• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1038-1044
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• 1995

We have been used cryopreserved homograft valves for right ventricular outflow tract[RVOT reconstruction since November 1993. The homograft valves were harvested from the hearts of brain dead patients or hearts of transplant recipients. There were 12 male and 10 female patients. Their ages ranged from 5 months to 13 years[mean age,39.2 $\pm$ 37.4 months and the weight ranged from 5 to 48kg [mean weight, 13.7$\pm$ 9. l kg . The diagnoses included pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect [n=14 , tetralogy of Fallot[n=4 , truncus arteriosus[n=3 , and double outlet right ventricle with pulmonic stenosis[n=l .Monocuspid homograft patches were used for RVOT widening or REV[reparation l`etage ventriculaire operations in 4 patients. We also used homograft as valved conduits for RVOT reconstruction in 17 patients and left ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in anatomically corrected transposition in 1 patient. Among them size-reducing technique [converting a tricuspid valved conduit into a bicuspid valved conduit were applied to six patients for the correction of size mismatching. The mean follow-up period was 10.6 $\pm$ 5.4 months. There was one operative death[4.5% due to bleeding and one reoperation for removal of vegetation on the homograft leaflet. Postoperative echocardiography documented no significant homograft insufficiency and RVOT obstructions.In short-term, the homograft valves provide excellent hemodynamic characteristics, even though further studies are necessary to evaluate the long-term results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.93-100
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• 1974

This is a case report of successful surgical correction of coarctation of the aorta associated with the patent ductus arteriosus and the persistent left superior vena cava. The patient was a 15 year old girl and congenital heart anomaly was suspected at the sixth month after birth. Afterward there has been no embarrassing symptoms until the day of operation except slight dyspnea on exertion, The diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta and the patent ductus arteriesus detected by physical signs and X-ray studies including aortography. In the first place, coarctation of the aorta was corrected with following procedure: partial resections of the aortic wall just above and below the coarctating line of the aorta and removal of diaphragmatic structure of coarctation performed by. cross clamping aorta above and below coarctation, and then the defect of the aortic wall was closed by lateral aortorrhapic suture with atraumatic needle 3-0 silk continuously [Fig. 6]. In the second place, the patent ductus arteriosus was closed with double ligation method. The persistent left superior vena cava left as it has been, because there has been no evidence of hemodynamic abnormal shunt. After operation, excellent result was obtained; blood pressure in the upper and lower extremities was normalized and subjective complains of hypertension in the upper extremity was disappeared.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 1969

The conventional triolen absorption test has its defect in that the stool collection was cumbersome, time and energy-wasting. In the present study, the triolen absorption test was carried out using double tracer technique with $^{125}I-triolen\;and\;^{51}Cr_2O_3$ to determine if it can overcome the defect of the conventional method also with satisfactory results. Following were the results: 1. The clinical significance of this double tracer method was essentially the same with that previously done by radioactive. triolen alone. With the fractional fecal samples, the equation, y=0.626x+2.010 was substantiated, hence, this method appears to be clinically valuable if the appropriate correction is applied. With the mixed fecal samples, the equation y=0.642x+1.468 was substantiated (p<0.005) which appears to be also clinically valuable. When these two data were compared, the equation y=0.975x+0.090 (P<0.05) was substantiated, hence, $x{\fallingdotseq}y$. 2. The normal ranges of the fecal triolen excretion rate in this double tracer method were $3.46{\pm}1.69%$, namely, less than 6.9%. 3. The samplings were done from the first to third defecation in cases of clinically normal, and from the first to second defecation in cases of diarrhea or malabsorption. 4. The intestinal malabsorption of triolen was not observed in whom the triolen absorption was supposed to be clinically normal, however. a good number of suspicious malabsorptive cases showed the normal values.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2005

