• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2018

Background: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is defined as middle ear effusion without acute signs of infection. OME usually resolves spontaneously; however, persistent OME may require the insertion of a ventilation tube. This study investigated risk factors for persistent OME in children who undergo ventilation tube insertion. Methods: Children who were admitted to undergo ventilation tube insertion at Jeju National University Hospital between August 2015 and July 2016 were enrolled as the case group. Healthy children without persistent OME from August 2016 to July 2017 were enrolled as the control group. Baseline characteristics and predisposing factor data were collected using an interview questionnaire. Middle ear fluids were collected from the case group. Results: A total of 31 patients underwent ventilation tube insertion. The mean age of the case group was 4.53 years, with a male-to-female ratio of 21:10. Twenty-nine (93.5%) children attended a daycare center, and 21 (67.7%) had experience with bottle feeding. Fifteen (48.4%) children in the case group and 3 (9.7%) in the control group first attended a daycare center at <1 year of age (odds ratio=9.96; 95% confidence interval=2.44-39.70; p=0.001). No bacteria were found in middle ear fluid collected from the 31 operated children. Nasopharyngeal bacterial colonization was found in 13 (41.9%) and 17 (54.8%) children in the case and control groups, respectively. Conclusion: Earlier attendance at a daycare center was the only predisposing factor for ventilation tube insertion in our study. The aseptic nature of middle ear fluids found in children with OME highlights the efficacy of antimicrobial use.

• Journal of Audiology & Otology
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2019

For a minimally invasive approach to access the facial nerve, we designed an extended epitympanotomy via a transmastoid approach that has proven useful in cases of traumatic facial nerve palsy and pre-cholesteatoma. To evaluate the surgical exposure through an extended epitympanotomy, six patients with traumatic facial nerve palsy were enrolled in this study. The same surgical technique was used in all patients. Patients were assessed and the degree of facial nerve paralysis was determined prior to surgery, 1-week post-operatively, and 6-months post-operatively using the House-Brackmann grading system. In all cases, surgical exposure was adequate. All patients with traumatic facial nerve palsy were male and the age range was 13 to 83 years. In all cases, the location of the facial nerve damage was limited to the area between the first and second genu. Symptoms of all the patients improved by 6 months post-operation (p=0.024). There were no complications in any of the patients. Extended epitympanotomy is useful for safe, rapid surgical exposure of the attic area, sparing the patient post-operative dimpling, skin incision complications, and lengthy exposure to anesthesia. We suggest that surgery for patients with facial nerve palsy secondary to trauma be performed using this described technique.

• 대한청각학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2019

For a minimally invasive approach to access the facial nerve, we designed an extended epitympanotomy via a transmastoid approach that has proven useful in cases of traumatic facial nerve palsy and pre-cholesteatoma. To evaluate the surgical exposure through an extended epitympanotomy, six patients with traumatic facial nerve palsy were enrolled in this study. The same surgical technique was used in all patients. Patients were assessed and the degree of facial nerve paralysis was determined prior to surgery, 1-week post-operatively, and 6-months post-operatively using the House-Brackmann grading system. In all cases, surgical exposure was adequate. All patients with traumatic facial nerve palsy were male and the age range was 13 to 83 years. In all cases, the location of the facial nerve damage was limited to the area between the first and second genu. Symptoms of all the patients improved by 6 months post-operation (p=0.024). There were no complications in any of the patients. Extended epitympanotomy is useful for safe, rapid surgical exposure of the attic area, sparing the patient post-operative dimpling, skin incision complications, and lengthy exposure to anesthesia. We suggest that surgery for patients with facial nerve palsy secondary to trauma be performed using this described technique.

• 임상이비인후과
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.235-239
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• 2018

Due to the structure with one end closed, the external ear resonance effect in which the high frequency is amplified can be generated, and the sound can be perceived well. The external ear resonance normally has a first peak and a second peak. On average, the first peak has a gain of 18.6 dB at 2620 Hz and the second peak has a gain of 18.2 dB at 4210 Hz. The resonance of the external auditory canal changes with the state of the tympanic membrane, the presence of the ventilation tube, and the structure (length, diameter, shape) of the external auditory canal. A patient with a postauricular meatomastoid cutaneous fistula was admitted to the hospital with a foreign body which is the molding of the hearing aid. After removal of the foreign body, the resonance of the external auditory canal was lost and the subjective sound cognitive ability decreased. In the case of postauricular meatomastoid cutaneous fistula, we confirmed the improvement of sound cognitive ability, the change of pure tone hearing threshold, and the change of the external ear resonance after reconstruction of the ear canal without middle ear reconstruction.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1982년도 제16차 학술대회연제순서 및 초록
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• pp.15.1-15
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• 1982

