• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.752-758
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• 2007

배경: 수장부다한증의 치료 후 손의 원활한 활동을 위해 적당한 보습성을 유지하고 보상성 다한증과 같은 합병증이 없는 경우에 보다 높은 만족도를 나타낼 것이다. 저자들은 수부다한증의 치료 후 보상성 다한증을 피하기 위한 노력의 일환으로 두부족으로 영향을 미치는 교감신경의 보존을 위해 제4번 흉부교감신경절 상부의 신경다발을 차단하는 시술을 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 흉부 제4번 교감신경절을 상하 완전 차단한 1군과 보다 간편하게 흉부 제4번 교감신경절 상부 차단술만 시행한 2군으로 분류하였고, 두 방법의 장기성적을 평가하기 위하여 수술 후 만족도 등에 대한 전화설문 조사를 실시하였다. 대상 환자는 71명(남자 45명, 여자 26명)이며, 1군은 31명(평균 연령 25.5세), 2군은 40명(평균 연령 25.9세)이었고 추적 조사기간은 1군이 수술 후 평균 24.9개월, 2군은 18.9개월이었다. 결과: 수술 후 수술부위에 땀이 나는 정도는 1군에서 전혀 나지 않는다(41.9%), 환경에 따라 약간 난다(48.4%)에 비해 2군은 각각 60.0%, 35.0%였다. 수술 후 땀이 나기 시작한 경우는 1군이 58.1%, 2군이 40.0%였고, 수술 후 손의 건조한 정도는 별다른 불편이 없다고 한 경우가 1군에서 높았고 손크림을 바를 정도라고 응답한 경우는 2군에서 높았다. 보상성 다한증의 발생은 없거나 생활에 불편하지 않은 경우가 각각 71.0% (1군), 62.5% (2군)로 응답하였고, 수술을 후회하는 경우는 1군이 1명, 2군이 2명 있었다. 보상성 다한증의 발생부위는 1군이 등, 허벅지, 가슴 순이었고 2군은 등, 가슴, 배 순이었다. 미각성 다한증은 1군에서 몹시 불편하거나(25.8%), 약간 생겼지만 불편하지는 않다(45.2%)고 한 반면, 2군은 몹시 불편한 경우는 12.5%, 미각성 다한증이 생기지 않은 경우가 45%였다. 수술 후 얼굴에 나는 땀의 정도는 양 군 대다수가 불편이 없다고 응답하였다. 수술 후 만족도는 1군과 2군 대부분이 치료에 만족하였다. 결론: 흉부 제4번 교감신경절 완전 차단술과 상부 차단술은 수장부 다한증의 치료에 효과적이며, 보상성 다한증의 발생을 줄이고 증세를 완화하는 효과가 있다. 특히 흉부 제4 번 교감신경절 상부 차단술은 수술이 쉽고 안전하며 미각성 다한증의 발생이 저하되고, 수술 후 환자의 만족도가 높았다.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.60-64
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• 1995

Stellate ganglion block is a selective sympathetic blockade affecting the head and neck, and the upper extemity. It is an important method which has been used most frequently in neuro-pain clinic due to its wide range of indications. The authors attermpted to define the minimal volume of local anesthetic which need for successful stellate ganglion block by using 1% mepivacaine HCl mixed with dye. In 40 heathy volunteers, two different volumes, 3 ml in the group 1 (n=20) and 4 ml in the group 2 (n=20), were injected by an anterior paratracheal technique at the sixth cervical vertebral level. We compared the degree in sympathetic blockade by clinical sings and symptoms and also checked the spread range of dye by plain X-ray. With seven criteria for an effective block. mean score was 5.7 in group 2, while 3.4 in group 1. These results suggest that 4 ml of local anesthetic are adequate for a successful stellate ganglion block.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.38-42
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• 2012