양대혈관 우심실기시증에 있어서 양심실 교정의 수술성적은 최근에 점점 향상되고 있다. 심실중격결손에 따른 양대혈관 우심실기시증의 수술 방법 및 장기 결과에 대하여 알아보았다. 대상 및 방법: 1979년 9월부터 2003년 12월까지 양대혈관 우심실기시증으로 양심실 교정을 받은 환자는 126명이었다. 양심실 교정시의 환자들의 평균연령은 1.8세(0$\~$44)였고 남자가 86명($68.3\%$), 여자가 40명($31.7\%$)이었다 심실중격결손의 형태에 따라 양대혈관 우심실기시증을 분류하여 살펴보았다. 결과: 심실중격결손의 위치는 대동맥하형이 79예($62.7\%$), 폐동맥하형이 17예($13.5\%$), 이중교통형이 16예 ($12.7\%$), 비교통형이 14예($11.1\%$)였다 28명($22.2\%$)의 환자가 이전에 고식적 수술을 받았으며 완전교정술까지의 평균기간은 41.0$\pm$45.1개월이었다. 완전교정술의 방법으로는 37예($29.4\%$)에서 심실내 배플만을, 49예($38.9\%$)에서 심실내 배플 및 우심실유출로첩포확장술을, 15예($11.9\%$)에서 심실내 배플 및 Rastelli술식을 시행 받았으며 8예($6.3\%$)에서 동맥전환술 및 심실내 배플수술을, 4예($3.2\%$)에서 REV술식을 시행 받았다. 수술 사망은 13명($10.3\%$)이었으며 24명($19.0\%$)의 환자에서 25회의 재수술이 필요하였다. 수술 후 사망과 재수술의 위험인자는 각각 심폐기 가동시간(p=0.020)과 이전에 고식적 수술을 받은 경우(p=0.013)였다. 추적관찰은 98명의 환자에서 가능하였고 평균추적기간은 118.9 $\pm$ 70.7 개월이었다. 15년에서의 생존율 및 무재수술생존율은 각각 $82.5\%$, $66.7\%$였다 대혈관전위형과 원위형에서 단순 심실중격 결손형이나 활로4징형보다 의미 있게 생존율이 낮았으나(p < 0.01), 무재수술생존율은 통계적 차이가 없었다. 결론: 양대혈관 우심실기시증에 있어서 심실중격결손의 형태에 따른 적절한 교정방법으로 보다 나은 수술결과를 얻을 수 있으리라 생각한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.148-155
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• 1977

The clinical findings with cardioangiography and successful surgical treatment of a 10 year old girl with double-outlet right ventricle is reported at The Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Hospital, College of Medicine. The patient has been suffered from intermittent cyanosis, palpitation, and exertional dyspnea since 1 year after NFSD, and a holosystolic ejection murmur of grade 4 at the left 3rd intercostal space with mild cyanosis of the lips was the only physical findings at the time of this admission. Cardiac catheterization revealed ventricular septal defect with left to right shunt of 43% and right to left shunt of 10.2%. On cardioangiography from the left ventricle revealed all of the left ventricular outflow shunted into the right ventricle through the large ventricular septal defect, and the aorta originated from the infundibular chamber of the right ventricle with left, anterior sided pulmonary artery. The atria, viscera, and ventricles were normally located, and right ventricular out-flow was narrowed with infundibular hypertrophy and pulmonary valvular stenosis. Surgical correction was accomplished by closure of the ventricular septal defect in such a way that left ventricular outflow was routed via a Teflon felt prosthetic tunnel to the aorta, and pulmonary valvulotomy with infundibulectomy Was done to pass Hegar`s dilator No. 15 for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract. The patient tolerated complete repair and has continued to improve over a period of three months after operation with normal school life. Details of the disease and method of repair are presented with related references.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.580-583
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• 2002

배경: 선천성 심장병 환자들의 교정 수술 후 정확한 형태학적 혹은 혈역학적변화를 아는 것이 술 후 추가적으로 내과적 혹은 외과적인 치료가 필요로 하는가를 결성하는데 매우 중요하다. 심실중격결손 봉합술 후 잔류단락의 발생 빈도와 소량의 포편 주위 단락의 변화를 조사하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1995년 3월부터 1999년 12월까지 영남대학교의료원 흉부외과에서 영아기에 단순 심실중격결손으로 포편봉합술을 시행한 43명의 환자들을 대상으로 수술 후 심초음파를 시행하여 잔류단락 유무를 조사하였다. 결과: 전체 43례의 환자 중 수술 직후 잔류단락이 관찰된 환자는 11례로 26%에서 잔류단락이 발견되었으나 혈역학적으로 유의한 단락으로 재수술을 시행한 경우는 없었다. 단락의 발생빈도는 심실중격결손의 형태와 봉합을 위해 사용한 포편의 종류와는 무관하였다. 잔류단락이 발견된 환자 중 9명에서 단락의 소실을 확인할 수 있었으며 2례는 추적관찰에서 탈락하였다. 단락이 소실된 9명의 환자들의 단락이 마지막 확인된 기간은 평균 $4.2{\pm}3.6$개월 이었다. 결론: 수술 직후 포편 주위의 잔류단락은 종종 발견될 수 있으며 혈역학적으로 유의하지 않은 잔류단락은 대부분 6개월 이내에 자연 소실되었다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.740-746
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• 2011

Purpose: In the treatment of the unilateral cleft lip nasal deformities, the correction of the low-nostril height and short-columella are very difficult problems. We report the treatment outcomes of web uni-limb Z-plasty used for correction of unilateral cleft lip nasal deformities by using photographic analysis. Methods: A total of 36 patients with unilateral cleft lip nasal deformities were enrolled in this study, who underwent web uni-limb Z-plasty and were followed up for at least 6 months. First, a triangular flap was made on the medial side of alar-columella web. The nostril apex of cleft side was corrected to a higher point compared to noncleft side by 2 mm. The flap was transposed into the defect of the vestibule. To reduce the bulging of the flap, horizontal cinching sutures were added. Postoperative outcomes were evaluated by using photographic analysis. 2 indices and 1 angle were measured on their photographs taken before and after the surgery. Symmetry was also evaluated by means of the noncleft side to cleft side index. For anthropologic assessment, observers described postoperative outcomes, using Ordinary Scale Method. Results: The postoperative values obtained in photographic analysis improved compared to preoperative ones. More improving anthropologic assessment was shown in post-than pre-operative. Conclusion: Although, further long term follow up is needed, we found this technique to be an effective procedure to the symmetry of nostril apex level and the lengthening of columella in the unilateral cleft lip nasal deformities.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2015

