• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.838-843
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• 2006

배경: 폐는 대장암의 가장 흔한 복강 외 전이 장소이며, 폐 전이는 대장암의 근치적 수술 후 약 10%에서 발생된다고 알려져 있다. 폐 전이에 대한 수술 후 5년 생존율은 $9{\sim}47%$로 다양하게 보고되고 있으나 국내에서는 대장암의 폐 전이에 대한 임상연구가 미흡한 상태이다. 이에 저자들은 대장암의 근치적 수술 후 폐 전이가 발생한 환자에서 폐 절제술을 시행하고 그 결과를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 대상 환자는 1996년 7월부터 2003년 12월까지 대장암의 폐 전이로 폐절제술을 시행 받은 61명을 대상으로 하였다. 연구는 대장암 병기, 폐 전이의 위치, 폐절제술의 방법, 전이된 폐 결절의 수와 크기, 재발, 생존 등을 조사하여 그 예후 인자를 알아보고자 하였다. 결과: 환자들의 평균 3년, 5년 생존율은 각각 61%, 41%였다. 단변량 및 다변량 분석에서 통계학적으로 유의한 예후 인자는 없었다. 환자들의 평균 무병 기간은 17개월이었다. 수술 후 재발은 폐가 가장 흔한 위치였고, 이 중 3명의 환자에서 재수술을 시행하여 2명은 현재까지 생존해 있다. 결론: 대장암의 근치적 수술 후 폐 전이 발생 시 수술적응이 되는 경우 폐절제술을 시행하는 것이 좋은 결과를 기대할 수 있는 적절한 치료방법이라고 생각한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.369-375
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• 2007

배경: 새가슴 환자들은 돌출된 앞가슴으로 인해 옷을 입어도 표시가 나서 미용적인 불편함을 호소한다. 이의 치료법으로는 돌출된 늑연골을 절제하는 외과적 수술법을 시행하는데 이는 광범위한 수술 상처 및 통증, 수술 후의 합병증 등을 유발할 수가 있다. 이에 비수술적 치료법으로 교정기를 이용한 치료법을 시행하였으며 교정을 통한 치료의 유용성과 효과 등을 평가하고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2001년 1월부터 2005년 12월까지 새가슴으로 본원에서 교정기를 이용한 치료를 시행 받은 환자들 중 하루 종일 착용을 한 환자들 109명을 대상으로 진행을 하였다. 교정을 시작 후 $6\sim9$ 개월이 지난 후 환자의 만족도를 조사하였다. 만족도의 평가는 1에서 4까지로 하여 1은 전혀 교정이 안된 경우, 2는 아주 약간 교정이 된 경우, 3은 어느 정도의 교정 효과는 있으나 현저히 좋아졌다고는 생각하지 않는 경우, 4는 아주 현저히 교정이 되었다고 생각하는 경우로 하였다. 어린이의 경우는 보호자의 주관적인 평가를 받았고 중학생 이상의 연령에서는 환자가 직접 만족도를 평가하도록 하였다. 결과: 전체적인 만족도의 평균 점수는 $3.93{\pm}0.33$이었다. 또한 109명 중 6명(5.5%)에서 교정기를 제거 후 재발이 있었으며 6명 중 4명은 본인이 임의로 교정을 중단한 환자였다. 6명 모두가 다시 교정기 착용 후 3개월 이내에 재교정 효과를 보았다. 압박 교정의 합병증으로는 109명의 환자들에게서 모두 나타난 처음 교정기를 착용할 때 느끼는 불편함, 76명(69.7%)에서 나타난 교정기로 인한 피부발진과 16명(5.5%)에서 나타난 교정기의 과도한 압박으로 인한 피부 변색 외에 특별한 부작용은 없었다. 피부발진과 피부 변색은 교정기 제거 후 수개월 내에 정상으로 돌아왔다. 결론: 새가슴 환자들에게 교정기를 이용한 비수술적 치료법은 어린이와 청소년들에서 별다른 부작용 없이 미용적으로 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 교정기를 이용한 비수술적 치료는 마취와 수술에 대한 두려움 등으로 수술을 기피하는 새가슴 환자들에게 수술의 대안치료법으로 도움이 되리라 생각된다. 그러나 정확한 치료효과와 재발에 관하여서는 장기적인 추적 관찰이 필요하다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2020

