• Archives of Hand and Microsurgery
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.296-300
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• 2018

음경 둘레 연조직 결손은 다양한 공여부를 이용하여 재건할 수 있으며, 유리피판술 및 국소피판술을 응용할 수 있다. 유리피판술의 경우 성공적인 결과를 위해 수술 과정 및 술 후 관리에 기술적인 어려움이 있으며, 기존 국소피판술은 결손 부위의 크기나 모양에 제약이 따르게 된다. 이에 양측 천외음부동맥 천공지피판을 이용한 음경둘레 연조직 결손 재건의 성공적인 사례를 발표하고자 한다. 음경 둘레 연조직 결손은 음낭근막까지 관찰되었으며, 변연절제술 시행 이후 심부근막과 해면체는 보존하였다. 이후 양측 천외음부동맥 천공지 피판을 이용하여 음경 전체 둘레연조직 결손 부위를 재건하였다. 27개월의 추적 관찰 기간 동안 음경의 형태와 기능은 보존되었으며, 창상치유와 연관된 문제는 관찰되지 않았다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1511-1519
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• 2010

지역별 의료서비스 이용의 변이를 파악하고 이를 기반으로 지역주민들이 양질의 의료서비스를 적절하게 이용할 수 있도록 하는 정책 방안에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 이에 본 연구는 2005년 환자조사 자료를 이용하여 우리나라의 병원급 이상 의료기관을 이용한 입원환자의 지역별 의료이용의 변이와 이에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대해 살펴보았다. 지역별 의료이용의 변이에 성, 연령과 같은 지역별 인구구조의 차이에 의한 효과는 직접표준화 방법을 이용하여 보정하였다. 분석결과 시도별, 시군구별 표준화 퇴원율, 표준화 재원일수는 차이가 있었으며, 표준화 퇴원율, 표준화 재원일수에 영향을 미치는 요인은 도시규모, 인구10만명당 병상수로 나타났다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.405-413
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• 2015

본 연구는 지방의료원의 경쟁 수준의 정도를 측정하여 재무성과와의 관련성 분석 후 효과적인 경영전략을 수립할 수 있는 기초자료를 제공하는데 있다. 조사기간은 지방의료원의 HHI(허핀달-허쉬만)지수와 경영성과를 알 수 있는 2010년부터 2012년까지 3년간을 평가기준으로 하였으며, 총 31개의 의료원을 조사대상으로 선정하였다. 결론을 보면, 집중시장일수록 재무성과가 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 지역 내 경쟁정도와 재무지표 간의 유의한 상관관계가 나타났다. 지방의료원은 지역 내 경쟁력과 공공성을 확보하기 위한 정책수립과 실행을 위해서는 지역 의료시장의 경쟁정도와 그에 따른 추이를 파악이 요구된다. 지방의료원이 타 의료기관관의 경쟁력의 우위를 선점하기 위해서는 의료서비스 제공의 향상과 자본 투자 등의 선별적인 전략이 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.495-504
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• 2021

Three-dimensional printing (3DP) applications possess substantial versatility within surgical applications, such as complex reconstructive surgeries and for the use of surgical resection guides. The capability of constructing an implant from a series of radiographic images to provide personalized anatomical fit is what makes 3D printed implants most appealing to surgeons. Our objective is to describe the process of integration of 3DP implants into the operating room for spinal surgery, summarize the outcomes of using 3DP implants in spinal surgery, and discuss the limitations and safety concerns during pre-operative consideration. 3DP allows for customized, light weight, and geometrically complex functional implants in spinal surgery in cases of decompression, tumor, and fusion. However, there are limitations such as the cost of the technology which is prohibitive to many hospitals. The novelty of this approach implies that the quantity of longitudinal studies is limited and our understanding of how the human body responds long term to these implants is still unclear. Although it has given surgeons the ability to improve outcomes, surgical strategies, and patient recovery, there is a need for prospective studies to follow the safety and efficacy of the usage of 3D printed implants in spine surgery.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.167-175
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• 2005

This review explores recent works involving the use of the self-assembled nanoparticles of bile acid-modified glycol chitosans (BGCs) as a new drug carrier for cancer therapy. BGC nanoparticles were produced by chemically grafting different bile acids through the use of l-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC). The precise control of the size, structure, and hydrophobicity of the various BGC nanoparticles could be achieved by grafting different amounts of bile acids. The BGC nanoparticles so produced formed nanoparticles ranging in size from 210 to 850 nm in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, pH=7.4), which exhibited substantially lower critical aggregation concentrations (0.038-0.260 mg/mL) than those of other low-molecular-weight surfactants, indicating that they possess high thermodynamic stability. The SOC nanoparticles could encapsulate small molecular peptides and hydrophobic anticancer drugs with a high loading efficiency and release them in a sustained manner. This review also highlights the biodistribution of the BGC nanoparticles, in order to demonstrate their accumulation in the tumor tissue, by utilizing the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. The different approaches used to optimize the delivery of drugs to treat cancer are also described in the last section.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.299-314
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• 1996

