• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5359-5364
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• 2014

Background: To determine surgical outcomes, perioperative complications, and patient outcomes in gynecologic cancer patients undergoing robotic surgery. Materials and Methods: Surgical outcomes, including docking time, total operative time, console time, estimated blood loss (EBL), conversion rate and perioperative complications were retrospectively reviewed in 30 gynecologic cancer patients undergoing robotic surgery. Patient outcomes included recovery time and patient satisfaction, as scored by a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0-10. Results: The operations included 24 hysterectomies with pelvic lymphadenectomy (PLD) and/or para-aortic lymphadenectomy, four radical hysterectomies with PLD, and two radical trachelectomies with PLD. Mean docking time was $12.8{\pm}9.7min$, total operative time was $345.5{\pm}85.0min$, and console time was $281.9{\pm}78.6min$. These times were decreased in the second half of the cases. There was no conversion rate. Three intraoperative complications, including one external iliac artery injury, one bladder injury, and one massive bleeding requiring blood transfusion were reported. Postoperative complications occurred in eight patients, most were minor. Only one patient had port herniation that required reoperation. Mean hospital stay was $3.5{\pm}1.7days$, and recovery time was $14.2{\pm}8.1days$. Two-thirds of patients felt very satisfied and one-third felt satisfied; the mean satisfaction score was 9.4 +0.9. Two patients with stage III endometrial cancer developed isolated port site metastasis at five and 13 months postoperatively. Conclusions: Robotic surgery for gynecologic cancer appears to be feasible, with acceptable perioperative complication rate, fast recovery time and high patient satisfaction.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2019

Background: Billroth I anastomosis is one of the most common reconstruction methods after distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Intracorporeal Billroth I (ICBI) anastomosis and extracorporeal Billroth I (ECBI) anastomosis are widely used in laparoscopic surgery. Here we compared ICBI and ECBI outcomes at a major gastric cancer center. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 2,284 gastric cancer patients who underwent laparoscopic distal gastrectomy between 2009 and 2017. We divided the subjects into ECBI (n=1,681) and ICBI (n=603) groups, compared the patients' clinical characteristics and surgical and short-term outcomes, and performed risk factor analyses of postoperative complication development. Results: The ICBI group experienced shorter operation times, less blood loss, and shorter hospital stays than the ECBI group. There were no clinically significant intergroup differences in diet initiation. Changes in white blood cell counts and C-reactive protein levels were similar between groups. Grade II-IV surgical complication rates were 2.7% and 4.0% in the ECBI and ICBI groups, respectively, with no significant intergroup differences. Male sex and a body mass index (BMI) ${\geq}30$ were independent risk factors for surgical complication development. In the ECBI group, patients with a BMI ${\geq}30$ experienced a significantly higher surgical complication rate than those with a lower BMI, while no such difference was observed in the ICBI group. Conclusion: The surgical safety of ICBI was similar to that of ECBI. Although the chosen anastomotic technique was not a risk factor for surgical complications, ECBI was more vulnerable to surgical complications than ICBI in patients with a high BMI (${\geq}30$).

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2017

Purpose: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in early gastric cancer causes an artificial gastric ulcer and local inflammation that has a negative intraprocedural impact on additional laparoscopic gastrectomy in patients with noncurative ESD. In this study, we analyzed the effect of ESD on short-term surgical outcomes and evaluated the risk factors. Materials and Methods: From January 2003 to January 2013, 1,704 patients of the National Cancer Center underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy with lymph node dissection because of preoperative stage Ia or Ib gastric cancer. They were divided into 2 groups: (1) with preoperative ESD or (2) without preoperative ESD. Clinicopathologic factors and short-term surgical outcomes were retrospectively evaluated along with risk factors such as preoperative ESD. Results: Several characteristics differed between patients who underwent ESD-surgery (n=199) or surgery alone (n=1,505). The mean interval from the ESD procedure to the operation was 43.03 days. Estimated blood loss, open conversion rate, mean operation time, and length of hospital stay were not different between the 2 groups. Postoperative complications occurred in 23 patients (11.56%) in the ESD-surgery group and in 189 patients (12.56%) in the surgery-only group, and 3 deaths occurred among patients with complications (1 patient [ESD-surgery group] vs. 2 patients [surgery-only group]; P=0.688). A history of ESD was not significantly associated with postoperative complications (P=0.688). Multivariate analysis showed that male sex (P=0.008) and laparoscopic total or proximal gastrectomy (P=0.000) were independently associated with postoperative complications. Conclusions: ESD did not affect short-term surgical outcomes during and after an additional laparoscopic gastrectomy.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.317-321
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• 2006

