• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.226-229
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• 1994

VATS is now used by many thoracic surgeons and in various anatomic locations such as lung parenchyme, pleura and mediastinum, etc. VATS of mediastinal masses has special characteristics compared to that of other diseases. Those are no positional changes of the mass during collapse of the lung and close proximity of the mass to major vascular structures, nerves and other vital organs. From 1992. July to 1993. August, 10 mediastinal masses were treated with video assisted thoracoscopy. There were five males and five females, ages ranged from 11 years to 65 years with average 37.7 17.7 years old. Of the 10 patients, 4 were bronchogenic cysts, 2 were teratoma, and the others were thymoma, neurilemmoma, pericardial cyst, and thymic cyst. Needle aspiration was done in large cysts and the working thoracotomy[or utility thoracotomy] was done in large solid masses for the purpose of easy dissection, easy handling and easy delivery of the mass. The average operation time were 155.6 6.8 minutes and the duration of air leakage were 1 2.2 days. The duration of the chest tube drainage were 3.3 2.6 days. The lengths of the postoperative hospitalization were 5.1 2.7 days which were shorter than those of 12 mediastinal masses treated with conventional thoracotomy during the same periods [p<0.05]. There was 1 patient converted to thoracotomy because of a bleeding at innominate vein. 3 postoperative complications were occured. Those were persistent air leakage for 7 days, diaphragmatic palsy and hoarseness which were recovered within 1 month. We conclude that mediastinal mass can be excised with video assisted thoracoscopy and the posthospitalization is reduced. But careful attention is required for avoiding injury to major vascular structures, nerves, and other vital organs.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1149-1153
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• 1997

재팽창성 폐부종은 만성적으로 허탈된 폐를 흉강 삽관술이나 늑막 천자술에 의해 급속히 재팽창시킬 때 발생하는 드문 합병증이다. 이는 또한 폐허탈 기간이 참거나 흉강내 흡인술의 적용없이도 발생할 수 있다. 저자들은 거대 종격동 흉선낭종의 절제술후 동반되어 발생한 재팽창 폐부종을 경험하였다. 환자는 26세 여자로 결핵성 흡수로 오인된 거대 종격동 낭종에 의해 장기간 폐허탈이 동반되어 있었다. 흉수배액을 위한 폐쇄식 흉강삽관술로 유발된 낭종의 파열로 농흉이 합병되었다. 저자들은 파열된 흉선낭종과 농홍을 성공적으로 수술 치험하였고, 낭종 절제술후 병발된 재팽창성 폐부종에대해 약물요법과 호기말 양압법을 이용한 기계호흡으로 치료하였다. 환자는 이후 특별한 합병증없이 건강히 퇴원하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.626-629
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• 2002

해면상 혈관종은 종격동에 발생한 혈관종중 가장 많은 형태로 주로 전종격동에 발생하고 그 빈도가 매우 드물다. 환자는 13세된 여아로 우연히 발견된 종격동 종괴로 수술적 절제를 하여 해면상 혈관종으로 판명되었다. 술후 추적한 x-ray 검사상 재발의 소견이 없으며 수술적치료시 너무 광범위한 무리한 박리와 절제는 필요하지 않을 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.303-307
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• 1995

We experenced 18 patients with surgically treated thymoma from January 1986 to December 1993. There were 13 male and 5 female ranged from 23 to 69 years of age. Among them Myasthenia gravis was present in 8 patients (44%) The predominant cell type was lymphocytic(11 patients), followed by epithelial (3) and mixed (4), and had no value in predicting prognosis. Treatment consisted of complete resection in 15 patients, partial resection in 2 patients and 1 patient was performed biopsy. Only, and then adjuvant radiation therapy was done in 7 patients and 3 patients needed adjuvant chemotherapy. Invasion of the adjacent tissue in thymoma was the most improtant prognostic value. There were 6 non-invasive tumors and 12 invasive tumors. Two patients with invasive thymomas resulted in death and one of 6 patients with non-invasive thymomas died during follow up ranged from 25 day to 60 months. The causes of death were myasthenic crisis in 1 patient, C. N. S. problem in 1 patient and pulmonary & mediastinal metastasis in 1 patient.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.525-527
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• 2000

