• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2004

Background Insertion of tracheal stent in the treatment of benign tracheal & bronchial disease has increased since the introduction of expandable metallic stent. Material & Methods : Between Jan, 1995 and Feb. 2004, eight patients who had benign tracheo-bronchial disease underwent insertion of expandable metallic tracheal stent. We retrospectively analyzed stent insertion indications, complications, and following the result. Results : Surgical indications were post-intubation tracheal stenosis (1 case), tracheal stenosis following tracheal surgery (2 cases), tracheo-esophageal fistula (2 cases), broncho-pleural fistula(1 case), left main bronchus stenosis following bronchoplasty (1 case), and left main bronchus stenosis due to mediastinal repositioning (1 case). Expandable metallic tracheal stent was inserted in five patients to resolve dyspnea caused by airway obstruction, and to prevent recurrent pneumonia in three patients. The complication developed in 6 patients $75\%$; 3 cases of distal stenosis due to growth of granulation tissue, and one case each of tearing of posterior membrane, aggravation of tracheo-esophageal fistula, and airway partial obstruction due to stent migration. The stent was removed in 5 patients and tracheal surgery (tracheal resection and end to end anastomosis with primary repair of esophagus, pericardial patch tracheo-bronchoplasty, tracheal repair and omental wrapping) was performed in 3 patients. Conclusion Insertion of self expandable metallic stent in benign tracheo-bronchial disease is an effective means of relieving dyspnea for only a short period, and it did not increase the long term survival. Better means of treatment of benign tracheo-bronchial stenosis in necessary.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.213-221
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• 1996

To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of expandable metallic stents, the stents were implanted under endoscopic guidance with local anesthesia or general anesthesia for maintenance of the constructed subglottic space of trachea. The nine patients with respiration difficulty were subjected for expandable stents. The stenosis of upper airway were due to the framework problem of subglottic trachea and tracheostoma after total laryngectomy. Stents were constructed of 0.4 m stainless steel win in a zigzag configuration of 8 bends. A single stent was 20 m in diameter when fully expanded and 20 mm long. The stents were placed accurately to the stenotic site and followed to the 5 month after stent placement. The stenotic area became narrowed with overgrowing of granuloma in all patients and the metallic stents were removed and the stenotic area reconstructed surgically. As conclusion, this technique for the treatment of the subglottic trachea showed simple and safe, but highly recurred due to overgrowing of granuloma. We suggest that the expandable metallic stent is not encouraging in this study.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2003

본 실험연구에서는 정상유동상태에서 새롭게 설계된 자가팽창성 그래프트 스텐트의 수력학적 성능을 평가하고자 하였다. 코팅 재질이 다른 두 개의 그래프트 스텐트와 한 개의 타이티놀 금속스텐트가 실험에 사용되었으며, 유량이 가자 5, 10, 15 1/min에서 스텐트 전후에서의 압력변화 및 속도분포를 측정하였다. 스텐트 삽입에 의한 압력손실은 유량이 증가함에 지수적으로 증가하였다. 특히 15 1/min의 유량에서 다공성 PTFE 그래프트 스텐트와 TiNi 금속스텐트의 압력손실은 거의 동일하나 PU 그래프트 스텐트는 약 6배 이상의 현저한 증가를 보이고 있다. 스텐트 후류에서의 속도분포는 다공성 PTFE 그래프트 스텐트와 TiNi 금속스텐트는 유량에 관계없이 유사한 형태를 보여주고 있다. 그러나, PU 그래프트 스텐트에서는 특히 유량이 10 1/min 이상에서 속도분포가 비대칭적이고 관 중심에서의 상대적인 낮은 유속을 보여주고 있으며, 결과적으로 벽면전단응력 및 수직응력의 증가론 초래하고 있다. 이와같이 PU 그래프트 스텐트의 상대적으로 낮은 수력학적 성능은 스텐트가 보다 작은 관에 삽입되었을때 코팅재질의 낮은 유연성으로 인하여 스텐트의 표면에 주름이 발생하여 유동단면이 비대칭적으로 되고 벽면의 조도가 증가하며, 관벽과 스텐트와 틈새가 존재하여 제트류가 형성되기 때문으로 해석된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.201-205
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• 1995

Most of the patient with endobronchial tuberculosis have some degree of bronchial stenosis. however, a part of bronchial stenosis need aggressive treatment for the patency because of severe symptoms. The self-expendable metallic stents provide palliative treatment for narrowed airways where surgical resection is inadvisable. We experienced a successful left wedge pneumonectomy on a 29-year-old woman with obstruction of left main bronchus due to complication of the bronchial stent. She had inserted self-expendable metallic stents on left main bronchus of the tuberculous bronchial stenosis two times. There was no specific postoperative complication.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.695-706
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• 2020