Chronic pelvic pain is a common problem with variable etiology. The sympathetic nervous system plays an important role in the transmission of visceral pain regardless of its etiology. Sympathetic nerve block is effective and safe for treatment of pelvic visceral pain. One of them, the inferior hypogastric plexus, is not easily assessable to blockade by local anesthetics and neurolytic agents. Inferior hypogastric plexus block is not commonly used in chronic pelvic pain patients due to pre-sacral location. Therefore, inferior hypogastric plexus is not readily blocked using paravertebral or transdiscal approaches. There is only one report of inferior hypogastric plexus block via transsacral approach. This approach has several disadvantages. In this case a favorable outcome was obtained by using coccygeal transverse approach of inferior hypogastric plexus. Thus, we report a patient who was successfully given inferior hypogastric plexus block via coccygeal transverse approach to treat chronic pelvic pain conditions involving the lower pelvic viscera.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.115-118
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• 2000

Stellate ganglion block is most commonly used in pain clinic because it is an easy procedure and it has broad indications reported that Angina pectoris, tachyarrhythmia and long QT syndrome (LQTS) are indicated. LQTS is a disorder of the abnormalities of cardiac sympathetic innervation and of myocardial repolarization. LQTS is characterized by marked prolongation of the QT interval, often manifestating as syncope, seizures, or sudden death due to polymorphic ventricular tachyarrhythmia known as torsades de pointes. Treatment of symptomatic patients usually begin with beta blocker. The elective treatment of LQTS patients unresponsive to beta blocker is the left cardiac sympathetic denervation. We report a case of LQTS patient who had received stellate ganglion block.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.108-112
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• 1992

Pain from pelvic cancer is very difficult to manage because it's vague ness and bilateral nature. Furthermore, nerve blocks in this area are dangerous because sensory afferent nerves from pelvic viscera are adjacent to nerves that regulate bowel and bladder control, and motor nerve of lower extremities'. Bilateral lumbar sympathectomy has been used for malignant pelvic pain with little risk of neurologic complication. However it is not a specific block for pelvic visceral pain, because the lumbar sympathetic chain does not innervate pelvic viscera in a direct manner. Therefore the potentials of lumbar sympathectomy for pelvic visceral pain are attributed to caudad diffusion of neurolytic agents to the smperior hypogastric plexus. I have experienced 3 cases of superior hypogastric plexus neurolysis per se without any significant complications.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.312-318
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• 1995

Stellate ganglion block is extensively performed in pain closing to treat a diversity of diseases. Stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis, however, has not been not popular because of risk and complications such as: permanent horner's syndrome, hoarseness, pneumothorax and intravascular or intraspinal injection. But Racz recently performed stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis successfully, under fluoroscopic guide, minus significant complication. Three patients were recently treated at our pain clinic by repeated stellate ganglion block with local anesthetics. Patients showed immediate signs of improvement but prolonged pain relief was not achieved. Therefore we reported to performing stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis following Racz's technique. We successfully treated: two cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the upper extremity, and a case of postherpetic neuralgia of jaw, neck and upper chest wall, by stellate ganglion phenol neurolysis, devoid of any significant complications.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.96-99
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• 1994

Causalgia is a symptom complex usually consisting of burning pain, hyperesthesia and atrophy of the involved extremity. The pain may be aggravated by contact, motion of extremity or emotional excitement. It occurs following incomplete nerve injury. The patient was a 58-year-old male with a 3-year history of causalgic pain of left lower extremity. He had multiple fractures with degloving injury of left lower extremity in an automobile accident. The pain was exacerbated by movement, and he experienced knee joint and ankle joint contracture. The patient's pain decreased after continuous epidural block with 1% lidocaine and 0.25% bupivacaine. He also received lumbar sympathetic ganglion alcohol block resulting in much improvement of level of pain and walking disturbance.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.171-175
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• 2005

