• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.674-680
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• 2006

배경: 급성 심근경색증은 치사율이 높은 질환으로 일부 환자들에 있어서 수술은 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 급성 심근 경색증 후 협심증으로 수술을 시행 받은 환자들에서 심근벽 운동지수와 좌심실 박출계수의 변화를 통하여 수술 후 좌심실 수축력 변화를 조사하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2001년 1월부터 2004년 12월까지 급성 심근 경색증을 진단 받고 2주 이내에 수술한 환자들을 대상으로 하였다. 수술 전과 수술 후의 심근벽 운동지수와 좌심실 박출계수를 비교하였으며 이에 관련된 인자들을 조사하였다. 결과: 심근벽 운동지수는 $1.54{\pm}4.30$에서 수술 후 $1.43{\pm}0.40$ (p<0.001)으로 감소되었고, 좌심실 박출계수는 $48.1{\pm}12.2%$에서 $49.7{\pm}12.3%$ (p=0.009)로 호전되었다. 무심폐기하 관상동맥수술, 비 Q파 경색, 전벽(anterior) 경색과 경색 후 7일 이내 수술한 경우는 좌심실 박출계수 호전에 관계된 인자였다(p=0.046, p=0.006, p=0.003, p=0.005). 반면에 상기 인자들은 심근벽 운동지수의 호전과는 관계가 없었다. 삼혈관질환을 가진 환자들을 대상으로 하였을 때, 완전 재관류는 심근벽 운동지수 향상에 영향을 미치는 요소였다(p<0.001). 결론: 급성 심근경색증 환자들에 있어서 관상동맥 우회술은 심근벽 운동지수와 좌심실 박출계수의 호전을 가져오며 이는 좌심실 수축기능 호전의 근거로 설명될 수 있다. 특히 비 Q파 전벽성(anterior) 경색인 경우 7일 이내의 조기 수술은 좌심실 박출계수를 호전시키는 데 도움을 줄 것으로 생각되며, 완전 재관류는 심근벽 운동지수의 향상에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한정형외과학회지
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.134-141
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• 2021

목적: 슬개골 탈구는 다양한 원인을 가지고 있다. 슬개골 주위 연부조직 균형을 일차 목표로 한 치료 결과를 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 28명의 환자(여자 21명, 남자 7명)에서 발생한 32예의 슬개골 탈구를 대상으로 하였다. 환자군의 평균 연령은 11.5세였으며 수술 후 평균 4.6년을 추시하였다. 탈구의 종류는 만성 19예, 습관성 6예, 선천성 6예, 급성이 1예였다. 연부조직 균형 수술은 관절 외측 유리술, 내측 주름술, 내측 대퇴광근의 외측하부 이전술을 기본으로 하였고, 슬개건 전체 혹은 슬개건과 대퇴직건의 내측 일부의 내측 이동술, 원위 대퇴 교정 절골술 등을 선별적으로 시행하였다. 수술 전 Q각과, 대퇴 전염각, 경골 외회전각, TT-TG 거리(tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance), 기계적 대퇴-경골각, Dejour 분류에 따른 대퇴 과간 절흔 이형성 등을 측정하였고 수술 전후 Lysholm-Tegner 점수를 이용하여 임상 결과를 분석하였다. 결과: 수술 전 평균 Q각은 9.3°±5.8°, TT-TG 거리는 15.5±6.2 mm, 대퇴 전염각은 25.6°±12.3°, 경골 외회전각은 30.4°±9.6°, 기계적 대퇴-경골각은 3.0°±6.4°, Lysholm-Tegner 점수는 75.8±9.6점이었다. Beighton score 5점 이상의 전신인대 이완성을 보인 환아는 11명이었다. 대퇴 과간 절흔의 이형성을 가진 환자는 22명이었고, Dejour 등의 분류에 따라 A형이 3명(4예), B형이 15명(16예), C형이 1명(1예), D형이 3명(4예)였다. 32예 중 28예에서 1차 수술로 정복을 얻었고, 아탈구를 보인 4예 중 3예에서 2차 수술, 그 중 1예에서 3차 수술 이후 정복을 얻었고, 1예는 경과 관찰 중이다. Lysholm-Tegner 점수는 수술 후 최종 85.6±11.6점으로 향상되었다. 결론: 슬개골 탈구의 다양한 원인을 동시에 모두 교정하기는 어렵다. 연부조직 균형 수술과 함께 대퇴골-경골 기계적 축과 염전 이상 교정 절골술 등 적절한 술식을 조합해야 만족스러운 결과를 얻을 수 있다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2008