Background: Iliac artery aneurysm is frequently found in patients undergoing surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The use of commercial bifurcated grafts is insufficient for aorto-biiliac replacement with complete iliac artery aneurysm resection. We evaluated the effectiveness of handmade composite grafts for this purpose. Methods: A total of 233 patients underwent open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm between 2003 and 2019, including 155 patients (67%) treated with commercial grafts and 78 patients (33%) treated with handmade composite grafts. Their operative characteristics, postoperative outcomes, and late outcomes were retrospectively reviewed. Results: The early mortality rate did not differ significantly between the groups. On average, the handmade composite graft technique took approximately 15 minutes longer than the commercial graft technique (p=0.037). Among patients who underwent elective surgery, no significant differences between the conventional and composite groups were observed in the major outcomes, including red blood cell transfusion volume (2.8±4.7 units vs. 3.1±4.7 units, respectively; p=0.680), reoperation for bleeding (2.7% vs. 3.1%, respectively; p>0.999), bowel ischemia (0% vs. 1.6%, respectively; p=0.364), and intensive care unit stay duration (1.9±6.6 days vs. 1.6±2.4 days, respectively; p=0.680). The incidence of target vessel occlusion also did not differ significantly between groups. Conclusion: The increased technical demand involved with handmade composite grafting did not negatively impact the outcomes. This technique may be a viable option because it overcomes problems associated with commercial grafts.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.668-674
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• 2000

Objective : The classic and accepted surgical method of compound comminuted depressed skull fractures (FCCD) involves total resection of all the contaminated bone and fragments at the fracture site. A second operation for cranioplasty is then performed at a later date. However, we have believed that primary repair of these bony defects can be achieved by the replacement of bone fragments at the time of the initial debridement, and this can be accomplished without danger to patient. The authors retrospectively reviewed the surgical results to assess the advantages and disadvantages, and also propose the selection criteria of replacement of fractured bone fragments as a primary procedure in FCCD. Materials and Methods : The authors analyzed the data extracted from medical records, and radiological findings in 22 of 71 patients with FCCD, who underwent immediate replacement of fractured bone fragments between April 1993 and October 1998. The mean follow-up period was 13.7 months. The selection criteria for the operation included the patients with mild to moderate severity, regardless of the degree of contamination or dural violation, which presented in hospital within 24 hours of injury. Results : The ages of the patients varied from 4 to 63 years, and there were 20 males and 2 females. Seventeen of 22 patients were fully conscious on admission and the others also had relatively good Glasgow coma scales. Sixteen fractures were located in the frontal area, 9 with involvement of the frontal sinuses, and 6 in the parietal and temporoparietal areas. Of the 22 patients, 8(36.3%) had dural lacerations with 3 of these requiring patching with pericranium, and 12(54.5%) had intracranial hematoma requiring wide craniotomy. The degree of wound contamination was also variable. Fifteen patients had relatively clean wounds, while seven(31.8%) had seriously contaminated wounds with soil, sand, hair, and wood. Only one patient(4.5%) developed infection, and the bone fragments were removed. All wounds healed primarily without pulsatile defect, the skull has remained solid, and no complications have occurred, except the infected case. Conclusion : It is proposed that bone fragments removal for FCCD, regardless of the degree of contamination or dural violation, is not necessary and that primary bone fragments replacement avoids a second operation for cranioplasty.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.144-149
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• 2001

Purpose: Gastric stump cancer is defined as a cancer that develops in the stomach after a resection in cases of non-malignant or malignant gastric disease. The interval between the gastrectomy and the detection of gastric stump cancer must be over 5 years. Since duodenogastric reflux gastritis is a precancerous condition and one of the most important factors inducing gastric stump cancer, we compared the bile-acid content of gastric juice between gastric stump cancer patients and controls. Materials and Methods: To evaluate retrospectively the surgical treatment of patients with gastric stump cancer, we reviewed the cases histories of 1016 stomach cancer patients who had been operated on at the Department of General Surgery, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, between 1995 and 1998. The gastric juice was collected during the operations on the gastric stump cancer patients by using a needle puncture of the fundus of the stomach and during the endoscopic examinations of the control subjects. The samples were analyzed for various bile acids (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry). Results: The 6 gastric stump cancer cases accounted for $0.6\%$ of all gastric cancer patients; 5 patients were first operated on for a peptic ulcer and the remaining one for an adenocarcinoma of the stomach. All of the cases were men. The reconstruction method after the initial gastrectomy was a Billroth II in all cases. The sites of the gastric stump cancer were the anastomotic sitein 2 patients, the upper body in 2, the fundus in 1 and the cardia in 1. The operative methods were 3 total gastrectomies, 2 subtotal gastrectomies with Roux en Y anastomosis, and 1 partial gastrectomy with lymph node dissection and had a curative intention in all patients. All of the patients were still surviving at the time of this report. The gastric juices of 4 gastric stump patients showed significantly higher contents of cholic acid ($36.42{\mu}g/ml$) compared to the gastric juices of 35 control subjects ($36.42{\mu}g/ml$)(p$\leq0.0001$). Chenodeoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid were not significantly different. Conclusion: The gastric juice of gastric stump cancer patients contained a significantly higher cholic acid content. At the time of the initial gastrectomy, an operative method that prevents duodenogastric reflux may prevent or minimize the development of gastric stump cancer, and more aggressive surgical treatment may improve survival.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.164-168
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• 1998

