• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.131-134
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• 2010

관절내 골연골 골절은 적절한 치료가 이루어 지지 않은 경우 골관절염을 초래하여 통증과 기능장애를 초래할 수 있다. 골 연골 골절의 크기가 큰 경우에는 관혈적 정복 및 금속고정 수술등으로 치료를 할 수 있으나, 골편의 두께가 2mm 이하로 얇은 경우 튼튼한 고정력을 얻기 어려워 제거 하는 경우가 많았다. 저자들은 대퇴 내과에 발생한 박리성 골연골염 환자와 슬개골 골절로 골편의 두께가 2mm이하인 환자에서 흡수성 반월상 연골나사를 이용하여 좋은 결과를 얻었기에 보고하고자 한다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.805-814
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• 1997

Injuries to the menisci occur in a variety of ways, most commonly with a twist, pivot, squat, or valgus stress to the knee. Tear patterns are classified to longitudinal, horizontal, or transverse features according to the mechanism of injury. Work-related meniscal tear usually occurs with a repetitive usage of the foot, hence it can be classified as a cumulative traumatic disorder. We found a 47 year-old female worker who had been taking charge of repetitive foot-switch stepping for 8 years. She suffered from pain in the right knee since 5 months ago. Tenderness along the medial joint line of the right knee was observed and pain was aggravated with full flexion of the right knee. On magnetic resonance imaging, high signal intensity was observed at the posterior horn of the medial meniscus of the right knee. Degenerative longitudinal and transverse complex tear in the medial meniscus was observed on arthroscopy. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy was performed. We surveyed the work process and the health status of co-workers. It turned out that the work process was compatible to injure the meniscus and nine out of fourteen co-worker(64.3%) complained pain of the knee. No other factors related to her meniscal tear could be found except for the situation at her work. Therefore, we conclude that meniscal tear is related to the repetitive stepping of foot switch.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.191-199
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• 1997

Mandibular trauma is developed due to traffic accident, fall down, industrial injury, and others. TMJ disorder is usually also developed after facial traumatic injury. Many authors suggested that disc displacement or tearing, acute synovitis, TMJ ankylosis, traumatic arthritis, or effusion are developed after facial trauma. It is still very controversible what is the best treatment of TMJ injury such as condylar fracture and meniscal injury. In TMJ injury, synovial inflammation is developed and pain mediators such as prostaglandin E2 or leukotriene B4 are released from the synovial membrane. This can be a cause of TMJ disorder. I present a variety of experimental study about the condylar fracture and meniscal injury and enzyme-immunoassay of synovial fluid after mandibular trauma that have been studied since 1992 and establish the treatment criteria of traumatic TMJ injury. I think that the treatment option of condylar fracture depends upon the surgeon's criteria exclusively. There are no significant differences between conservative and surgical treatment. If the aggressive functional physical therapy and long-term followup be performed, the favorable functional recovery of TMJ can be obtained. And I think that the initial surgical management of meniscus of TMJ is unnecessary in condylar fracture. And also arthrocentesis can be available to release the patient's subjective symptoms and improve the healing of injured TMJ.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.10.1-10.12
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• 2022

Background: Dry eye disease (DED) cannot be diagnosed by a single test because it is a multifactorial disorder of the ocular surface. Although studies on various dry eye tests (DETs) in dogs have been reported, standard criteria have not been established except for the Schirmer tear test 1 (STT-1). Objectives: To establish reference values for DETs in dogs with normal STT-1 values (≥ 15 mm/min) and to analyze the correlation between DETs. Methods: The STT-1 was performed in 10 healthy Beagle dogs (20 eyes). After 20 min, interferometry (IF) for estimating the lipid layer thickness (LLT) of the tear film, tear meniscus height (TMH), non-invasive tear breakup time (NIBUT), and meibomian gland loss rate of the upper eyelid (MGLRU) and lower eyelid (MGLRL), were measured using an ocular surface analyzer. Results: Mean values for STT-1, TMH, and NIBUT were as follows: 21.7 ± 3.4 mm/min, 0.41 ± 0.21 mm, and 19.1 ± 9.5 sec, respectively. The most frequent LLT range, measured by IF, was 30-80 nm (11 eyes), followed by 80 nm (5 eyes) and 80-140 nm (4 eyes). MGLRU ≤ 25% was measured in 11 eyes and 26%-50% in 9 eyes; MGLRL ≤ 25% in 8 eyes and 26%-50% in 12 eyes. Besides positive correlation between TMH and NIBUT (P = 0.038), there were no significant associations between DETs. Conclusions: Data obtained in this study provided normative references that could be useful for diagnosing DED and for further research into correlation between DETs in dogs with DED.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.108-111
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• 1997