67세 남자환자가 하지의 악성섬유조직구종으로 진단받고 광범위 절제술 후 방사선치료를 받는 동안 연쇄구균독소충격증후군이 발생하여 그 예를 소개하고자 한다. 환자는 수술 후 증감하는 부종이 있어 약 1개월간 비스테로이드소염제를 복용하였다. 환자는 C형 간염보균자였으며, 당뇨, 고혈압의 과거력이 있었다. 환자는 수술 후 방사선치료를 계획하여, 주 5회 조사하여 32.4 Gy를 치료받았다. 이틀간의 주말 치료중단이후 갑자기 방사선치료 받은 우측 대퇴부에 홍반성 염증이 발생하였고, 열, 오한, 소변감소증이 동반되었다. 환자는 즉시 감염내과에 의뢰되었고, 독소충격증후군이 의심되어 즉시 입원하였다. 입원당시 환자는 저혈압, 소변감소증, 변비, 비정상적인 신기능 및 간기능 소견을 보였다. 환자의 혈액 배양 결과 스트렙토콕쿠스 피오게네스균(Streptococcus pyogenes)이 검출되었다. 환자는 연쇄구균독소충격증후군으로 진단받고 적절한 항생제치료와 수액공급을 받았다. 연쇄구균독소충격증후군은 생명을 위협하는 종양학적 응급상황으로 즉각적인 처치가 필요하다. 본 예의 환자는 C형 간염보균, 수술 후 증감되는 부종, 지속적인 비스테로이드소염제 복용과 방사선치료가 연쇄구균독소충격증후군을 일으킨 인자들로 생각되어진다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.509-512
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• 1998

후측개흉술은 흉근을 절단하는 단점은 있으나 훌륭한 수술시야를 제공하므로 표준개흉술로 이용되고 있다. 이에 반하여 근육보존수직개흉술은 흉근이 보존되며 팔을 내리면 액와부 수술 상흔이 감추어지는 미용상의 장점이 있다. 그러나 수직개흉술은 흉부의 정측면에 절개선이 이루어지므로 측와위에서 수직으로 수술시야를 내려다보게 되어 흉강내의 구조물, 특히 폐문부나 첨부 및 하부의 길이가 멀어져 수술조작이 불편하다. 본 인하대병원 흉부외과에서는 수술조작에 관련된 차이를 알아보고자 후측개흉술(15례)과 수직개흉술(14례)을 이용해 폐쐐기절제술 이상의 수술을 실시한 29례에서 수술과 관련된 임상지표들을 비교관찰한 결과, 수술시간, 수술 1일과 2일의 흉관 배액량, 흉관 거치기간, 수혈 수와 수혈량, 수술 중 실혈량, 수술 후 합병증 등에서 양군간에 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과를 볼 때 근육보존수직개흉술도 후측개흉술과 마찬가지로 폐절제술시 안전하게 사용될 수 있다고 본다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.499-508
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• 2023

Purpose: Despite scientific evidence regarding laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) for advanced gastric cancer treatment, its application in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy remains uncertain. Materials and Methods: We used the 2019 Korean Gastric Cancer Association nationwide survey database to extract data from 489 patients with primary gastric cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. After propensity score matching analysis, we compared the surgical outcomes of 97 patients who underwent LG and 97 patients who underwent open gastrectomy (OG). We investigated the risk factors for postoperative complications using multivariate analysis. Results: The operative time was significantly shorter in the OG group. Patients in the LG group had significantly less blood loss than those in the OG group. Hospital stay and overall postoperative complications were similar between the two groups. The incidence of Clavien-Dindo grade ≥3 complications in the LG group was comparable with that in the OG group (1.03% vs. 4.12%, P=0.215). No statistically significant difference was observed in the number of harvested lymph nodes between the two groups (38.60 vs. 35.79, P=0.182). Multivariate analysis identified body mass index (odds ratio [OR], 1.824; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.029-3.234; P=0.040) and extent of resection (OR, 3.154; 95% CI, 1.084-9.174; P=0.035) as independent risk factors for overall postoperative complications. Conclusions: Using a large nationwide multicenter survey database, we demonstrated that LG and OG had comparable short-term outcomes in patients with gastric cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 1998