1979년 7월부터 1981년 8월까지 부산 침례병원 이비인후과에 내원한 환자중 삼출성중이염으로 진단된 95례 (159이)에서 임상적인 고찰을 했으며, 고막절개와 중이내 튜브 유치술을 시행한 성인 및 소아군과 T＆A를 동시에 시행한 소아군을 비교 검토하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 성별 분포는 남자가 48례, 여자가 47례 차이가 없었고 연령 분포는 6∼10세 군이 34례 (35%)로 가장 많았다. 2) T & A를 요하는 소아중 14%가 삼출성중이염으로 진단되어 고막절개 및 중이내 튜브 유치술을 동시에 시행했고 이는 같은 기간중의 삼출성중이염 환자의 19%에 해당했다. 3) 양측성 (67%)이 일측성 (33%)인 경우의 두배 였고, 소아환자에서는 양측성이 88%로 현저했으며 T & A를 요하는 소아군에서는 전부가 양측성이었다. 4 ) 중이내 저류액의 성상은 장액성이 49%, 점액성이 33%, 농성이 5%, 혈성이 3%등이었고 성인군에서는 장액성이 59%였으나 소아군 (15세이하)에서는 장액성(41%)과 점액성(43%)의 빈도가 비슷했다. 5) 술전 Tympanogram은 A형이 6%, B형이 91%, C형이 3%였고 이상 Tympanogram(B형 혹은 C형)의 출현 빈도는 T & A를 요하는 소아군(95%)과 요하지 않은 소아군(95%)에서 동일했으며 성인군에서는 93%였다. 6)고막절개 중이내 튜브 유치술후의 기도청력은 T & A를 동시에 시행한 소아군에서 더욱 개선되었다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.295-309
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• 2006

The present study was aimed to evaluate the incidence, etiological factors, and management of cleft lip and palate. Two hundred and twenty patients with cleft lip and/or cleft palate who were treated at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, during the period between January 1994 and December 2003 were reviewed. The ratios of cleft lip : cleft lip with cleft palate : and cleft palate were 0.4:1.1:1. Males were more common than females in cleft lip (1.3:1) and cleft lip and palate (2.5:1), while females were more common than males in cleft palate (1:1.3). In the cleft side, left clefts were more prevalent than right clefts (cleft lip 1.3:1, cleft lip and palate 1.6:1). Unilateral clefts were more common than bilateral clefts in cleft lip (79:21). Cleft lip and cleft palate were more common in those with blood type A (34.5%) than those with other types. There was no significant relationship between birth season and frequency of clefts. The clefts were common in the first-born (48.8%), and in mothers aged between 25 and 29 (51.7%). Medication (24.7%) and stress (16.7%) during the first trimester were noted. Positive familial history was noted in 13 cases (5.9%). Thirty-two cases (15%) were associated with other congenital anomalies, in which tonguetie (40.6%) and congenital heart disease (21.9%) were most common. Among 100 patients with cleft palate, 77 patients had middle ear disease (77%), which occurred predominently in the incomplete cleft palate. Seventy-six among the 77 patients received myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion, and the remaining one received antibiotic medication only. Cleft lips were treated primarily at 3 to 6 months, and cleft palates were at 1 to 2 years. Treatment regimens included modified Millard method mainly in the cleft lip, and Wardill V-Y, Dorrance method, and Furlow method in the cleft palate. The percentage of palatal lengthening as type of cleft palate was greater in the incomplete cleft palate group (11.2%) than in the complete cleft palate group (9.6%). The percentage of palatal lengthening as operating method was no difference between the Furlow method (10.9%) and the push back method (10.7%). As postoperative complications, hypertrophic scar was most frequent in the cleft lip, and oronasal fistula in the cleft palate. In summary, it was shown that medication and stress during the first trimester of pregnancy were frequently associated with cleft lip and cleft palate, adequate timing and selection of method of operation are important factors to obtain morphologically and functionally good results. Furthermore prevention and treatment of middle ear disease are important in cleft palate patients because of its high co-occurrence.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1982년도 제16차 학술대회연제순서 및 초록
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• pp.14.2-15
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• 1982

