• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2021년도 제64차 하계학술대회논문집 29권2호
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• pp.701-702
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• 2021

The purpose of the study was to identify fiber changes induced by electrical stimulation of a certain neural substrate in the rat brain. In the stimulation group, the peripheral nerve was injured and the brain area associated to inhibit sensory information was electrically stimulated. There were sham and sham stimulation groups as controls. Then high-field diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was acquired. 35 features were taken from the DTI measures from 7 different brain pathways. To compare the efficacy of the classification for 3 animal groups, the linear regression analysis (LDA) and the machine learning technique (MLP) were applied. It was found that the testing accuracy by MLP was about 77%, but that of accuracy by LDA was much higher than MLP. In conclusion, machine learning algorithm could be used to identify and predict the changes of the brain white matter in some situations. The limits of this study will be discussed.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.77-87
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• 2017

본 연구는 앞십자인대 재건술 환자를 대상으로 융복합기반 러시안전류와 경피신경전기자극을 적용하였을 때 통증, 근력 및 기능에 미치는 영향을 비교하고자 하였다. 본 연구는 앞십자인대 재건술 환자 40명(러시안전류 적용군 20명, 경피신경전기자극 적용군 20명)을 대상으로 실시하였다. 두 군은 1회 20분, 주5회 4주 동안 각각의 전기중재를 실시하였고, 냉치료와 기기를 사용한 연속수동관절가동운동을 무릎관절주변에 각각 20분간 실시하였다. 치료적 중재의 영향을 알아보기 위하여, 본 연구는 중재 전후에 시각적 상사척도, 무릎 굽힘 및 폄 근력, 무릎상해와 관절염 결과지수, 한국판 다리 기능척도를 측정하였다. 두 군 모두 시각적 상사척도, 무릎 굽힘 및 폄 근력, 무릎상해와 관절염 결과지수, 한국판 다리 기능척도 점수에서 치료적 중재 이후에 통계학적으로 유의한 개선을 보여주었다. 또한, 러시안전류 적용군은 경피신경전기자극 적용군보다 무릎 폄 근력과 한국판 다리 기능척도에서 중재 후 유의한 증가를 보였다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 앞십자인대 재건술 환자에게 있어 두 중재 방법 모두 효과적인 개선을 보였지만, 러시안전류가 경피신경전기자극보다 무릎근력과 다리기능을 개선하는데 더 효과적이라고 보고하며, 향후 임상에서 앞십자인대 재건술 환자의 재활에 러시안전류의 적용에 긍정적인 이점이 있다고 제언하는 바이다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.581-586
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• 2006

Purpose: Pediatric burn still generates social problem leading to physical and mental sequelae for ages. We studied to help make a program for the prevention of pediatric burn. Methods: We analyzed retrospectically 2759 acute burn patients under the age of 15 years in recent 5years (January 2000 - December 2004). Results: 1553 males and 1226 females were investigated, with a male to female ratio of 1.25 : 1. The greatest number of burn patients were those with an age of 1 - 2 years(1435, 52%). Scalding burn was the most common cause of injury, which accounted for 1980 (71.8%) patients, followed by contact burns(286, 10.4%), flame burn(229, 8.3%), steam burn(141, 5.1%). Especially steam burn was the second cause of injury in the age under 1 year, while flame burn was the same in the age over 3 years. During recent 5 years, incidence of contact burn increased over twofold despite the others did not changed substantially. Variation of seasonal incidence is minimal and most of the patients(2545 cases, 92.2%) had burns of ${\leq}20%$ TBSA. The median hospital stay was 18.3 days, and the rate of operation was 35.4% with an high rate in electrical burn(70.6%), steam burn(68.8%), contact burn(65%). 27 patients died in this series, which yielded a mortality rate of 1%. Conclusion: We expect that these data will be used as a basis for prevention of pediatric burn.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.118-123
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• 2012

