• 대한피부과학회지
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• 제56권9호
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• pp.548-551
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• 2018

Biologics are the most advanced treatment for psoriasis. Ustekinumab, one of the biologics for psoriasis, is a human monoclonal antibody that binds to the p40 subunit of interleukin-12 and interleukin-23. A 41-year-old woman with a 17-year history of plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis presented with worsening lesions. The patient had previously been treated with a number of topical and systemic medications and narrow band ultraviolet B. However, none of the treatments consistently controlled her disease. Thus, treatment with ustekinumab 45 mg via subcutaneous injection was initiated. Approximately 7 days after the first treatment, she experienced a flare with generalized pustules in her whole body. The condition was controlled with systemic steroid treatment. The patient was subsequently treated with adalimumab, and improvement in her plaque and pustular lesions was noted. Herein, we report a case of psoriasis that flared up after ustekinumab therapy, which was accompanied by a morphological change from plaque to pustular lesions.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2000

Subsequent to an allogenic stem cell transplantation(ASCT) on patients with hematologic malignancy(AML, ALL, CML, multiple myeloma, lymphoma etc.), chronic GVHD(graft versus host disease), which is an immunological reaction, occurs. With treatment results from patients who were diagnosed with ALL(acute lymphocytic leukemia), undergone BMT(bone marrow transplantation) and showed oral and skin lesions due to GVHD, treatment of oral manifestations of leukemia and its general management were studied. 90% of patients with chronic GVHD show change in the oral mucosa causing oral manifestations such as leukoplakia, lichenoid change of the oral mucosa, mucosal atrophy, erythema, ulceration and xerostomia. In treating GVHD, extensive systemic immunosuppression cause bacterial, viral, fungal infection that are fatal, and even if the treatment is successful, the patient is already in a severe immunosuppressed state. Therefore, localized target therapy is preferred. In another words, topical application(rinse, cream, ointment etc.) of cyclosporin and steroid in treating oral chronic GVHD is highly recommended, and the use of PUVA(Psoralen Ultraviolet A) and thalidomide is reported to be effective. In treating such diseases, dental treatment to control pain and prevent secondary infection of oral manifestations is very important. To those patients with systemic diseases who show limited effect by general dental treatment, non-invasive treatment such as the dental laser, in addition to the use of drugs, may be necessary to actively treat pain and help the healing process. For greater results, new effective methods are to be developed for treatment.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2012

피부와 구강점막에서 발견되는 편평태선은 만성 염증성 질환으로 세포매개성 면역반응이 주로 언급되고 있으나 아직 정확한 원인은 밝혀지지 않았다. 따라서 완전한 치료법은 아직 없으며 증상의 완화를 치료목표로 하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 구강편평태선의 일차적인 치료법으로 사용되는 corticosteroid의 두 가지 가글용액의 효과를 비교하였다. 2002년부터 2010년까지 부산대학교 치과병원 구강내과에서 구강편평태선으로 진단받은 환자들 중 corticosteroid 가글용액을 처방받은 환자들 총 180명의 환자기록을 조사하였다. 사용된 두 종류의 가글용액은 각각 dexamethasone(dexamethasone disodium phosphate, 0.05%)과 prednisolone($solondo^{(R)}$)을 포함하는 용액이었으며 약물 사용 후 증상의 완화 및 재발의 시기를 기록하여 분석하였다. Dexamethasone gargle(dexa gargle) 처방군은 33명(여성 25명, 남성 8명), prednisolone gargle(solon gargle)처방군은 147명(여성 114명, 남성 33명)이었으며 환자군의 평균연령대는 50대였다. 약물투여 후 초기 2주이내에 증상이 호전된 경우는 dexa gargle을 사용한 환자군에서 유의성 있게 나타났으나 증상재발의 경우는 두가지 가글용액의 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 구강편평태선 환자에 대한 도포용 스테로이드 가글을 이용한 치료에서 증상의 빠른 호전을 기대하기 위해서는 solon gargle보다는 dexa gargle을 사용할 수 있으나 재발율에 있어서는 두 약물의 차이가 발견되지 않았다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.415-421
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• 2023