The purpose of the present study was to validate the use of tissue radioactivity ratios instead of regional metabolic rates for the assessment of regional metabolic changes in Alzheimer's disease(AD) with [$^{18}F$]FDG PET and to examine the correlation of ratio indices with the severity of cognitive impairment in AD. Thirty-seven AD Patients(age $68{\pm}9 yrs$, $mean{\pm}s.d.$; 36 probable and 1 definite AD), 28 patients with dementia of non-Alzheimer type(age $66{\pm}7 yrs$), and 17 healthy controls(age $66{\pm}4 yrs$) underwent [$^{18}F$]FDG PET imaging. Two simplified radioactivity ratio indices were calculated from 37-66 min image: region-to-cerebellar radioactivity ratio(RCR) and a composite radioactivity ratio(a ratio of radioactivity in the most typically affected regions over the least typically affected regions: CRR). Local cerebral metabolic rate for glucose(LCMRglu) was also measured using a three-compartment, five-parameter tracer kinetic model. The ratio indices were significantly lower in AD patients than in controls(RCR in temporoparietal cortex, $0.949{\pm}0.136$ vs. $1.238{\pm}0.129$, p=0.0004; RCR in frontal cortex, $1.027{\pm}0.128$ vs. $1.361{\pm}0.151$, p<0.0001; CRR, $0.886{\pm}0.096$ vs. $1.032{\pm}0.042$. p=0.0024). On the RCR analysis, 86% of AD patients showed a pattern of bilateral temporoparietal hypometabolism with or without frontal involvement; hypometabolism was unilateral in 11% of the patients. When bilateral temporoparietal hypometabolism was considered to be suggestive of AD, the sensitivity and specificity of the RCR analysis for the differential diagnosis of AD were 86% and 73%, respectively. The RCR was correlated significantly with the macroparameter K [$K_1k_3/(k_2+k_3)$] (r=0.775, p<0.0001) and LCMRglu(r=0.633, p=0.0002) measured using the kinetic model. In patients with AD, both average RCR of cortical association areas and CRR were correlated with Mini-Mental Status Examination(r=0.565, p=0.0145; r=0.642, p=0.0031, respectively), Clinical Dementia Rating(r=-0.576, p=0.0124; r=-0.591, p=0.0077), and total score of Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (r=0.574, p=0.0648; r=0.737, p=0.0096). There were also significant correlations between memory and language impairments and corresponding regional RCRs. The results suggest that the [$^{18}F$]FDG PET ratio indices, RCR and CRR, reflect global and regional metabolic rates and correlate with the severity of cognitive impairment in AD. The simplified ratio analysis may be clinically useful for the differential diagnosis and serial monitoring of the disease.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2011

광대역 재구성(wide beam reconstruction, WBR) 기법인 Xpress.cardiac$^{TM}$ 프로그램을 적용하여 기존 OSEM (ordered subsets expectation maximization) 기법과 심근 내 분절별 관류와 국소벽 운동에서의 일치율을 확인하여 WBR 기법의 임상적 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 관상동맥질환의 병력이 없고 핵의학 전문의에 의한 판독상 이상소견이 없는 총 20명(남7명, 여자13명: 정상군)과 관상동맥질환을 진단받은 총 10명(남6명, 여자4명: 비정상군)을 대상으로 휴식기 $^{201}Tl$/부하기 $^{99m}Tc$-MIBI 심근관류 SPECT를 실시하였다. 영상 획득과 재구성은 휴식기 시 투사영상당 30초, 곧바로 15초씩 영상을 얻고 부하기 시 투사영상 당 25초, 곧바로 13초씩 영상을 얻어 OSEM과 WBR 기법을 적용하였고 심근 내 분절별 관류과 국소벽 운동은 AutoQuant 프로그램의 QPS/QGS 알고리즘의 20분절 모델을 적용하였다. 관류상태는 5등급(0=정상, 1=경도, 2=중등도, 3=심한 결손, 4=섭취 없음), 국소벽 운동은 5등급(0=정상, 1=경도, 2=중등도, 3=심한운동저하, 4=무운동)으로 분류한 반정량값을 이용해 기존 OSEM 기법과 WBR 기법에서의 일치율을 평가하였다. 정상군에서 기존 OSEM 기법과 WBR 기법에서의 일치율은 휴식기 시 분절별 관류에서 99% (396/400, k=0.662, p<0.0001), 국소벽 운동에서 83.8% (335/400, k=0.283), 부하기 시 분절별 관류에서 95.8% (383/400, k=0.656), 국소벽 운동에서 87.3% (349/400, k=0.390)의 일치율을 보였다. 비정상군에서 휴식기 시 분절별 관류에서 83% (166/200, k=0.605), 국소벽 운동에서 55.5% (111/200, k=0.385), 부하기 시 분절별 관류에서 79.5% (159/200, k=0.682), 국소벽 운동에서 63.5% (127/200, k=0.486)의 일치율을 보였다. 관상동맥 질환의 진단 및 예후 예측에 있어 중요한 의미를 갖는 심근 내 분절별 관류와 국소벽 운동 기능 평가의 지표들을 이용한 WBR 기법은 기존 OSEM 기법과 비교하여 정상 비정상군 모두에서 심근 내 분절별 관류의 일치율은 높았지만 국소벽 운동에서는 의미 있게 낮은 일치율을 보였다. WBR 기법은 높은 해상도와 대조도를 제공할 수 있다고 하나 심근관류 SPECT에서의 적용은 유용성이 떨어진다고 사료된다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2020

