• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.3-8
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• 2003

Background: Surgical management of recurrent pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland has a considerable risk of facial nerve injury and a high re-recurrence rate. To obtain more insight into the issue of recurrent pleomorphic adenoma and more specifically to evaluate our experience and results of treatment, a retrospective study was carried out. Materials and Methods: During the period from 1989 to 2002, the medical records of 14 patients who underwent a operation for recurrent pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland were reviewed retrospectively. The initial operation for parotid tumor, clinical features of recurrence, reoperation after recurrence, po stop complication were analysed. Results: The male to female ratio was 6 : 9. Median age of the patients at the time of the initial operation was 33 years and at the time of the reoperation was 43 years. The median interval until recurrence was 105 months (6-252 months). The initial operations performed were excision or enucleation in 10 patients, superficial parotidectomy in 3 patients, total parotidectmy in 1 patients. The thirteen patients were underwent reoperation (8 superficial parotidectomies, 3 total parotidectomies, 1 neartotal parotidectomy, 1 wide excision). The facial nerve paralysis after the reoperation occured in 6 patients but all of them were recovered from 3 months to 1 year after surgery. Conclusion: In the management of pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland, excision or enucleation is to be avoided due to the higher recurrence rate and superficial or total parotidectomy with preservation of the facial nerve are to be preferred. Because the risk of facial nerve injury during operation for the recurrent tumor was higher than initial surgery, more careful surgical procedure is mandatory for preserving the facial nerve.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.557-563
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• 2018

Background Numerous Dupuytren's fasciectomy techniques have been described, each associated with unique surgical challenges, complications and recurrence rates. We describe a common ground surgical approach to Dupuytren's disease; 3-dimensional fasciectomy (3DF). 3DF aims to address the potential contributors to the high recurrence rate of Dupuytren's disease and unite current limited fasciectomy practice that varies considerably between surgeons. Methods We describe the 3DF principles; raising thin skin flaps (addressing dermal involvement), excising diseased palmar fascia with a 3-5 mm clearance margin (treating highly locally recurrent conditions) and excising the vertical septae of Legueu and Juvara (providing deep clearance, hence addressing all potentially involved pathological tissue). The surgical outcomes between traditional limited fasciectomy (LF) and 3DF are compared. Results From the 786 operations included (n=585), postoperative recurrence rates were significantly lower for the 3DF group (2/145, 1.4%) than the LF group (72/641, 11.2%) (P= 0.001), and the time to recurrence was significantly longer ($5.0{\pm}0years$ vs. $4.0{\pm}0.2years$; P<0.0001). With recurrence excluded, there were no differences between the postoperative complication rates for 3DF (5/145, 3.5%) and LF (41/641, 6.4%) (P=0.4). Conclusions Our results suggest that 3DF leads to lower recurrence rates and a longer disease-free period for patients, without increasing complications. 3DF provides a safe, efficacious, common ground surgical approach in the treatment of Dupuytren's flexion deformity.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권16호
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• pp.6673-6678
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• 2014

Background: To investigate the prognostic value of serum PIVKA-II (prothrombin induced by the absence of vitamin K or antagonist-II) in BCLC (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer) 0-A hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients after curative resection. Materials and Methods: Preoperative sera were collected from 140 patients with BCLC 0-A HCCs undergoing curative resection during 2011-2012 in Zhongshan Hospital. Follow-up ended on November 2013. ELISA was used to detect the serum concentrations of preoperative PIVKA-II. The prognostic value of PIVKA-II and other clinicopathological factors was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method and the multivariate Cox proportional hazards model. Results: During follow-up, 39 of 140 patients suffered recurrence and the 1-year recurrence rate was 27.9%. The high-PIVKA-II expression group had lower 1-year time to progression (TTP) compared with the low-expression group (54.8% vs 20.2%, p<0.001). Patients with high preoperative PIVKA-II expression showed a relatively higher risk of developing postoperative recurrence than those with low expression in the low-recurrence-risk subgroups, including ${\alpha}$-fetoprotein ${\leq}400ng/mL$ (45.4% vs 16.7%; p=0.006), tumor size ${\leq}5cm$ (54.2% vs 18.1%; p<0.001), single tumor (56.0% vs 19.1%; p<0.001), absence of satellite lesions (53.3% vs 19.8%; p=0.001), absence of vascular invasion (52.6% vs 14.9%; p=0.002), and Edmondson stage I/II (60.9% vs 20.3%; p<0.001). PIVKA-II was the strongest independent prognostic factor for TTP (hazard ratio, 2.877; 95% CI 1.524-5.429; p=0.001). Conclusions: Elevated PIVKA-II is associated with early recurrence of BCLC 0-A HCC after curative resection and can be considered a novel prognostic predictor.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.4045-4050
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• 2012