Background: Hyperhidrosis is the troublesome disorder of excessive perspiration, which affects as much as 0.15-1% of the population. There are many methods for treating hyperhidrosis. In this report, we present our experience of dorsal percutaneous thoracic sympathetic ganglion block (TSGB) using 99.9% ethyl alcohol for treating palmar hyperhidrosis. Methods: Between March 1992 and July 2003, a total of 856 patients underwent TSGB for the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis of which 625 were followed up for 2 years. There were 297 and 328 male and female patients, respectively, with a mean age of $23.9{\pm}7.7years$. TSGB was performed under fluoroscopic guidance using 99.9% ethyl alcohol at the T2 and T3 sympathetic ganglia. Results: In the 625 patients, the recurrence rates within the 1st and 2nd years were 29 and 8%, respectively. Compensatory sweating occurred in 42.1% of patients, which was severe in 7.5%. Of the 625 patients 21.0 and 36.9% were either very satisfied or relatively satisfied with the outcome, respectively. Conclusions: Our report confirms that TSGB may be a good alternative to endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy in the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.206-209
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• 1996

Thoracic sympathetic nerve block has a wide range of therapeutic applications which clinicians utilize neurolytics or perform operative sympathectomy. All methods have advantages and disadvantages. We performed "thoracic sympathetic ganglion cauterization" using resectoscope as it is less invasive and more effective than traditional operative methods. Successful procedures were performed involving 2 cases of idiopathic hyperhidrosis and 1 case of sympathetically maintained pain on chest and upper extremity. We experienced failure with one case of idiopathic hyperhidrosis due to severe pleural adhesion. There was also a case of complication of periganglional hemorrhage and parenchymal lung perforation which we successfully treated.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.999-1003
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• 1998

연구배경 : 수장부 다한증에 대한 흉강경 교감신경절차단술은 즉각적으로 증상을 호전시키고 회복시킨다는 장점을 갖고 있다. 그러나 수장부 다한증에서의 차단해야할 교감신경절의 위치는 다소 모호한 것이 사실이었다 재료 및 방법 : 제 2 및 2.3 흉부 교감신경절차단의 효과를 비교하기위하여 본 서울대학교 흉부외과학 교실에서는 1994년 4월부터 1997년 7월까지 제 2흉부교감신경절차단술 혹은 제2.3 흉부교감신경절차단술을 시행받은 192명의 일차성 수장부 다한증환자를 대상으로 역향성 연구를 시행하였다. 두 그룹간의 결과를 비교하기위하여 환자의 술전,후 의무기록 및 외래관찰소견을 참조하였으며 전화질의를 통하여 두 군간의 술후 증상의 변화를 조사하였다. 두 군간의 성비및 연령에는 통계적 차이가 없었다. 1997년 4월이전에는 교감신경절제술(sympathectomy)을 시행하였으나 이후로는 교감신경절차단술(sympathicotomy)을 시행하고 있다. 결과 : 술후 모든환자에서 증상의 즉각적인 완화를 보였다. 평균 수술시간은 제 2 흉부 교감신경절차단군에서 61.3$\pm$22.5분으로 제2.3 교감신경절차단군의 82.7$\pm$24.8분에 비해 통계적으로 유의하게 짧았다(p<0.01). 술후 호너증후군과 흉관삽관술과 같은 초기합병증의 빈도는 두 군간의 유의한 차이가 없었다. 보상성 체간다한증, 식사시 발한, 환다한증과 같은 후기 합병증의 빈도에서도 두 군간의 통계적 차이는 없었다. 재발한 례는 제 2, 및 2.3 흉부 교감신경절차단군 모두에서 한 명도 없었다. 보상성 다한증의 위치는 두 군간의 차이를 보여 제 2 흉부 교감신경절차단군에서는 무릎위에서 겨드랑이 까지 발한의 증가를 보였으나 제 2.3 흉부 교감신경절 차단군에서는 무릎위에서 유두부위까지 발한의 증가를 보이는 소견을 보였다. 결론 : 결론적으로 일차성 수장부 다한증에서는 제 2 흉부 교감신경절 차단술만으로도 충분한 효과를 얻을 수있다고 하겠다.