• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.378-384
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• 1978

Injuries to the major vessels in the thoracic inlet require early recognition and expedient operative approach. Delayed diagnosis difficulties encountered in the operative exposure of the region are the major factors limiting successful management. This report is a review of 13 patients with vascular injuries to the neck base who were managed at Busan National University Hospital from March 1975 to September 1978 about 3 years and 6 months. The important clinical problems are delineated with emphasis on the technical aspects of operative management. 1] Among 13 cases, 8 cases were male 5 cases were female. 2] Of 28 vascular injuries, subclavian axillary vascular injuries were 22 [78%]. Stab wound was the cause in 70% of these patients. 3] Without extension 7 cases[53.8%] were managed successfully with supraclavicular, and axillary incision. Posterolateral thoracotomy one of extending 4 cases, 2 cases were used right musculoskeletal flap for management of proximal part of the subclavian artery and innominate vessel, 2 cases were used left supraclavicular incision with anterolateral thoracotomy for management of left proximal subclavian artery. One Expired. 4] Repair of vascular injury was accomplished by lateral suture of debridement and end-to end anastomosis in 17[74%]. Autogenous vein was used one for interposition graft. Ligation was required 2 arterial, 6 venous injuries. Of 8 cases which were pulseless preoperatively, 5 cases were able to palpable distal pulse. 5] Post operative complications occurred 50%. Complication of vasular repair was rare. The majority was neurologic deficit (33.3%).

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.24-27
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• 2015

During flap elevation, most perforators are cut except one or more perforators that are essential to flap survival. However these cutout perforators can cause deterioration of the blood circulation of the flap. To salvage the jeopardized flaps, rebuilding the perforator system is essential for flap survival. In the first case, after flap elevation, the upper abdominal flap margin was severely ischemic. To supply blood to the upper abdominal flaps, we found and used a major perforator underneath the upper abdominal flap which was cut earlier during the elevation, and we performed reanastomosis with ipsilateral deep inferior epigastric artery. Upper abdominal flap ischemic area was limited to a narrow suture area. In the second case, we performed free superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap reconstruction. After successful anastomosis of the SIEA and superficial inferior epigastric vein (SIEV) with internal mammary artery and vein, serious venous congestion occurred immediately because of SIEV malfunction. We found the largest perforator vein under the flap, as an alternate way to drain, then connected it with the thoracoacromial vein with a vein graft harvested in the contralateral SIEV. Circulation has improved. In conclusion, perforator system reconstruction is essential in a jeopardized flap salvage.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.510-517
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• 1999

배경: 신생아나 조기영아에서 전폐정맥연결이상은 아직도 외과적으로 쉽게 치료되지 않는 심기형 중 하나이다. 본 연구는 조기 영아기에 외과적으로 교정된 중요한 다른 심기형이 동반되지 않은 전폐정맥연결이상 환아들의 조기 및 중기 성적을 분석하기 위해 시행되었다. 대상 및 방법: 1993년 1월부터 1998년 8월까지 본 교실에서 외과적으로 교정술을 시행받은 전폐정맥연결이상 환아들중 조기 영아 15명의 의무기록을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 남아가 8명, 여아가 7명이었으며 나이는 생후 4일에서 3.5개월(중심나이 생후 22일)이었다. 체중은 1.75 kg에서 4.9kg(평균체중 3.54 kg)이었다. 심기형을 형태별로 보면 심장상부형이 11례, 심장형이 3례, 심장하부형이 1례였다. 6례(40%)에서 폐정맥환류의 협착이 있었다. 13례에서 수술방법으로 완전순환 정지법을 사용하였고 심장상부형과 심장하부형은 우심방 뒤에서 측방으로 접근하여 공통폐정맥과 좌심방을 문합하였는데 매우 가는 비흡수사인 polypropylene 사를 이용하여 연속봉합을 이용하였다. 결과: 1명의 환아가 술후 17일째 패혈증으로 사망하여 수술사망율은 6.7%였다. 이 환아는 술전 인공호홉이 필요하였던 상심실형의 신생아였다. 두명의 만기사망이 있었는데 그 중 1명은 수술 3년 후 집에서 급사하였는데 원인을 알 수 없었고 다른 한명은 술후 폐정맥협착으로 재수술을 시도하고 좋은 상태로 퇴원하였으나 재수술 3개월후 재발된 폐동맥고혈압으로 사망하였다. 두명의 환아에서 폐정맥협착으로 첫 수술 5개월, 10개월후에 각각 재수술이 시행되었다. 이 중 한명은 현재 계속되는 폐동맥고혈압은 있으나 비교적 좋은 상태로 잘 지내고 있다. 만기사망 및 재수술 환아 3명을 제외한 11명(78.6%)의 환아는 25.8$\pm$20.4개월(0.5개월에서 67개월)의 평균 추적기간동안 심초음파검사상 폐정맥환류의 협착이나 폐동맥고혈압의 증거없이 모두 NYHA class I으로 잘 지내고 있다. 결론: 조기 영아에서의 전폐정맥연결이상은 비교적 낮은 수술사망율로 교정 될 수 있었으나 술후 폐정맥 혹은 문합부협착증이 2례(14.3%)에서 발생하였고 재수술의 결과도 좋지 못하였다. 그러나 술후 폐정맥환류에 협착이 없었던 환아들의 상태는 매우 양호하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.530-534
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• 2002