Background : An area of the skull exposed by burn injury has been covered by various methods including local flap, skin graft, or free flap surgery. Each method has disadvantages, such as postoperative alopecia or donor site morbidities. Due to the risk of osteomyelitis in the injured skull during the expansion period, tissue expansion was excluded from primary reconstruction. However, successful primary reconstruction was possible in burned skull by tissue expansion. Methods : From January 2000 to 2011, tissue expansion surgery was performed on 10 patients who had sustained electrical burn injuries. In the 3 initial cases, removal of the injured part of the skull and a bone graft was performed. In the latter 7 cases, the injured skull tissue was preserved and covered with a scalp flap directly to obtain natural bone healing and bone remodeling. Results : The mean age of patients was $49.9{\pm}12.2$ years, with 8 male and 2 female. The size of the burn wound was an average of $119.6{\pm}36.7cm^2$. The mean expansion duration was $65.5{\pm}5.6$ days, and the inflation volume was an average of $615{\pm}197.6mL$. Mean defect size was $122.2{\pm}34.9cm^2$. The complications including infection, hematoma, and the exposure of the expander were observed in 4 cases. Nonetheless, only 1 case required revision. Conclusions : Successful coverage was performed by tissue expansion surgery in burned skull primarily and no secondary reconstruction was needed. Although the risks of osteomyelitis during the expansion period were present, constant coverage of the injured skull and active wound treatment helped successful primary reconstruction of burned skull by tissue expansion.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.198-206
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was performed to calculate and analyze the effective radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) and radiologic intervention in patients in the emergency department (ED) with trauma critical pathway (CP) activation and further to estimate the lifetime attributable risks (LARs) for the incidence of and mortality from cancers induced by the radiation dose. Methods: Through a retrospective electrical chart review of 104 injured patients who trauma critical pathway were activated from November 2012 to March 2013, we calculated effective radiologic doses by taking the product of the dose-linear product of the scan and the conversion coefficient. After a determination of the image results, we divided the patients into two groups, negative or positive, and calculated the effective dose for each group. With these results, we estimated the LARs for the incidence of and the mortality from cancers by using the table in the Biologic Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR)-VII report. Results: A total of 76 patients were enrolled. The mean age was $49.0{\pm}8.5$ years. The mean injury severity score (ISS) was $12.7{\pm}8.4$. The cumulative effective dose (CED) for individual patients varied from 2.8 mSv to 238.8 mSv, and the mean was $47.6{\pm}39.9$ mSv. The CED in patients with an $ISS{\geq}16$($63.2{\pm}26.6$ mSv) was higher than that of patients whose ISS<16($33.5{\pm}23.1$ mSv) (p<0.001). The CED in patients who were treated with surgery or intervention($69.0{\pm}45.2$ mSv) was higher than that of patients who were treated conservatively($33.6{\pm}22.4$ mSv) (p<0.001). The LARs for cancer incidence and mortality were $328.5{\pm}308.6$ and $189.0{\pm}159.3$ per 100,000 people, respectively. Conclusion: The CED and the LAR for trauma CP-activated patients in the ED were significant, so efforts should be made to decrease the effective dose received by severely injured patients.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2019

회분식 축합반응에 의하여 폴리에스터 수지를 제조하는 중 소규모 화학 공장에 대하여 공정안전관리제도 (PSM)의 시행에 활용되는 위험성평가 방법들 중의 하나인 K-PSR 기법을 이용하여 위험성 평가 및 분석을 진행하였다. K-PSR 기법은 중 소규모 화학공장에 대한 위험성 재평가 시에 나타나는 인프라 부족에 의한 어려운 점을 보완하기 위하여 KOSHA에서 개발한 위험성 평가 기법이다. K-PSR 기법을 적용하기 위하여 선택된 화학 공장의 전체 공정을 축합반응공정과 희석/여과 공정의 2 개의 검토구간을 설정하고, 이에 대한 4가지 가이드워드(누출, 화재 폭발, 공정 트러블, 및 상해)를 기초로 하여 공정상의 잠재위험을 찾아내어 분류하였다. 연구의 결과로서, 위험도 등급을 고려한 안전조치로는 첫째, 누출 및 화재 폭발의 잠재 위험성을 예방하기 위한 구체적인 조치로서는 노후설비에 대한 비파괴 검사 및 전기설비의 LOTO 절차서의 마련이 반드시 필요한 것으로 확인되었다. 둘째, 열매체 공급 배관에는 압력계 및 온도계를 설치하여 공정 트러블을 최소화하고, 마지막으로 국소배기장치를 설치하여 잠재적인 상해를 예방해야 함을 알 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제1권6호
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• pp.603-611
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• 1997

