• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제7권1호
• /
• pp.13-22
• /
• 1974

A clinical evaluation was done on 120 cases of chest injury patients treated in the department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital for the period of 6 years and 3 months from January, 1968 to March, 1974. 1] Of 120 cases, 52 cases[43. 3%] were non-penetrating injuries and 65 cases[56.7%] penetrating injuries. Of them, 107 cases [89.2%] were males and 13 cases[10.8%] were females. 2] The most common etiology was stab wound[64 cases] and traffic accident[23 cases] was the next. 3] In 70% of all cases, treatment was initiated within 6 hours after receiving trauma. 4] The types of lesions in order of frequency were hemothorax[35 cases], chest wall injuries alone. 27 cases], hemopneumothorax [22 cases], pneumothorax[17 cases]. Of them, right sided lesions were 52 cases[43. 3%] and left sided lesions were 65 cases[54.2%] and 3 cases were bilateral lesions. 5] Repeated thoracentesis and closed thoracostomy were the treatment of choice in most cases in order to reestablish early and rapid reexpansion of the lungs. Open thoracotomy was, however, mandatory on 39 cases[32.5%]. 6] The overall mortality was 5.8% [7 cases]; 5 cases of nonpenetrating injuries and 2 cases of penetrating ones.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
• /
• 제63권4호
• /
• pp.532-538
• /
• 2020

Traumatic arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) involving the external carotid artery are exceedingly rare in young adults. Since an AVF is the most common life-threatening cause for pulsatile tinnitus (PT), meticulous evaluation and treatment of patients with PT is crucial. Here, we present two traumatic AVF cases treated with coil embolization leading to no residual fistulous connections followed by an immediate and complete resolution of PT. A 20-year-old man developed left ear tinnitus three months after a traumatic brain injury involving the right temporal bone fracture. Cerebral angiography demonstrated an enlarged left middle meningeal artery (MMA) and a fistular point at the posterior branch of the MMA draining to the middle meningeal vein (MMV) and the left pterygoid plexus, suggesting an AVF. Another 18-year-old girl developed left tinnitus, left exophthalmos, and conjunctival injection 6 months after a traffic accident involving no demonstrable abnormal findings in the radiologic exam. Magnetic resonance angiography demonstrated a markedly dilated left MMA draining to the MMV, left cavernous sinus, and left superior ophthalmic vein. In both cases, coil embolization was performed with total obliteration of the fistular point.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
• /
• 제26권1호
• /
• pp.22-25
• /
• 2013

Severe blunt abdominal trauma frequently involves the liver. The development of nonsurgical treatment of liver trauma has led to more frequent appearance of unusual complications. A hepatic arterioportal fistula (APF) is a rare complication of liver trauma. We present a case of traumatic APF in a patient with liver trauma. A 31-year-old male visited our emergency department with pain in the right upper abdomen following a traffic accident. Initial physical exam and abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed liver laceration with hemoperitoneum. An abdominal CT obtained on day 11 revealed early opacification of the right portal vein on the arterial phase. After we had come to suspect an APF of the liver, its presence was confirmed on angiography. It was subsequently managed by using transcatheter coil embolization. In patients with portal hypertension and no evidence or history of cirrhosis, one should consider an APF as a potential etiology if history of liver biopsy or penetrating trauma exists. In a patient with liver trauma, serial abdominal CT is important for early detection and treatment of an APF.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
• /
• 제23권2호
• /
• pp.157-162
• /
• 2010

Purpose: Free flap reconstruction in the pediatric population is difficult. However, microsurgery has had remarkable success rates in children. The aim of study is to present our clinical experience using free flap for reconstruction of soft tissue defects in children and to describe long-term follow-up results. Methods: Between June 2002 and July 2010, 30 cases of pediatric reconstruction were performed with free flap. The authors analyzed several items, such as the kind of flap, associated complications, and growth problems. Results: Among the 30 cases, 21 cases were due to traffic accidents, 5 to cancer, and 4 to falls and other soft tissue defects. The lower leg and foot were the most common sites of the lesion. In the free flap operations we have done, 20 cases involved an anterolateral thigh perforator free flap, 6 a superficial circumflex iliac perforator free flap, and 4 an upper medial thigh perforator free flap. In early postoperative complications, partial necrosis was seen in 2 cases, infection in 1 case, and the hematoma in 1 case. A satisfactory success rate and functional results were achieved. Conclusion: Free flap reconstruction in children allows satisfactory function with no significant effect on growth. Free flaps are regarded as the primary choice for selective pediatric reconstructive cases.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• /
• 제22권3호
• /
• pp.288-293
• /
• 2000

