• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.63-69
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• 1983

In order to establish criteria for distinguishing between occult fracture and metastases, we have reviewed 52 records of cancer patients and 24 of rib fracture patients referred for bone scanning. In 52 patients with biopsy-proven malignancy, multiple linear increased uptake of the ribs was found in 32 cases (61.5%), and was the most common finding. In 24 patients with rib fracture, all but 1 had fecal increased uptake of the ribs, and lesions almost always aligned in a row. By analyzing the appearance of rib lesions in total 76 patients, it was concluded that there is a high probability that rib lesions detected by bone scanning are bony metastases if 1) they are multiple linear as opposed to fecal, ad 2) they are not aligned in the same location.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.130-134
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• 2013

Background: Rib fractures are the most common type of thoracic trauma and cause other complications. We explored the risk factors for pneumonia in patients with multiple rib fractures. Materials and Methods: Four hundred and eighteen patients who visited our hospital with multiple rib fractures between January 2002 and December 2008 were retrospectively reviewed. Chest X-rays and chest computed tomography were used to identify injury severity. Patients with only a single rib fracture or who were transferred to another hospital within 2 days were excluded. Results: There were 327 male patients (78%), and the median age was 53 years. The etiologies of the patients' trauma included traffic accidents in 164 cases (39%), falls in 78 cases (19%), slipping and falling in 90 (22%), pedestrian accidents in 30 (7%), industrial accidents in 41 (10%), and assault in 15 (4%). The median number of rib fractures was 4.8. Pulmonary complications including flail chest (2.3%), lung contusion (22%), hemothorax (62%), pneumothorax (31%), and hemopneumothorax (20%) occurred. Chest tubes were inserted into the thoracic cavity in 216 cases (52%), and the median duration of chest tube insertion was 10.26 days. The Injury Severity Score (ISS) and rib score had a median of 15.27 and 6.9, respectively. Pneumonia occurred in 18 cases (4.3%). Of the total cases, 33% of the cases were managed in the intensive care unit (ICU), and the median duration of stay in the ICU was 7.74 days. Antibiotics were administered in 399 patients (95%) for a median of 10.53 days. Antibiotics were used for more than 6 days in 284 patients (68%). The factors affecting pneumonia in patients with multiple rib fractures in multivariate analysis included age (p=0.004), ISS (p<0.001), and rib score (p=0.038). The use of antibiotics was not associated with the occurrence of pneumonia (p=0.28). In-hospital mortality was 5.3% (n=22). Conclusion: The factors affecting risk of pneumonia in patients with multiple rib fractures included age (p=0.004), ISS (p<0.001), and rib score (p=0.038). Elderly patients with multiple traumas have a high risk of pneumonia and should be treated accordingly.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.138-141
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• 1997

Rib fracture due to intense pain, may restrict patients from inadequate coughing. These conditions may produce varying degrees of complications such as atelectasis, pneumonia and arterial hypoxemia. Thoracic epidural analgesia has been used to treat pain associated multiple rib fractures because of its marked improvement in vital capacity and dynamic lung compliance. However, there are complications related to thoracic epidural analgesia which may include damage to spinal cord, perforation of dura, respiratory depression, decrease heart rate and arterial blood pressure. We experienced such a case of cardiac arrest during thoracic epidural analgesia while treating a patient for multiple rib fractures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2010