목적: 최근 감염성 합병증은 병원의 감염관리 및 질적 평가의 지표와도 관련이 있어 관심이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 정규 위암 수술 후 감염성 합병증에 노출되기 쉬운 고위험군의 환자에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2000년 1월부터 2007년 12월까지 전북대학교 병원에서 위암으로 정규 위절제술을 받은 환자를 대상으로 의무기록 분석을 통한 후향적 조사를 하였으며, 진단적 개복술과 고식적 우회술만 시행한 환자를 제외한 788명을 대상으로 하였다. 환자의 특성을 환자의 요인과 수술적 요인으로 나누었으며, 환자의 요인으로는 성별, 연령, 체질량 지수, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score, 흡연과 음주 여부, 동반된 기저질환 유무와 종류, 조직학적 병기 등이 포함되었고, 수술적 요인으로는 위 절제범위와 림프절 곽청 정도, 수술 시간, 수술 전후 수혈 여부, 수술 중 복강 내 항암화학요법 시행여부 등이 포함되었다. 결과: 평균 나이는 58.9세(범위: 24~91세)였고, 남자는 545명 여자는 243명이었다. 평균재원 기간은 20.3일(범위: 5~135일), 평균 수술시간은 181.3분(범위: 65~440분)이었다. 전체 합병증 발생률은 17.1% (n=135)였으며, 이중 감염성 합병증은 38.5% (n=52)였다. 감염성 합병증에는 창상감염(59.7%), 폐렴(19.3%), 복강 내 농양(11.5%), 거짓막 대장염(5.7%), 균혈증(1.9%) 그리고 간농양(1.9%)이 있었다. 단변량 분석에서 유의한 위험인자는 남자, 수혈, 진단 당시의 흡연과 음주, 당뇨, 심혈관계 질환이었고, 다변량 분석에서는 수혈, 진단 당시의 흡연, 당뇨, 심혈관계 질환이 감염성 합병증의 위험인자였다. 결론: 감염예방을 위해 수술 전후의 수혈을 가급적 피하는 것이 좋다. 또한 수술 전 환자의 동반 기저 질환 유무에 대한 병력과 흡연 등의 개인력 수집에 있어서 세심한 주의가 필요하며 위험인자를 가진 환자들은 수술 후 감염 예방을 위해 집중적인 관리가 필요하다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.148-154
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• 2001

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the significance of serum SCC antigen, CA 19-9, CA 125 level and DNA microsatellite alterations (MSA) as prognostic factors and indicators for recurrences in the pre-treatment and post-treatment state, respectively in head and neck cancer patients. Materials and Methods: 120 patients who received curative treatment for head and neck cancer from 1995 to 2000 were followed up successfully, and were analyzed retrospectively. Thirty healthy subjects served as normal controls. Serum SCC Ag levels were measured by microparticle enzyme immunoassay technique via IMX SCC assay, CA 19-9 levels were measured by CA 19-9 RIA test kit, and CA 125 levels were measured by CA 125 IRMA kit. MSA were identified after PCR amplification. Heterozygosity was considered lost if the ratio of one allele was significantly decreased (>50%) in serum DNA compared with normal DNA from lymphocytes. Results: Preoperative tumor markers were higher in cancer patients than control, but not significant. Postoperative SCC Ag levels were lower than preoperative levels. The SCC Ag levels were remained low in no evidence of disease (NED) group, but increased in locoregional recurrence and distant metastasis group. CA 19-9 and CA 125 levels showed no correlation between levels and recurrences and were not decreased significantly after primary tumor removal. MSA were detected in five out of 21 cases, and highly detected in distant metastasis group. Conclusion: SCC Ag seems to be a helpful serum tumor marker for early detection of recurrence and distant metastasis of head and neck cancer after curative treatment. But, CA 19-9 and CA 125 were not reliable markers for head and neck tumors. MSA were not statistically significant because of the small number of study group. However they may be helpful for screening serum molecular markers for early detection of distant metastasis of head and neck cancers.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.357-365
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• 2005

