• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.466-472
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• 2021

Background: Major intraoperative hemorrhage reportedly predicts unfavorable survival outcomes following surgical resection for esophageal carcinoma (EC). However, the factors predicting the amount of blood lost during thoracoscopic esophagectomy have yet to be sufficiently studied. We sought to identify risk factors for excessive blood loss during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for EC. Methods: Using simple and multiple linear regression models, we performed retrospective analyses of the associations between clinicopathological/surgical factors and estimated hemorrhagic volume in 168 consecutive patients who underwent VATS-type esophagectomy for EC. Results: The median blood loss amount was 225 mL (interquartile range, 126-380 mL). Abdominal laparotomy (p<0.001), thoracic duct resection (p=0.014), and division of the azygos arch (p<0.001) were significantly related to high volumes of blood loss. Body mass index and operative duration, as continuous variables, were also correlated positively with blood loss volume in simple linear regression. The multiple linear regression analysis identified prolonged operative duration (p<0.001), open laparotomy approach (p=0.003), azygos arch division (p=0.005), and high body mass index (p=0.014) as independent predictors of higher hemorrhage amounts during VATS esophagectomy. Conclusion: As well as body mass index, operation-related factors such as operative duration, open laparotomy, and division of the azygos arch were independently predictive of estimated blood loss during VATS esophagectomy for EC. Laparoscopic abdominal procedures and azygos arch preservation might be minimally invasive options that would potentially reduce intraoperative hemorrhage, although oncological radicality remains an important consideration.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.487-498
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• 2023

Purpose: Reduced port surgery (RPS) for gastric cancer has been frequently reported in distal gastrectomies but rarely in total gastrectomies. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of 3-port totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy (TLTG) with overlapping esophagojejunal (EJ) anastomosis. Materials and Methods: A total of 81 patients who underwent curative TLTG for gastric cancer (36 and 45 patients with 3-port and 5-port TLTG, respectively) were evaluated. All 3-port TLTG procedures were performed with the same method as 5-port TLTG, including EJ anastomosis with the intracorporeal overlap method using a linear stapler, except for the number of ports and assistants. Short-term outcomes, including the number of lymph nodes (LNs) harvested by station and postoperative complications, were analyzed retrospectively. Results: Clinical characteristics were not significantly different among the groups, except that the 3-port TLTG group was younger and had a lower rate of pulmonary comorbidity. There were no cases of open conversion or additional port placement. All operative details and the number of harvested LNs did not differ between the groups, but the rate of suprapancreatic LN harvest was higher in the 3-port TLTG group. No significant differences were observed in the overall complication rates between the 2 groups. Conclusions: Three-port TLTG with overlapping EJ anastomoses using a linear stapler is a feasible RPS procedure for total gastrectomy to treat gastric cancer.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2019

Purpose: The robotic system for surgery was introduced to gastric cancer surgery in the early 2000s to overcome the shortcomings of laparoscopic surgery. The more recently introduced da Vinci $Xi^{(R)}$ system offers benefits allowing four-quadrant access, greater range of motion, and easier docking through an overhead boom rotation with laser targeting. We aimed to identify whether the $Xi^{(R)}$ system provides actual advantages over the $Si^{(R)}$ system in gastrectomy for gastric cancer by comparing the operative outcomes. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all patients who underwent robotic gastrectomy as treatment for gastric cancer from March 2016 to March 2017. Patients' demographic data, perioperative information, and operative and pathological outcomes were collected and analyzed. Results: A total of 109 patients were included in the $Xi^{(R)}$ group and 179 in the $Si^{(R)}$ group. Demographic characteristics were similar in both groups. The mean operative time was 229.9 minutes in the $Xi^{(R)}$ group and 223.7 minutes in the $Si^{(R)}$ group. The mean estimated blood loss was 72.7 mL in the $Xi^{(R)}$ group and 62.1 mL in the $Si^{(R)}$ group. No patient in the $Xi^{(R)}$ group was converted to open or laparoscopy, while 3 patients in the $Si^{(R)}$ group were converted, 2 to open surgery and 1 to laparoscopy, this difference was not statistically significant. Bowel function was resumed 3 days after surgery, while soft diet was initiated 4 days after surgery. Conclusions: We found no difference in surgical outcomes after robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer between the da Vinci $Xi^{(R)}$ and da Vinci $Si^{(R)}$ procedures.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2010