레이저를 이용한 내시경하 상후두부분절제술은 술전에 정확한 병기판정으로 초기 국소병변의 선택을 신중하게 하고 경부 림프절전이의 치료를 효율적으로 시행하는 경우 기존의 수술법과 유사한 생존율을 얻을 수 있었다. 환자의 상태에 따라서 충분한 수술시야를 확보하는데 어려움이 있으며, 병변의 위치에 따라서 술중 절제연의 확인이 힘들다는 제한점을 고려해야 하며, 술 후 발생할 수 있는 출혈, 부종, 오연 등의 합병증에 대비하기 위하여 술 전 기관절개술이 유용할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2019

Background/Objectives: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has generally an indolent character with a good prognosis. However, recurrence remains a major concern for the patients during their lifetime. Despite the slowly progressing character of PTC, recurrence can occur within a short period after initial surgery. This study aimed to determine the clinical findings and cause of recurrence in patients who underwent re-operative surgery due to neck node recurrence by reviewing the CT (computed tomographic) scan imaging of the recurrence of PTC retrospectively. Materials & Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients referred to Ajou University Hospital from January 2002 to January 2018. All patients had re-operative surgery due to neck node recurrence and CT scan results of preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow up. Over this period, 110 patients who underwent re-operation due to neck node recurrence with a CT scan were included in our cohort, resulting in a total of 220 re-operations. Results: The time from initial operation to first re-operation was examined in 110 patients. The median time to re-operation was 28 months, with a range of 4 months to 186 months. Most re-operations (82.7%) occurred within the first five years, 43.6% were in the first two years from the initial surgery. The result of the retrospective CT review showed newly developed cases (21,19.1%), missed diagnosis cases (42,38.2%), real recur cases after surgery (33,30.0%), and remnant lymph nodes (LNs) cases (14,12.7%). We further sub-analyzed 14 cases with remnant LNs. Reasons for remnant LNs included insufficient operation (N=5) and beyond general surgical extent. (N=9). Conclusion: Re-operation due to cervical lymph node recurrence is mostly a persistent disease. They included a missed diagnosis and incomplete operation. These finding may reduce the reoperation of cervical lymph node recurrence by accurate preoperative evaluation and complete surgical resection at the initial surgery.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권5호
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• pp.441-447
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• 2012

Background: Chest tube drainage (CTD) is an indication for the treatment of pneumothorax, hemothroax and is used after a thoracic surgery. But, in the case of incomplete lung expansion, and/or persistent air leak from CTD, medical or surgical thoracoscopy or, if that is unavailable, limited thoracotomy, should be considered. We evaluate the efficacy of bronchoscopic injection of ethanolamine to control the persistent air leak in patients with CTD. Methods: Patients who had persistent or prolonged air leak from CTD were included, consecutively. We directly injected 1.0 mL solution of 5% ethanolamine oleate into a subsegmental or its distal bronchus, where it is a probable air leakage site, 1 to 21 times using an injection needle through a fiberoptic bronchoscope. Results: A total of 15 patients were enrolled; 14 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax [idiopathic 9, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 3, post-tuberculosis 2] and one case of empyema associated with broncho-pleural fistula. Of these, five were patients with persistent air leak from CTD, just after a surgical therapy, wedge resection with plication for blebs or bullae. With an ethanolamine injection therapy, 12 were successful but three (idiopathic, COPD and post-tuberculosis) failed, and were followed by a surgery (2 cases) or pleurodesis (1 case). Some adverse reactions, such as fever, chest pain and increased radiographic opacities occurred transiently, but resolved without any further events. With success, the time from the procedure to discharge was about 3 days (median). Conclusion: Bronchoscopic ethanolamine injection therapy may be partially useful in controlling air leakage, and reducing the hospital stay in patients with persistent air leak from CTD.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2022

