• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.238-240
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• 1994

We performed post-operative hemodynamic evaluation and lung perfusion scan after left lung transplantation in dog. The heart & lungs were extracted from donor dog while the both lungs were flushed with 4oC Euro-Collin`s solution after heparinization & infusion of prostaglandin E1.In the recipient dog, anastomosis of the left atrial cuff was performed by continuous 4-0 Prolene everted suture, and bronchial anastomosis by telescope method with 4-0 Prolene continuous suture. The end-to-end anastomosis of left main pulmonary arteries was performed with continuous 6-0 Prolene suture. After closure of left thoracotomy incision, the lung perfusion scan was performed post operative 2 days for evaluation of the function of the transplanted lung which showed good perfusion. The dog was sacrificed in the post-operative 5 days for autopsy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.338-356
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• 2022

Lung transplantation (LT) is now considered as an effective treatment option for end-stage lung diseases that improves the short and long-term survival rates and quality of life. As increasingly many LT procedures are being performed, the medical complications of LT are also increasing in frequency and emerging as a very important issue for transplant clinicians. Although chronic lung allograft dysfunction and infection are major causes of death after LT, many medical complications, several of which result from immunosuppressive treatment, contribute to increased mortality and morbidity. This article reviews the most frequent and important medical complications of LT, accompanied by a review of the literature and studies from South Korea, including lung allograft rejection, infection, and non-allograft organ systemic complications.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.228-231
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• 2010

3년 전 두피에 발생한 혈관 육종의 과거력이 있는 80세 남자 환자가 호흡 곤란을 주소로 본원 응급실 내원하여 시행한 흉부 X-ray상 좌측 기흉이 진단되었다. 환자는 3년 전 혈관 육종으로 두피의 종양 절제와 방사선 치료를 받았다. 입원 후 지속되는 공기 누출로 폐쐐기 절제술을 시행 받았으며 병리 검사상 혈관 육종의 폐전이가 진단되었다. 환자는 방사선 치료를 시행하였으나 혈관 육종의 폐전이 악화로 폐절제술 후 15개월에 사망하였다. 혈관 육종은 노인에서 두피 또는 얼굴에 호발하는 악성도가 높은 종양으로 드물게 폐에 공동성 병변의 형태로 전이되어 기흉을 발생시킨다. 저자들은 두피에 발생한 혈관 육종의 과거력이 있는 환자에서 폐전이에 의한 기흉을 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 1990

A total of 129 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of primary lung cancer were treated at Dep. of Thoracic k Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, between July, 1981 and Dec., 1988. Particular emphasis was given in this review to the 72 patients that underwent surgical resection of their primary lung lesion. Factors such as histology, type of resection, sex, age, staging, and degree of dissemination were considered possible influences on survival. The age group of fifty k sixty decade occupied 55.8 %, and the youngest being 24 years and oldest 78 years. The incidence ratio of male to female was 3,2:1. The subjective symptoms of the patients were coughing [72.6%], chest pain [48.2%] and hemoptysis [35.6%], which were due to primary local influence. The confirmed diagnostic procedures were bronchoscopic biopsy, sputum cytology needle aspiration biopsy, open lung biopsy, anterior mediastinotomy & lymph node biopsy. By pathologic classifications, the squamous cell carcinoma was the most prevalent, 67 cases [51.9 %], and the adenocarcinoma in 36 cases [27.9%], undifferentiated small cell carcinoma in 13 cases [10.1 %], undifferentiated large cell carcinoma in 9 cases [6.9%], bronchioloalveolar carcinoma was 4 cases [3.1%]. The lymph node dissection with pneumonectomy [42 cases], lobectomy [14 cases] and pneumonectomy [6 cases], lobectomy [9 cases] without lymph node dissection were performed. The post operative TNM Staging[AJC] in 72 cases were Stage I in 24 cases, Stage II in 27 cases, and Stage III in 21 cases. Overall resectable was possible in 72 cases [55.8 %], and the operation mortality was 5.6 % [4 cases].

