• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.260-263
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• 2001

비디오흉강경을 통한 기포절제술이 술후 통증, 창상으로 인한 감염등의 합병증을 줄였고, 미관상의 효과와 더불어 짧은 입원기간으로 빠른 사회로의 복귀를 가져왔다. 1999년 11월 18일부터 2000년 4월 19일까지 6개월동안 수술적응증이 되는 20례의 원발성 자연기흉 환자를 개흉술로의 전환 없이 2mm 비디오 흉강경을 이요하여 기포 절제술을 시행하였다. 수술창성은 단순 흉강삽관술을 시행하였을때와 거의 흡사했다. 원발성 자연기흉 환자에서는 병변이 상엽에 국한되어 있는 경우가 대부분이고, 늑막유착이 없거나 심하지 않아서 2mm비디오 흉강경으로도 기포절제술이 가능하게 되어 수술창상을 줄일수 있었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.518-520
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• 1995

Leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of the esophagus,and surgical enucleation is the treatment of choice. Recently we successfully performed thoracoscopic enucleation of large esophageal leiomyoma without complication in one patient. The 46 years old male patient complained epigastric discomfort and showed a submucosal mass in lower esophagus under the endoscopic ultrasonography . During operation minimal perforation occurred, it was closed with clipping without conversion to an open procedure.The tumor size was 8cm x 3cm x 1.5cm respectively. There were less post-operative pain,minimal wound size, and early recovery time.Patient was satisfactory these outcome. These result suggest that esophageal enucleation was performed more large size benign tumor and esophageal perforation during operation was treated thoracoscopically.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.261-264
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• 1991

The result of thoracotomy for recurrent and persistent pneumothorax is usually excellent. However the patients undergone thoracotomy suffer from postoperative chest pain and require long postoperative recovery period. Also the operative incision scar gives the patients cosmetic problems. Subpleural blebs are usually causes of pneumothorax. They can be reached through the thoracoscope without thoracotomy and can be ablated by electrical cautery through it. Six patients with recurrent and persistent pneumothorax were managed thoracoscopic-ally. Five patients were successful and one case was failed. The failed case was explored 21 days after thoracoscopy. Follow-up period was from one to eight months. Although the follow-up period was short, thoracoscopic management of recurrent and persistent pneumothorax is thought to be good for preventing thoracotomy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.141-144
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• 2016

Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia is a premalignant lesion reflecting a focal proliferation of atypical cells. These lesions are usually observed as incidental findings in lungs that have been resected due to other conditions, such as lung cancer. We report the youngest case of atypical adenomatous hyperplasia on record in a 12-year-old girl. In this patient, the lesion was found in association with pneumothorax.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.166-169
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• 2018

A 14-year-old, 3.9 kg, castrated male Maltese presented with an intermittent cough. A solitary mass ($1.6{\times}2{\times}1.8cm$) was located in right middle lung lobe on CT examination and thoracoscopic right middle lung lobectomy was performed without lung separation. The patient recovered uneventfully and was discharged at POD3. With a histopathologic diagnosis of pulmonary bronchoalveolar carcinoma, Re-evaluation via CT scanning with contrast on POD 50 and 255 revealed no evidence of residual, metastatic or recurrent lesions. The patient has been doing well since surgery during a 9-month follow-up period.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.812-816
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• 2000

Background ; To evaluate the efficacy of Fibrin glue to decrease recurrence in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery(VATS) for a treatment of spontaneous penumothorax. Material and Method : All medical records of 17 patients who underwent a thoracoscopic wedge resections of bullae with stapling device with Fibrin glue in our institute between May 1998 and December 1999 were reviewed. variables analyzed include affected sites primary indication of VATS. duration from admission to discharge duration of postoperative stay duration of chest tube drainage recurrence and complication. There were 16 men and 1 woman. Result : There was no evidence of hemodynamic instability or arterial blood gas abnormalities encountered during the procedure. Mean age at the time of the VATS was 26.9 years (range 15 to 61 years) The mean duration from admission to discharge was 7.8 days and mean postoperative stay was 5.1days mean chest tube indwelling period was 4..0 days. There was no recurrence of pneumothorx. Conclusion : Thoracoscopic wedge resections with introduction of fibrin glue are safe and effective and requires only a short hospital stay. We believe that this thoracoscopic technique will further simplify the surgical treatment of pneumothorax.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.79-82
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• 2015

Simple rib fracture is one of most common injury after blunt thoracic trauma found in approximately 7% to 40% of cases. Delayed traumatic diaphragmatic injury with massive hemothorax after rib fracture is rare but a potentially life-threatening condition. We present a rare case of a 79-year-old male with delayed diaphragmatic injury with massive hemothorax due to fracture of the lower ribs. Under thoracoscopy, hemothorax was evacuated, diaphragmatic rupture was identified and repaired, and the lower ribs were fixed with metal plate (s). Although simple lower rib fractures may be the only clinical finding, close observation and monitoring are required because of the possibility of diaphragmatic and/or intraabdominal organ injury.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.715-717
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• 2004

59세 여자 환자가 무증상으로 우연히 발견된 후종격동 종괴를 주소로 내원하였다. 수술 전 시행한 식도조영술, 식도내시경 및 식도내시경적 초음파검사로 거대한 식도점막하 종양으로 식도근종이 의심되었다. 우측 흉강을 통해 흉강경수술을 시행하였는데, 종격동 흉막과 식도근육을 종절개한 후 종양을 적출하였다. 수술 후 시행한 식도조영검사에서 식도의 협착 및 누출소견은 없었으며 술 후 7일째에 합병증 없이 퇴원하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.225-227
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• 2015

Thoracic duct cysts in the upper portion of the diaphragm are mostly found in the neck and are rarely found in the mediastinum. Thoracic duct cysts should be differentiated from other mediastinal tumors or cysts, and surgical treatment is required to avoid the development of chylothorax if the cyst ruptures. Herein, we report the case of a patient with a thoracic cyst located just above the diaphragm that was treated with surgical resection.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.78-80
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• 1995

We report the thoracoscopic resection of thymus and pericardial fat tissue in a patient who was in the setting of late severe myasthenia gravis[Osserman`s Group II-C-2 and previous tracheostomy state. The patient was 33-year-old female. She had been supported with mechanical ventilator for 88 days and suffered from recurrent pneumonia. Our first aim was to weaning her from mechanical ventilator. Traditional methods such as median sternotomy or transcervial thymectomy or transsternal sternotomy were difficult because of the anticipating complications of mediastinitis or morbidity, especially chest pain, following thoracotomy. We could wean her from the mechanical ventilator at postoperative 9 days. So, we concluded that video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy is a useful alternative tool in this case.