배경: 관상동맥 질환에 동반된 허혈성 승모판막 폐쇄부전증을 가진 환자들은 장기 생존율이 좋지 않다. 게다가 중등도의 승모판막 폐쇄부전에 대한 치료방법은 아직 확립되어 있지 않은 상태이다. 따라서 본 저자들은 후향적 연구를 통하여 중등도의 허혈성 승모판막 폐쇄부전 환자에서 관상동맥 우회술만을 시행한 군과 승모판막 수술을 함께 시행한 군을 비교하여 승모판막 수술의 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1997년 1월부터 2003년 12월까지 중등도의 허혈성 승모판막 폐쇄부전증으로 진단받은 34명을 대상으로 관상동맥 우회술만을 시행한 군을 I군(n=23), 승모판막 수술을 동시에 시행한 군을 II군(n=11)으로 하였다. 각 군의 평균 추적관찰 기간은 $69.3\pm4.3$개월과 $53.1\pm4.9$개월이었다. 결과: 양 군에서 수술 사망은 없었고, 만기 사망은 I군에서 1명 있었다. II군에서 모든 환자들은 고리(Ring)를 이용한 승모판륜 성형술을 시행받았다. 수술 직후 승모판막 폐쇄부전의 정도는 II군에서 더 만이 감소하였고, 마지막 추적 관찰한 심초음파 검사 상 승모판막 폐쇄부전의 정도를 제외한 나머지 인자들은 양 군간 차이를 보이지 않았다. 양 군의 5년 생존율 또한 차이가 없었다($95.5\%\;vs\;100\%$, p=0.48). 결론: 본 연구 결과에 의하면 중등도의 허혈성 승모판막 폐쇄부전을 가진 선택된 환자에서는 관상동맥 우회술만으로 만족할 만한 결과를 얻을 수 있었으나 수술 전 심박출계수가 낮거나 NYHA class가 낮은 환자들에서는 수술 후 승모판막 폐쇄부전이 지속적으로 남아있는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 따라서 이러한 환자들에서는 승모판막 수술을 시행하는 것이 좋다고 생각된다. 또한, 승모판막 수술을 시행한 환자들에서 좌심실용적과 승모판막 폐쇄부전의 정도가 많이 감소하였는데 심실기능과 장기 생존율에 대한 이러한 인자들의 영향을 알아보기 위해서는 더 많은 환자를 대상으로 한 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2023