The motor evoked potentials (MEPs) have been advocated as a method of monitoring the integrity of spinal efferent pathways in various injury models of the central nervous system. However, there were many disputes about origin sites of MEPs generated by transcranial electrical stimulation. The purpose of present study was to investigate the effect of major extrapyramidal motor nuclei such as lateral vestibular nucleus (VN) and medullary reticular nucleus (mRTN) on any components of the MEPs in adult Sprague-Dalwey rats. MEPs were evoked by electrical stimulation of the right sensorimotor cortex through a stainless steel screw with 0.5mm in diameter, and recorded epidurally at T9 - T10 spinal cord levels by using a pair of teflon-coated stainless steel wire electrodes with 1mm exposed tip. In order to inject lidocaine and make a lesion, insulated long dental needle with noninsulated tips were placed stareotoxically in VN and mRTN. Lidocaine of $2{\sim}3\;{\mu}l$ was injected into either VN or mRTN. The normal MEPs were composed of typical four reproducible waves; P1, P2, P3, P4. The first wave (P1) was shown at a mean latency of 1.2 ms, corresponding to a conduction velocity of 67.5 m/sec. The latencies of MEPs were shortened and the amplitudes were increased as stimulus intensity was increased. The amplitudes of P1 and P2 were more decreased among 4 waves of MEPs after lidocaine microinjection into mRTN. Especially, the amplitude of P1 was decreased by 50% after lidocaine microinjection into bilateral mRTN. On the other hand, lidocaine microinjection into VN reduced the amplitudes of P3 and P4 than other MEP waves. However, the latencies of MEPs were not changed by lidocaine microinjection into either VN or mRTN. These results suggest that the vestibular and reticular nuclei contribute to partially different role in generation of MEPs elicited by transcranial electrical stimulation.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.234-246
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• 2002

Background: Herpes Zoster Oticus, which can be caused from infection by Varicella-zoster virus, is known to be expected poor prognosis, since it has higher possibility of complete injury of facial nerve. Conservative therapy of the Western medicine is effective on the treatment for the herpes zoster and pain. However, its effectiveness on the facial verve palsy has not been proven. Objective : This study was performed to evaluate the treatment of oriental medicine and an analyze prognosis of the facial nerve palsy in Herpes Zoster Oticus. Methods : This retrospctive study was conducted to observe the clinical manifestation of Herpes Zoster Oticus, and the result of electrical diagnostic study on the patients with the facial nerve palsy in Herpes Zoster Oticus who were diagnosed and treated at the Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion in Kyung Hee Oriental Medical Hospital. Results : 1. According to the six clinical types of Herpes Zoster Oticus, the patients in this study can be grouped as 7 cases of the type II, 2 cases of the type V, and one case of the type IV and the type VI. 2. The shorter the period from onset to the first visit to a hospital, the prognosis of facial nerve palsy in Herpes Zoster Oticus was the better. 3. According to the follow up study, the H-B grades of all cases were improved. 4. According to the follow up study, the result of electrical diagnostic study was improved. Conclusions : We found in our study that the treatment of oriental medicine, such as acupuncture, herbal medicine and aroma therapy, helps the recovery of facial nerve palsy in Herpes Zoster Oticus. The further clinical study about the more cases of facial nerve palsy in Herpes Zoster Oticus and comparative study between the group of oriental medicine and that of western medicine are needed.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.752-759
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• 1997