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.3143-3147
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• 2012

Background: Previous studies investigating the association of physical activity with risk of lung cancer reported conflicting results. In order to update and improve available evidence on any link, a meta-analysis was performed. Method: We searched the PubMed database for prospective cohort studies investigating the relation of physical activity with risk of lung cancer. The pooled relative risk (RR) with its 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) was used to assess the association. Results: We included 14 prospective studies with a total of 1,644,305 participants, with 14,074 incident lung cancer cases documented during follow-up. Meta-analysis of all 14 studies suggested both high and medium levels of physical activity to be associated with decreased risk of lung cancer compared to the reference group with low level of physical activity (for high level, RR = 0.77, 95%CI 0.73-0.81, P < 0.001; for medium level, RR = 0.87, 95%CI 0.83-0.90, P < 0.001). Subgroup analyses by gender found obvious associations in both men and women. No publication bias was observed. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that high and medium levels of physical activity have a beneficial effect on lung cancer by reducing the overall risk of tumour development among both men and women.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.335-344
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• 2015

Background: A raised carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) may be associated with significant pathology during the postoperative follow-up of lung adenocarcinoma. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 305 patients who underwent surgical resections for primary lung adenocarcinoma at a single institution between April 2006 and February 2013. Results: Preoperative CEA levels were significantly associated with age, smoking history, pathologic stage including pT (pathologic tumor stge), pN (pathologic nodal stage) and overall pathological stage, tumor size and differentiation, pathologically positive total lymph node, N1 and N2 lymph node, N2 nodal station (0/1/2=1.83/2.94/7.21 ng/mL, p=0.019), and 5-year disease-free survival (0.591 in group with normal preoperative CEA levels vs. 0.40 in group with high preoperative CEA levels, p=0.001). Preoperative CEA levels were significantly higher than postoperative CEA levels (p<0.001, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). Postoperative CEA level was also significantly associated with disease-free survival (p<0.001). A follow-up serum CEA value of >2.57 ng/mL was found to be the appropriate cutoff value for the prediction of cancer recurrence with sensitivity and specificity of 71.4% and 72.3%, respectively. Twenty percent of patients who had recurrence of disease had a CEA level elevated above this cutoff value prior to radiographic evidence of recurrence. Postoperative CEA, pathologic stage, differentiation, vascular invasion, and neoadjuvant therapy were identified as independent predictors of 5-year disease-free survival in a multivariate analysis. Conclusion: The follow-up CEA level can be a useful tool for detecting early recurrence undetected by postoperative imaging studies. The perioperative follow-up CEA levels may be helpful for providing personalized evaluation of lung adenocarcinoma.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.126-129
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• 2017

The identification of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is clinically important for diagnosing cancer. We have previously developed a size-based filtration platform followed by epithelial cell adhesion molecule immunofluorescence staining for detecting CTCs. To characterize CTCs independently of cell surface protein expression, we incorporated a chromosomal fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay to detect abnormal copy numbers of chromosomes in cells collected from peripheral blood samples by the size-based filtration platform. Aneuploid cells were detected in the peripheral blood of patients with lung cancer. Unexpectedly, aneuploid cells were also detected in the control group, which consisted of peripheral blood samples from patients with benign lung diseases, such as empyema necessitatis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease. These findings suggest that chromosomal abnormalities are observed not only in tumor cells, but also in benign infectious diseases. Thus, our findings present new considerations and bring into light the possibility of false positives when using FISH for cancer diagnosis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.577-580
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• 1996