배경: 이 연구는 늑골 수상 후 발생하는 늑간 신경병증에 대한 평가를 위하여 숫자통증등급, 통증 기간 및 체질량 지수에 따른 늑간 신경병증에 대한 심한 정도를 알고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 늑골 골절 수상 후 3개월 이상 동안 보존적인 치료에도 불구하고 심한 통증을 호소하는 환자 47명을 대상으로 근전도 검사를 시행하여 흉부의 늑간 및 척추 주위 근육에 대한 평가를 하였다. 결과: 47명 중에서 11명에 대하여 늑간 신경병증의 진단을 얻을 수 있었으며, 남자 8명과 여자 3명이었으며, 그 연령은 직업적으로 활동적인 연령대였다. 늑간 신경병증이 호발하는 부위는 7번부터 12번 부위 늑골 골절의 늑간이었다. 그 빈도는 단일 골절보다는 다발성 골절과 밀접한 상관 관계를 알 수 있었다. 그 증상으로는 흉통(90.9%), 감각이상(81.8%), 무감각(63.6%), 후부 흉통(27.2%), 그리고 근위축(18.2%) 순이었다. 근전도에 의한 숫자통증등급, 통증 기간 및 체질량 지수와 관계는 없었다. 결론: 늑골 골절수상 후 3개월 이상 지속적인 통증을 호소하는 환자에서 지속적인 늑간 신경통에 대한 진단을 위한 평가로 근전도가 도움이 될 수 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.803-808
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• 1997

저자들은 1989년 8월부터 1995년 8월까지 흉부외상으로 인한 다발성 늑골골절 및 유동흉이 발생한 105례의 환자에게 Judet's strut를 이용한 늑골고정술로 치험하였다. 전체 환자중 86명이 남성, 19명이 여성이었으며 연령분포는 17세부터 77세로 평균연령은 $48\pm12였다.$ 흉부외상의 원인은 교통사고가 85명(81%)으로 가장 많았다. 평균 늑골골절의 수는 5.5개였으며 환자는 유동흉환자가 72명(64%), 이탈이 심한 다발성 늑골골절이 18명(17.1%), 외상성 흉벽기형이 10명(9.5%), 기타 5명(4.7%) 등이었다. 수술 후 1명이 사망하여 사망율 0.96%를 보였고 총 13명의 환자에서 합병증이 발생하여 12.3%의 발생율을 보였다. 수술후 인공호흡기 치료기간은 평균 $90.5\pm22.6시간,$ 동맥혈 검사상 PO2는 수술전 평균 $62.8\pm9.mmHg에서$ 수술후 평균 $113.0\pm26.3mmHg로$ 개선되었다. 수술 결과 인공호흡기 치료기간 및 입원기간의 단축, 흉부손상에 의한 합병증의 감소등 기존의 치료 방법에 비해 우수함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 본 술식은 누구나 시행할 수 있으며, 향후 흉부손상에 의한 다발성 늑골골절 및 유동흉 환자에서 폐좌상의 정도가 전체 용적의 30% 미만의 경우 치료 \ulcorner일차적으로 고려되어질 수 있는 치료법으로 여겨진다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.905-915
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• 1990

A clinical evaluation was performed on 545 cases of the chest trauma those had been admitted and treated at the department of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Chosun University Hospital during the past 11 years 5 months period from January 1978 to may 1989. Obtained results were as follows: 1. The ratio of male to female was 3.9: 1 in male predominance, and the majority[66.6%] was distributed from 3rd to 5th decade. 2. Nonpenetrating chest trauma was more common than penetrating about 4.6 times, and the most common cause of the nonpenetrating injuries was traffic accident[241/448, 53.8%] and of the penetrating injuries was stab wound[88/97, 90.7%]. 3. Only 79 cases[14.5%] were arrived to our emergency room within one hour after trauma. 4. The most common lesion due to trauma among these admitted patients was rib fracture[390/545, 71.6%], and the others were lung contusion[217/545, 39.8%], hemothorax[35%], hemopneumothorax[19.6%], and pneumothorax[11.8%] et al in decreasing order. 5. The associated injuries those required special treatment of other departments were 223 cases and its distributions were bone fractures[178/545, 32.7%], head injury[5.3%], and abdominal injury[6.6%]. 6. The others, but interesting chest injuries were follows: sternum fracture[3.1%], diaphragm rupture[2.6%], myocardial laceration and rupture[2 cases], bronchial rupture and laceration[2 cases], and traumatic thymoma rupture[1 case]. 7. The incidence of flail chest was 5.8%a[26/448] in the nonpenetrating injury, and the causes were multiple rib fracture which was in rows more than 4 rib fracture[20 cases], and sternum fracture[6 cases]. 8. We could managed the most of the patient with conservative treatment[43.1%] or closed tube thoracostomy[52.7%], but required emergency open thoracotomy in 64 cases