Subarachnoid-pleural fistula after routine thoracotomy is a rare complication but a very serious problem. Twenty one cases have been reported in the literature. We report a care of subarchnoid-pleural fistula that dveloped after the esecation of posterior mediastinal neurogenic tumor. The patient presented with large amount of clear pleural fluid with mild headache and dizziness. Surgical intervention following a trial of conservative therapy was undertaken because we strongly suspected subarachnoid-pleural fistula. A dural tear was found at the level of resected intercostal nerve root. The dura was closed by way of direct suture and fibrin glue. In this case, the recognition of subarachnoid-pleural fistula formation is difficult because the patient had not presented any neurologic deficit.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.221-225
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• 1983

Morgagni, in 1760, 1st. described the findings of substernal herniation of abdominal contents into the thoracic cavity, based upon 25 postmortem dissections. Herniation through the foramen of Morgagni is the rarest occurrence of the congenital diaphragmatic hernias and is usually a few symptoms. With the increasing use of routine chest roentgenogram & the need to exclude the possibility of a mediastinal neoplasm, most such cases are brought to the attention of a surgeon. We had experienced 2 cases of Morgagni hernia, which one caused a simple mechanical intestinal obstruction & diagnosed as acute appendicitis with perforation & another one was diagnosed as mediastinal lipoma on routine chest X-ray film at arrival due to traffic accident. We had performed left paramedian abdominal incision as misdiagnosis of acute appendicitis with perforation and repair of the defect and returned transverse colon & stomach into abdominal cavity in one patient. And in another patient, we preferred to approach through right thoracotomy incision and then left upper paramedian abdominal incision and returned the omentum into the abdominal cavity. The post-operative courses were in uneventful and we report these cases and review and discuss the literatures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.37-41
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• 1995

To determine the role of mediastinoscopy in the preoperative staging of the primary lung cancer, we studied 23 patients from January 1993 to December 1993 and compared the results of mediastinoscopy and computed tomographic scanning with the findings at thoracotomy. Mediastinoscopy was performed in 14 patients when they had larger than 10mm mediastinal nodes at computed tomographic scanning. Six of them were found to have metastatic nodes. Nine patients, who had negative computed tomographic scanning and negative mediastinoscopic results,underwent thoracotomy. One of them was found to have a metastatic mediastinal lymph node. When results from both series of patients were compared, the sensitivity and specificity of computed tomographic scanning showed 83.3% and 47.1% respectively with an accuracy of 56.5%. The results of mediastinoscopy showed that the sensitivity was 85.7%, the specificity was 100% and the accuracy was 95.7%.Because of the low accuracy rate of computed tomographic scanning, a more routine use of mediastinoscopy seems to be justified.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.76-80
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• 1994

A solitary fibrous tumor in the pleura has been reported occasionally, but extremely rare in themediastinum. The histogenesis of this tumor has been still in controverse, but recent studies paid attention to it a mesenchymal origin by the immunohistochemical and ultrastructural bases. A few cases, reported in the literature, suggest that the mediastinal solitary fibrous tumor occurs more commonly in adult and shows slightly higher incidence in women. Its aggressive behavior such as recurrence rate and distant metastasis, is more prominant than reported in solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura. No single histologic feature allows an assumption definite prognosis. Surgical resection of this tumor is usually curative although the recurrence or distant metastasis are reported in about half of the patients. This report is a case of solitary fibrous tumor in the mediastinum in a 16-year-old female patient.She underwent surgical resection and her postoperative result was satisfactory.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.689-694
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• 1994

