• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.212-216
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• 2007

Migration of a peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the scrotum is a rare complication. We treated a case of catheter migration in the scrotum. A 12-year old boy, who had had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt at the age of 4 months due to neonatal hydrocephalus, visited the outpatient clinic because of a right inguinal hernia. On physical examination, a firm mass was found in the left scrotum. Pelvic X-ray demonstrated a coiled catheter in the left scrotum. The catheter was successfully removed by exploring the left patent processus vaginalis after high ligation of the hernia sac. This case suggests a suction action of the patent processus vaginalis and the possibility of catheter migration long after shunt catheter insertion.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.766-774
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• 1989

Four neonates with critical pulmonary outflow obstruction underwent emergency palliative operation between February 1988 and May 1989 at the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital. There were three boys and one girl, the mean age was 12.25 days [ranging from 3 days to 26 days], and the mean body weight was 3,625 gm [ranging from 3,450 gm to 4,200 gm]. Two patients had severe pulmonic valvular stenosis with intact ventricular septum, a third had pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, and another had pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect. All were cyanotic, showed arterial desaturation with metabolic acidosis, and had congestive heart failure. To relieve the pulmonary outflow tract obstruction, we performed transventricular pulmonary valvulotomy [Brock operation] with a mosquito clamp in all cases without extracorporeal circulation. Three patients survived the operation and showed satisfactory postoperative results. The patient who had pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect expired 5 days after surgery. We consider transventricular pulmonary valvulotomy [Brock operation] with a mosquito clamp as one of the preferable procedures for critical pulmonary outflow obstruction in the neonatal period.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.426-433
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• 2009

배경: 최근 신생아기에 선천성 심질환을 심폐우회술을 이용해서 성공적인 조기 교정을 하는데 있어서 상당한 진전이 이루어졌다. 이 연구의 목적은 체외순환 하에서의 신생아 개심술의 조기 성적을 알아보는 것이다. 대상 및 방법: 2002년 2월부터 2007년 12월까지 55명의 신생아에서 개심슬을 시행하였다. 술전 상태, 수술 방법, 술후 이병률과 사망률을 알아보기 위해서 후향적인 조사를 하였다. 평균 연령과 체중은 각각 13.5일, 3.2 kg이었다. 진단은 대 혈관전위 14예, 전폐정맥연결이상 7예, 큰 심실 중격결손 7예, 심실중격결손이 동반된 대등맥축착 6예, 대동맥궁단절 5예 및 기타 16예로 분포되어 있었다. 결과: 평균 대동맥차단시간은 62.2분이었다. 심도 저체온하 완전순환정지(평균 기간 22.5분)는 6예에서 적용되었다. 술후 체외순환의 이탈이 어려웠던 경우가 6예 있었다. 흉골을 봉합하지 못하고 수술실을 나왔던 환아가 4명 있었다. 저심박출증과 급성 신부전이 각각 3예씩 있었다. 평균 인공 호흡기 사용기간은 70.5시간, 평균 집중치료실 재원기간은 14.9일이었다. 술후 합병증은 27명(49.1%)에서 나타났다. 술후 평균 추적관찰 기간은 23.8개월이었다. 술후 사망률은 12.7% (7예)였는데, 조기 병원사망예가 5예, 만기 사망예가 2예였다. 결론: 최근 본원에서의 체외순환을 이용한 신생아기 개심술의 조기 성적은 비교적 양호하였다. 향후 장기 생존과 만기 합병증을 알아보기 위해서 더 긴 추적 관찰을 요한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.398-401
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• 2014

Severe tricuspid regurgitation resulting from a flail leaflet is a rare cause of neonatal cyanosis. We report a neonate with profound cyanosis and severe tricuspid regurgitation caused by a rupture of the papillary muscle supporting the anterior leaflet, without other structural heart defects. Ductal patency could not be established. The repair of the tricuspid valve was performed after initial stabilization by using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.147-151
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• 2016

Neonatal hemochromatosis (NH) is a severe neonatal liver injury that is confirmed by extra-hepatic iron accumulation. Although a recent study described treating NH with exchange transfusions and intravenous immunoglobulin, liver transplantation should be considered for patients with severe liver failure that does not respond to other medical treatment. Herein, we report the case of a two-month-old female infant who presented with persistent ascites and hyperbilirubinemia. Her laboratory findings demonstrated severe coagulopathy, high indirect and direct bilirubin levels, and high ferritin levels. Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging presented low signal intensity in the liver on T2-weighted images, suggesting iron deposition. The infant was diagnosed with NH as a result of the clinical findings and after congenital infection and metabolic diseases were excluded. The infant was successfully treated with a living-donor liver transplantation. Living related liver transplantation should be considered as a treatment option for NH in infants.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.423-431
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• 2020

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of curcumin on brain hypoxic-ischemic (HI) damage in neonatal rats and whether the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway is involved. Brain HI damage models were established in neonatal rats, which received the following treatments: curcumin by intraperitoneal injection before injury, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) by subcutaneous injection after injury, and VEGF by intracerebroventricular injection after injury. This was followed by neurological evaluation, hemodynamic measurements, histopathological assessment, TUNEL assay, flow cytometry, and western blotting to assess the expression of p-PI3K, PI3K, p-Akt, Akt, and VEGF. Compared with rats that underwent sham operation, rats with brain HI damage showed remarkably increased neurological deficits, reduced right blood flow volume, elevated blood viscosity and haematocrit, and aggravated cell damage and apoptosis; these injuries were significantly improved by curcumin pretreatment. Meanwhile, brain HI damage induced the overexpression of p-PI3K, p-Akt, and VEGF, while curcumin pretreatment inhibited the expression of these proteins. In addition, IGF-1 treatment rescued the curcumin-induced down-regulated expression of p-PI3K, p-Akt, and VEGF, and VEGF overexpression counteracted the inhibitory effect of curcumin on brain HI damage. Overall, pretreatment with curcumin protected against brain HI damage by targeting VEGF via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in neonatal rats.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.504-509
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• 1999

