• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.155-159
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• 2020

Chronic maxillary atelectasis (CMA) is a progressive alteration in the volume of the maxillary sinuses that may result in facial asymmetry. CMA in asymptomatic patients is known as silent sinus syndrome (SSS) and is a rare entity, especially in pediatric patients. This study reports a case of SSS in a pediatric patient who received an early diagnosis through cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). An asymptomatic 12-year-old female patient in orthodontic treatment presented with opacification of the left maxillary sinus on a panoramic radiograph. Clinically, the patient had discrete hypoglobus and enophthalmos. CBCT and nasal video-endoscopy revealed ostiomeatal obstruction with bone deformity, leading to diagnosis of SSS. Endonasal endoscopic maxillary sinusotomy was performed. Two years later, the patient remained asymptomatic, and a second CBCT exam confirmed a stable condition. This case highlights the role of optimal radiographic interpretation for early diagnosis of maxillofacial alterations in pediatric patients.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.180-187
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• 2002

Background and Objectives : The operation Double Opposing Z-Plasty, has been used for improving VPI function in the submucous cleft palate. However, few reports on the effects of the speech change were presented. The purpose of this study is to compare the difference of nasality and nasalance, parents satisfaction between before and after this operation and to consider how much improvement in speech. Materials and Methods : Ten submucous cleft palate children who underwent double opposing Z-plasty were analyzed. We retrospectively studied nasalance, auditory perception (nasality) with hypernasality, patients satisfaction, speech evaluation by using charts review, video tape, telephone interview. Results : In 8 patients of 10 submucous cleft palate, hypernasality reduced and speech intelligibility was higher and mean 0.35 point was increased in the velum length after operation. After operation, nasality was improved (2.0 point) and level of nasal emission decreased. Regarding satisfaction of this operation, scale was mean 2.8 (5 point-scale) : 8 parents were satisfied in the resonance, 3 parents were satisfied articulation. The reason of dissatisfaction was mostly compensatory articulation. Conclusion : To improve of speech in the submucous cleft palate, speech therapy afterthis operation as well as successful surgery should be considered.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.173-174
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• 2006

Understanding chondrocyte behavior inside complex, three-dimensional environments with controlled patterning of geometrical factors would provide significant insights into the basic biology of tissue regenerations. One of the fundamental limitations in studying such behavior has been the inability to fabricate controlled 3D structures. To overcome this problem, we have developed a three-dimensional microfabrication system. This system allows fabrication of predesigned internal architectures and pore size by stacking up the photopolymerized materials. Photopolymer SL5180 was used as the material for 3D scaffolds. The results demonstrate that controllable and reproducible inner-architecture can be fabricated. Chondrocytes harvested from human nasal septum were cultured in two kinds of 3D scaffolds to observe cell adhesion behavior. Such 3D scaffolds might provide effective key factors to study cell behavior in complex environments and could eventually lead to optimum design of scaffolds in various tissue regenerations such as cartilage, bone, etc. in a near future.

• 대한치과마취과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.190-196
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• 2010

Difficult airway management including difficult intubation, difficult ventilation and difficult mask ventilation is a life threatening issue during anesthesia care. A 23-year-old woman with Treacher Collins syndrome was scheduled for distraction osteogenesis. She had hypoplasia of mandible and malar bone, bilateral deformities of auricles with partial deafness and antimongoloid slant of the palpebral fissures. A 56-year-old woman with mandibular hypoplasia due to childhood trauma was scheduled for distraction osteogenesis. She had a history of difficult intubation. We anticipated a difficult intubation and ventilation. Fiberoptic bronchoscopic guided awake intubation was selected for anesthesia induction. After intravenous injection of midazolam and remifentanil, 10% lidocaine pump spray on the pharyngolarynx with a direct laryngoscope and on the nasal canal. However fiberoptic bronchoscopic guided awake intubation was failed due to severe gag reflex. After intravenous injection of propofol and remifentanil using the target controlled infusion (TCI), mask ventilation was easily performed and, after intravenous injection of vecuronium, fiberoptic bronchoscopic guided intubation was easily performed using a wire reinforced endotracheal tube. The operation was completed successfully without any adverse events.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.395-403
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• 2005