복합 심장질환이나 대동맥궁 수술시 뇌손상을 보호하기 위하여 오래전부터 초저체온하 완전순환정지법 을 이용하고 있다. 수술후 뇌손상을 예방하기 위하여 여러 방법들을 이용하여 왔으며, 1994년이후 저자들은 뇌대사를 감시하기 위한 방법으로 수술중 뇌파감시를 하고 있다. 저자들은 심장수술실에 사용이 편리한 뇌 파 압축 스펙트럼 정렬(compressed spectral array; CSA) 시스템을 개발하여 이를 대동맥수술시 초저체온 및 설 전순환차단하에 뇌파감시에 적용하여 이의 유용성을 검증하고, 초저체온하 뇌파를 연속감시하여 뇌파가 소 실되고 다시 나타나는 온도를 확인하여 순환정지의 안전한 온도와 시간을 연구하였다. 급성 대동맥박리증 3 례와 대동맥궁 대동맥류 3례(2례는 가성)의 대동맥질환 환자를 연구대상으로 하였다. 직장과 식도체온을 연 속 감시하였으며,마취후 뇌파를 연속감시하였다. 대상환자들중 3례는 초저체온하 완전순환차단하에 수술을 하였으며, 3례는 초저체온하 선택적 뇌관류하에(500 700Ml분) 수술을 하였다. 환자의 체온을 하강하여 뇌 파가 소실된 후 약 3분 후에 순환정지나 선택적 뇌관류를 하였다. 뇌파가 소실된 체온은 직장\ulcorner온이 $16.1^{\circ}C-22.1^{\circ}C(평균:$ $18.4\pm2.0),$ 식도체온이 $12.7^{\circ}C~16.4^{\circ}C(평균:$ $14.7\pm1.6)였다.$ 완전순환차단 환자의 경우 뇌 허혈 시간은 각각 30, 36, 및 56분이었으며, 뇌관류 환자의 경우 각각 41, 56, 92분이었다. 수술중 뇌파가 다시 나 타난 시간 및 체온은(증례 3~6) 5~23분후에 직장체온이 $14.1^{\circ}C~20.3^{\circ}C,$ 식도체온이 $11.7^{\circ}C~15.4^{\circ}C에서$ 나타났다. 수술후 뇌손상의 증상은 없었으며,수술과 관련된 사망은 없었다. 이상의 결과로 식도체온이 $16^{\circ}C이하에서도$ 뇌파가 23분이내에 다시 나타난 것으로 보아 식도체온이 $15^{\circ}C이하는$ 되어야 약 30분간의 완전순환 차단에 안전하리라 생각되었으며, 대동맥 수술시 CSA를 이용한 뇌파감시는 전기뇌활동을 감시하는데 유용 한 방법으로 생각되었다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.167-182
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• 2002

This experiment was designed to investigate the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on chronic pains and factors that affected EA effects. The responses of wide dynamic range (WDR) cells to electrical stimulation of $A{\delta}$ & C afferent fibers were used as an index of pain in rats with chronic pains induced by intraplantar injection of complete Freund's adjuvant or peripheral nerve injury. In rats with chronic pains, low (2Hz) and high (100Hz) frequency EA stimulation applied to zusanli caused the inhibition of WDR cell responses in about 60% of rats and the inhibitory actions were dependent on the stimulus strength. EA stimulation also induced an excitation of WDR cell responses in 23.9% of rats and no effect in 15.8% of rats. However, it seemed that in normal rats compared to the rat with chronic pains, the incidence of which EA stimulation caused the excitation or no effect was high. Reversible spinalization almost completely blocked EA-induced inhibitory or excitatory effects. EA stimulation more frequently induced the excitation of WDR cell responses in lightly anesthetized (0.6%) rats and the enhanced responses of WDR cells were inhibited by EA stimulation in the rat anesthetized with 1.5% enflurane. These experimental findings suggest that in rats with chronic pain, EA stimulation inhibited WDR cell responses to slow $A{\delta}$ and C fiber stimulation and EA-induced inhibitory action was under the control of descending inhibitory system and degree of anesthesia.