Objective: The impact of ablative oral cancer surgery was studied, with particular reference to recurrence and nodal metastasis, to assess survival probability and prognostic indicators and to elucidate if ethnicity influences the survival of patients. Methods: Patients who underwent major ablative surgery of the head and neck region with neck dissection were identified and clinical records were assessed. Inclusion criteria were stage I-IV oral and oropharyngeal malignancies necessitating resection with or without radiotherapy from 2004 to 2009. All individuals had a pre-operative assessment prior to the surgery. The post operative assessment period ranged from 1 year to 5 years. Survival distributions were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier curves. Results: 87 patients (males:38%; females:62%) were included in this study, with an age range of 21-85 years. Some 78% underwent neck dissections while 63% had surgery and radiotherapy. Nodal recurrence was detected in 5.7% while 20.5% had primary site recurrence within the study period. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that the median survival time was 57 months. One year overall survival (OS) rate was 72.7% and three year overall survival rate dropped to 61.5%. On OS analysis, the log-rank test showed a significant difference of survival between Malay and Chinese patients (Bonferroni correction p=0.033). Recurrence-free survival (RFS) analysis revealed that 25% of the patients have reached the event of recurrence at 46 months. One year RFS rate was 85.2% and the three year survival rate was 76.1%. In the RFS analysis, the log-rank test showed a significant difference in the event of recurrence and nodal metastasis (p<0.001). Conclusion: Conservative neck is effective, in conjunction with postoperative radiotherapy, for control of neck metastases. Ethnicity appears to influence the survival of the patients, but a prospective trial is required to validate this.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2021

Purpose: Although ultrasonography is the gold standard of diagnosing intussusception, plain abdomen radiograph (AXR) is often used to make differential diagnosis for pediatric patients with abdominal pain. In intussusception patients, we aimed to analyze the AXR and clinical data to determine the characteristics of early AXR findings associated with diagnosis of intussusception and recurrence after reduction. Methods: Between January 2011 and June 2018, 446 patients diagnosed with intussusception based on International Classification of Diseases-10 code of K56.1 were admitted. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 398 patients who received air reduction; 51 of them have recurred after initial reduction. We evaluated six AXR features including absent ascending colon gas, absent transverse colon gas, target sign, meniscus sign, mass, and ileus. Clinical data and AXR features were compared between single episode and recurrence groups. Results: Two groups did not show significant differences regarding clinical data. Mean time to recurrence from air reduction was 3.4±3.2 days. Absent ascending colon gas (63.9%) was the most common feature in intussusception, followed by mass (29.1%). All of six AXR features were observed more frequently in the recurrence group. Absent transverse colon gas was the most closely associated AXR finding for recurrence (odds ratio, 2.964; 95% confidence interval, 1.327-6.618; p=0.008). Conclusion: In our study, absence of ascending colon gas was the most frequently seen AXR factor in intussusception patients. Extended and careful observation after reduction may be beneficial if such finding on AXR is found in intussusception patients.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 1998년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집 Proceedings of EESK Conference-Spring 1998
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• pp.20-27
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• 1998

In the current seismic design codes design earthquake is usually defined as the earthquake with the 90 percent probability of not being exceeded in the life time of a structure which is assumed as 50 years equivalent to the earthquake with 475 year recurrence period. However the life time of tall building structures may be much longer than 50 yers. The current seismic design code requires the modal analysis or dynamic time history analysis for the buildings with the height exceeding a certain height limit. The objective of this study is to collect the earthquake ground motion(EQGM) which can be used for dynamic time history analysis for tall buildings. For this purpose linear elastic design response spectrum (LEDRS) in the code is scaled to account for the recurrence period of the design earthquake. The earthquake ground motions which has been recorded are calibrated to fit the scaled LEDRS. The set of calibrated EQGM can be treated as design EQGM for the design of tall building with longer lifetime than ordinary building.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.349-357
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• 2001