배경: 대동맥 수술에서 왼쪽 팔머리정맥의 분리는 대동맥궁 및 대동맥궁의 가지현관들을 노출시키는 데 도움을 줄 수 있다. 그러나 이것의 분리에 대한 안정성과 대동맥수술후 다시 왼쪽 팔머리정맥을 문합해 주어야 하는가에 대해서는 논쟁의 여지가 있다. 왼쪽 팔머리정맥 분리의 안전성과 왼쪽 팔머리정맥을 분리한 후 정맥환류에 대해 연구하였다. 방법: 1998년 11월부터 2000년 1월까지 10명의 환자에서 흉골 정중 절개 후 국소적인 해부학과 원위부 대동맥문합을 고려하여 왼쪽 팔머리정맥의 분리 및 결찰을 왼쪽 팔머리정맥의 중앙부에서 시행하였다. 상지의 부종과 신경학적증상에 대해 평가하였고, 우심방압력과 왼속목정맥의 압력을 측정하였으며 수술 후 정맥조영술을 시행하였다. 결과: 10명의 환자에서 상행대동맥이나 대동맥궁의 수술시 대동맥의 노출에 향상이 있었으며, 환자들의 연령은 24∼72세로 평균 62세였다. 평균추적기간은 3주에서 13개월이었고, 한명의 환자가 메치실린 저항성 황색포도상구균에 의한 종격동염으로 사망하였다. 모든 환자에서 수술 직후 좌측상지에 부종을 보였으나, 술후 4일째 호전되었다. 추적관찰기간동안 좌측상지에 부종이나 운동장애를 보인 환자는 없었다. 술후 뇌경색에 이환된 환자는 없었다. 우심방과 좌내경정맥 사이의 압력차는 수술직후 최고치를 보였고(평균 최고 압력차=25mmHg), 점점 감소하여 술후 4일째 일정한 압력차를 유지하였다. 모든 환자에서 시행한 정맥조영술을 통하여 왼쇄골밑정맥의 정맥환류는 아래갑상선정맥얼기를 통하여 중앙부를 가로질러 우측 심장계로 유입됨을 볼 수 있었다. 결론: 왼쪽 팔머리정맥의 분리는 안전하며 우측 정맥계의 주된 교량역활을 하는 아래갑상선정맥을 보존한다면 왼쪽 팔머리정맥을 다시 연결할 필요는 없다고 할 수 있겠다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.109-129
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• 1995

Many patients with malignancies of the head and neck undergo radiation therapy, either as the only method of treatment or in combination with surgery. Radiation therapy has great effect in the case of fairly advanced malignancies which can't be operated radically. But the complication of radiation therapy arise because of damage to the peri- and operated area. It is fully known that irradiated tissue shows retarded healing process in the skin, mucosa and especially vascuslar tissue. The purpose of this study was to observe the healing process of irradiated free or island flap after operation. As Experimental Models, Femoral arterial and venous anastomosis (Group 1), Epigastric-island flap (Group 2) and free Epigastric falp(Group 3) with irradiated postoperative 24 hrs were made on 30 rats/group. As Control Model(Group 4), Free Epigastric flap was not irradiated after operation was chosen on 30 rats. The amount of irradiation was single fraction of 20 Gy using as linear megavoltage accelerator. Difference between Experimental and Control group was evaluated by the method of clinical examination, histopatholoical findings, biochemical analysis and DNA activity at postoperative 1, 3, 7, 14 and 28 days. The results were as follows, 1. Skin color and new epithelization in group 2 and 3 was similar to control group clinically. 2. Postoperarive patency of femoral artery and vien showed 5% and 22% of ischemity. 3. The externa, media and intima of irradiated femoral artery and vein were similar to control group histopathlogically. 4. Granulation and collagen tissue accumulation of irradiated groups were more active due to degenerative and fibrotic changes than control group at postoperative 7 days histopathologically. 5. The hydroxyproline content of all experimental groups were reduced till 14 days and the group 2 was most prominent at postoperative 7 and 28 days(p<0.05). 6. DNA activities of all groups were reduced till 3 days, but begun to recover at 7 days and more activities in control group than irradiated group(p<0.05). Based on the above results, the clinical healing process of free flaps with irradiated postoperative 24 hrs little difference from control group without complications.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.783-787
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• 2015