삼출성 중이염은 이 질환중 가장 많은 도를 차지하는 질환의 하나로서 1869 년 Politzer가 최초로 기술하고 치료법을 소개한 이후로 현재까지 그 병인 및 다양한 치료법이 연구 개발되어 왔으며 이중 중이내 통기관 유치술은 1954년 Armstrong에 의해 성공적으로 시행된 이후 여러 학자들에 의해 변형 발전되어 최근에 이르러서는 삼출성 중이염의 치료에 있어서 가장 보편적인 방법으로 사용되고 있으나 또한 그에 따른 합병증 때문에 논란의 대상이 되고 있다. 연자 등은 삼출성중이염의 임상적 측면을 재검토하고 중이내 통기관유치술의 치료효과 및 합병증을 조사하여 그 유용성을 확인 하고자 1981. 1. 1부터 1982. 2. 28 까지 1년 2 개월 동안 본원 이비인후과에서 중이내 통기관유치술을 시행한 환자 97명 (157이)을 대상으로 하여 삼출성중이염의 증상, 연령분포, 동반질환, 고막의 이학적 소견, 청력손실의 정도와 술후의 청력증진, 합병증 등을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 사용한 통기관으로는 Sheehy의 collar button tube와, Per Lee tube였다. 1) 증상의 빈도는 29례중 청력소실 29례(100%) 이명 19례 (65.6%) 자성강청(Autophony), 12례 (44.4%) 이충만감 10례 (34.5%)의 순이었다. 2) 연령분포는 6∼10세가 42례 (43.3%)로 제일 많은 비율을 차지하였고 20세 이상의 성인도 23례(23.5%)나 있었다. 3) 소아에서는 주로 양측성으로, 성인에서는 일측성으로 발생하는 경향을 보여주었다. 4) 동반질환으로는 편도 및 아데노이드비후가 49례 (50.5%). 부비동염 15례 (15.5%), 비알레르기 4례 (4.1%)등의 순이었다. 5) 술전 고막소견은 함몰 62귀 (42.7%), 팽윤 37귀 (23.6%), 변색(21.7%)등의 순이었으며 특별한 병적 소견이 없는 경우고 29귀 (18.5%)나되었다. 6) 삼출액의 특성은 15세이하의 소아에서는 점액성이 84.2%로 많았고 성인에서는 장액성이 62.5%로 많았다. 7) 술전 기골도차는 21∼30dB가 48귀 (30.6%)로 제일 많은 비율을 차지하고 있었으며 평균 25.3dB이었다. 8) 술후 청력증지은 10dB 이상 증가한 경우가 24귀 (72.7%)로서 평균 17.2dB였다. 9) 합병증으로는 감염이 37귀 (23.6%) 무기화 3귀(1.9%)과립조직의 증식 2귀 (1.3%) 영구천공 2귀 (1.3%)의 순이었다. 10) 술후 감염증이 있었던 37 귀중 수술직후부터 계속되었던 경우가 19 귀(51.4%), 도중에 발생한 경우가 18 귀(48.6%)였으며 이들중 26귀(70.3%)에서는 대증요법으로서 치유되었으며 11귀 (29.7%)에서는 통기관을 제거한 후에야 감염증이 치유되었다.

• 대한청각학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2020

Background and Objectives: Hearing loss (HL) and its repercussions are major problems in today's society. There are limited data on the relationship between degree of HL and otologic disorders. The aim of this study is to estimate mortality rates, rates of sudden idiopathic HL and related otologic surgical procedures in hearing disability patients in South Korea. Subjects and Methods: Retrospective medical data for 160,205 patients with hearing disability was extracted. Mortality rates, rates of sudden idiopathic HL and related otologic surgical procedures were compared with a normal control group consisting of 865,475 people; approximately 5 times the number of hearing disability patients. Results: According to the Korean National Disability Registry (NDR), 0.458% of the population in South Korea suffered from hearing disability in 2015. Higher rates of mortality and sudden idiopathic HL were reported in hearing disability patients, increasing up to a maximum of 1.594 times and 1,039.695 times, respectively, compared to the normal control group. Mastoidectomy surgery was 2.5 times more frequently performed and pressure equalizing (PE) tube insertion was about 15 times more frequently performed in hearing disability patients. Conclusions: Hearing disability is related to higher risks of mortality, sudden idiopathic HL and otologic surgical procedures, including mastoidectomy and PE tubing.

• Journal of Audiology & Otology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2020

Background and Objectives: Hearing loss (HL) and its repercussions are major problems in today's society. There are limited data on the relationship between degree of HL and otologic disorders. The aim of this study is to estimate mortality rates, rates of sudden idiopathic HL and related otologic surgical procedures in hearing disability patients in South Korea. Subjects and Methods: Retrospective medical data for 160,205 patients with hearing disability was extracted. Mortality rates, rates of sudden idiopathic HL and related otologic surgical procedures were compared with a normal control group consisting of 865,475 people; approximately 5 times the number of hearing disability patients. Results: According to the Korean National Disability Registry (NDR), 0.458% of the population in South Korea suffered from hearing disability in 2015. Higher rates of mortality and sudden idiopathic HL were reported in hearing disability patients, increasing up to a maximum of 1.594 times and 1,039.695 times, respectively, compared to the normal control group. Mastoidectomy surgery was 2.5 times more frequently performed and pressure equalizing (PE) tube insertion was about 15 times more frequently performed in hearing disability patients. Conclusions: Hearing disability is related to higher risks of mortality, sudden idiopathic HL and otologic surgical procedures, including mastoidectomy and PE tubing.