This study was aimed at furnishing the data of infraorbital wall fractures and aiding treatment. This is the retrospective study on infraorbital wall fractures. The patients were treated in the Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of Chon-Buk National University Hospital from Jan. 1, 1996 to Sep. 30, 1999. The result were as follows : Male predominated over female by a ratio of 3.57 : 1. The most common reason was traffic accident(64.1%). The elapsed time from injury to operation was average 10.4 days. The most frequent site of fractures was Zygomatico-Maxillary complex fracture(61.7%). The highest department of associated injuries was neurologic Dept.(52.3%). The complication after fractures were the ophthalmologic(20.3%), esthetic(14.8%), facial numbness(4.7%), etc in this order. The highest ophthalmologic complications was the enophthalmos(7%).

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
• /
• 제14권1호
• /
• pp.46-49
• /
• 2013

Facial deformity after nerve injury changes ones' social life. We experienced a few patients with healthy early recovery of muscle contraction after the operation with soft tissue wraparound splint. Under general anesthesia, exploration to find as many injured nerve stumps with ${\times}2.5$ loopes was undertaken at first. Interfascicular repair was done with minimal tension by 10-0 nylon under a microscope, and the suture site was sealed by approximating the surrounding fat flaps. This conjoined adipose tissue flap was a splint as a wraparound environment to reduce the tension in the coaptation site, and to increase the relative concentration of releasing neurotrophic factors by surrounding it. A 45-year-old man fell down in a drunken state and had deep laceration by broken flowerpot fragments with facial muscle weakness on the right cheek. His injured mandibular branches of the facial nerve were found. A 31-year-old female suffered from motionlessnesss of frontalis muscle after a traffic accident. She had four frontal branches injured. The man had his cheek with motion after seven days, and the woman two months after the operation. The nerve conduction test of the woman showed normalized values. Facial nerve repair surrounded by adipose tissue wraparound splint can make the recovery time relatively short.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
• /
• 제21권4호
• /
• pp.240-245
• /
• 2018

Rare cases of a congenital absence of the long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) have been reported, and its incidence is unknown. In a literature review of the congenital absence of the LHBT, only 1 case was associated with posterior shoulder instability and severe posterior glenoid dysplasia. This paper reports the first case of a patient with a bilateral congenital absence of the LHBT with posterior shoulder instability without glenoid dysplasia or posterior glenoid tilt. The patient experienced a traffic accident while holding the gear stick with his right hand. After the accident, a posteroinferior labral tear with paralabral cysts was detected on the magnetic resonance images. The congenital absence of the LHBT was assumed to have affected the posterior instability that possibly increased the susceptibility to a subsequent traumatic posterior inferior labral tear. This case was identified as a posterior inferior tear caused by a traumatic 'gear stick injury'.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• /
• 제27권5호
• /
• pp.472-477
• /
• 2005

저자 등은 1996년 1월부터 2004년 12월까지 서울대학교 보라매병원 구강악안면외과에서 치료받은 141명의 하악골 골절 환자의 임상적 연구를 통하여 다음을 알 수 있었다. 1. 전체 환자에서 남,녀 성별 발생빈도는 5.13대 1로 남자에서 호발 하였으며, 연령대별로는 20대에서 가장 빈발하였고 (30.5%), 그 다음 30대, 40대 (22.7%) 순이었다. 2. 하악골 골절의 원인으로 폭행 (45.4%), 낙상, 추락 및 충돌 (40.4%), 교통사고 (11.3%) 순이었다. 3. 골절부의 위치는 하악 정중부 (41.2%), 우각부(32.2%), 과두부 골절(18.5%)의 순으로 나타났으며, 단일 골절의 경우 하악 우각부 골절이 (46.7%)로 가장 많았고, 두 군데 이상의 골절의 하악 정중부 및 우각부 동시 골절이 가장 많았다 (45.5%). 4. 교통사고로 인한 하악 골절은 정중부, 과두부, 우각부 골절의 순으로 발생 빈도를 보였고, 폭력과 낙상, 추락 및 충돌 등으로 인한 골절의 경우 정중부, 우각부, 과두부 골절 순으로 발생빈도를 보였다.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
• /
• 제8권1호
• /
• pp.787-798
• /
• 2001

