• 제목/요약/키워드: cordotomy

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경피적 척수시상로절단술 후 발생한 호흡부전 -증례 보고- (Transient Repiratory Dysfunction after Percutaneous Cordotomy -A case report-)

  • 이준석;신유식;박찬흥
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.275-278
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    • 2005
  • Percutaneous cordotomy is a useful method for cancer pain management. Candidates for cervical cordotomy include those patients with unilateral cancer pain below the shoulder, with a life expectancy of less than 1 year, who can not be adequately treated by other less invasive methods. However, various complications can occur following a cordotomy, with the most serious being respiratory dysfunction. Herein, we report a case of transient respiratory dysfunction following a percutaneous cervical cordotomy.

불인성 미골통에 Caudal Epidural Steriod 이용 -증례보고- (The Use of Caudal Epidural Steroid for the Management of Intractable Coccygodynia)

  • 안명자;서재현;김성년
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.89-91
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    • 1992
  • Coccygodynia is a pain syndrome resulting from trauma, fractures, infection and tumor, and is usually amenable to conservative treatment. We present one case of coccygodynia that developed 2 days after percutaneous cordotomy done for pain control of cervix cancer unresponsive to conservative treatment which subsequently was treated with a caudal injection of lidocaine and triamcinolone. Caudal epidural steroid injection is less invasive and has less potential for complication than the neurosurgical interruption of the pain pathway.

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양측성 성대 마비의 치료 원칙 (Management Principles of Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility)

  • 김태욱;손영익
    • 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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    • 제20권2호
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 2009
  • Bilateral vocal fold immobility (BVFI) is a challenging condition which may result from diverse etiologies including vocal fold paralysis, synkinesis, cricoarytenoid joint fixation, and interarytenoid scar. Most patients present with dyspnea and stridor, but sometimes with a breathy dysphonia. Careful history taking, laryngoscopic evaluation under general anesthesia or awaken status, laryngeal EMG, and imaging studies with CT and/or MRI are helpful for providing a precise diagnosis and planning appropriate managements. In children, congenital neurological disorder is one of the most common etiologies, and spontaneous recovery has been reported in more than 50% of cases. Therefore, observation for more than 6 months while securing the upper airway with tracheostomy if needed is a generally accepted rule before deciding any destructive procedure to be undertaken. In children with advanced posterior glottic stenosis, laryngotracheal reconstruction with rib cartilage graft should be considered. In contrast to children, BVFI most commonly occurs as sequalae of surgical complication in adults. Diverse static or dynamic procedures can be applied; posterior cordotomy, vocal fold lateralization, endoscopic or open arytenoidectomy, arytenoid abduction, and reinnervation, electrical laryngeal pacing, which need to be carefully selected according to each patient's needs and pathophysiology of BVFI.

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후두신경통 환자에서 시행한 경피적 제2경추신경절 절제술 -증례 보고- (Percutaneous C2 Ganglionotomy in the Management of Occipital Neuralgia -A case report-)

  • 임소영;김수관;신근만;홍순용;최영룡
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.200-205
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    • 1996
  • Radiofrequency thermocoagulation(RF) techniques are safe and effective methods as compared to neurodestructive procedure. Other advantages are: ability to perform RF lesions under local or sedative anesthesia, rapid recovery period, low incidence of morbidity and mortality, ability to repeat RF lesions, and leaves no significant scarring. We performed C2 ganglionotomy by RF lesion generator on a patient, suffering post-traumatic occipital neuralgia, as the patient did not respond to conservative therapies such as: trigger point injection, TENS, cryotherapy and stretch, occipital nerve block, C2 ganglion block. Prognostic nerve block was performed usng local anesthetics. Excellent effect was conformed before C2 ganglionotomy. This procedure was performed under fluoroscopy. Type RCK-2A Rosomoff Cordotomy kit was used to stabilize the head and neck. Postoperatively, the patient was free of occipital pain and head motions no longer triggered pain. To date, the patient remains symptom free except for some cervical discomfort.

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말단 비대증 환자에서 발생한 양측성대마비 1예 (A Case of Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis from Acromegaly)

  • 박민우;안수연;노동환;권택균
    • 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.68-70
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    • 2009
  • Acromegalic patients can develop mild upper airway obstruction. However, the limitation of both vocal folds mobility developing dyspnea is rare. We report a case with bilateral vocal cord paralysis associated with acromegaly. The patient visited our clinic presenting dyspnea showing bilateral vocal cord hypomobility in laryngoscopy. The patient underwent a tracheostomy and a transsphenoidal resection of the pituitary adenoma. Thereafter, laser cordotomy with medial arytenoidectomy was done for the permanent treatment of glottal obstruction. The tracheotomy canula was successfully removed one month after the surgery.

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