목 적 : 높은 재발율과 전이 가능성의 특징을 갖고 있는 수막 혈관외세포종은 perivascular pericytes에서 기원하는 드문 종양으로, 저자들이 경험한 수막 혈관외세포종에 있어서 종양의 재발 및 신경계외 전이에 대하여 알아 보고자 한다. 연구 대상 및 방법 : 1982년부터 1999년까지 수술을 시행하여 수막 혈관외세포종으로 진단받은 31명의 환자를 대상으로 후향적 연구를 시행하였다. 진단 후 재발까지의 기간, 재발에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 여러 가지 인자들, 그리고 신경계외 전이의 기간 및 부위 등을 분석하였다. 결 과 : 총 31명의 환자들 중 12명의 환자들에서 원발성 부위에 종양이 재발하였다(38.7%). 전체의 환자들에서 재발이 발생하지 않았던 평균 기간(recurrence-free period : RFP)은 104개월이었으며 처음 수술 후 5년, 그리고 10년의 재발이 발생하지 않았던 율(recurrence free period : RFP)은 각각 59.2%, 33.6% 이었다. 원발성 부위에 종양의 재발을 보였던 12명의 환자들 중 4명의 환자들에서 첫 수술 후 5년 이후에 재발을 관찰 할 수 있었다. 처음 수술시의 절제 정도가 재발에 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤다. 처음 수술시에 완전 절제한 군의 RFP는 111 개월이었으며, 추적 관찰 5년째 RFR는 완전 절제한 경우 72.7%, 불완전 절제한 경우 20.8%로 그 차이는 통계 적으로 유의하였다(p=0.0060). 통계적으로 유의성은 없었지만 완전 절제 후 부가적인 방사선 치료를 시행하였을 경우가 완전 절제만을 시행한 경우보다 RFR가 높아 추적 관찰 5년째의 RFR는 각각 100%, 그리고 70.3% 이었다(p=0.3359). 4명의 환자들(12.9%)에서 수막 혈관외세포종의 신경계외 전이가 발생하였으며, 이 경우 신경계 외 전이의 평균 기간은 107개월, 그리고 추적 관찰 5년, 10년째의 신경계외 전이율은 각각 4.4%, 24.9% 이었다. 결 론 : 수막 혈관외세포종은 수술적 제거 후 원발성 부위에 또는 원발성 부위에서 멀리 떨어진 부위에 재발의 가능성이 무척 높은 종양이다. 이러한 재발의 가능성을 줄이는 가장 중요한 인자는 수술적 제거 정도로 처음 수술시에 가능한 완전 절제를 시도하여야 한다. 그리고 처음 수술시에 완전 절제가 가능하였다고 하여도 완전 절제 후 부가적인 방사선 치료를 시행하는 것이 재발의 위험성을 낮출 수 있을 것으로 생각한다. 원발성 부위의 재발 또는 신경계외 전이는 오랜 시간이 지난 후에도 가능할 수 있으므로 장기간의 추적 관찰이 필요하다고 생각한다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.446-455
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• 2023