PET/CT 검사 시 검사 부위에 따라 적절한 액세서리의 사용이 권고되고 있다. 그 중 brain 검사에서 사용되는 액세서리인 brain holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 CT의 small FOV에 의하여 whole pallet이 AC-CT에 cover되지 않으며, 이에 따른 truncated region에 따라 count loss가 발생된다. 본 논문에서는 brain holder를 사용하지 않았을 경우 발생하는 truncated region에 의한 image quality의 변화를 평가하고자 한다. Siemens사의 biograph truepoint40 장비와 $^{68}Ge$-uniform phantom을 사용하여 $^{68}Ge$ phantom을 pallet위에서 스캔하고 brain holder위에 위치하고 스캔 하였다. brain protocol을 적용하여 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 pallet이 AC-CT의 FOV에 포함되지 않는 것을 알 수 있었다. 획득된 영상을 FBP, OSEM, TrueX recon method를 이용하여 iteration 4, subsets 21, gaussian 2 mm와 5 mm parameter를 적용하여 재구성 후 Window level : -4200, window width : 1000으로 설정하여 영상의 uniformity를 평가하였으며, vertical profile을 생성하여 count uniformity를 평가하였고, 마지막으로 5장과 20장의 slice를 summation하여 integral uniformity를 평가하였다. AC-CT영상을 통하여 holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 FOV내에 pallet이 모두 포함되지 않는 것을 알 수 있으며, 이에 따른 truncation에 의한 부정확한 attenuation factor가 나타났다 PET corrected sinogram 영상에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 truncated region에 의한 defect 부위를 확인할 수 있으며, holder를 사용한 경우 uniform한 영상을 확인할 수 있었다. Window level : 4200, window width : 1000으로 설정 시 FBP, OSEM, TrueX recon 방법 모두에서 holder를 사용한 경우 uniform한 영상이 획득되었지만, holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 하단에 defect가 관찰되었다. Holder를 사용한 경우와 사용하지 않은 경우의 영상을 각 5장, 20장씩 summation하여 NEMA method에 따라 integral uniformity를 구하였으며, 5장 slice의 summation에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 11.7% holder를 사용한 경우 7.2%로 나타났다. 20장 slice의 summation에서 holder를 사용하지 않은 경우 11.1% holder를 사용한 경우 76.7%로 나타났다. brain 검사 시 holder를 사용하지 않는 경우 truncated region에 따른 phantom 하단부의 count defect가 확인되었으며, 이는 환자 검사 시 occipital lobe의 count loss를 발생하게 되며 research 검사 시 검사 결과의 오차를 발생하게 됨으로 brain PET/CT 검사 시 정확한 검사결과를 위하여 검사 액세서리가 반드시 적용되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.420-429
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• 2006

곡률, 두께, 굴절률 오차와 같은 광축대칭 오차요인들 때문에 상면이 이동하는 디지털 카메라용 줌렌즈 광학계에서 보상자를 이동시켜서 상면을 고정시키는 조건을 가우스 괄호법을 이용하여 유도하였다. 그리고 줌렌즈 광학계의 일반적인 세 가지 형태(3군, 4군, 5군 줌렌즈)를 사용하여 이 조건의 타당성을 검증하였다. 이러한 줌렌즈 형태에서 각 면의 곡률, 두께, 굴절률 등을 공차 내에서 Monte Carlo 방법에 따라 임의로 변화시켰을 때, 보상자의 이동량의 분포가 정규분포를 이루는 것을 확인하였다. 그리고 이로부터 공정능력을 계산하여 보상자의 최대 이동량에서 이에 따른 불량률을 이론적으로 예측하는 방법을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.189-196
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• 1984

Although the conventional methods of cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery have been employed, it has been usual method to repair of congenital heart disease in infancy using deep hypother-mia and circulatory arrest technique. In 1980, we reported total correction of congenital heart disease using surface induced hypothermia-total circulatory arrest and rewarming with limited cardiopulmonary bypass. in 1981, three patients below 10 kilogram, who had ASD and PDA, and two of VSD with pulmonary hypertension were operated on using simple deep hypothermia without cardiopulmonary bypass. During surface cooling, there were no ventricular fibrillation and arrhythmia. There were no difficulties to resuscitate the heart. Postoperative respiratory and neurologic complication were not occurred. Follow up examination for two to three years gave no evidence of cerebral damage due to circulatory arrest.