외상성 폐낭종은 비관통성 흉부외상후 발생되는드문공동성 폐 병변이다. 병 발생은공기와 액성 물 질을 함유하는 폐 실질의 좌상이다. 진단은 외상후 폐낭종이 발생될 수 있다는 인식에 기초를 두며, 다른 유사한 질환과 감별이 중요하다. 일단 외상성 폐장종이 진단되면, 치료는 입원후 필요시 호흡을 보조하 면서, 외과적 관찰을 하는 것이 원칙이다. 그러나 감염이 합병되고, 보존적 요법과 적합한 항생제 치료 에도 불구하고 낭종의 크기가 줄지 않는 경우, 수술적 치료를 요하다. 저자들은 최근 19세 남자 환자에서 외상성 폐낭종을 치험하였기에, 관련 문헌의 고찰과 함께 보고하 고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.480-486
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• 2021

Background: Although various methods are already used to calculate predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV₁) based on preoperative FEV₁ in lung surgery, the predicted postoperative FEV₁ is not always the same as the actual postoperative FEV₁. Observed postoperative FEV₁ values are usually the same or higher than the predicted postoperative FEV₁. To overcome this issue, we investigated the relationship between the number of resected lung segments and the discordance of preoperative and postoperative FEV₁ values. Methods: From September 2014 to May 2020, the data of all patients who underwent anatomical lung resection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) were gathered and analyzed retrospectively. We investigated the association between the number of resected segments and the differential FEV₁ (a measure of the discrepancy between the predicted and observed postoperative FEV₁) using the t-test and linear regression. Results: Information on 238 patients who underwent VATS anatomical lung resection at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong and by DH. Kim for benign and malignant disease was collected. After applying the exclusion criteria, 114 patients were included in the final analysis. In the multiple linear regression model, the number of resected segments showed a positive correlation with the differential FEV₁ (Pearson r=0.384, p<0.001). After adjusting for multiple covariates, the differential FEV₁ increased by 0.048 (95% confidence interval, 0.023-0.073) with an increasing number of resected lung segments (R²=0.271, p<0.001). Conclusion: In this study, after pulmonary resection, the number of resected segments showed a positive correlation with the differential FEV₁.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.975-991
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• 1997

배 경 : INH와 RFP에 동시내성을 보이는 다제내성 폐결핵은 적극적인 내과적 치료에도 불구하고 치료실패율이 40%에 이른다. 과거 폐결핵의 치료에 사용되었던 폐절제술이 다제내성 폐결핵의 보조적 치료수단으로 최근 다시 등장하였다. 방 법 : 1991년 1월부터 1995년 12월까지 HIV 감염이 없으면서 INH와 RFP에 동시내성을 보이는 다제내성 폐결핵 환자중 폐결핵 자체에 대한 보조적 치료로써 시행한 환자 14명을 대상으로 하여 후향적으로 의무기록과 방사선촬영소견 등을 조사하였다. 결 과 : 내과적 치료에도 불구하고 12명 (86%)의 환자에서 수술전 객담 균음전에 실패하였고 수술전 균음전이 이루어진 2명의 환자에서도 절제된 폐조직에서 실시한 결핵균 배양검사는 양성이었다. 흉부 전산화단층촬영상 양측성 병변이 10명(71%)에서 관찰되었다. 늑막폐절제술을 포함한 전폐절제술을 6명, 엽절제술 6명, 2명에서 시행하였다. 수술전 1초간 노력성 폐활량이 2L 이하였던 7명의 환자에서 수술전 폐관류스캔을 실시하였고, 절제된 폐로의 관류 중앙값 4.8%에 불과하였다. 수술과 관련한 사망은 없었으며, 1명에서 수술후 폐늑막루를 포함한 농흉이 발생하였고, 1명에서 3주이상 흉관을 통한 공기유출이 있었다. 수술후 13명(93%)의 환자에서 균음전화가 이루어졌고 중앙값 23개월간의 추적관찰기간동안 재발은 없었다. 1명(7%)의 환자는 폐절제술후에도 객담 균양성이 지속되었다. 결 론 : 과거 국내외에서 보고된 다제내성 폐결핵의 내과적 치료성적과 비교해 볼 때, 병변이 국한되어있고 적절한 폐기능을 가진 다제내성 폐결핵 환자에서 실시되는 보조적인 폐절제술은 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 기대된다.