연구목적: 폐암은 근치적 폐절제술이 가장 효과적인 치료법이지만 폐암 환자들은 흔히 고령이면서 흡연으로 인한 폐기능저하가 동반된 경우가 많고 정상 폐조직을 광범위하게 절제하게 되므로 다른 수술보다 수술 후 사망율 및 폐합병증이 더욱 문제시 되고 있다. 이에 저자들은 폐암환자의 폐절제술 후 사망 및 합병증과 관련된 수술전 인자를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법: 1995년 10월부터 1996년 8월까지 삼성서울병원에서 폐절제술을 시행받는 환자를 대상으로 전향적 연구를 시행하였고 수술후 최종진단이 폐암이 아니거나 폐절제가 시행되지 않았던 환자는 최종대상에서 제외하였다. 수술전에 대상환자의 성별, 연령, 체중감소의 정도, 동반질환, 폐쇄성폐렴여부를 조사하였고, 헤마토크릿, 혈청알부민, 심전도, 안정시동맥혈가스, $FEV_1$, DLco를 비롯한 폐활량검사, 운동부하 폐기능 검사를 시행하였으며 폐관류주사률 이용하여 수술후 폐기능예측지표를 산출하였다. 수술시 집도의, 폐절제범위, 수술시간, 수술후 병기, 수술후 중환자실 체류 시간을 기록하였고 사망 및 합병증은 수술후 30 일내의 사망, 폐렴이나 호흡부전 등과 같은 폐합병증, 48시간 이상의 중환자실 입원, 심장계합병증, 농흉, 출혈, 반회후두신경손상 등 기타 합병증으로 분류하여 수술후 발생여부를 확인하였다. 결 과: 최종 대상환자는 92명이었고 연령은 42~82세로 중앙값은 62세였으며 $FEV_1$은 $2.37{\pm}0.06L$으로 2.0L 이하인 환자는 29명이었다. 수술은 54예가 엽절제술, 12예가 이엽절제술, 26예가 전폐절제술을 시행받았다. 수술후 사망이 3예에서 있었고 폐합병증이 10예, 48시간이상의 중환자실 입원이 16예, 심장 합병증이 9예, 기타 합병증이 11예에서 각각 발생하였으며 사망과 관련된 수술전 인자로는 연령, 혈청알부민, DLco, ppo-DLco, postoperative predicted product(PPP), Wmax, $VO_2$max, ppo-$VO_2$max이었고(p<0.05), ppo-$VO_2$max가 10ml/kg/min이하인 환자 3명은 모두 사망한 반면 10ml/kg/min아상인 환자에서는 사망이 없었다(p<0.01). 수술후 폐합병증은 수술전 체중감소, 체적인자, 흡연량, 호흡곤란의 정도, 혈청알부민, FVC, $FEV_1$, MVV, DLco, ppo-$FEV_1$, ppo-DLco, PPP, Wmax, $VO_2$max, ppo-$VO_2$max, 폐절제술 범위와 밀접한 관련이 있었다 (p<0.05). 그러나 다변량분석에 의해 사망과 관련하여 유의한 지표는 체중감소정도이며 (p<0.05), 폐합병증과 관련하여 유의한 지표는 체중감소정도, 호흡곤란지수, 혈청알부민, ppo-DLco, 폐절제범위정도이었다 (p<0.05). 결 론: 폐암환자의 수술후 사망 및 폐합병증과 관련하여 유용한 예견지표는 체중감소정도, 호흡곤란정도, 폐절제범위 등 폐기능검사와 관련되지 않은 지표들이 중요한 예견지표였으나 운동부하폐기능검사지표들은 수술후 사망 및 합병증을 예측하는데 유용한 정보를 제공할 것으로 생각되며, 특히 ppo-$VO_2$max가 10ml/kg/mm이하인 환자는 수술후 사망율이 높을 것으로 추정된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.462-469
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• 2006

배경: 염증성 폐질환을 위한 전폐절제술은 동반된 합병증률과 사망률로 인해 흉부외과의에게는 난제이며 늑막외전폐절제술의 경우는 더욱 그러하다. 이 연구의 목적은 늑막외전폐절제술을 시행 받은 환자에서의 수술 성적과 합병증 등을 단순 전폐절제술을 받은 환자와 비교분석하고 이들 환자에서의 합병증 발생에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대해 알아보고자 보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1992년 1월부터 2004년 12월까지 만성염증성폐질환으로 전폐절제술을 시행 받은 98명을 대상으로 후향적 분석을 시행하였다. 늑막외전폐적출술(A군)은 48명에서, 단순 전폐절제술(B군)은 50명에서 시행되었다. 두 군 환자의 임상적 특징, 수술 후 성적 및 합병증 등을 비교 분석하고 늑막외전폐절제술(A군)을 받은 환자에서 수술 후 합병증 발생에 영향을 미치는 인자를 수술 전, 수술 중 요인으로 나누고 이들의 유의성을 단변량 및 다변량 분석을 통하여 평가하였다. 결과: 수술로 인한 조기 사망은 1명으로 수술 후 성인성 호흡곤란증후군(adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS)으로 인한 경우였다. 21명(21.4%)의 환자에서 23예의 주요 수술 후 합병증을 나타내었다. 가장 흔한 합병증으로는 수술 후 출혈로 인해 재개흉이 필요했던 경우 8예, 농흉(기관지-흉막루 포함)의 발생 8예였다. A군 48명 중 14명(29.2%)의 환자에서, B군 50명 중 7명(14.0%)에서 각각 합병증을 보였다. 높은 합병증을 보인 A군의 경우, 농흉(기관지-흉막루 포함)의 발생 6예, 수술 후 출혈로 인해 재개흉이 필요했던 경우 6예로 가장 흔한 합병증이었고, 수술 후 합병증 발생의 위험인자를 알기 위해 단변량 분석을 시행한 결과, 우측 전폐절제술(p=0.0022), 완성전폐절제술(p=0.023), 1,000 mL 이상의 출혈(p=0.005), 수술 중 흉강 내 오염(p=0.035) 등이 위험인자로 판명되었고, 다변량 분석에서는 수술 중 흉막강 내 오염이 되었던 경우가 통계적 유의성을 보였다(p=0.028). 결론: 만성 염증성 폐질환의 치료를 위한 전폐절제술은 만족할 만한 사망률과 합병증률을 보였다. 그러나 늑막외전폐절제술은 수술 술기상 고난도이며 고위험군의 수술임을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히 수술 중 세심한 박리 조작으로 폐병소부위의 파열로 인한 흉막강 내의 오염의 발생을 최소화하기 위한 수술 중의 특별한 노력이 필요함을 알 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.5077-5081
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• 2014