Objective: To investigate the technical and clinical efficacy of the percutaneous insertion of a biliary metallic stent, and to identify the factors associated with biliary stent dysfunction in patients with malignant duodenobiliary obstruction. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 70 patients (39 men and 31 women; mean age, 63 years; range, 38-90 years) who were treated for malignant duodenobiliary obstruction at our institution between April 2007 and December 2018, were retrospectively reviewed. Variables found significant by univariate log-rank analysis (p < 0.2) were considered as suitable candidates for a multiple Cox's proportional hazard model. Results: The biliary stents were successfully placed in all 70 study patients. Biliary stent insertion with subsequent duodenal stent insertion was performed in 33 patients and duodenal stent insertion with subsequent biliary stent insertion was performed in the other 37 study subjects. The median patient survival and stent patency time were 107 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 78-135 days) and 270 days (95% CI, 95-444 days), respectively. Biliary stent dysfunction was observed in 24 (34.3%) cases. Multiple Cox's proportional hazard analysis revealed that the location of the distal biliary stent was the only independent factor affecting biliary stent patency (hazard ratio, 3.771; 95% CI, 1.157-12.283). The median biliary stent patency was significantly longer in patients in whom the distal end of the biliary stent was beyond the distal end of the duodenal stent (median, 327 days; 95% CI, 249-450 days), rather than within the duodenal stent (median, 170 days; 95% CI, 115-225 days). Conclusion: The percutaneous insertion of the biliary metallic stent appears to be a technically feasible, safe, and effective method of treating malignant duodenobiliary obstruction. In addition, a biliary stent system with a distal end located beyond the distal end of the duodenal stent will contribute towards longer stent patency in these patients.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.47-50
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• 1994

To maintain an adequate airway in a patient with tracheobronchial narrowing coming from various causes, prosthetic tracheobronchial stents provide palliative treatment for narrowed airways where surgical resection is inadvisable. After insertion, previous reported complications were granuloma formation, dysphagia, suction catheter entrapment and fatal massive hemoptysis. We report, a case of complication associated with expandible metallic stent with endobronchial stenosis due to tuberculosis.

• 대한소화기학회지
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• 제72권5호
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• pp.262-266
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• 2018

Surgery has been the standard treatment for perforated duodenal ulcers, with mostly good results. However, the resolution of postoperative leakage after primary repair of perforated duodenal ulcer remains challenging. There are several choices for re-operation required in persistent leakage from perforated duodenal ulcers. However, many of these choices are complicated surgical procedures requiring prolonged general anesthesia that may increase the chances of morbidity and mortality. Several recent reports have demonstrated postoperative leakage after primary repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer treated with endoscopic insertion using a covered self-expandable metallic stent, with good clinical results. We report a case with postoperative leakage after primary repair of a perforated duodenal ulcer treated using a covered self-expandable metallic stent.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.497-502
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• 2018

협심증, 심근경색과 같은 관상동맥 질환은 급속도로 증가하고 있다. 관상동맥 질환은 콜레스테롤과 칼슘과 같은 플라크들이 혈관벽에 흡착되어 발생한다. 심혈관 중재시술은 풍선 카테터와 금속스텐트를 이용하여 좁아진 관상동맥혈관을 확장시키는 비수술적 시술방법이다. 금속재질의 스텐트는 관상동맥질환에 의한 사망자를 감소시키는데 효과적이었지만 영구적으로 혈관에 금속재질 스텐트가 이식되어 있기 때문에 지속적인 염증과 후기 혈전증 등이 발생되었다. 따라서, 스텐트와 같은 영구적 보철물에 의한 합병증과 재협착 등을 해결하기 위한 생체 흡수성 혈관 지지체의 개발은 급속도로 증가되고 있다. 이 리뷰에서는 생체흡수형스텐트의 성공적인 개발을 위한 동향에 대해서 논하고자 한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.529-532
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• 2013

Cholangiocarcinoma, though very rare in Western countries, is one of the commonest liver malignancies in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand. More than half of the patients present with advanced stage disease. Given the poor treatment outcomes of adjuvant therapeutic options, many patients undergo only biliary drainage for palliative treatment. Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes after biliary stenting were here analyzed for a total of 224 uresectable cholangiocarcinoma cases, 58.9% in men. The mean age was 61.5 years. Hilar involvement was the most common location. The patients underwent biliary drainage using plastic and metallic stents equally, early stent occlusion being encountered in 21.4% and 10.7%, respectively. The median survival time was 4.93 months for patients who received plastic and 5.87 months for patients who received metallic stents.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.52-56
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• 2001

Extracranial carotid artery dissection may manifest as arterial stenosis or occlusion, or as dissecting aneurysm formation. Anticoagulation and/or antiplatelet therapy is the first-line treatment, but because it is effective and less invasive than other procedures, endovascular treatment of carotid artery dissection has recently attracted interest. We encountered two consecutive cases of trauma-related extracranial internal carotid artery dissection, one in the suprabulbar portion and one in the subpetrosal portion. We managed the patient with suprabulbar dissection using a self-expandable metallic stent and managed the patient with subpetrosal dissection using a balloon-expandable metallic stent. In both patients the dissecting aneurysm disappeared, and at follow-up improved luminal patency was observed.