• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.389-393
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• 2014

Retroesophageal aortic arch, in which the aortic arch crosses the midline behind the esophagus to the contralateral side, is a rare form of vascular anomaly. The complete form may cause symptoms by compressing the esophagus or the trachea and need a surgical intervention. We report a rare case of a hypoplastic left heart syndrome variant with the left retroesophageal circumflex aortic arch in which the left aortic arch, retroesophageal circumflex aorta, and the right descending aorta with the aberrant right subclavian artery encircle the esophagus completely, thus causing central bronchial compression. Bilateral pulmonary artery banding and subsequent modified Norwood procedure with extensive mobilization and creation of the neo-aorta were performed. As a result of the successful translocation of the aorta, the airway compression was relieved. The patient underwent the second-stage operation and is doing well currently.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.32-35
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• 2013

동일한 개 훈련소에서 6마리의 잉글리쉬 불독이 흡기성 호흡곤란(stridor), 구역질 및 기침의 증상으로 내원하였다. 진단검사상 기관지폐렴을 동반하거나 하지 않은 기관 저형성증으로 진단되었다. 본 환자들의 평균 연령은 $4.83{\pm}2.63$개월 이였고, 체중은 $9.03{\pm}5.30$ kg이였다. 평균 기관직경/흉강입구비(TD/TI)는 $0.085 {\pm}0.022$(정상 0.16이상)이였고 기관직경/제3늑간폭(TD/W3R)은 $1.36{\pm}0.36$ (정상 2 이상)이였다. 모든 환자는 심한 흡기성 호흡곤란과 다양한 정도의 기침소견을 보였다. 여섯 마리중 네 마리 개에서 기관지염이나 기관지폐렴이 관찰되었다. 항생제와 기관지 확장제로 치료한 결과, 환자의 임상증상은 크게 개선되었다. 비록 일부 환자에서 경미한 흡기성 호흡곤란 증상이 남아있지만(흥분이나 운동직후), 모든 환자는 현재 정상적인 삶을 살고있다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2000

Despite of advances in perinatal management and treatment modalities congenital diaphragmatic hernia(CDH) remains a frustrating problem. Although the sheep has proven to be a reliable experimental model for the production of intrauterine CDH, the rabbit may have some advantages. These include lower cost, smaller body size, year-round availability, high number of fetuses per pregnancy, and short gestational period. To evaluate the feasibility of the rabbit model of CDH, twenty-seven pregnant New Zealand rabbits were utilized. Hysterotomy and an operative procedure for creating a diaphragmatic defect on gestational day 24 or 25, in two fetuses of each pregnant rabbit were performed. In one fetus of one cornu of the uterus, the left fetal diaphragm was excised through an open thoracotomy(DH group). In another fetus in the other cornu, CDH was created and the trachea clipped(Surgiclip, USSC, Norwalk, Conn., USA) (TL group). Delivery was by Cesarean section on 30 days of gestation. Among twenty- seven pregnant rabbits, 12 in the DH group and eight in the TL group were born alive. The most common herniated organ was the left lobe of the liver. In thee DH group, the lungs were hypoplastic with decreased lung weight/body weight ratio, reduced numbers of alveoli, thicker media of the pulmonary arteries, and immature alveoli. In TL group, the alveoli were more mature and did not differ from the control animals. In conclusion, (1) pulmonary hypoplasia develops in the fetal rabbit diaphragmatic hernia model and (2) simultaneous tracheal ligation prevents pulmonary hypoplasia.