• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.700-705
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• 2006

Purpose: For hypertrophic scars and keloids no universally effective treatment modality exists. Surgical revision, intralesional steroid injection, silicone gel sheeting, pressure, laser, and others have been used with variable success, but many treatments are associated with high recurrence rates. Although optimal treatment remains undefined, successful treatment can be obtained through a combined therapeutic approach. Methods: We used three therapeutic modalities in combination, which are intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide, silicone gel sheeting, and 585 nm flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser. Fifty-eight cases of hypertrophic or keloid scar were treated by combined therapeutic regimen for mean period of 18 months. The changes of thickness, color, and pliability of scars were evaluated with clinical photographs by grading scale. Results: As summing the grades and categorizing the result into three group, we obtained 28% good, 67% fair, and 5% poor results. There was a desirable improvement of scars with insignificant adverse effects. Conclusion: Combination of intralesional steroid injection, silicone gel sheeting, and pulsed dye laser can lead to successful treatment of hypertrophic scar and keloid.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.54-58
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• 2017

Lymphangioma is a congenital malformed lymphatic tumor that rarely involves the tongue. In our clinic, a 10-year-old female presented with lymphangioma circumscriptum involving the right two-thirds of the tongue. We administered an intralesional combination injection of triamcinolone, bleomycin, and bevacizumab as a treatment. Almost complete remission after combination therapy was achieved without complications such as edema, swallowing difficulties or recurrence. Bevacizumab, an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor, was effective for the treatment of lymphangioma of the tongue in this case. No recurrence was noted at the 1-year follow up.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2022

Background and Objectives Vocal fold (VF) scar is known to be the most common cause of dysphonia after laryngeal microsurgery (LMS). Steroids reduce postoperative scar formation by inhibiting inflammation and collagen deposition. However, the clinical evidence of whether steroids are helpful in reducing VF scar formation after LMS is still lacking. The purpose of this study is to determine whether intralesional VF steroid injection after LMS helps to reduce postoperative scar formation and voice quality. Materials and Method This study was conducted on 80 patients who underwent LMS for VF polyp, Reinke's edema, and leukoplakia. Among them, 40 patients who underwent VF steroid injection after LMS were set as the injection group, and patients who had similar sex, age, and lesion size and who underwent LMS alone were set as the control group. In each group, stroboscopy, multi-dimensional voice program, Aerophone II, and voice handicap index (VHI) were performed before and 1 month after surgery, and the results were statistically analyzed. Results There were no statistically significant differences in the distribution of sex, age, symptom duration, occupation and smoking status between each group. Both groups consisted of VF polyp (n=21), Reinke's edema (n=11), and leukoplakia (n=9). On stroboscopy, the lesion disappeared after surgery, and the amplitude and mucosal wave were symmetrical on both sides of the VFs in all patients. Acoustic parameters and VHI significantly improved after surgery in all patients. However, there was no significant difference between the injection and control group in most of the results. Conclusion There was no significant difference in the results of stroboscopy, acoustic, aerodynamic, and subjective evaluation before and after surgery in the injection group and the control group.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2002

섬유성 골이형성증은 골의 발육 이상으로 해면골이 섬유성 조직으로 대치되어 나타나는 양성 병변으로 대퇴골, 경골, 두개골, 늑골, 상완골 등에 호발하며 동통, 진행하는 병변, 병적 골절 등을 일으키기 쉬워 여러 가지 치료법이 시도되어 왔으나 그 중 골 소파 및 골 이식술이 현재까지 널리 시행되고 있다. 본 교실에서는 17세 여자 환자로 우측 상완골 전장에 걸친 다발성 골 낭종을 동반한 섬유성 골이형성증 환자에 steroid 주입법을 약 3개월 간격으로 총 2차례 시행하였고 처음 주입 후 약 11개월 후에 시행한 추시 단순 방사선 촬영상 병변의 크기가 감소하였고, 골음영 및 피질골의 두께가 증가하였으며, 자기공명영상촬영 검사상 병변의 크기가 상당히 감소하였고, T2 강조 영상에서 정상 골수의 신호강도와 비슷하게 변화 하였으며, 처음 주입 후 약 2년 8개월 후의 외래 추시상 통증 호소하지 않고 무리하지 않는 한도내에서 큰 불편 없이 지내고 있어 섬유성 골이형성증의 호전 소견을 보였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.423-425
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• 2023

