• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.675-680
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• 1996

52세된 남자 환자가 2개월 전부터 시작된 연하곤란을 호소하면서 내원하였다. 방사선학적 검사상 상 당한 크기의 식도강내 종괴를 관찰할 수 있었으나 식도 내시경검사에서는 병 변을 확인할 수 없었다 수 술은 종괴의 크기가 클 뿐만 아니라 해투학적 특성에 대한 정 확한 술전 평가가 어려웠던 관계로 개홍술 을 퉁해 식도강내 거대 용종을 절제하였다. 유경성의 식도강내 용종은 매우드문 질환으로 비교적 천천 히 자라며 그 대부분은 윤상인두근 근처에서 기시하는 양성 식도종양으로 종종 매우 큰 크기로 발견된 다. 임상증상은 대부분의 경우 종괴가 자라 식도내강이 폐쇄되면서 생기나 비특이적이다. 때때로 종괴 가구강 속으로 역류하여 기도를 폐쇄하게 되면 치명적인 결과를 초래하기도하며 치료는 외과적 절제가 원칙이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 1995

Fourty-three infants underwent intracardiac repairs within the first 12 months of life. Mean age was 7 months and mean weight was 6.7 kg. A quarter of them were below 5 kg. Overall mortality including complex anomalies was 17.9%. Thirty-four infants with a ventricular septal defect[VSD were treated. Three infants[8.8% died in the early postoperative period, but only one[3.7% of the infants without having associated lesions was dead. VSD was repaired either by the incision on the right atrium, pulmonary artery, or right ventricle. Postoperative right bundle branch block[RBBB occurrence were different according to the approach: 30.8 % in pulmonary arteriotomy, 37.5 % in atriotomy, and 42.8 % in ventriculotomy. Surgically induced heart block did not occur in any patient, but 10 had temporary arrhythmia, and 11 patients were under temporary pacing from one day to 4 days without any persisting rhythm disturbances. Pulmonary hypertension was present in 29 infants preoperatively, and seven of them developed postoperative elevation of the pressure. Infants complicated with pulmonary hypertensive crisis were managed successfully. Inotropics were necessary in 55.8 % of the infants and vasodilators in 37.2 %. Platelet transfusion were needed in 10 cases who required 272 ml in average, but one who died from sepsis consumed 5,370cc of platelets. And we discuss complications and causes of deaths.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제81권1호
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• pp.29-41
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• 2018

Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Although progress in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been made over the past decade, the 5-year survival rate in patients with lung cancer remains only 10%-20%. Obviously, new therapeutic options are required for patients with advanced NSCLC and unmet medical needs. Cancer immunotherapy is an evolving treatment modality that uses a patient's own immune systems to fight cancer. Theoretically, cancer immunotherapy can result in long-term cancer remission and may not cause the same side effects as chemotherapy and radiation. Immunooncology has become an important focus of basic research as well as clinical trials for the treatment of NSCLC. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are the most promising approach for cancer immunotherapy and they have become the standard of care for patients with advanced NSCLC. This review summarizes basic tumor immunology and the relevant clinical data on immunotherapeutic approaches, especially immune checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1978년도 제12차 학술대회연제 순서 및 초록
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• pp.3.3-3
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• 1978

식도이물은 이비인후과 영역에서 흔히 볼 수 있는 것이며 특히 근자에 와서는 유소아에서 식도이물의 대부분은 주화이물이 차지하고 있다. 주화이물은 식도경하에 대부분의 경우 용이하게 제거되나 때로는 여의치 않은 결과를 초래하는 경우도 있다. 최근 본교실에서는 13년간이나 50환 주화 일매가 기관분지의 상부에서 기관과 식도 사이에 개재하면서도 위험한 증상을 초래하지 않고 경과하다가, 본교실에 내방한 16세 소아에서 전신마취하에 관혈적으로 제거란 일례를 경험하였기에 문헌적 고찰을 가하여 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.753-759
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• 1989

Recently, the arterial switch operation has received more interest and increased application for many patients with TGA [Transposition of the Great Arteries]. Not all patients, however, are suitable candidates for this approach, and its success will be measured against the Senning procedure. From June 1982 through June 1989, 48 consecutive patients underwent correction of TGA by a modification of the Senning procedure in our hospital. 34 were males and 14 females, with ages ranging from 3 months to 99 months [mean age 14 months]. The patients were divided into two groups, group I [TGA with intact ventricular septum or without significant pulmonary hypertension] and group II [TGA with significant pulmonary hypertension]. The hospital mortality was 9.5 % in group I and 55.6 % in group lI. 31 patients were discharged from the hospital after a Senning operation and have been followed a mean of 31.2 months. There were 5 late deaths, 3 in group I and 2 in group II. All patients were followed up with EKG, echocardiogram, and in several cases, Holter monitor and cardiac catheterization and angiography were also performed. There have been arrhythmias in 7, superior vena caval obstruction in 5, pulmonary venous obstruction in 2 and tricuspid insufficiency and/or right ventricular dysfunction in 16 patients. The Senning operation for Simple TGA can be performed with a low operative mortality and morbidity, but tricuspid insufficiency and/or depressed right ventricular function can be a problem with prolonged follow up.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.650-655
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• 1994

