb veins were used (group B; brachiobasilic AVG or brachioantecubital AVG; n=22). Results: The 1-year primary patency rate was higher in group A than in group B (57.9% vs. 41.7%; p=0.262). The incidence of postoperative complications was not significantly different between groups. Conclusion: AVG using the axillary vein showed no major differences in safety or functionality compared to AVG using other veins. Therefore, accounting for age, underlying disease, and expected patient lifespan, B-Ax AVG can be considered an acceptable surgical method.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제65권5호
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• pp.688-696
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• 2022

Objective : Transvenous embolization (TVE) via an occluded inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) in a cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistula (CSDAVF) is challenging, often requiring navigation of a microcatheter through resistive obstacles between the occluded IPS and shunted pouch (SP), although the reopening technique was successfully performed. We report five cases of successful access to the cavernous sinus (CS) or SP using the rigid-tipped microguidewire such as chronic total occlusion (CTO) wire aiming to share our initial experience with this wire. Methods : In this retrospective study, four patients with CSDAVF underwent five procedures using the CTO wire puncture during transfemoral transvenous coil embolization. Puncture success, shunt occlusion, and complications including any hemorrhage and cranial nerve palsy were evaluated. Results : Despite successful access through the occluded IPS, further entry into the target area using neurointerventional devices was impossible due to a short-segment stricture before the CS (three cases) and a membranous barrier within the CS (two cases). However, puncturing these structures using the rigid-tipped microguidewire was successful in all cases. We could advance the microcatheter over the rigid-tipped microguidewire for the navigation to the SP and achieved complete occlusion of the SP without complications. Conclusion : The use of the rigid-tipped microguidewire in the TVE via the occluded IPS of the CSDAVF would be feasible and safe.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제82권6호
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• pp.1628-1633
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• 2021

척수 경막외 동정맥루는 매우 드문 질환으로 진단과 치료가 어렵다. 무증상 환자도 있으나 동정맥단락으로 척수주위정맥으로 역류되고 늘어난 정맥이 인접한 신경근을 압박하면서 증상이 생길 수 있다. 본 증례는 31세 남자 환자로 2년 동안 지속되는 요통, 방사성 허벅지통증, 하지 감각변화로 내원하였다. 컴퓨터단층촬영, 자가공명장치 및 척수혈관조영술에서 요추의 경막외 공간에서 동정맥단락에 의해 늘어난 정맥이 신경근을 압박하고 있는 척수 경막외 동정맥루로 진단하였다. 코일색전술을 시행하여 동정맥단락을 차단하였고 수일 내에 신경근 압박증상이 호전되었다. 이번 증례에서는 척수 경막외 동정맥루에서 외과적 수술의 대안으로 코일 색전술이 효과적인 치료가 될 수 있다는 것을 보여주었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.692-698
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• 2006

배경: 평균 연령의 증가와 의학의 발전으로 인하여 만성신부전으로 혈액투석을 받아야 하는 환자의 수가 점점 증가하고 있으며, 이에 따라 장기간 반복적으로 사용할 수 있고 충분한 혈류량을 제공할 수 있는 혈관의 확보는 중요한 과제로 대두되고 있다. 따라서 동정맥루조성술 후의 개통률과 이에 영향을 미치는 요소들에 대해 많은 연구가 시행되었고 개통률의 증가를 위하여 많은 연구가 계속되고 있다. 이에 저자들은 본원에서 동정맥루조성술을 시행받은 환자 중 해부학적 코담배갑에서 수술받은 134명의 환자를 대상으로 개통률의 단기 성적과 나이, 성병, 당뇨와 고혈압이 동정맥루 개통에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 본원 흉부외과에서 2000년 7월부터 2004년 5월까지 해부학적 코담배갑에서 동정맥루조성술을 시행한 134명의 환자를 대상으로 나이(65세 기준)와 성별, 당뇨와 고혈압의 유무에 따른 동정맥루 개통률의 차이를 비교 분석하였다. 이들 각 인자들에서 상관분석을 시행하였으며 SPSS for windows Release 11.0.1를 사용하여 통계처리 하였으며 P값이 0.05 이하일때 통계적으로 유의한 것으로 판정하였다. 결과: 재수술 35건을 포함한 전체 수술 수는 169건이며 남녀비는 70 : 64 (52% : 48%)였고 평균연령은 $56.3{\pm}12.26$세이며 65세 이상 고령환자는 33명(24%), 고혈압 환자는 103명(71%), 당뇨 환자는 90명(67%)이었다. 전체 동정맥루의 6개월, 12개월, 24개월의 개통률은 각각 $93{\pm}2.4%,\;91{\pm}2.7%,\;89{\pm}3.0%$이며 65세 이상인 환자군의 동정맥루 개통률은 각각 $85{\pm}4.8%,\;80{\pm}5.8%,\;80{\pm}5.8%$, 64세 이하인 환자군의 개통률은 각각 $99{\pm}1.3%,\;99{\pm}1.3%,\;97{\pm}2.3%$로 두군 사이의 통계적 유의성(p=0.0034)을 보여 64세 이하인 환자군에서 개통률이 더 좋은 결과를 보였다. 그러나 동반 질환 중 고혈압과 당뇨를 가진 환자와 그렇지 않은 환자에서는 통계적인 유의성이 없었다. 또한 남녀 간의 개통률도 통계적인 유의성을 보이지 않았다. 결론: 65세 이상의 환자에서보다 64세 이하 환자에서 시행한 동정맥루의 개통률이 더 우수하였다. 따라서 젊은 나이에 혈액 투석로를 확보하는 것이 장기 개존율 향상에 유리하다. 성별과 당뇨 그리고 고혈압의 유무는 동정맥루 개통률에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치지 않았다.