Porokeratosis ptychotropica is an uncommon form of porokeratosis, which was initially described in 1995. It is clinically characterized by symmetrical reddish to brown-colored hyperkeratotic, verrucous, or psoriasiform plaques on the perianal and gluteal regions. The lesions tend to integrate and expand centrally, with small peripheral satellite lesions. Early skin biopsy and appropriate diagnosis are essential because malignant change occurs in 7.5% of porokeratotic lesions. Conventional treatment options include topical steroid, retinoid, imiquimod, 5-fluorouracil, isotretinoin, excimer laser, photodynamic therapy, intralesional steroid or bleomycin injection, cryotherapy, carbon dioxide (CO₂) laser, and dermatome and excision, but none seem to achieve complete clearance. A 68-year-old woman presented with diffuse hyperkeratotic scaly lichenoid plaques on the buttocks that had persisted for several years. A skin biopsy of the buttocks revealed multiple cornoid lamellae and intense hyperkeratosis. There were some dyskeratotic cells beneath the cornoid lamellae and the granular layer was absent. Porokeratosis ptychotropica was diagnosed based on the characteristic clinical appearance and typical histopathological manifestations. She was treated with a CO₂ laser in one session and topical application of urea and imiquimod cream for 1 month. The lesions slightly improved at the 1-month follow-up. We herein present a rare case of porokeratosis ptychotropica.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.51-54
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• 1990

대상포진후 신경통의 치료를 위하여 사용하였던 스테로이드로 인한 고혈당증을 동반한 환자를 치료한 결과를 다음과 같이 요약한다. 첫째, 통증치료실에서 흔히 쓰이는 약물 중에는 고혈당증을 유발하는 것이 많으므로 처치전에 고혈당이 영향을 주는 다른 질환의 유무를 확인하도록 한다. 둘째, 스테로이드 사용으로 인하여 발생되는 일시적인 고혈당중의 경우에는 스테로이드 사용 중단으로 회복이 가능하나 잠재되어 있던 당뇨병의 발현시는 지속적인 당뇨병의 치료를 필요로 한다. 셋째, low level laser therapy는 혈당치에 영향을 미치지 않는 통증치료법으로 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.23-30
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• 1985

Keloids are abnormally healed skin wounds that develop in the subpapillary layer of the dermis. They are a lesion with wide, raised and deep scars. They exceed the original dimensions of the wound and grow mounds upon mounds of collagen in a pseudotumor fashion. Their treatment may take several forms such as surgery, intralesional injection of steroid, compression, superficial irradiation, and combination therapy. However, absolute method is nothing until now. Recently, the cryosurgery shows relatively good effect in treatment, so we tried the clinical experience with cryosurgery in the treatment of keloids. Material and methods: During the past 2 years, we treated 20 individuals of the keloids with severe itching and pain. The age ranged from 5 to 45 years old. Only 6 cases were biopsied before and after cryotherapy. The cryosurgery set we used was Toitu model CR 201 $N_2O$ gas (tip temperature is $-80^{\circ}C$) and was applied directly on the lesion about 4 to 5 minutes with slight compression. After cryosurgery in keloids, the following results were obtained: 1. It is both quick and easy method. 2. It causes little or no pain and no loss of blood. 3. Integumentary normalization is rapid. The new scar tissue is smaller, and more elastic and soft. 4. The pain, itching and paresthesia commonly associated with keloid is usually disappeared. 5. Other treatment can be used after cryosurgery. 6. Histologic picture after cryosurgery is similar with the result of steroid injection. 7. The mechanism of the cryosurgery in keloids is the result of the direct tissue destroying action and cryoimmunologic reaction.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2014

