• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.375-384
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• 1980

Since 1958 up to the end of October 31, 1980, 2032 cases of cardiovascular lesions were operated, including 1225 open heart surgery and 354 valve replacement patients. There were 1271 Congenital anomaly cases and 761 acquired lesions including 149 vascular lesions. Among 1~271 congenital malformations 819 cases belong to acyanotic and 452 to cyanotic group. Over all mortality was 11.1 %, consisting of 12.4% for congenital and 8.9% for acquired lesions. Mortality for 1225 open heart surgery cases was 15% and 13.8% for various 354 valve replacement cases. In most of the open heart surgery cases Shiley oxygenator was utilized and Ionescu-Shiley bovine pericardial xenograft bioprosthesis**** valves were used mainly for valve replacement.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.121-125
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• 2011

Simple ganglions are most common benign tumor of the hand and wrist. However, cystic adventitial disease is an uncommon vascular anomaly first described in 1947 in the external iliac artery. It usually involves the popliteal artery, although other arteries and veins may also be involved. Radial artery adventitial cysts are found directly within the adventitia, whereas the more common wrist ganglions may extrinsically compress or adhere to the artery walls. The diagnosis is rarely made before surgery because of their similar appearance and location. The authors report a rare case of a 46-year old woman with mucoid adventitial cyst of the radial artery in the wrist.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.51 no.5
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• pp.360-362
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• 2018

Pulmonary artery sling is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly, in which the left pulmonary artery originates from the right pulmonary artery and courses leftward between the trachea and the esophagus. Tetralogy of Fallot associated with pulmonary artery sling is even rarer, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of tetralogy of Fallot associated with pulmonary artery sling that was repaired successfully.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.577-580
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• 2006

Purpose: Hemangioma of the breast is an infrequent finding and usually encountered incidentally when checking for other disease. Most of hemangiomas of the breast are asymptomatic, not palpable perilobular type. Cavernous hemangioma of the breast is rare and only a few reports about this type of lesion are present. No example has been reported about reconstruction of the breast after resection of large cavernous hemangioma. Methods: We report here a case of immediate breast reconstruction using a Becker implant after subcutaneous mastectomy for a large cavernous hemangioma involving almost entire breast. Results: Symmetry is well maintained after 3 years without deformity or recurrence. Conclusion: The clinical prognosis of breast cavernous hemangioma is good after total excision and reconstruction.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.331-337
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• 1982

Complete TGA is a common congenital cardiovacular anomaly, and without palliative or corrective surgery, the infant born with TGA rarely survives the first year of life. Hemodynamically, recirculated blood flow in the systemic and pulmonary circuit has a key role in systemic arterial oxygen saturation and the status of the pulmonary vascular bed. Recently a d-TGA with VSD and PS, in a 12 year old male patient had been tried for inversion of the ventricular flow with Rastelli operation. An intracardiac tunnel was constructed between the VSD and the aortic orifice to connect the ventricle to the aorta. The right ventricle was connected with the pulmonary circulation by anastomosis of an valved conduit between the right ventricle and the distal end of the pulmonary artery. During the postop, period, the irreversible renal failure, accompanied by metabolic acidosis and pulmonary edema, occured under relative stabilized cardiac performance state. The autopsy was done, which revealed diffuse infarcted area in both kidney and preserved intra & extracardiac graft constructed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.780-785
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• 1987

Pulmonary atresia with VSD is uncommon congenital anomaly with high mortality in neonatal period. Recently we experienced surgical correction of 2 cases of pulmonary atresia with VSD. The first case was 7-year old female patient and diagnosed as pulmonary atresia with VSD combined PDA. So, total correction was undertaken which consisted of PDA ligation, patch repair of VSD, transannular enlargement of RVOT with woven Dacron vascular graft, and closure of PFO. Postoperative systemic Rt. ventricular and radial artery pressure ratio was 0.44 and her postoperative course was uneventful. The second case was 6-year old male patient diagnosed as pulmonary atresia with VSD and large systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries. There were two large systemic-pulmonary collaterals, one was simply controlled by ligation, but the other was considered to supply Rt. upper lung. So end to side anastomosis was performed to the RVOT patch. Postoperative systolic Rt. ventricular and radial artery pressure ratio was 0.54. During the follow up period he showed clinical picture of Rt. heart failure, which is relatively well controlled with anticongestive therapy.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.162-164
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• 2008

Post-clipping intraparenchymal hemorrhage of the contralateral hemisphere is a very unusual phenomenon in a patient with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, unless there is an underlying condition. We report a complicated case of 47-year-old man, who underwent uneventful clipping of ruptured aneurysm and experienced vasospasm two weeks later. Vasospasm was treated by intra-arterial nimodipine and systemic hyperdynamic therapy. One week thereafter, he became unconscious due to intraparenchymal hemorrhage on the anterior border-zone of contalateral hemisphere, but intraoperative and pathologic findings failed to disclose any vascular anomaly. We suggest that the anti-spastic regimens cause local hemodynamic redistribution through the vasodilatory effect and in turn, resulted in such an unexpected bleeding.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.367-370
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• 2010

We present a case of posterior atlantoaxial screw-rod fixation in a patient with an aberrant vertebral artery (VA) course combined with bilateral high-riding VA. An aberrant VA which courses below the posterior arch of the atlas (C1) that does not pass through the C1 transverse foramen and without an osseous anomaly is rare. However, it is important to consider an abnormal course of the VA both preoperatively and intraoperatively in order to avoid critical vascular injuries in procedures which require exposure or control of the VA, such as the far-lateral approach and spinal operations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.192-192
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• 2008

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.785-790
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• 1990

A 30-year-old male with a symptomatic aberrant right subclavian artery underwent surgical intervention on January 17, 1990. An aberrant right subclavian artery is a rare congenital anomaly, but it is the most common one of the aortic arch anomalies. This anomalous vessel usually does not produce symptoms, but occasionally symptomatic patients require surgical intervention. Although ligation and division of the aberrant right subclavian artery through left thoracotomy has been advocated by many surgeons, the ischemic symptoms of the upper extremity or the brain can occur. In the procedure described here, ligation and division of the aberrant artery and its anastomosis to the ascending aorta with Gore \ulcornerTex vascular graft was performed simultaneously through midsternotomy. With this procedure, we relieved the esophageal obstruction and established normal blood flow to the right arm. Hoarseness developed postoperatively. We consider that above symptom has been attributed to the injury of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve during dissection.