Objective : Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common neurosurgical disease and generally treated with burr-hole surgery alone. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic agent that potentially reduces recurrence rates and the residual hematoma volume. However, the role of postoperative TXA medication remains unclear to date. This study aimed to verify the effectiveness of adjunctive TXA in the view of early hematoma resolution. Methods : Between January 2018 and September 2021, patients with CSDH who underwent burr-hole trephination in a single tertiary institute were reviewed. The study population was divided into three groups, TXA, non-TXA, and antithrombotics (AT) groups, according to the medical history of cardio-cerebrovascular disease and TXA administration. The primary endpoint was CSDH recurrence, defined as re-appearance or re-accumulation of CSDH requiring neurosurgical interventions. The secondary outcome was CSDH resolution, defined as complete or near-complete resorption of the CSDH. The CSDH resolution time and serial changes of hematoma thickness were also investigated. Results : A total of 240 patients was included in the analysis consisting of 185 male and 55 female, with a median age of 74 years. During the median imaging follow-up period of 75 days, 222 patients were reached to the primary or secondary endpoint. TXA was administered as an adjunctive therapy in 41 patients (TXA group, 16.9%) while 114 patients were included in the non-TXA group (47.9%) and 85 were in the AT group. The recurrence rate was the lowest in the TXA group (2.4%), followed by non-TXA (7.0%) and AT (8.2%) groups. However, there was no statistical significance due to the small number of patients with recurrence. CSDH resolution was achieved in 206 patients, and the median estimated time to resolution was significantly faster in the TXA group (p<0.001). Adjunctive TXA administration was a significant positive factor for achieving CSDH resolution (p<0.001). The hematoma thickness was comparable among the three groups at the initial time and after surgery. However, CSDH thickness in the TXA group decreased abruptly in a month and showed a significant difference from that in the other groups (p<0.001). There was no TXA-related adverse event. Conclusion : The adjunctive use of TXA after CSDH surgery significantly facilitated the resorption of residual CSDH and resulted in the early CSDH resolution. Adjunctive TXA may be an effective treatment option to reduce recurrence by enhancing CSDH resolution in the selective patients.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2023

본 논문은 순환 신경망 대신 합성곱 신경망을 사용하여 시계열 데이터 분류 성능을 분석한다. TSC(Time Series Community)에는 GAF(Gramian Angular Field), MTF(Markov Transition Field), RP(Recurrence Plot)와 같은 전통적인 시계열 데이터 이미지화 알고리즘들이 있다. 실험은 이미지화 알고리즘들에 필요한 하이퍼 파라미터들을 조정하면서 합성곱 신경망의 성능을 평가하는 방식으로 진행된다. UCR 아카이브의 GunPoint 데이터셋을 기준으로 성능을 평가했을 때, 본 논문에서 제안하는 STFT(Short Time Fourier Transform) 알고리즘이 최적화된 하이퍼 파라미터를 찾은 경우, 기존의 알고리즘들 대비 정확도가 높고, 동적으로 feature map 이미지의 크기도 조절가능하다는 장점이 있다. GAF 또한 98~99%의 높은 정확도를 보이지만, feature map 이미지의 크기를 동적으로 조절할 수 없어 크다는 단점이 존재한다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.180-186
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• 2001

Purpose: The prognosis for early gastric cancer (EGC) is favorable, and the 10-year disease-specific survival rate is reported to be around $90\%$. The absolute number of recurred EGC is too small to assess the risk factors, so recruitment of a large number of cases for statistical analysis is very difficult. We carried out this study to analyze the incidence and the patterns of recurrence of EGC and to identify the clinicopathological risk factors for recurrence of EGC. Materials and Methods: The authors retrospectively investigated the follow-up records of 1418 patients who underwent a curative resection for EGC from Jan. 1984 to Dec. 1999 at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital and analyzed them with special reference to cancer recurrence. Results: In this retrospective study of 1418 cases, 43 patients died of a recurrence of gastric cancer, and 105 patients died of unrelated causes. The five-year and the ten-year overall survival rates were $89.6\%$ and $81.7\%$, respectively, while the five-year and the ten-year diseasespecific survival rates were $96.5\%$ and $94.3\%$, respectively. The recurrence patterns of the 45 recurred EGC were hematogenous metastasis (19 cases), lymph node (L/N) metastasis (8 cases), locoregional recurrence (2 cases), peritoneal seeding (3 cases), and combined form (13 cases). The mean time interval to recurrence was 38.6 months, and the number of delayed recurred cases after 5 years was 10 ($22.2\%$). Of the clinicopathologic factors, depth of invasion, L/N metastasis, macroscopic type, lymphatic invasion, and vessel invasion, were significant risk factors in the univariate analysis. However, in the multivariate analysis, only L/N metastasis was an independent prognostic factor. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, L/N metastasis is an independent prognostic factor. Thus, in patients with node-positive disease, adjuvant therapy might be considered, and long-term close follow-up might facilitate early detection and treatment of recurrent disease due to delayed recurrence.