목적: 본 교실에서 경험한 랑게르한스 세포 조직구증의 임상적 특징을 알아보고 치료방법 및 예후를 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1996년 8월부터 2013년 6월까지 본 교실에서 수술 후 랑게르한스 세포 조직구증으로 확진 된 총 28례를 대상으로 발병 당시부터 최근까지의 진찰소견, 의무기록, 방사선 사진, 병리소견을 토대로 임상소견과 진단 및 치료결과에 대해 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 총 28례로 소아 22례 성인 6례였다. 발병나이는 0.6세에서 51세 사이에서 발생하였으며 평균연령은 14.8세였다. 추시 기간은 6개월에서 134개월까지 평균 44.6개월 이었다. 환자의 구성은 남자 20명 여자 8명으로 남녀성비는 2.5:1이었다. 초기증상은 동통 18례, 병적 골절 5례, 종괴 3례, 방사선 검사상 우연히 발견된 경우 1례, 사경 1례였다. 방사선학적 소견에서는 모든 증례에서 골 용해 소견을 보였으며 이중 13례에서는 골막 반응이 동반되었으며 1례에서는 연부조직 침범이 관찰되었다. 임상적 분류로 28례 모두 호산구성 육아종 이었으며 조직구 협회가 제시한 분류법으로는 단일계통의 다발 병소 질환 3례, 단일 병소 질환 25례였다. 전례에서 조직 생검술이 시행되었으며 6례에서는 생검술 이후 특별한 치료 없이 골 유합을 얻었으며 11례에서는 스테로이드 국소 주입술을 시행하였으며 11례는 조직생검과 동시에 소파술 및 골이식술을 시행하거나 추가로 금속 내고정술을 시행하였다. 추시기간 중 환자가 사망한 경우는 없었다. 병변이 국소 재발한 경우는 없었으나 신체 다른 부위에 골병변이 생긴 경우가 3례 있었다. 합병증은 총 2례가 있었으며 소파술 및 골 이식술을 시행한 이후 감염소견을 보여 변연절제술을 시행한 경우였다. 결론: 랑게르한스 세포 조직구증 환자에서 급격한 전신적 발병을 가져오는 경우는 매우 드물기 때문에 초기 진단 시에 어린 환아에게 과도한 방사선 노출을 가져오는 검사는 지양해야 할 것으로 생각된다. 질환의 확진을 위해서는 조직 생검이 필요하며 조직학적 확진 이후에는 경과 관찰만으로도 대부분에서 만족스러운 결과를 얻을 수 있으나 술 전 병적 골절이 있거나 골 파괴 병변의 범위가 넓은 경우 소파술 및 골 이식술과 내고정술이 필요할 수도 있다. 3-6개월간의 경과관찰에도 병변의 호전이 느리거나 일상생활에 지장을 주는 통증을 호소하는 경우 스테로이드 국소 주입법이 좋은 치료가 될 수 있다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.205-215
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• 2011

Background: Interventional pain management (IPM) is a branch of medical science that deals with management of painful medical conditions using specially equipped X-ray machines and anatomical landmarks. Interventional physiatry is a branch of physical medicine and rehabilitation that treats painful conditions through intervention in peripheral joints, the spine, and soft tissues. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using three years of hospital records (2006 to 2008) from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department at Chittagong Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh, with a view toward highlighting current interventional pain practice in a tertiary medical college hospital. Result: The maximum amount of intervention was done in degenerative peripheral joint disorders (600, 46.0%), followed by inflammatory joint diseases (300, 23.0%), soft tissue rheumatism (300, 23.0%), and radicular or referred lower back conditions (100, 8.0%). Of the peripheral joints, the knee was the most common site of intervention. Motor stimulation-guided intralesional injection of methylprednisolone into the piriformis muscle was given in 10 cases of piriformis syndrome refractory to both oral medications and therapeutic exercises. Soft tissue rheumatism of unknown etiology was most common in the form of adhesive capsulitis (90, 64.3%), and is discussed separately. Epidural steroid injection was practiced for various causes of lumbar radiculopathy, with the exception of infective discitis. Conclusion: All procedures were performed using anatomical landmarks, as there were no facilities for the C-arm/diagnostic ultrasound required for accurate and safe intervention. A dedicated IPM setup should be a requirement in all PMR departments, to provide better pain management and to reduce the burden on other specialties.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2021

Background In inferomedially rotated zygomatic fractures sticking in the maxillary sinus, it is often difficult to achieve complete reduction only by conventional intraoral reduction. We present a new intraoral reduction technique using a Kirschner wire and its clinical outcome. Methods Among 39 inferomedially impacted zygomatic fractures incompletely reduced by a simple intraoral reduction trial with a bone elevator, a Kirschner wire (1.5 mm) was vertically inserted from the zygomatic body to the lateral orbital rim in 17 inferior-dominant rotation fractures and horizontally inserted to the zygomatic arch in nine medial-dominant and 13 bidirectional rotation fractures. A Kirschner wire was held with a wire holder and lifted in the superolateral or anterolateral direction for reduction. Following reduction of the zygomaticomaxillary fracture, internal fixation was performed. Results Fractures were completely reduced using only an intraoral approach with Kirschner wire reduction in 33 cases and through an additional lower lid or transconjunctival incision in six cases. There were no surgical complications except in one patient with undercorrection. Postoperative 6-month computed tomography scans showed complete bone union and excellent bone alignment. Four patients experienced difficulty with upper lip elevation; however, these problems spontaneously resolved after manual tissue lump massage and intralesional steroid (Triamcinolone) injection. Conclusions We completely reduced infraorbital rim fractures, zygomaticomaxillary buttresses, and zygomaticofrontal suture fractures in 84% of patients through an intraoral approach alone. Intraoral Kirschner wire reduction may be a useful option by which to obtain effective and powerful reduction motion of an inferomedially rotated zygomatic body.