배경: 복잡심장기형의 경우 완전교정술식의 높은 난이도와 사망율로 말미암아 심장이식이 고려되고 있다. 그러나 정상심장을 이식하기에 곤란한 복잡기형의 경우 수술전 자세한 계획이 매우 중요하다고 하겠다. 신생아의 복잡심장기형에서 심장이식을 고안하기위한 동물실험을 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 8마리 신생돼지를 사용하여 4차례 심장이식실험을 하였다. 실험 1: 성인에서의 심장이식과 같은 방법으로 시행하였다. 실험 2: 좌심형성부전증후군(Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome)의 경우를 모의실험하기 위하여 공여돈의 대동맥궁을 이용한 성형수술을 하였다. 실험 3: 폐동맥성형술을 동반한 심장이식을 하였다. 실험 4: 이식후 장기 생존을 위한 실험을 시도하였다. 결과: 신생돈에서의 심장이식수술은 큰 어려움없이 시행할 수 있었다. 실험후 인공심폐순환에서 벗어날 수 있었으나 2마리는 폐동맥연결부위와 좌심방연결부위의 출혈로 사망하였다. 결론: 이상의 실험으로 대혈관의 위치에 따라 세심한 수술계획을 한다면 거의 실행하지 못할 복잡심장기형이 없을 것으로 보이며 신생아의 경우는 특히 출혈에 대해 주의를 해야 할 것으로 생각되었다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.154-161
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• 2010

Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare congenital malformation of the lower respiratory tract. The anomaly is characterized by absence of communication with the tracheobronchial tree and isolated blood supply from an anomalous systemic vessels. With the utilization of antenatal ultrasound, the diagnosis of asymptomatic neonatal PS has increased. Treatment options include observation, arterial embolization and surgical resection. The aim of the present study is to review the clinical course of PS and to share our experience with thoracoscopic resection. A total of 96 patients with PS were treated at Asan Children's Hospital between 1999 and 2010. The diagnosis of PS was established by CT in the cases managed by observation or embolization, and by tissue pathology in the surgical cases. Medical records and radiographic images were retrospectively reviewed. Thirty-nine patients were managed by embolization and 30 patients by surgery. The remaining 27 patients have been under observation without any procedures. Among 27 observation patients, 1 patient regressed completely and 10 patients were lost to follow up. Of the 39 embolizations patients, 2 had their lesion regress and sepsis was suspected after embolization. In 1 patient, the microcoil migrated to the iliac artery during the embolization procedure, and another patient developed renal abscess caused by renal artery embolization. Among 30 surgical cases, resection by thoracotomy was performed in 27 at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, and thoracoscopic resection in 3 at the Division of Pediatric Sugery. Only one wound complication ocurred. We conclud that surgical excision should be recommended for pulmonary sequestration, whether the sequestration is symptomatic or not because of the risk of infection, the low rate of natural regress, poor compliance, severe complications after embolization, and to exclude other pathology. In summary, thoracoscopic resection of the pulmonary sequestration is feasible, efficacious, safe and cosmetically superior even in neonatal period.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.204-208
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• 1995

Neonatal adrenal hemorrhage is frequently associated with birth trauma or perinatal hypoxia. Hemorrhagic necrosis of the adrenal glands is often found at autopsy and many small lesions are usually asymptomatic. A palpable abdominal mass and jaundice are the usual presenting signs. Ultrasound is very useful in the diagnosis of this lesion; however, if the mass has mixed echoic pattern, magnetic resonance imaging (MRl) is helpful for the differential diagnosis from neuroblastoma. We present the case of a female newborn who was found to have a abdominal mass on physical examination. The patient showed anemia and hyperbilirubinemia. An ultrasonogram disclosed a $3.8{\times}3.0$ cm suprarenal mass with mixed echoic pattern. The mass was initially suspected to be neuroblastoma. An abdominal computed tomogram was not able to differentiate the mass. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed markedly increased signal intensity on T1 and T2-weighted sequences. This finding was consistent with adrenal hemorrhage. Serial sonogram demonstrated the mass that resolved completely by 12 weeks of age.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.60-62
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• 2004

Leveling colostomy with a frozen-section biopsy in a Hirschsprung's disease is an important factor for a successful procedure. Two neonatal cases of Hirschsprung's disease in the descending colon are reported. In both cases, loop ileostomy was established because of the unavailability of frozen-section biopsy on an emergency basis. At the time of definitive procedure of the first case, transition zone at the splenic flexure was noted and was compatible with the frozen section biopsy. In the second case, an unexpected longer resection at a higher level than transition zone was required because of the poor vascularity after dissection. In conclusion, a leveling colostomy should be selected as a choice in long-segment Hirschsprung's disease. Confirming preservation of the marginal artery of Drummond is particularly important in case of Hirschsprung's disease in the descending colon.