• Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.177-179
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• 2018

A rectocele with a weakened rectovaginal septum can be repaired with various surgical techniques. We performed laparoscopic posterior vaginal wall repair and rectovaginal septal reinforcement without mesh using a modified transperineal approach. A 63-year-old woman with outlet dysfunction constipation complained of lower pelvic pressure and sense of heaviness for 30 years. Initial defecography showed an anterior rectocele with a 45-mm anterior bulge and perineal descent. Laparoscopic procedures included peritoneal and rectovaginal septal dissection directed toward the perineal body, rectovaginal septal suturing, and peritoneal closure. The patient started a soft diet the following day and was discharged on the 5th postoperative day without any complications. The patient had no dyschezia or dyspareunia, and no problem with bowel function; 3-month follow-up defecography showed a decrease in bulging to 18 mm. Laparoscopic posterior vaginal wall and rectovaginal septal repair is safe and feasible for treatment of a rectocele, and enables early recovery.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.560-567
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• 1996

본 연구는 기능성 식이섬유음료의 섬유급원인 난소화성 덱스트린의 장기능 및 혈청내 지질에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 SDrague-Dawley(평균 체중 819)의 흰쥐를 3군으로 나누어 control군으로 무섬유소 식이군(IC), 섬유소간의 비교를 위해 5% pectin군(IP), 5% 난소화성 덱스트린군(ID)으로 6주간 사육하였다. 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 식이 섭취량, 체중 증가량, 식이 효율은 식이간에 유의적 차이는 없었으나, 식이 섭취량이 높을수록 체중 증가량이 증가하였다. ID군이 식이 섭취량, 체중 증가량, 식이 효율이 약간 높은 경향을 보였다. 각군간의 간, 비장, 콩팥의 무게는 유의적 차이가 없었다. 부고환 지방의 무게도 유의적 차이는 없었으나, IP군이 가장 적었고 ID군도 IC군 보다 적은 경향을 보였다. 맹장의 무게는 섬유소를 섭취하지 않은 IC군 보다 ID군에서 유의적으로(p<.05) 무거웠으며, IP군도 IC군 보다는 무거운 경향을 나타내었다. 대장 무게와 길이도 ID군과 IP군이 IC군 보다 더 무겁고 긴 경향을 보였다. 배설된 변량은 ID군과 IP군이 IC군 보다 많은 경향을 보였으며 , 장 통과시간은 IP군이 다른 군 보다 빠르게 나타났다. ID군에서는 차이가 없었다. 혈청 중 총 지질, 콜레스테롤, 중성지방은 모두 IC군에서 높아 pectin이나 난소화성 덱스트린이 고지혈증을 개선시키는데 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다. 변내 지방 함량은 IP군이 가장 많았고(p<.05), ID군도 유의적이지는 않으나 IC군 보다는 많아서 지방의 흡수율이 IC군 보다 낮은 경향을 보였다. Ca의 흡수율은 IP군이 가장 낮았고(p<.05), ID군과 IC군과는 별차이가 없었다. 따라서 이러한 결과는 식이음료 중의 난소화성 덱스트린이 장 통과시간에는 영향을 주지 않으나 전반적인 장기능을 증진시키고, Ca의 홉수를 방해하지 않고 지방의 흡수를 감소시켜 체내 지방대사에 다소 영향을 미칠 것으로 사료된다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.162-169
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• 2010

남녀의 비는 1.8로 남아가 많았으며, 진단시 나이는 76.9 % 에서 4주 이내 신생아시기에 진단되었다. 임상증상은 복부팽만 84.6 %, 태변 배출지연이 46.1 %, 설사 와 변비가 23.1 % 였다. 무신경절의 범위가 89.7 %에서 직장 및 에스자형 결장에 한정되었으며, 전결장에 침범한 경우가 8 %였다. 69.2 %에서 결장조루술 후 근치적 수술을 시행하였으며, 30.8 %에서 바로 근치적 수술을 시행하였다. 수술 후 6개월 이상 추적은 54 % 였으며, 추적 관찰 환자 중 14.3 %에서 대변 지림을 보였고, 19.0 %에서 변비를 보였다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2016

Salicornia herbacea L. (S. herbacea) is an annual herbaceous plant of Chenopodiaceae. It grows in groups on the coast or mud flat of Korea is known to be rich in minerals. S. herbacea has potent anti-cancer, antioxidant, anti-obesity, bowel function improvement. However, pharmacological mechanisms of S. herbacea extract (SHE) remain poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential acute toxicity of SHE in ICR mice administered a single oral dose of 0, 500, 1,000, and 2,000 mg/kg by gavage. After administration of the extract, signs of toxicity were observed every day for 14 days. No mortality, abnormal clinical signs, body weight, organ weight or pathological changes were observed compared to a control group, and there were no differences in the body weights of the control and treatment groups. Biological serum activities and histological tests were not significantly changed in the treatment group compared to the control group. Especially, treatment of SHE was significantly decreased of total cholesterol and triglyceride levels. These results indicated that a single oral administration of SHE does not exerts any toxic effects at a dose of 2,000 mg/kg and that the $LD_{50}$ of SHE is greater than 2,000 mg/kg. Accordingly, SHE appears to have potential in various functional agents of foods, without toxicity.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2010