The revision of the Korea Organ Transplantation Act (KOTA) in 2018 included hand/arm among the organs that can be transplanted. The first hand transplantation since the revision of KOTA took place in January 2021. A 62-year-old male patient experienced hand amputation on July 13, 2018, by a catapult injury. The patient first visited our institute 3 months after the injury. After serial interviews and an overall evaluation, the patient was registered on the hand transplantation waiting list in January 2020. On January 9, 2021, the patient underwent hand transplantation at the right distal forearm level. The total operation time was 17 hours 15 minutes, and the cold ischemic time was 4 hours 9 minutes. Postoperative immunosuppression was administered based on the protocol used for kidney transplantation. Two acute rejection episodes occurred, on postoperative days 33 and 41. Both rejection episodes were reversible with rescue therapy of a higher tacrolimus trough level, steroid pulse therapy, and topical immunosuppressants. Controlled passive range of motion exercise was started on postoperative day 10. Dynamic splint was applied on postoperative day 18. At 1 year, graft maintenance and functional improvement were satisfactory, and the patient showed a Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand score of 25.8. We successfully performed the first hand transplantation surgery under the KOTA amendment. It came from the organic and effective cooperation of plastic, orthopaedic, and transplantation departments and we believe it will guarantee the future ongoing success.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.429-433
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• 2009

구강 작열감 증후군은 혀나 구강점막에 객관적인 이상징후(abnormal sign)를 보이지 않으면서 혀 및 구강점막의 지속적인 통증을 보이는 만성 질환이다. 연관된 것으로 추정되는 요인이 다양하고 환자마다 통증 양상이 다소 다르게 나타날 수 있어 적절한 진단 및 효과적인 치료를 제공하기 어려운 경우가 많다. 혀나 구강점막의 작열감은 알러지, 캔디다감염, 부기능습관, 타액선 기능저하 등과 같은 국소요인과 당뇨병, 갑상선기능저하증, 영양결핍 등과 같은 전신적 요인, 그리고 우울증, 걱정, 암공포증 등과 같은 심인성 요인과 연관되어 발생할 수 있다. 그러므로, 임상가들은 작열감을 유발할 수 있는 원인들에 대하여 숙지하고 있어야 하며, 혈액검사 등의 관련 검사를 통한 적절한 평가를 정확하고 세심하게 시행하여 효과적인 치료를 제공할 수 있어야 한다. 이러한 구강 작열감 증후군의 치료에는 약물요법, 인지행동요법, 심리치료 등 다양한 치료들이 시도되어지고 있다. 현재 구강작열감 증후군의 치료에 이용되고 있는 약물에는 클로나제팜(clonazepam), 가바펜틴(gabapentin), 삼환성항우울제(amitriptyline), 알파리포산(alpha-lipoic acid), 캡사이신(capsaicin) 등이 보고되고 있으며, 이 중 클로나제팜을 국소적으로 적용하는 것이 전신 투여하는 다른 약물에 비해 부작용이 적으면서 효과도 상당히 좋은 것으로 보고되고 있다. 이에 구강 작열감 증후군 환자에게 클로나제팜을 국소적으로 적용한 증례를 통해 그 효과를 확인하고자 하였다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.615-618
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• 2008

Purpose: Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare cutaneous ulcerative disease. First described in 1930, the condition is characterized by progressive ulceration with deeply undermined purple-red edge. The lower extremities are most commonly affected but other parts of the skin and mucous membranes may also be involved. Although medical treatments with topical wound therapy are commonly used, surgical intervention is still controversial. In this paper, we report an atypical case of pyoderma gangrenosum which was characterized by extensive soft tissue breakdown. Methods: A 27-year-old male patient was referred to our institution with a $7{\times}8cm$ sized deeply undermined ulceration with pus-like discharge and fever. Incision and drainage was performed at another clinic 3 days prior to admission to our institution. After a thorough physical examination and the MRI review, a diagnosis of necrotizing faciitis was made. Accordingly, fasciotomy and debridement was performed. However, the wound enlarged progressively and the patient remained highly febrile for 9 days after the treatment. Septic screening did not reveal any occult infection. After a secondary review of the case, the initial diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis was rejected and changed to pyoderma gangrenosum. With the use of dexamethasone intravenously, the wound improved dramatically and the fever was eliminated. Steroid mediation was tapered with duration of 1 month. The wound was stabilized and subsequently covered with split-thickness skin graft. Results: Split-thickness skin grafting with 1 : 1.5 mesh was successfully taken. Conclusion: Initial clinical features of pyoderma gangrenosum are very similar to that of necrotizing fasciitis. High fever and progressive ulceration with severe pain could invite earlier surgical approach. The advancing wound margins (the well defined violaceous, undermined border and necrotic ulcer base) and lack of isolation of pathogenic organism was used to make the correct diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum. We achieved a good result with proper medication and split-thickness skin graft.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.193-196
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• 2013