Objective: To validate the performance of 3T spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for staging hepatic fibrosis in a large population, using surgical specimens as the reference standard. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study initially included 310 adults (155 undergoing hepatic resection and 155 undergoing donor hepatectomy) with histopathologic results from surgical liver specimens. They underwent 3T SE-EPI MRE ≤ 3 months prior to surgery. Demographic findings, underlying liver disease, and hepatic fibrosis pathologic stage according to METAVIR were recorded. Liver stiffness (LS) was measured by two radiologists, and inter-reader reproducibility was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The mean LS of each fibrosis stage (F0-F4) was calculated in total and for each etiologic subgroup. Comparisons among subgroups were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Conover post-hoc test. The cutoff values for fibrosis staging were estimated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results: Inter-reader reproducibility was excellent (ICC, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.97-0.99). The mean LS values were 1.91, 2.41, 3.24, and 5.41 kPa in F0-F1 (n = 171), F2 (n = 26), F3 (n = 38), and F4 (n = 72), respectively. The discriminating cutoff values for diagnosing ≥ F2, ≥ F3, and F4 were 2.18, 2.71, and 3.15 kPa, respectively, with the ROC curve areas of 0.97-0.98 (sensitivity 91.2%-95.9%, specificity 90.7%-99.0%). The mean LS was significantly higher in patients with cirrhosis (F4) of nonviral causes, such as primary biliary cirrhosis (9.56 kPa) and alcoholic liver disease (7.17 kPa) than in those with hepatitis B or C cirrhosis (4.28 and 4.92 kPa, respectively). There were no statistically significant differences in LS among the different etiologic subgroups in the F0-F3 stages. Conclusion: The 3T SE-EPI MRE demonstrated high interobserver reproducibility, and our criteria for staging hepatic fibrosis showed high diagnostic performance. LS was significantly higher in patients with non-viral cirrhosis than in those with viral cirrhosis.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 1998

목적 : 위암치료에 있어 완전절제수술후 임상적 국소재발이 $30-40\%$에 이르는 것으로 보고되고 있으나 수술 후 항암화학요법이나 방사선 치료의 시행은 아직 그 역할이 분명치 않다. 반면 완전절제가 이루어지지 않은 위암에서는 원발병소 부위의 국소발소 위험성이 매우 높아 추가적인 국소치료의 필요성이 제기되고 있으나 이에 대한 구체적인 연구는 아직 미미한 실정이다. 이에 저자 등은 불완전 절제된 위암에서 수술후 방사선치료가 국소재발을 줄일 수 있는지, 또한 생존율향상을 얻을 수 있는지 알기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1991년 7월부터 1996년 8월까지 울산의대 서울중앙병원에서 위암 진단하에 근치적 절제수술을 시행하였으나 불완전 절제된 25명의 환자에서 수술후 방사선 치료를 시행하였다. 전체 25명의 환자 중 선세포암이 23명, 평활근육종이 2명이었고, 수술은 위전절제수술(Total gastrectomy) 5명, 위부분절제술(Subtotal gastrectomy) 20명이었다. 병기별로는 I B 1명, II 2명, III A 11명, III B 10명, IV 1댕이었으며 불완전 절제부위는 원위절제면(dlstal resection margin) 17명, 근위절제면(proxlmal resection margin) 5명, 간 절제면 1명 및 기타 장기 절제면 2명이었다. 방사선 치료는 총 6회의 FP 항암화학요법중 회차와 동시에 시작되는 것을 원칙으로 하였으며 조사선량은 44.6Gy-59.4Gy 범위였고 중앙선량은 55.8Gy였다. 결과 : 1명을 제외한 모든 환자가 정해진 양의 방사선 치료를 마칠 수 있었으며, 3명의 환자에서 $15\%$ 이상의 체중감소가 있었고 중증도 3 이상의 혈액학적 독성은 5명에서 관찰되었다. 최소 추적관찰기간은 12개월이었다. 전체 25명중 12명에서 재발이 있었으며 조사야내 국소재발은 7명에서 발생하였고 이들은 문합부위재발 3명, 인접조직 3명, 임파절 1명이었다. 반면 원격전이는 10명에서 발생하였고 이들은 복막전이 6명, 간 전이 2명, 쇄골상임파절 및 대동맥 임파절등 원위임파절 전이가 3명이었다. 환자의 현 상태는 무병생존 11명, 위암과 관련 없는 사망 2명, 위암으로 인한 사망 10명, 재발상태의 생존 2명 등이다. 4년 무병생존율과 질병관련생존율(disease specific survival)은 각각 $48\%$와 $40\%$였으며 중앙생존값은 35개월, 중앙무병생존값은 26개월이었다. 원발병소 위치, T-stage, N-stage, Stage, 방사선량 등은 생존율에 별다른 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 결론 : 수술후 방사선치료와 항암화학요법은 큰 부작용 없이 시행되었으며 치료후 실패양상은 원격전이가 가장 많았고 국소재발은 7명($28\%$)에서 발생하여 문헌상 관찰된 완전절제수술후 국소재발수치과 비슷하거나 낮은 것으로 나타났다 추적관찰 기간이 짧고 환자 수가 적어 단정짓기는 어렵지만 불완전 절제수술 후 원발병소 부위에 잔류암세포가 존재하는 상태인 점을 고려할 때, 불완전 절제된 위암에서 방사선치료가 국소재발을 억제에 기여했을 가능성이 크다고 생각된다.