Objective : Ischemia and hemorrhage of pituitary adenomas (PA) caused important clinical syndrome. However, the differences on clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes between these two kinds apoplexy were less reported. Methods : A retrospective analysis was made of patients with pituitary apoplexy between January 2013 and June 2018. Baseline and clinical characteristics before surgery were reviewed. All patients underwent transsphenoidal surgery and were followed up at least 1 year. Results : Total 67 cases (5.8%) among 1147 pituitary tumor patients were enrolled, which consisted of 28 (~2.4%) ischemic PA and 39 (~3.4%) hemorrhagic PA. There were more male patients in the ischemic group compared with hemorrhagic group (78.6% vs 53.8%, p=0.043). However, the mean age, tumor size and functional tumor ratio were significant higher in the hemorrhagic group. Headache was more common in ischemic PA (82.1%) than that of hemorrhagic PA (51.3%, p=0.011). Magnetic resonance imaging findings found that mucosal thickening and enhancement of the sphenoid sinus was observed in 15 ischemic PA patients (n=27, 55.6%), but none in patients with hemorrhagic PA (n=38, p<0.0001). It was worth noting that the rate of pre-surgical hypopituitarism in ischemic PA patients were seemed higher than that in hemorrhagic PA patients, but not significant. The two groups got a total tumor resection rate at 94.1% and 92.9%, independently. No significant difference on the operative time, blood loss in operation and complications in perioperative period was observed in two groups. After operation, cranial nerve symptoms recovered to normal at 81.8% of ischemic PA patients and 82.6% of hemorrhagic PA patients. Importantly, the incidence of postoperative hypopituitarism partially decreased in both groups, among which the rate of hypothyroidism in ischemic PA patients significantly decreased from 46.4% to 18.5% (p=0.044). Conclusion : Patients with ischemic PA presented different clinical characteristics to the hemorrhagic ones. Transsphenoidal surgery should be considered for the patients with neuro-ophthalmic deficits and might benefit for pituitary function recovery of the apoplectic adenoma patients, especially pituitary thyroid axis in ischemic PA patients.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.44-52
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• 2023

Objective : This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of transverse process (TP) hook system at the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) for preventing screw pullout in adult spinal deformity surgery using the pedicle Hounsfield unit (HU) stratification based on K-means clustering. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed 74 patients who underwent deformity correction surgery between 2011 and 2020 and were followed up for >12 months. Pre- and post-operative data were used to determine the incidence of screw pullout, UIV TP hook implementation, vertebral body HU, pedicle HU, and patient outcomes. Data was then statistically analyzed for assessment of efficacy and risk prediction using stratified HU at UIV level alongside the effect of the TP hook system. Results : The screw pullout rate was 36.4% (27/74). Perioperative radiographic parameters were not significantly different between the pullout and non-pullout groups. The vertebral body HU and pedicle HU were significantly lower in the pullout group. K-means clustering stratified the vertebral body HU ≥205.3, <137.2, and pedicle HU ≥243.43, <156.03. The pullout rate significantly decreases in patients receiving the hook system when the pedicle HU was from ≥156.03 to < 243.43 (p<0.05), but the difference was not statistically significant in the vertebra HU stratified groups and when pedicle HU was ≥243.43 or <156.03. The postoperative clinical outcomes improved significantly with the implementation of the hook system. Conclusion : The UIV hook provides better clinical outcomes and can be considered a preventative strategy for screw-pullout in the certain pedicle HU range.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9487-9494
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• 2014