Purpose: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major nosocomial pathogen in the intensive care units (ICUS). The purpose of this case-control study is to identify risk factors for acquisition of MRSA during ICU stays in patients with and without MRSA. Method: The study was conducted in a 16 beds-neurosurgical intensive care unit of a 2200-bed tertiary care university hospital in Seoul, Korea. Medical record and Critical Classification Scoring System were reviewed retrospectively in patients who were admitted more than 3 days from August 1, 2003 to May 30, 2004. Cases and controls were matched for age and gender. The obtained specimens were nasal swab and sputum. Result: There were 950 patients' admissions during the period. Among them, MRSA was isolated from twenty-three patients who were considered as hospital acquired. Artificial airway (p=.045), frequency of suction (p=.002), nasogastric tube (p=.004), wound drain (p=.045), and vancomycin (p=.019) were risk factors for MRSA acquisition in univariate analysis. Frequency of suction (p=.012, OR 3.5) was revealed as the only risk factor in multivariate conditional logistic regression. Conclusion: Our findings give support to recent studies that suggest that frequent physical contact maγ increase the nosocomial acquisition of MRSA in a neurosurgical ICU.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.43-45
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• 2019

Intraoperative delivery of salbutamol (${\beta}_2$ agonist) through a breathing circuit may be performed in asthma patient. A 28-year-old woman with a history of asthma was diagnosed with chronic sinusitis and bilateral nasal polyps, and an endoscopic sinus surgery was performed. The patient was recommended salbutamol nebulization every 4 hours during the perioperative period because of the risk of asthma attack. At the end of the operation, when salbutamol was sprayed through the tube before extubation and the connector tip went inside the tube during injection. The patient was immediately referred to the pulmonary medicine department for bronchoscopy, where the foreign body was removed safely without any complications. When general anesthesia is performed on a patient who usually uses an inhaler for asthma, caution is required because the tip that connects the inhaler and the breathing circuit can aspirate into the endotracheal tube and enter the lungs when applying the inhaler before waking up the patient.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.133-138
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• 1998

23세의 건강한 산모에게서 정상 분만되고, 출생시 체중 3.lkg의 여자 아이가 출생 직후 청색증, 호홉 곤란 등의 소견을 보이나, 육안적으로 관찰되는 불완전 양측성 구순열 이외에는 특별한 두개안면 이형증 등의 소견은 관찰되지 않아서, 소아과 담당의사가 전비공을 통하여 비인두강 내의 분비물 등의 이물질 홉인을 시도하려다 작은 고무 도관의 삽입이 이루어지지 않아서 후비공 폐쇄를 의심하였다. 경구 호홉관을 이용하여 기도 확보 후에 후비공 폐쇄 여부의 진단을 위해서, 비강내 방사선 비투과성 물질의 접적 주입한 후에 방사선 사진, 컴퓨터 단층 촬영 등을 통하여 완전 골성 양측성 후비공 폐쇄를 확진하였다. 양측성 후비공 폐쇄는 출생시 주기적인 호홉 곤란의 증상을 보이며, 특히 포유시에 호홉 곤란의 증상이 악화되어서 신생아의 생명을 위협하는 응급 상황으로 이에 대한 외과적인 처치를 시행하기로 결정하였다. 후비공 폐쇄에 대한 외과적인 처치는 비강을 통한 접큰법, 구개부를 통한 접근법, 비중격을 통한 접근법 등의 여러 가지 접근법이 있으나, 본 환자의 경우는 완전 골성 양측성 후비공 폐쇄로 확진이 되었고, 이에 대한 저자들의 경험이 전혀 없는 상태이었기에 보다 좋은 수술 시야를 용이하게 확보할 수 있으며, 새로이 형성해준 후비공을 따라 점막 피판을 보존해 줄 수 있고, 수술 후 후비공의 개통성을 보다 확실하게 얻을 수 있을 것으로 예상되는 구개부를 통한 접근법을 이용하여 외과적인 처치를 시행하였다. 수술 후 약 1 년이 경과하였으나 임상적으로 호홉 곤란 등의 특별한 문제점이 없이 만족할 만한 경과를 보였다. 일반적인 교과서에서 설명하듯이 기성품으로 제작된 자가보전 견인자의 설압자는 이와 같은 신생아의 증례에서는 크기가 상대적으로 너무 커서 사용이 곤란하였다는 점을 염두에 두어야 할 것으로 생각되며, 추후 유사한 증례의 수술시에 도움을 주고자 매우 희귀한 증례인 완전 골성 양측성 후비공 폐쇄 환자에 대한 치험례를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.228-234
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• 2000

