• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.652-662
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• 2022

현재 전 세계 의료계의 척추 수술 영역에선 다양한 신기술들이 빠르게 개발되어 임상에 적용되어 오고 있다. 논자는 이러한 신기술들이 환자에게 시술되기 전에 효능과 안전성에 대한 검토가 충실하게 이루어지고 있는지 논의해 볼 필요가 있다고 생각한다. 논자는 이 주제를 고찰하기 위해, 2000년대에 추간판성 통증 질환 치료의 신기술로 등장하여 현재까지 전 세계적으로 널리 시술되어오고 있는 추간판 내열 치료술의 기초 연구 자료들과 임상 적용 과정을 분석하였다. 그 결과 이 시술은 효능과 안전성에 관한 기반 연구가 불충분한 상태에서 임상 적용해 온 것으로 평가되었다. 논자는 이 사례가 현재 척추 수술 영역 신의료기술들의 임상 적용과 관련한 본질적 문제를 드러내고 있다고 판단한다. 따라서 논자는 척추 수술 영역의 신의료기술이 환자들에게 미칠 수 있는 부작용을 최소화하기 위해선 보다 충실한 수준의 기초 연구와 보다 높은 수준의 임상 허용기준이 갖추어져야 한다고 생각한다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2012

Background: We have developed an intradiscal pulsed radiofrequency (Disc PRF) technique, using Diskit $II^{(R)}$ needles (NeuroTherm, Wilmington, MA, USA), as a minimally invasive treatment option for chronic discogenic low back pain (LBP). The purpose of this study was to compare the representative outcomes of Disc PRF and Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET) in terms of pain relief and reduction of disability. Methods: Thirty-one patients with chronic discogenic LBP who underwent either Disc PRF (n = 15) or IDET (n = 16) were enrolled in the study. A Diskit $II^{(R)}$ needle (15-cm length, 20-gauge needle with a 20-mm active tip) was placed centrally in the disc. PRF was applied for 15 min at a setting of $5{\times}50$ ms/s and 60 V. The pain intensity score on a 0-10 numeric rating scale (NRS) and the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) were assessed pretreatment and at 1, 3, and 6 months post-treatment. Results: The mean NRS was significantly improved from $7.2{\pm}0.6$ pretreatment to$2.5{\pm}0.9$ in the Disc PRF group, and from $7.5{\pm}1.0$ to $1.7{\pm}1.5$ in the IDET group, at the 6-month follow-up. The mean RMDQ also showed significant improvement in both the Disc PRF group and the IDET group at the 6-month follow-up. There were no significant differences in the pretreatment NRS and RMDQ scores between the groups. Conclusions: Disc PRF appears to be an alternative to IDET as a safe, minimally invasive treatment option for patients with chronic discogenic LBP.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.114-117
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• 2017

A 42-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with complaints of low back pain and intermittent right thigh pain. Twelve weeks before admission, the patient received intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) at a local hospital. The patient still reported low back pain after the procedure that was managed with narcotic analgesics. Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed, and his referring physician thought the likely diagnosis was spondylodiscitis at the L4-5 spinal segment with a small epidural abscess. At admission to our department, the patient reported aggravated low back pain. Blood test results, including the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels, were slightly elevated. Biopsy samples of the L4, L5 vertebral bodies and disk were obtained. The material underwent aerobic, anaerobic, fungal, mycobacterial cultures and histologic examination. Results of all cultures were negative. Histologically, necrosis of the bone was evident from the number of empty osteocyte lacunae. In addition, there was no evidence of infection based on biopsy results. No antibiotic treatment was administered on discharge. Repeat computed tomography and MRI performed 12 months after IDET showed a bony defect in the L4 and L5 vertebral bodies, and a decrease in the size of the L4-5 intervertebral disc lesion. We report a case of lumbar vertebral osteonecrosis induced by IDET and discuss etiology and radiologic features.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2003

요통환자의 약40%가 추간판 자체에 의한 요통, 연관통 환자로 추정되며, 그에 따라 추간판절제술과 같은 침습적인 시술이 진행되어 왔다. 최근 최소침습적이며 간편하고 경제적인 방법이 선호 받아 추간판 전기열치료(IDET-Intradiscal electrothermal therapy)란 방법을 이용한 시술이 소개되었다. 본 논문은 IDET 시술 시 가장 중요한 요소인 열원의 온도와 열원을 가하는 시간 및 그에 따른 추간판 내의 온도 분포를 연구 하고자 하였다. 그 방법으로 실험과 유한요소해석을 수행하였으며. 또한 임상적으로 알려진 통증을 완화시키는 두 가지 메카니즘에 의한 온도범위를 확인하였다. 그 결과 열원을 1,020초 동안 8$0^{\circ}C$로 유지했을 때 섬유륜 부분에서는 열원으로부터 15.6mm 떨어진 곳까지 45$^{\circ}C$ 이상(메카니즘 1-열에의한 섬유륜의 응고)의 온도분포를 보임을 확인하였고, 수핵 부분에서는 9mm 떨어진 곳까지 6$0^{\circ}C$ 이상(메카니즘 2-열에의한 수핵의 수축)의 온도분포를 보임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.749-754
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• 2001

