• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.526-530
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• 1988

Acquired communicated fistula between the esophagus and respiratory system are infrequent and they are caused by carcinoma, trauma, infection and traction. This report reviews the feature of acquired esophagobronchial fistula[that developed spontaneously]. Patient is 34 year old man with excellent result by surgical intervention. The surgical procedures consist of division and repair of the fistula. Clinically and radiologically, the patient is free from coughing after drinking, substernal distress, esophagorespiratory fistula, and esophageal stricture after surgical treatment.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.513-517
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• 1995

The injuries to the bronchi have been reported with increasing frequencies. The most common cause of such injuries is compression or crushing chest trauma. Early diagnosis and emergent repair should be done for the good prognosis. We report 3 cases who had bronchial injuries after traffic accident. Our operative procedures were a primary bronchial repair for 17 months old boy, a pneumonectomy for delayed recognition and a bronchoplasty procedure 63 days after trauma. All these bronchial ruptures were successfully treated and discharged.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.183-185
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• 2000

With the marked decrease in operative mortality in simple heart diseases there have been several reports on the minimally invasive and cosmetic techniques including submammary incision right parasternal approach right anterolateral thoracotomy partial sternotomy and subxiphoid approach. We report here subxiphoid approach without sternotomy for the repair of atrial septal defect as the procedure that has less invasive technique and more cosmetic effect.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.891-899
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• 1992

Esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula may occur as separate, but usually occur in combination. First described by Thomas Gibson in 1696, esophageal atresia was not successfully treated until 1939 when the first two survivors of staged correction were described by Ladd and Leven. In 1941, Haight and Towsley performed the first successful one-stage primary repair. We report three cases of esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula of which were treated with one-stage surgical repair method. The operation was performed tra-nspleurally through right 4th intercostal space. The fistula in the trachea was closed with interrupted 5-O prolene sutures and esophagoesophageal anastomosis was performed with 3-O prolene single layer sutures in all cases. All patients tolerated the operative procedures and recovered uneventfully. On follow-up study, anastomotic stricture was developed in one patients, so esophageal dilatation was performed for it with the Griintzig balloon catheter and the result was satisfactory. The other patients were well-being without any complication.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.216-221
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• 2006

Avulsion of the triceps brachii is an uncommon injury. The usual mechanism of injury is fall onto an outstretched hand but can occur after direct contact injuries. Diagnosis is critical and dependent on history, physical examination, and radiological findings. Rupture of triceps brachii occurs most frequently at the tendo-osseous insertion and may be complete or partial, and could be associated with radial head fracture. Treatments include surgical repair of the complete rupture and immobilization of partial triceps rupture. We report 3 cases of triceps avulsion fractures treated by open surgical repair with literature reviews.

• Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.39-42
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• 2016

Achilles tendon rupture is thought to be increasing with participation in sports activities. Both operative and non-operative treatments of Achilles tendon rupture include a period of immobilization. Complications following treatment of the Achilles tendon rupture include recurrence of rupture, flexor weakness, infection, and wound problems. However, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after operative treatment of the Achilles tendon has not been reported. We report on a case of DVT after Achilles tendon repair.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.39-42
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• 2016

Lateral epicondylitis with rupture of the radial collateral ligament of the elbow has not been reported in the literature. We report on a case of a recreational golfer who had not received steroid injection and had no trauma history. The patient was treated with open surgical repair. At 2 years follow-up, satisfactory clinical and radiological outcomes were observed with return to pre-injury level. The authors report this case and review the literature.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.286-289
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• 2023

Torso stab injuries near the cardiac box may present unique challenges due to difficulties in hemorrhage control. For a stab injury to the heart, the repair is straightforwardly performed via median sternotomy. In contrast, injuries to the inferior vena cava are challenging to repair, especially when they are close to the diaphragm, and the bleeding can be torrential. Herein, we describe a case of a self-inflicted stab wound within the "cardiac box." The trajectory of the stab injuries went below the diaphragm and injured the infradiaphragmatic inferior vena cava. Successful emergent repair via the thoraco-laparotomy approach revived the young man. In this report, we revisit and discuss previous large series of patients with this rare vena cava injury.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.237-240
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• 2016

Retear patterns after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair are classified into two patterns according to retear location. Type 1 is when the retear pattern occurs directly on the tendon at the bone repair site using the suture anchor repair method. Type 2 is when the retear pattern occurs at the musculocutaneous junction with a healed footprint in patients who undergo the suture bridge method. Here, the authors report another retear pattern, which was identified as a type 2 retear on magnetic resonance imaging in patients who had undergone arthroscopic rotator cuff repair by the suture-bridge technique. This pattern was different from the type 2 retear and occurred at the portion of the cuff away from the healed rotator cuff under the view of the arthroscope.

• Proceedings of The Korean Cleft Lip And Palate Association
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• 1997.06a
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• pp.58-58
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• 1997