Pancreatic tumors in children are relatively rare, and their prognosis differs from that in adults. The purpose of this study is to examine the clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis for children with pancreatic tumors. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of children under 15 years of age with pancreatic tumors who were treated surgically at Asan Medical Center between January 1992 and November 2009. There were 16 patients, fourteen of whom were pathologically diagnosed with solid pseudopapillary tumor. The other two patients were diagnosed with pancreatoblastoma and acinar cell carcinoma, respectively. Six patients of the 16 patients (38 %) were male, and there was a male-to-female ratio of 1:1.6. The initial presentations were upper abdominal pain in eight patients (50 %), palpable abdominal mass in three, and vomiting in one. Four patients were diagnosed incidentally. Six patients' tumors were located in the pancreatic head, six in the pancreatic body, and four in the pancreatic tail, respectively. The surgical procedures performed included distal pancreatectomy (n=7, 44 %), median segmentectomy (n=3), enucleation (n=3), pancreaticoduodenectomy (n=2), and pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (n=1). Three patients underwent laparoscopic surgery. The median tumor size was 6.5 cm (1.8~20 cm). Early surgical complications included pancreatic fistula (n=4), bile leakage (n=1), and delayed gastric emptying (n=1). A late complication in one patient was diabetes. The median follow-up period was five years and four months, and all patients survived without recurrence. While pancreatic tumors in adults have a poor prognosis, pancreatic tumors of childhood are usually curative with complete resection and thus have a favorable prognosis.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2008

목적: 복강경 보조 위전절제술은 기술적 어려움과 환자수가 많지 않음으로 인하여 복강경 보조 위원위부 절제술에 비하여 연구가 많지 않은 상황이다. 따라서 저자들은 본원에서 시행한 복강경 보조 위전절제술의 수술성적과 수술후 경과 및 합병증 발생 예측인자와 복강경 보조 위전절제술의 학습곡선에 관하여 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2005년 1월부터 2007년 9월까지 술 전 검사상 위의 중 상부에 위치한 조기위암(cT1N0)을 진단받고 한 술자에 의해 복강경 보조 위전절제술을 시행 받은 연속적인 48명의 환자를 대상으로 의무기록을 바탕을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 수술 중 합병증이나 개복수술로의 전환은 없었고 평균 수술시간은 $212{\pm}67$분이었다. 평균 적출 림프절 개수는 $29{\pm}10$개였고 모든 환자에서 안전한 종양 경계 면이 확보되었다. 수술 후 가스배출, 식이시작, 퇴원시기는 각각 평균 2.98일, 3.67일, 7.08일이었다. 외과적 합병증은 5명(10.4%)에서 발생하였고 모두 보전적 치료로 호전되었다. 단변량 및 다변량 분석에서 합병증 발생에 영향을 주는 유일한 인자는 체질량지순(P=0.035, HR=2.462)였으며 수술 시간을 기준으로 한 학습곡선 분석에서 20예가 학습곡선인 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 복강경 보조 위전절제술은 위의 중 상부에 위치한 조기위암에 대한 적절한 술식이며 수술성적과 수술 후 경과가 양호하다. 그러나 학습곡선을 단축하기 위해서는 복강경 보조 위원위부절제술의 충분한 경험이 필요하며, 특히 초기경험에서는 수술 후 합병증을 줄이기 위하여 환자 선택에 있어서 체질량지수를 고려하는 게 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.162-169
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• 2010

남녀의 비는 1.8로 남아가 많았으며, 진단시 나이는 76.9 % 에서 4주 이내 신생아시기에 진단되었다. 임상증상은 복부팽만 84.6 %, 태변 배출지연이 46.1 %, 설사 와 변비가 23.1 % 였다. 무신경절의 범위가 89.7 %에서 직장 및 에스자형 결장에 한정되었으며, 전결장에 침범한 경우가 8 %였다. 69.2 %에서 결장조루술 후 근치적 수술을 시행하였으며, 30.8 %에서 바로 근치적 수술을 시행하였다. 수술 후 6개월 이상 추적은 54 % 였으며, 추적 관찰 환자 중 14.3 %에서 대변 지림을 보였고, 19.0 %에서 변비를 보였다.