Background: The size of a hepatic neoplasm is critical for staging, prognosis and selection of appropriate treatment. Our study aimed to compare the radiological size of solid hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) masses on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the pathological size in a Chinese population, and to elucidate discrepancies. Materials and Methods: A total of 178 consecutive patients diagnosed with HCC who underwent curative hepatic resection after enhanced MRI between July 2010 and October 2013 were retrospectively identified and analyzed. Pathological data of the whole removed tumors wereassessed and differences between radiological and pathological tumor size were identified. All patients were restaged using a modified Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) staging system postoperatively according to the maximum diameter alteration. The lesions were classified as hypo-staged, iso-staged or hyper-staged for qualitative assessment. In the quantitative analysis, the relative pre and postoperative tumor size contrast ratio ($%{\Delta}size$) was also computed according to size intervals. In addition, the relationship between radiological and pathological tumor diameter variation and histologic grade was analyzed. Results: Pathological examination showed 85 (47.8%) patients were overestimated, 82 (46.1%) patients underestimated, while accurate measurement by MRI was found in 11 (6.2%) patients. Among the total subjects, 14 (7.9%) patients were hypo-staged and 15 (8.4%) were hyper-staged post-operatively. Accuracy of MRI for calculation and characterized staging was related to the lesion size, ranging from 83.1% to 87.4% (<2cm to ${\geq}5cm$, p=0.328) and from 62.5% to 89.1% (cT1 to cT4, p=0.006), respectively. Overall, MRI misjudged pathological size by 6.0 mm (p=0.588 ), and the greatest difference was observed in tumors <2cm (3.6 mm, $%{\Delta}size=16.9%$, p=0.028). No statistically significant difference was observed for moderately differentiated HCC (5.5mm, p=0.781). However, for well differentiated and poorly differentiated cases, radiographic tumor maximum diameter was significantly larger than the pathological maximum diameter by 3.15 mm and underestimated by 4.51 mm, respectively (p=0.034 and 0.020). Conclusions: A preoperative HCC tumor size measurement using MRI can provide relatively acceptable accuracy but may give rise to discrepancy in tumors in a certain size range or histologic grade. In pathological well differentiated subjects, the pathological tumor size was significantly overestimated, but underestimated in poorly differentiated HCC. The difference between radiological and pathological tumor size was greatest for tumors <2 cm. For some HCC patients, the size difference may have implications for the decision of resection, transplantation, ablation, or arterially directed therapy, and should be considered in staging or selecting the appropriate treatment tactics.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권19호
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• pp.8447-8450
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• 2014

Background: To evaluate factors for predicting the granulosa cell tumor of the ovary (GCTO) pre-operatively. Materials and Methods: This retrospective designed study was conducted on 34 women with GCTO as the study group and 76 women with benign ovarian cysts as the control group. Data were recorded from the hospital database and included age, body mass index (BMI), parity, serum estradiol ($E_2$) levels, diameter of the mass, ultrasonographic features, serum CA125 level, risk of malignancy index (RMI), duration of menopause, postoperative histopathology result, and the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR). Results: The demographic parameters showed no statistically significant difference between the groups. Preoperative diameter of the mass, CA125, duration of menopause, and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio were significantly different between the groups. ROC curve analysis demonstrated that diameter of the mass, serum estradiol and Ca125 levels, RMI and NLR may be discriminative factors in predicting GCTO preoperatively. Conclusions: In conclusion, we think that a careful preoperative workshop including diameter of the mass, serum estradiol ($E_2$) and Ca125 levels, RMI and NLR may predict GCTO and may prevent incomplete approaches.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1537-1546
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• 2021

Objective: To assess the role of arterial spin-labeling (ASL) perfusion MRI in identifying cerebral perfusion changes after indirect revascularization in children with moyamoya disease. Materials and Methods: We included pre- and postoperative perfusion MRI data of 30 children with moyamoya disease (13 boys and 17 girls; mean age ± standard deviation, 6.3± 3.0 years) who underwent indirect revascularization between June 2016 and August 2017. Relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and qualitative perfusion scores for arterial transit time (ATT) effects were evaluated in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory on ASL perfusion MRI. The rCBF and relative time-to-peak (rTTP) values were also measured using dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion MRI. Each perfusion change on ASL and DSC perfusion MRI was analyzed using the paired t test. We analyzed the correlation between perfusion changes on ASL and DSC images using Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results: The ASL rCBF values improved at both the ganglionic and supraganglionic levels of the MCA territory after surgery (p = 0.040 and p = 0.003, respectively). The ATT perfusion scores also improved at both levels (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). The rCBF and rTTP values on DSC MRI showed significant improvement at both levels of the MCA territory of the operated side (all p < 0.05). There was no significant correlation between the improvements in rCBF values on the two perfusion images (r = 0.195, p = 0.303); however, there was a correlation between the change in perfusion scores on ASL and rTTP on DSC MRI (r = 0.701, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Recognizing the effects of ATT on ASL perfusion MRI may help monitor cerebral perfusion changes and complement quantitative rCBF assessment using ASL perfusion MRI in patients with moyamoya disease after indirect revascularization.