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.185-188
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• 2016

The $12^{th}$ rib syndrome is a disease that causes pain between the upper abdomen and the lower chest. It is assumed that the impinging on the nerves between the ribs causes pain in the lower chest, upper abdomen, and flank. A 74-year-old female patient visited a pain clinic complaining of pain in her back, and left chest wall at a 7 on the 0-10 Numeric Rating scale (NRS). She had a lateral fixation at T12-L2, 6 years earlier. After the operation, she had multiple osteoporotic compression fractures. When the spine was bent, the patient complained about a sharp pain in the left mid-axillary line and radiating pain toward the abdomen. On physical examination, the $10^{th}$ rib was not felt, and an image of the rib-cage confirmed that the left $10^{th}$ rib was severed. When applying pressure from the legs to the $9^{th}$ rib of the patient, pain was reproduced. Therefore, the patient was diagnosed with $9^{th}$ rib syndrome, and ultrasound-guided $9^{th}$ and $10^{th}$ intercostal nerve blocks were performed around the tips of the severed $10^{th}$ rib. In addition, local anesthetics with triamcinolone were administered into the muscles beneath the $9^{th}$ rib at the point of the greatest tenderness. The patient's pain was reduced to NRS 2 point. In this case, it is suspected that the patient had a partial resection of the left $10^{th}$ rib in the past, and subsequent compression fractures at T8 and T9 led to the deformation of the rib cage, causing the tip of the remaining $10^{th}$ rib to impinge on the $9^{th}$ intercostal nerves, causing pain.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.406-408
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• 2014

A 66-year-old male patient arrived at the emergency room with a crush injury to his chest. Multiple rib fractures, hemothorax on both sides, left scapular fracture, liver laceration, and retroperitoneal hematoma were found upon the radiologic examination. After closed thoracostomy, the patient had been initially admitted to the intensive care unit, but he was transferred to the general ward on the next day. On the 4th post-trauma day, the patient complained of severe pain and there was bloody drainage through the chest tube. This case is an exploration with the consideration of the possibility of major bleeding and the subsequent repair of the descending thoracic aorta. This case is regarded as a case in which the aorta wall was damaged as the sharp margin of the fractured ribs caused continuous irritation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.346-354
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• 2017

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common disease that may contribute to morbidity and mortality among trauma patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). This study evaluated the associations between trauma factors and the development of VAP in ventilated patients with multiple rib fractures. Methods: We retrospectively and consecutively evaluated 101 patients with multiple rib fractures who were ventilated and managed at our hospital between January 2010 and December 2015, analyzing the associations between VAP and trauma factors in these patients. Trauma factors included sternal fracture, flail chest, diaphragm injury, traumatic aortic dissection, combined cardiac injury, pulmonary contusion, pneumothorax, hemothorax, hemopneumothorax, abbreviated injury scale score, thoracic trauma severity score, and injury severity score. Results: Forty-six patients (45.5%) had at least 1 episode of VAP, 10 (21.7%) of whom died in the ICU. Of the 55 (54.5%) patients who did not have pneumonia, 9 (16.4%) died in the ICU. Using logistic regression analysis, we found that VAP was associated with severe lung contusion (odds ratio, 3.07; 95% confidence interval, 1.12 to 8.39; p=0.029). Conclusion: Severe pulmonary contusion (pulmonary lung contusion score 6-12) is an independent risk factor for VAP in ventilated trauma patients with multiple rib fractures.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.31-33
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• 2015

Traumatic aortic injury is well recognized as a primary cause of instantaneous death in victims of thoracic blunt trauma presenting with an aortic rupture or dissection, particularly after a deceleration injury. However, a direct aortic injury caused by a fractured rib segment after blunt thoracic trauma is extremely rare. We report the case of a 43-year-old male patient who experienced an aortic injury caused by the sharp edge of a fractured rib after multiple rib fractures due to blunt thoracic trauma.