Objectives: Esthesioneuroblastoma is a rare malignant neoplasm that originates from the olfactory sensory cells. This tumor grows from the upper nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus and invades surrounding structures through the cribriform plate into intracranium or orbit in advanced stage. Even though there has been some controversies in determining standard treatment due to rarity of this tumor, the combination treatment of surgery and adjuvant radiation has been recommended for the locally advanced esthesioneuroblastomas. However, the recent clinical experiences of advanced cases showed that combination chemotherapy is highly effective to reduce tumor mass and improve clinical outcomes. Materials and Methods: The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of 6 esthesioneuroblastoma patients who were treated in our hospital from 1986. Results: The age of these patients was between 19 and 86 year-old. Among the 6 cases, 2 were diagnosed at stage B and 4 at stage C, according to Kadish classification. Anti-tumor treatments were performed in 5 patients. One patient refused active treatment and was lost to follow-up. Better survival outcome were observed in 3 patients who were treated with combination chemotherapy alone or combined modality treatment including chemotherapy. Conclusion: Based on our retrospective study, the combined treatment consisting of surgery, radiotherapy, and combination chemotherapy should be used to improve treatment results. And furthermore, innovative clinical approaches such as neoadjuvant chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation, which have been reported to have good therapeutic results, should be considered and applied actively.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.710-715
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• 2010

배경: 비디오흉강경수술은 자연기흉에 대한 적절한 치료법으로 보편화 되어있다. 이에 본 연구에서 비디오흉강경수술에 따른 재발율을 조사하고, 재발에 관여되는 인자를 알아 보고자 재발예의 특성을 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2001년 1월부터 2008년 12월까지 비디오흉강경수술로 치료한 자연기흉 환자 321명을 대상으로 하였다. 추적관찰 중 재발이 없었던 환자를 A군(298명: 93%), 재발이 있었던 환자를 B군(23명: 7%)으로 나누어 후향적으로 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 각군의 평균나이는 재발된 군에서는 $20.9{\pm}4.3$세로 재발되지 않은군의 $25.9{\pm}11.7$세 보다 더 어렸으며 통계학적으로 의의가 있었다(p<0.05). 남녀비, 신장/몸무게비, 병변의 부위, 흡연력, 수술시간, 흉관 거치 기간, 입원기간, 수술적응증 및 기흉의 발생 횟수 등의 인자에 대한 재발율의 차이는 양군 간 통계학적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다. 수술후 재발한 환자는 평균 12.9개윌만에 재발하였다. 4년내에 재발한 환자는 22명으로 95.7%였다. 재발한 23명 환자의 치료는 기흉양이 15% 이상인 10명에서 8명은 비디오흉강경하 폐쐐기절제술, 2명은 액와절개술하 폐쐐기절제술을 시행하였다. 재수술을 시행한 10명 환자의 재수술소견은 Over-looking type이 3예, New growing type이 7예였다. 기흉양이 15% 미만인 13명에서 7명은 7 Fr. 흉관삽입을 시행하고, 6병은 비강을 통한 산소요법을 시행하면서 경과관찰만 하였다. 이후에 추적관찰상 다시 재발한 환자는 없었다. 결론: 자연기흉 수술후에 나이가 어릴수록 재발율이 높았으므로 환자의 나이가 20세 미만으로 어린 경우에는 환자 및 보호자에게 수술후 재발 가능성에 대한 충분한 설명이 필요하다. 또한 수술후 정기적으로 약 4년까지는 흉부엑스선검사를 통한 경과관찰을 하는 것이 좋을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2014

Purpose: If the survival of patients suffering from severe blunt trauma is to be improved, appropriate interventions should be taken immediately. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical utility of end-tidal carbon dioxide ($ETCO_2$) as a surrogate marker for predicting both the need for intervention and the prognosis. Methods: This is a prospective observational study. Nasal cannula was applied to measure $ETCO_2$, and the following parameters, which are known to be related to the prognosis for a patient, were recorded: injury severity score (ISS), revised trauma score (RTS), arterial blood gas (ABG), lactate, and hemoglobin (Hb). To evaluate the outcome, we investigated the details of emergent interventions and expired patients. Results: A total of 93 patients were enrolled in this study. Emergent intervention was significantly associated with systolic blood pressure (sBP, p-value=0.001), $ETCO_2$ (p-value<0.001), serum lactate level (p-value<0.001), pH (p-value< 0.003), $HCO_3$ (p-value=0.004), base excess (p-value<0.002), ISS (p-value<0.001) and RTS (p-value=0.005). In the multivariate logistic regression, only $ETCO_2$ (odds ratio (OR): 0.897, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.792-0.975, p-value= 0.048) and ISS (OR: 1.132, 95% CI: 1.053-1.233, p-value=0.002) were associated with emergent intervention whereas $ETCO_2$ (p-value=0.973) and ISS (p-value=0.511) were not statistically significant in predicting the survival of patients in the univariate analysis. An optimal ETCO cut-off of 29 mmHg on the ROC curve was determined, with the area under the ROC curve (AUC) being 0.824 (0.732-0.917)]. Conclusion: This study has revealed that $ETCO_2$, which can be rapid and easily measured through a nasal cannula, and the ISS may be prognostic indicators of emergent interventions in Emergency Departments.