A retrospective analysis was performed on 36 patients with primary cysts and tumors of the mediastinum seen at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Maryknoll Hospital from January 1983 to December 1993. There were 21 female and 15 male patients in the study. Ages ranges from 2 years to 72 years, with a mean of 34.7. There were 9 malignant tumors and 27 benign tumors.Thymic neoplasms were the most common. For the whole series, 29 of the patients had tumors in the anterior mediastinum. There appears to be an in6rease in tumors in the anterior compartment. There were 30 symptomatic patients in our series. Of the patients with malignant disease, 89 % were symptomatic. All of benign tumors were completely removed and malignant tumors were treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy after operation. There were 9[27.3 %] postoperative complications. There was no postoperative mortality. Follow-up was available on 27 patients. There was no recurrence, malignant degeneration, or growth of any tumor. It is hoped that careful evaluation and aggressive treatment of mediastinal tumors will continue to provide improvement in the prognosis for these patients.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.349-355
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• 2004

비소세포폐암에서 종격동 구조물을 침습한 경우 일반적으로 외과적인 절제가 불가능한 것으로 알려져 있으며 Stage IIIB로 분류된다. 그러나 잘 선택된 일부 환자 군에서 절제수술 후 비수술군보다 좋은 결과가 보고된 바 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 종격동 구조물을 침범한 T4 비소세포 폐암의 치료에서 수술의 역할에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1987년 8월부터 2001년 12월까지 원자력병원 흉부외과에서 비소세포폐암으로 수술한 총 1067예 중 T4 종격동 구조물을 침습한 비소세포폐암은 82 예(7.7%)였고, 이 중 절제가 가능한 예는 63예(63/82 절제율 76.8%)였다. 63예의 의무기록과 데이터베이스를 분석하고 모든 환자에 대하여 2002년 6월까지 추적조사를 마쳤다. 종격동 구조물을 침범한 비소세포폐암의 수술 결과와 예후 인자를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 82예 중 완전절제가 가능한 경우가 52예(63.4% 52/82)였다. 폐절제는 단일 폐엽 또는 단일 궤엽 이상 절제술 14예(22.2%), 전폐절제술 49예(77.8%)였다. 원발 종양에 의해 침범된 구조물(중복)은 대혈관이 39예(61.9%)로 가장 많았으며, 그밖에 심장 12예(19%), 미주신경 6예(9.5%), 식도 5예(7.9%), 척추 5예(7.9%), 기관 분기부 5예(7.9%) 등이었다. 림프절 전이는 pN0 11예, pNl 24예, pN2 28예(44.4%)였다. 술 전 보조치료는 모두 6예(9.5%, 5 항암화학요법, 1 방사선요법)에서 시행하였으며 절제수술 63예 중 44예에서 술 후 보조치료(69.8%, 15 항암화학요법, 29 방사선요법)가 시행되었다. 술 후 합병증으로는 23예(36.5%), 수술 사망률은 9.5% (6/63)였다. 절제 수슬(n=63) 후 중앙 생존값과 5년 생존율은 각각 18.1개월과 21.7%였고, 절제 불가능 군(O＆C)(n=19)은 중앙 생존값 6.2개월, 5년 생존율 0%였다(p=.001). N2 림프절 전이가 없었던 군(N0-1, n=35)의 중앙 생존값 39개월, 5년 생존율 32.9%로 N2 림프절 전이가 있었던 군(n=28)의 중앙 생존값 8.8개월, 5년 생존율 8.6%보다 높았다(p=.007). 침습한 구조물의 종류에 따른 생존율의 차이는 없었다(p=.2). 결론: 종격동 구조물을 침범한 T4 비소세포폐암에서의 수술 위험도는 높은 편이나 용납될 수준이며 환자의 전신상태 등 술 전 세심한 환자선택 특히 종격동 림프절의 전이가 없을 경우 적극적인 절제 수술이 권장된다.