This study was performed to investigate the necessity and the features of adequate services of home visiting physical therapy for chronic ill patients. The study subjects were physical therapist visited in Taejon for Korea Physical Therapy Association Seminar on March 19, 2000. Authors developed questionnaire and distributed it to each physical therapist attended at the Seminar. The number of distributed questionnaire was 1,500, and 487 questionnaire were collected and 388 questionnaire analysed finally. 1. The rate of necessity for home visiting physical therapy by kinds of disease was 70.6% in cerebral palsy, 84.3% in spinal cord injury, 89.7% in cerebral vascular accident and traumatic brain injury, 20.1 % in other diseases. 2. The rate of necessity of education for home visiting physical therapy was 94.5% of men, 97.3% of women. 54.4% of answerer replied that the best education method was that developed clinical program. 3. In the general features of adequate service for home visiting physical therapy, 70.9% of men and 69.1 % of women want special isolated physical therapy center, 61.8% of men and 63.7% of women want distance of 15minutes-29minutes by car. 59.4% of men and 47.5% of women want 3 times per week in frequency(P<0.05), 70.9% of men and 61.0% of women want 30-60minutes in treatment duration. and 47.2% of men and 51.6% of women want to teach only evaluation and treatment method. 4. In the payment of adequate service for home visiting physical therapy, 47.9% of men and 49.3% of women want insurance with private charge (P<0.05), 58.8% of men and 55.2% of women want insurance direct charge and traffic fee and visiting fee for the private charge. 37.0% of men wants 4,000won-4,900won and 32.7% of women wants 2,000won-2,900won for the traffic fee. 43.0% of men wants 5,000won-9,900won and 48.0% of women wants 5,000won-5,900won for the visiting fee. 5. In the qualifications for home visiting physical therapy, 44.8% of men wants to have license and learn home treatment method but 47.1% of women wants to have license and career and learn home treatment method(P<0.05). In the career, 38.8% of men wants above 5 years, 39.5% of women wants above 3 years(P<0.01). 63.0% of men and 66.4% of women answered with unconcern but 18.8% of men wants physical therapist worked in general hospital and 20.6% of women wants in welfare center(P<0.01). 92.7% of men and 92.4% of women answered no interested in physical therapist's gender. The most preferential age of home visiting physical therapist was also no interested in physical therapist's age.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• /
• 제34권1호
• /
• pp.58-64
• /
• 2012

Purpose: Dental emergencies vary from toothaches to oral and maxillofacial traumas. Because the number of dental emergency cases has increased recently, we analyzed characteristics of patients seen during the last 2 years, in an effort to find a trend. Methods: This study was carried out with emergency room patients visiting the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from 2009 to 2010. Results: The total number of patients studied was 1,162; the ratio of males to females was 1.73:1. The most frequent age group was 0 to 9 years, followed by 20 to 29 years. Trauma (58.7%) was the most frequent cause followed by acute toothache, oral hemorrhage, infection, and temporomandibular (TMJ) disorder. In the trauma group, injuries of soft tissue and alveolus were prevalent. The most common causes of soft tissue injury were falls, safety violations and assault. The highest incidence of emergencies was seen in patients 0 to 9 years old (41.8%). The most common causes of jaw fracture were falls, assaults, and traffic accidents in that order. In the acute toothache group, most patients had pulpitis (41.2%). In the infection group, most had buccal space abscesses (40.0%). In the hemorrhage group, post-operative bleeding cases (80.5%) were the majority, and hemostasis was obtained mostly by pressure dressings. For the TMJ disorder group, masticatory muscle disorder (65.4%) was more common than TMJ dislocation. Conclusion: In this study, trauma was the most frequent reason for patients who visited the emergency room. However, acute toothache, hemorrhage, infection and TMJ disorders were also seen frequently. Dental emergency patients could be better treated by understanding patterns of dental emergencies and performing proper diagnoses.