Congenital deficiency of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a rare disorder that has been reported in association with other knee dysplasia like as congenital knee dislocation. congenital short femur, congenital absence of menisci, congenital ring meniscus, and thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome. There has been no published explanation about the etiology of bilaeral ACL deficiencies without other abnomality. The patient of congenital ACL deficiency must be carefully inspected about combined anomaly. Those efforts may be helful in treatment or ACL deficient patients and evaluation of pathophysiology or ACL deficiency. However there has not been a ruptured congenital deficiency of the ACL without other dysplasia or the knee and other congenital skeletal abnomalities. We reported a case of symptomatic bilateral congenital deficiencies of the ACL which have not been associated with other skeletal abnormalities.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.197-207
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• 2015

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to report the effect of Korean medical treatment on 4 patients with acute traumatic meniscal tear, presenting severe knee pain and limitation of range of motion of the knee joint. Methods : 4 patients with acute traumatic meniscal tear had been treated with acupuncture, herbal treatment, moxibustion, and wet-cupping therapy. From administration to discharge, we recorded subjective pain by using a visual analogue scale and by measuring the range of motion of the knee joint once per week. Results : The visual analogue scale of knee pain of all 4 cases reduced to 0 after treatment. The range of motion of the knee joint also increased considerably after treatment. Conclusions : In this study, Korean medical treatment may have been effective in reducing knee pain and increasing the range of motion of the knee joint.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2010

Synovial condromatosis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is characterized by the presence of loose bodies (joint mices). It can be confused with temporomandibular disorder clinically, and be with chondrosarcoma histologically. The purpose of this clinical report was to review the clinical, radiological, arthroscopic findings, histological feature and the results of surgical treatment of TMJ synovial chondromatosis. Four patients presented with pain of TMJ and limited mouth opening. The dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclosed a characteristic morphologic changes and displacement of the meniscus with limited translation of the condyle head. Bone scans showed progressive resorptive changes with hot-uptake of the radioisotope. The synovial loose bodies in the joint spaces were removed and sent to pathology for diagnosis as the synovial chondromatosis. The follow-up examination with computed tomography (CT) and MRI revealed no evidence of recurrence and good in function until postoperative 18 months. Diagnostically, the distension of the lateral capsule and fluid findings in the joint on the MRI are very suggestive tool for this synovial chondromatosis, but they are not always detected on the preoperative MRI. Arthroscopic approaches are very useful to inspect the joint spaces and to remove the loose bodies without interruption of the whole synovial membranes.

• BMB Reports
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.528-533
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• 2021

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disorder that can result in the loss of articular cartilage. No effective treatment against OA is currently available. Thus, interest in natural health products to relieve OA symptoms is increasing. However, their qualities such as efficacy, toxicity, and mechanism are poorly understood. In this study, we determined the efficacy of avenanthramide (Avn)-C extracted from oats as a promising candidate to prevent OA progression and its mechanism of action to prevent the expression of matrix-metalloproteinases (MMPs) in OA pathogenesis. Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), a proinflammatory cytokine as a main causing factor of cartilage destruction, was used to induce OA-like condition of chondrocytes in vitro. Avn-C restrained IL-1β-mediated expression and activity of MMPs, such as MMP-3, -12, and -13 in mouse articular chondrocytes. Moreover, Avn-C alleviated cartilage destruction in experimental OA mouse model induced by destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) surgery. However, Avn-C did not affect the expression of inflammatory mediators (Ptgs2 and Nos) or anabolic factors (Col2a1, Aggrecan, and Sox9), although expression levels of these genes were upregulated or downregulated by IL-1β, respectively. The inhibition of MMP expression by Avn-C in articular chondrocytes was mediated by p38 kinase and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling, but not by ERK or NF-κB. Interestingly, Avn-C added with SB203580 and SP600125 as specific inhibitors of p38 kinase and JNK, respectively, enhanced its inhibitory effect on the expression of MMPs in IL-1β treated chondrocytes. Taken together, these results suggest that Avn-C is an effective candidate to prevent OA progression and a natural health product to relieve OA pathogenesis.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2002