The author analyzed 99patients with VSD weighting less than 10kg of body weight who underwent surgical correction from 1981 to 1992 at cardiovascular department of Hanyang University hospital. Patients occupied 29.3% of total cases who were underwent surgical corrections for congenital heart diseases during that time. Of the 99 patients, 51 patients were male [52%] and 48 patients[48%] were female. Age ranged from 28 days to 36 months with mean age of 13.6 months. Mean body weight was 7.53kg. According to Kirklin`s anatomical classification, type II defect was most common [61.6%]. Associated anomaly was found in 48 patients [48.5%]. Patent foramen ovale was most commonly associated cardiac anomaly [14.1%] and followed by atrial septal defect [12.1%], patent ductus arteriosus [10.1%]. Cardiac catheterization data were analyzed. The most common range of Qp/Qs, Rp/Rs, Pp/Ps were above 3.0, 0.1 - 0.25, and above 0.75 respectively. Among the indications of surgical correction, there were pulmonary hypertention in 69 patients, congestive heart failure in 44 patients, frequent respiratory infection in 47 patients, growth retardation in 33 patients. The most common surgical approach and method for VSD closure were right atriotomy[48.3%] and dacron patch closure[93.3%]. Complication rate was 13.1% [13 cases], and overall mortality was 17.1% [17 cases]. The cause of death consisted of low cardiac output syndrome[11 cases], acute renal failure[3 cases], sepsis[2 cases] and pulmonary insufficiency[1 case] in order of frequency.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.823-826
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• 1999

주대동맥폐동맥간 부행혈관, 심실중격결손과 폐동맥 형성부전이 동반된 6개월된 환아에서 Clamshell 절개 를 통한 일차 완전교정술을 시행하였다. 수술 후 특별한 합병증은 없었으며, 초음파 검사상 남아있는 심실중 격결손이나 의미있는 폐동맥 협착 소견을 보이지 않았다. 이러한 질환의 수술적 접근에 \ulcorner폐로 공급되는 혈 류의 형태에 따라 다양한 방법이 존재하는데, 최근 들어서는 일차 완전교정술에 대한 여러 형태의 수술방법 이 제시되고 있으며, 그 적용 또한 확대되고 있다. 본 증례의 경우 Clamshell 절개 방법을 적용함으로써 종격 동내 병변에 대한 접근이 용이하였으며, 수술 결과 및 합병증 등의 측면에서도 일차 완전교정술의 한 방법 으로 고려해 볼만하다고 여겨진다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1207-1211
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• 1996

본 가톨릭대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학 교실에선 최근 10년간 10예의 발살바동 동맥류 파열환자를 경험하였다. 8명은 선천성이었으며 2명은 세균성 심내막염에 의한 후천성이었다. 동반된 심질환으로는 대동맥판막폐쇄부전증 4예, 심방중격결손증 2예, 심실중격결손증 1례, 승모판막폐쇄부전증 1례 그리고 삼첨판막폐쇄부전증 1례가 있었다. 전례에서 동맥류가 우관상동에서 발생하였으며, 8명의 환자에서 우심실으로 2명의 환자에서 우심방으로 파열하였다. 저자들은 대동맥절개와 동맥류가 파열된 심방 또는 심실절개를 통한 수술을 선호하였으며, 8명의 환자에서 Dacron 첩포를 사용하여 봉합하였고 2명의 환자에서는 단순봉합하였다. 전 환자에서 양호한 결과를 보였으며, 술후 사망예는 없었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2021

As a percutaneous technique for the reduction of mitral regurgitation, the MitraClip system (Abbott Vascular, Abbott Park, IL, USA) for transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve was developed in 1998 and first used in 2003. Its main advantage is being less invasive than surgery, because it can be performed through a transcatheter approach without any hemodynamic compromise. Recent studies have shown that this procedure reduces symptoms and improves functional capacity with low complication rates. Two randomized clinical trials have investigated the use of this technique for functional mitral regurgitation. The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety approved its use for degenerative mitral regurgitation in 2019, and this procedure started to be performed in Korea in January 2020. Its use for functional mitral regurgitation was also approved in Korea in 2020. In this article, recent evidence on transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve and our initial experiences in Korea will be reviewed.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.62-78
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• 2023

As the majority of incidentally detected lesions in the anterior mediastinum is small nodules with soft tissue appearance, the differential diagnosis has typically included thymic neoplasm and prevascular lymph node, with benign cyst. Overestimation or misinterpretation of these lesions can lead to unnecessary surgery for ultimately benign conditions. Diagnosing mediastinal cysts using MRI serves as a problem-solving modality in distinguishing between surgical and nonsurgical anterior mediastinal lesions. The pitfalls of MRI evaluation for anterior mediastinal cystic lesions are as follows: first, we acknowledge the limitation of T2-weighted images for evaluating benign cystic lesions. Due to variable contents within benign cystic lesions, such as hemorrhage, T2 signal intensity may be variable. Second, owing to extensive necrosis and cystic changes, the T2 shine-through effect may be seen on diffusion-weighted images (DWI), and small solid portions might be missed on enhanced images. Therefore, both enhancement and DWI with apparent diffusion coefficient values should be considered. An algorithm will be suggested for the diagnostic evaluation of anterior mediastinal cystic lesions, and finally, a management strategy based on MRI features will be suggested.