Objective : The IDET(Intradiscal electrothermal therapy) appears as a new therapeutic modality for intractable discogenic back pain. We carried out a prospective study to analyze and evaluate the therapeutic effects of IDET. Methods & Results : During a six month period, we performed IDET in 39 patients with chronic low back pain using RITA Model 30 Electrosurgical device. The patients included 21 men and 18 women. The mean patient age was 50.2 years(range 21-73 years). All patients underwent preoperative plain radiography and MRI for excluding non-discogenic back pain. We conducted discography-CT to reveal painful discs in all patients. During the study, we measured intradiscal pressure subjectively. The area of annular tear, which identified with post-discography CT scan, was coagulated in $90^{\circ}C$ of temperature for 15 minutes. Of the 17 patients who were followed up more than three months after surgery, the 10 patients(58.8%) experienced clinical improvement. Three patients had high intradiscal pressure on discography, other three patients had loss of disc height more than 30% of normal on plain radiography, and one patient suffered from postoperative epidural abscess. All of these patients were included in the remaining no improvement group(41.2%). Conclusion : The IDET procedure could be an alternative modality for discogenic back pain. It appears that a patient who has low intradiscal pressure on discography and intact disc height on plain radiography is considered a good candidate for IDET.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.513-514
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• 2006

Recently intradiscal electrothermal therapy is introduced, which is a new and minimally invasive technique fer the treatment of discogenic low back pain. This procedure involves the percutaneous threading of a flexible catheter into the disc under fluoroscopic guidance. The catheter, composed of thermal resistive coil, heats the posterior annulus of the disc, causing contraction of collagen fibers and destruction of afferent nociceptors. This study tries to investigate the effects of the important factors of this procedure such as heat source temperature and heat applying time on the temperature distribution within the intervertebral disc. This study utilized both computer simulation and the experiment for the verification of finite element analysis. FE analysis was carried out with ANSYS v7.0 (ANSYS Inc, USA) using 10,980 number of brick element and 12,551 number of node. The functional spinal units of 5 month old swine were used for the experiment and the temperature was monitored using 10 channel temperature measurement device MV200. Through this study, it was able to analyze the temperature range of inner intervertebral disc by two mechanisms which are known to alleviate pain clinically. The results showed that when the heat source temperature was kept up 80 degree for 1,020 seconds, the temperature of inner annulus reached at 45 degree up to the distance of 15.6mm from heat source, which explains coagulation of inner annulus by heat. When the same heat source was used, the temperature of inner nucleus reached at 60 degree up to the distance of 9mm from heat source, which explains contraction of inner nucleus by heat.

• 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.311-320
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• 2019

척추 추간판의 퇴화과정에서 발생하는 추간판성 통증은 근골격계의 난치성 질환이다. 이 질환은 현대 의학이 다루는 일반적 질환들과는 달리 객관적인 영상학적, 임상병리학적 지표로 확진되지 않는다. 그리고 현재의 기술로는 근본적인 치료법도 존재하지 않는다. 이 연구는 추간판성 통증치료를 위해 실시되는 신경차단술, 추간판 내열치료술, 수핵성형술 등 여러 중재시술법들의 치료적 근거가 타당성이 있는지, 그리고 각 기법들의 개발과정에서 전임상적 시험과 같은 안전성 검토가 충실히 이행되었는지를 문헌검토를 통해 분석하였다. 그 결과 치료적 근거가 객관적으로 검증된, 추간판성 통증의 중재시술 방법은 아직 없는 것으로 추정된다. 그리고 기술 개발과정에서 시술의 안전성에 대한 검토를 위해 필요한 전임상적 시험의 단계를 적절히 갖추지 않은 중재시술법의 사례들도 발견된다. 결론적으로, 아직까지 선명한 치료적 근거를 가진, 추간판성 통증에 대한 중재시술법은 없으므로, 임상에서 시술여부를 판단할 때는 보다 신중한 접근이 필요하다는 인식이 필요하며, 안전성에 대한 검토를 충실히 갖추지 않은 채 실시되어온 것으로 판단되는 일부 중재시술법들에 대해선 의료윤리적 문제가 제기될 수 있다.