To clarify whether gastric cancer patients can benefit from laparoscopy-assisted surgery completed by junior surgeons under supervision of expert surgeons, data of 232 patients with gastric cancer underwent operation performed by inexperienced junior surgeons were reviewed. Of the 232 patients, 137 underwent laparoscopy-assisted resection and in 118 cases this approach was successful. All of these 118 patients were assigned to laparoscopic group in this study, 19 patients who were switched to open resection were excluded. All laparoscopic operations were performed under the supervision of expert laparoscopic surgeons. Some 95 patients receiving open resection were assigned to the open group. All open operations were completed independently by the same surgeons. Short-term outcomes including oncologic outcomes, operative time intra-operative blood loss, time to first flatus, time to first defecation, postoperative hospital stay and perioperative complication were compared between the two groups. The numbers of lymph nodes harvested in the laparoscopic and open groups were $21.1{\pm}9.6$ and $18.2{\pm}9.7$ (p=0.029). There was no significant difference in the length of margins. The mean operative time was $215.9{\pm}32.2$ min in laparoscopic group and $220.1{\pm}34.6min$ in the open group (p=0.866), and the mean blood loss in laparoscopic group was obviously less than that in open group ($200.9{\pm}197.0ml$ vs $291.1{\pm}191.4ml$; p=0.001). Time to first flatus in laparoscopic and open groups was $4.0{\pm}1.0$ days and $4.3{\pm}1.2$ days respectively and the difference was not significant (p=0.135). Similarly no statically significant difference was noted for time to first defecation ($4.7{\pm}1.6$ vs $4.8{\pm}1.6$, p=0.586). Eleven patients in the laparoscopic group and 19 in the open group suffered from peri-operative complications and the difference between the two groups was significant (9.3% vs 20.0%, p=0.026). The conversion rate for laparoscopic surgery was 13.9%. Patients with gastric cancer can benefit from laparoscopy-assisted operations completed by inexperienced junior surgeons under supervision of expert laparoscopic surgeons.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2012

Purpose: Laparoscopic gastrectomy is a widely accepted surgical technique. Recently, robotic gastrectomy has been developed, as an alternative minimally invasive surgical technique. This study aimed to evaluate the question of whether robotic gastrectomy is feasible and safe for the treatment of gastric cancer, due to its learning curve. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the prospectively collected data of 100 consecutive robotic gastrectomy patients, from November 2008 to March 2011, and compared them to 282 conventional laparoscopy patients during the same period. The robotic gastrectomy patients were divided into 20 initial cases; and all subsequent cases; and we compared the clinicopathological features, operating times, and surgical outcomes between the three groups. Results: The initial 20 robotic gastrectomy cases were defined as the initial group, due to the learning curve. The initial group had a longer average operating time ($242.25{\pm}74.54$ minutes vs. $192.56{\pm}39.56$ minutes, P>0.001), and hospital stay ($14.40{\pm}24.93$ days vs. $8.66{\pm}5.39$ days, P=0.001) than the experienced group. The length of hospital stay was no different between the experienced group, and the laproscopic gastrectomy group ($8.66{\pm}5.39$ days vs. $8.11{\pm}4.10$ days, P=0.001). The average blood loss was significantly less for the robotic gastrectomy groups, than for the laparoscopic gastrectomy group ($93.25{\pm}84.59$ ml vs. $173.45{\pm}145.19$ ml, P<0.001), but the complication rates were no different. Conclusions: Our study shows that robotic gastrectomy is a safe and feasible procedure, especially after the 20 initial cases, and provides a satisfactory postoperative outcome.