연구배경 : 폐 국균종은 우리나라에서 비교적 흔히 볼 수 있는 만성적인 진균감염으로서 방사선학적으로는 air-crescent를 특징으로 하는 질환이다. 객혈이 주요 증상이고, 주된 선행질환으로 폐결핵이 알려져 있다. 진단은 방사선학적으로 공동내 고형 및 원형의 종괴가 공동의 벽과 분리되어 존재하는 것이며 혈청학적 검사가 진단에 도움이 된다. 치료에서는 항진균제를 포함한 보존적 치료와 수술이 있는데, 최근에는 환자의 전신상태가 양호한 경우 수술이 선호되는 경향을 보인다. 저자들은 국균종이 의심되는 환자 중 수술로서 확진이 되거나 국균항체 양성으로 판정된 환자의 임상 양상에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1995년 1월부터 2000년 12월까지 문진과 진찰소견, 단순 흉부 방사선 검사와 전산화단층촬영에서 국균종이 의심되는 58례 중 수술을 하여 확진된 경우 9례, 기관지 내시경 및 경피적 침 생검과 국균종에 대한 항제 양성을 보이는 13례를 대상으로 후향적 분석을 하였다. 결 과 : 1) 기저질환으로는 폐결핵이 16례 (72.7%)였으며, 이중 현재 결핵균 동정에서 비결핵항산균이 3례가 있었다. 완치판정을 받은 결핵환자에서 국균종을 진단할 때까지 기간은 $5.91{\pm}5.72$년이었다. 기타로 폐농양 2례 (9.1%), 기관지확장증 1례 (4.5%), 폐기종 1례 (4.5%), 폐내 기저질환이 없는 경우 2례 (9.1%)였다. 호흡기계이외의 질환으로는 빈번한 음주력(22.7 %)과 당뇨(13.6%)였다. 2) 주소로는 객혈이 16례(72.7%)로 가장 많았으며, 진찰소견은 호흡음에서 이상을 발견할 수 없는 경우가 가장 많았다. 검사실 소견에서는 적혈구 침강속도의 증가 외에 특이사항을 발견할 수 없었다. 방사선 소견은 전산화단층촬영이 도움이 되었으며 주된 소견으로는 "fungal ball"과 "air-meniscus sign"이었다. 호발부위는 폐 상엽, 특히 후분절이 가장 많은 빈도를 보였다. 3) 기관지 동맥 색전술의 효과를 확인 할 수 없었으며, 수술방법은 엽절제술 (lobectomy)이 가장 많았고 수술 및 수술의 경과 중 특기할 만한 합병증이나 사망은 없었다. 추적접사에서 사망률은 13.6%였으나 국균종에 의한 것은 아니였다. 결 론 : 국균종은 결핵 및 기타 공동을 형성하는 질환에서 호발하는 질환이며 다량의 객혈이나 빈번한 객혈이 문제가 될 수 있다. 전신상태가 양호한 환자에서 수술이 추후에 발생하는 객혈을 비롯한 합병증 예방에 최선의 치료이지만, 전신상태가 불량하고 폐기능의 장애가 있는 환자에 대한 합병증 예방 및 근치적 치료에 여러 방법이 대두되는 바 좀더 적극적인 접근이 요구된다 하겠다.