The immune system is generally divided into the innate and the adopted immune systems, both protecting the body from pathogens. Recently, allergies, a disease associated with an imbalanced immune system, have increased rapidly in developed countries. Prevailing symptoms of allergic diseases are eczema, allergic rhinitis, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, and food allergy. Probiotic bacteria, mainly consisting of lactic acid bacteria, are used in the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases. The function of them is to stimulate the intestinal immune cells and form a complex signal network to activate other immune cells. Beneficial health effects of probiotics are based on the hygiene hypothesis, which suggests that sanitary environment is important for health, but limited exposure to environmental factors increases allergic diseases. An immunoregulatory effect of probiotic bacteria is demonstrated by controlled trial, animal model, in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo designs. However, the immunoregulatory effect of probiotic bacteria is controversial because it depends on probiotic strains, a dose and a type of diseases. In this review, we discussed clinical evidences on immunoregulatory effects of probiotic bacteria.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2012

Purpose: This study was conducted to extract international classification of functioning, disability, and health (ICF) core sets for measuring functional status in acute stroke patients, and to evaluate clinical applicability of the core sets. Methods: A set of 22 ICF items on functional status in acute stroke patients were extracted from the Korean general ICF core sets and ICF core sets for stroke patients. The extracted ICF functional items were assessed at the time of admission and discharge among 100 stroke patients who were admitted in a university hospital. Results: Comparing to functional status at admission of acute stroke patients, the overall functional status at discharge was improved. However, functions on defecation, skin protection, and relationship with immediate family at the time of discharge were not significantly changed. Conclusion: The set of ICF functional items identified in this study may be reliable and valid to assess acute stoke patients' body functions, activities and participation and environmental factors in the holistic and comprehensive nursing context. Nursing interventions on bowel elimination and skin protection for acute stroke patients need to be developed.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2010

Chronic perineal pain is an often encountered problem, which produces a great degree of functional impairment and frustration to the patient and a challenge to the treating physician. The reason for this problem is that the region contains diverse anatomic structures with mixed somatic, visceral and autonomic innervations affecting bladder and bowel control and sexual function. A blockade of nociceptive and sympathetic supply to the perineal region, supplied through the ganglion impar has been shown to benefit patients with chronic perineal pain. Several options to this block have been described that chemical neurolysis, radiofrequency ablation etc. Although the analgesic effect of Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) has long been considered secondary to its action for muscle relaxation, BoNT-A also affects the release of the neurotransmitters that are involved in pain perception. We describe a patient who was successfully given ganglion impar block with BoNT-A.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.478-480
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• 2017

A Cocker spaniel (7-year-old, female) was presented with one week of anorexia, halitosis, oral ulcer, intermittent vomiting, acute weight loss and 3-day history of oliguria. The patient was diagnosed with acute on chronic kidney disease and pancreatitis. Hemodialysis was continued three times a week (total 7 sessions) with improved clinical signs and kidney panel, but presented with another episode of abdominal distention, respiratory distress, and large bowel diarrhea. Echocardiography revealed nearly totally occlusive thrombus in the cranial vena cava, as well as a right atrial mass of approximately $2cm{\times}1cm$. The patient was treated with catheter removal, thrombolysis and anticoagulation therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. During anticoagulation therapy, size of atrial thrombus was not changed and heart function was not improved after treatment. Since clinical signs were deteriorated, the patient was euthanized by owner's request. Catheter-related giant thrombus in right atrium is a rare complication and treatment guideline for atrial thrombus does not exist. This case is first report of hemodialysis catheter-induced thrombus in Korea.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2014

The herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TNFRSF), and therefore it is also known as TNFRSF14 or CD270 (1,2). In recent years, we have focused on understanding HVEM function in the mucosa of the intestine, particularly on the role of HVEM in colitis pathogenesis, host defense and regulation of the microbiota (2-4). HVEM is an unusual TNF receptor because of its high expression levels in the gut epithelium, its capacity to bind ligands that are not members of the TNF super family, including immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily members BTLA and CD160, and its bi-directional functionality, acting as a signaling receptor or as a ligand for the receptor BTLA. Clinically, Hvem recently was reported as an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) risk gene as a result of genome wide association studies (5,6). This suggests HVEM could have a regulatory role influencing the regulation of epithelial barrier, host defense and the microbiota. Consistent with this, using mouse models, we have revealed how HVEM is involved in colitis pathogenesis, mucosal host defense and epithelial immunity (3,7). Although further studies are needed, our results provide the fundamental basis for understanding why Hvem is an IBD risk gene, and they confirm that HVEM is a mucosal gatekeeper with multiple regulatory functions in the mucosa.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.612-619
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• 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine health problems and to estimate economic impact based on health problems of workers. Methods: The subjects of this study consisted of 301 workers who received a group occupational health service. Data was collected from February 1 to March 30, 2006. The questionnaire contained questions based on general characteristics and the Stanford Presenteeism Scale. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test using SPSS program. Results: The primary health conditions as reported by workers were ranked in order as stomach or bowel disorders, back or neck disorders, or liver function disorders. The reason of absenteeism per worker was ranked in order as asthma, or a breathing disorder. The reason of presenteeism was ranked in order as asthma, insomnia or a sleep disorder. The cost of the total economic impact on the workplace in this study was 8,851,838 won. The cost of absenteeism per worker was 8,390 won. The cost of presenteeism per worker was 941,732 won. Conclusion: Presenteeism had a strong correlation to health conditions of the workers. Therefore, improving the work conditions of the workers is very important. If employers improve the health condition of workers, they will benefit from improved productivity in their business.