Purposes: This study has the purpose to the improvement of health promotion for local residents through delivery of high-quality medical service by improving imbalance of medical use and seeking an improvement plan for accessibility of effective medical service by understanding the pattern of medical use by region. Methodology: As for the method, this study derived results at the significance level of p<0.05 through chi square test(χ² test) and Generalized Estimating Equation(GEE) SAS 9.4 version by using the data of the 7th Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2018. Findings: Study results show that local residents use medical service such as hospitalization care and outpatient visit more as compared to the residents in Gyeonggi-do/large or medium-sized cities. The more the number of chronic disease, the more they select hospitalization care rather than outpatient visit. Results also show that patients engaged in labour tend to select outpatient treatment rather than hospitalization treatment. Meanwhile, severity of disease turned out to be higher amongst medical care beneficiaries than that of national health insurance patients when comparing the types of medical security. Practical Implications: In stead of solving the problem of the difference in medical use by region from the aspect of income and economic level, an integrative solution shall be provided putting viewpoint on the social phenomenon suited to the changes of the times. This study suggests a plan for using a health and medical community care center that acts as a gate keeper of regional medical service.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.224-230
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• 2023

Purpose: Patients with penetrating injuries are at a high risk of mortality, and many of them require emergency surgery. Proper triage and transfer of the patient to the emergency department (ED), where immediate definitive treatment is available, is key to improving survival. This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology and outcomes of patients with penetrating torso injuries in Incheon Metropolitan City. Methods: Data from trauma patients between 2014 and 2018 (5 years) were extracted from the National Emergency Department Information System. In this study, patients with penetrating injuries to the torso (chest and abdomen) were selected, while those with superficial injuries were excluded. Results: Of 66,285 patients with penetrating trauma, 752 with injuries to the torso were enrolled in this study. In the study population, 345 patients (45.9%) were admitted to the ward or intensive care unit (ICU), 20 (2.7%) were transferred to other hospitals, and 10 (1.3%) died in the ED. Among the admitted patients, 173 (50.1%) underwent nonoperative management and 172 (49.9%) underwent operative management. There were no deaths in the nonoperative management group, but 10 patients (5.8%) died after operative management. The transferred patients showed a significantly longer time from injury to ED arrival, percentage of ICU admissions, and mortality. There were also significant differences in the percentage of operative management, ICU admissions, ED stay time, and mortality between hospitals. Conclusions: Proper triage guidelines need to be implemented so that patients with torso penetrating trauma in Incheon can be transferred directly to the regional trauma center for definitive treatment.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권sup1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 2016

Background: This study aimed to develop the models for regional cardiac surgery centers, which take regional characteristics into consideration, as a policy measure that could alleviate the concentration of cardiac surgery in the metropolitan area and enhance the accessibility for patients who reside in the regions. Methods: To develop the models and set standards for the necessary personnel and facilities for the initial management plan, we held workshops, debates, and conference meetings with various experts. Results: After partitioning the plan into two parts (the operational autonomy and the functional comprehensiveness), three models were developed: the 'independent regional cardiac surgery center' model, the 'satellite cardiac surgery center within hospitals' model, and the 'extended cardiac surgery department within hospitals' model. Proposals on personnel and facility management for each of the models were also presented. A regional cardiac surgery center model that could be applied to each treatment area was proposed, which was developed based on the anticipated demand for cardiac surgery. The independent model or the satellite model was proposed for Chungcheong, Jeolla, North Gyeongsang, and South Gyeongsang area, where more than 500 cardiac surgeries are performed annually. The extended model was proposed as most effective for the Gangwon and Jeju area, where more than 200 cardiac surgeries are performed annually. Conclusion: The operation of regional cardiac surgery centers with high caliber professionals and quality resources such as optimal equipment and facility size, should enhance regional healthcare accessibility and the quality of cardiac surgery in South Korea.