This procedure was developed for preservation of the rectus muscle components and deep inferior epigastric vessel after deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap harvesting. A 53-year-old woman with granuloma caused by silicone injection underwent bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomies and immediate reconstruction with "mini-flow-through" DIEP flaps. The flaps were dissected based on the single largest perforator with a short segment of the lateral branch of the deep inferior epigastric vessel that was transected as a free flap for breast reconstruction. The short segments of the donor deep inferior epigastric vessel branch are primarily end-to-end anastomosed to each other. A short T-shaped pedicle mini-flow-through DIEP flap is interposed in the incised recipient's internal mammary vessels with two arterial and four concomitant venous anastomoses. Although it requires multiple vascular anastomoses and a short pedicle for the flap setting, the mini-flow-through DIEP flap provides a large pedicle caliber, enabling safer microsurgical anastomosis and well-vascularized tissue for creating a natural breast without consuming time or compromising the rectus muscle components and vascular flow of both the deep inferior epigastric and internal mammary vessels.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.55-58
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• 2012

We experienced satisfactory outcomes by synchronously transplanting an artery and vein using an anterolateral thigh flap pedicle between the vascular pedicle and recipient vessel of a flap for scalp reconstruction. A 45-year-old man developed a subdural hemorrhage due to a fall injury. In this patient, the right temporal cranium was missing and the patient had $4{\times}3cm$ and $6{\times}5cm$ scalp defects. We planned a scalp reconstruction using a latissimus dorsi free flap. Intraoperatively, there was a severe injury to the right superficial temporal vessel because of previous neurosurgical operations. A 15 cm long pedicle defect was needed to reach the recipient facial vessels. For the vascular graft, the descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery and two venae comitantes were harvested. The flap survived well and the skin graft was successful with no notable complications. When an interposition graft is needed in the reconstruction of the head and neck region for which mobility is mandatory to a greater extent, a sufficient length of graft from an anterolateral flap pedicle could easily be harvested. Thus, this could contribute to not only resolving the disadvantages of a venous graft but also to successfully performing a vascular anastomosis.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2007

Introduction: Microsurgical replantation of amputated digit have become common procedure in recent years. However replantation of fingertip amputation, Zone I by Yamano classification, is still difficult because digital arteries branch into small arteries and also digital veins are hard to separate from the immobile soft tissue. So, fingertip amputation was covered by volar V-Y flap, composite graft, cross finger flap and groin flap. But patients who have been treated by these methods experience shortening of digit, nail deformity, excessive tenderness and persistent pain. Replantation could solve most of these problems. Material & Methods: In our department, from March 2004 to August 2007, 36 digits in 32 patients with complete amputation at distal to nail base were replanted using a microsurgical technique. Results: The overall survival rate of the replanted finger was 75%. Venous anastomosis was possible in 8 cases and impossible in 28 cases. In latter cases external bleeding technique was applied with medical leech. Conclusion: After replantation, a few patient complained decreased sensibility, nail deformity and cold intolerance. But most of patients were satisfied with the functional and cosmetic appearance of the viable replanted digits. We believe the replantation should be the first choice in fingertip amputation.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2008

Segmental defects of the tibia after open fractures, sepsis and a tumor surgery are among the most difficult and challenging clinical problems. Tibia defects in these situations are complicated with infection and are resistant to conventional bone grafting techniques. The aim of this study is to report the results and discuss the role of free flap followed by ipsilateral vascularized fibular transposition (IVFT) for reconstruction of tibia defects. Ten patients had free flap followed by IVFT in the period 1989~2007. Mean age was 25.3 years. The patients were followed for an average of 3.4 years. All flaps were survived including 1 case with venous thrombosis requiring additional surgery. The average time to union of proximal and distal end was 5.2 months, 8.2 months, each other. All transposed fibula were viable at last follow-up. IVFT offers the advantages of a vascularized graft. In patients with large bone and soft tissue defects combined with infection, free flap followed by IVFT is an useful and reliable method without microvascular anastomosis.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2008

In the past decade, there has been increasing breast reconstructions after mastectomy, and the abdomen has been the gold standard for donor site. TRAM (transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous), MSTRAM (muscle sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous), DIEP (deep inferior epigastric artery perforator), SIEA (superficial inferior epigastric artery) flap has been widely used nowadays. Among them, DIEP free flap spares the whole rectus abdominis muscle and anterior rectus sheath resulting in decreased donor site morbidity. Between March of 2006 and February of 2008, six patients had undergone immediate breast reconstructions using DIEP free flap. The mean age of patients was 48.5 years. All patients had unilateral breast reconstructions. We dissected two perforators which were included in the unilateral pedicle. Thoracodorsal artery and its venae comitantes were chosen as recipient vessels. For venous anastomosis, we used the GEM Microvascular Anastomotic Coupler System (Synovis Micro Companies Alliance, Inc., Birmingham, Ala.) in four cases. All flaps were survived completely except one who showed fatty abdomen in old age. She showed repetitive vascular spasm intraoperatively. None of the patients had abdominal hernia, bulge or weakness. We believe that DIEP free flap provides a reliable method for autologous breast reconstruction if the patients are selected appropriately and performed by a skillful surgeon.