Artecoll (Artes Medical Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) has recently been developed as a permanent synthetic cosmetic filler. We experienced an inflammatory granuloma resulting from a previous injection of Artecoll at the upper lip, which was regarded as a rare side effect of this filler. A 50-year-old female patient complained of swelling, dull pain, and heat in the right upper nasolabial fold area, which had started one week before her visit to Kyungpook National University Hospital. The patient received topical steroid therapy at a local clinic, which was not effective. At the injection site, a hard nodule was palpated and erythema was observed with mild tenderness. Antibiotic treatment and subsequent incision and drainage did not result in complete cure of the facial swelling, and the facial swelling and pain persisted. Computed tomography showed a lesion approximately 1-cm in size without clear boundaries and relatively increased nodular thickening. Finally, a subdermal lesion was removed via an intraoral vestibular approach. The lesion was diagnosed as inflammatory granuloma by a permanent biopsy. The patient had healed at two months after the filler injection. Although the soft tissue filler is widely used for cosmetic purposes, there is potential for complication, such as the inflammatory granuloma should be considered before treatment.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 1998

The result of studying papers about management of lower back pain published in domestic and foreign nursing and medical magazines in these 10 years is as follows ; 1. General characteristic of lower back pain ; 1) In sex distribution, there were more men than women in 5 papers and more women than men in 4 papers among 9 papers surveryed. 2) In age distribution, thirties to forties of patients had more lower back pain as surveyed by general hospitals and fifties to sixties of patients had more lower back pain as surveyed by oriental medical hospitals. 3) In cause factor, there were 50 to 65% of sprain, 32 to 44% of herniated intervertebral disc and 13 to 29% of degenerative changes. 4) In symtom distribution, there were 26 to 57% of lower back pain, 42 to 65% of lower back pain with radiating pain and 34 to 99% of paravertevral muscle spasm. 5) In period of pain management distribution, 18 to 40% of patients experienced pain for less than 6 months and 59 to 82% of them experienced pain for more than 6 months in 3 papers among 4 papers. 6) In surveying the treatment, 66 to 88% of patients had conservative treatment and there were treatments of general hospital, oriental medicine, self remedy and traditional practice in conservative treatment. 7) In job distribution, 12 to 50% of them were housekeepers, 23 to 31% office workers, 4.6 to 36% blue color workers and 11 to 15% students. 2. As psychological character lower back pain paients had anxiety, depression, anger-hostility, phobic anxiety, neurasthenia, hypochondriasis, and interpersonal sensitivity. 3. To distinguish the cause of lower back pain, plain lumbar roentgenogram, straight leg rasing test, eletromyelogic findings, somatosensory evoked potentials CT and MRI were performed. 4. To relieve lower back pain. epidural adhesiolysis, epidulal injection of local anesthetic in mixture with steroid, lumbar spinal root block, low level laser therapy, acupuncture like transcutaneous nerve stimulation(AL TENS), topical capsaicin and lumbar orthotics were used in medical field, and relaxation technique was used in nursing field. 5. Mckenzie's extension exercise and William's flexsion exercise for lower back pain were used in medical field and Yoga exercise was applied in nursing field. 6. The more school education and self efficacy were high, the better they had active coping lower back pain positively and the less self efficacy was the more they had serious pain. As a result of studying the paper there have been very little research for lower back pain in nursing fields of Korea and foreign countries. Because 60 to 80% of population expeience lower back pain at least more than once, it is necessary to develop the study and clinical practice for management of lower back pain.