• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.223-230
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• 2009

Purpose: Circular stapled gastrectomy has been the favored procedure with its feasibility and the shortened operative time, but anastomotic leakage, stenosis and bleeding have been reported as problems. The aim of this study was to identify what can be done to supplement the safety of this technique by examining the potential complications of performing circular stapled gastrojejunosomy after radical subtotal gastrectomy. Materials and Methods: As subjects, this study selected 1,391 patients who underwent gastrojejunostomy after radical subtotal gastrectomy because of gastric cancer at our Department of Surgery from Jan. 1998 to Dec. 2007. The patients were divided into Group I (n=479) who underwent hand-sewn gastrojejunostomy, Group II (n=48) who underwent linear stapled gastrojejunostomy and Group III (n=864) who underwent circular stapled gastrojejunostomy. Group III was re-divided into two subgroups on the basis of the point of time that a visual check was intraoperatively performed at the anastomotic site: Group III-A (n=198) before and Group III-B (n=666) after. The characteristics and complications of the patients were then compared. Results: For the comparison of the complications between Group I, Group II and Group III, anastomotic leakage was found in 7 cases (1.5%) in Group I, in 1 case (2.0%) in Group II and in 10 case (1.2%) in Group III, and anastomotic stenosis were found in 4 cases (0.8%) in Group I, 1 case (2.0%) in Group II and 5 case (0.6%) in Group III. Anastomotic bleeding was found in 32 cases (6.7%) in Group I, in 5 cases (10.4%) in Group II and in 67 cases (7.7%) in Group III. For the comparison of complications between Group III-A and Group III-B, anastomotic bleeding was found in 57 cases (28.8%) in Group III-A and 10 cases (1.5%) in Group III-B and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.037). Conclusion: Circular stapled gastrojejunostomy after radical subtotal gastrectomy is recommended because of the safety and feasibility of this technique, but bleeding at the anastomotic site may be the critical issue. In conclusion, direct inspection for bleeding at the anastomotic site during the operation will improve the safety of performing circular stapler anastomosis.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.103-108
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• 2006

Purpose: The circular stapled Billroth I gastrectomy has been gradually popularized because of several advantages. Thus, this study aims to identify what to be supplemented for the safety of this technique by examining the potential complication after the circular stapled Billroth I gastrectomy. Materials and Methods: This study selected 594 patients who underwent the circular stapled Billroth I gastrectomy because of the gastric cancer in our department of surgery from Jan. 1998 to Dec. 2004 as the subjects. As of Jan. 2001 when the bleeding on the anastomosis site was visually checked through the small incision at the opposite curvature to the lesion of the stomach to be resected and so the operation was completed, the patients were divided into the Group I (n=219) and Group II (n=375), which were the patients before and after Jan. 2001, respectively. Then, the clinical characteristics and postoperative anastomotic complications of both groups were compared. Results: For the comparison of complications between two groups, the anastomotic leakage was found in four cases in Group I and three cases in Group II (p=0.196). The stenosis on the anastomosis region was not observed in both groups. The bleeding on the anastomosis region illustrates the statistically significant difference between Group I and Group II, with 43 cases and 2 cases, respectively (P=0.0019). Conclusion: The circular stapled Billroth I gastrectomy is recommended because of several advantages of this technique. However, the bleeding on the anastomosis site may be indicated as the critical issue. Accordingly, the visual check on the bleeding on the anastomosis site during the operation will improve the safety of circular stapler.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.648-650
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• 2001

Bleeding from anastomotic site in operation for aorta has been troublesome, because it has influence on postoperative morbidity and mortality. Therefore, hemostasis is very important. We describe a simple and effective method for achieving hemostasis of the anastomotic site in aortic surgery. By wrapping around anastomotic site with remnant artificial vascular graft, we have acquired good results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.256-259
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• 2001

식도 결핵은 아주 드문 질환으로 연하곤란과 흉통이 가장 흔한 증상이면 다량의 토형은 드문 것으로 되어 있다. 본원에서는 다량의 토형을 동반한 식도 결핵에 의한 식도 대동맥루를 가진 환자를 지험했다. 4세 남자 환자는 다량의 토혈로 응습실을 통해 입원했다. 내원 당시 응급으로 시행한 내시경 검사상 incisor로부터 25cm 하방에 0.7 cm의 풍부한 혈관성의 육아종성 병변을 발견하고, 응급개흉술로 식도의 종양성 병변에 대해 쐐기 절제술을 시행하였다. 식도의 종양성 병변부위는 대동맥과 심게 유착되어 있었고 식도에서 대동맥쪽으로의 식도루를 이중 결찰했다. 환자는 술후 8일째 갑작스런 흉관을 통한 다량의 출혈과 구토 후 토형이 있어 응급 재 개흉술을 시행하여 대동맥파열과 식도 문합부 파열을 확인하였으나 더 이상의 교정이 불가능하여 사망하였다. 이에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.37 no.10
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• pp.880-883
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• 2004

The graft infection within the abdomen is a notorious condition, which usually develops serious complications of anastomotic rupture or distal embolism that ended in death. There has been many controversies in the treatment of an aortobiiliac graft infection and varying results have been reported. The authors treated a case of aortobiiliac graft infection after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. The operation was performed with re-aortobiiliac bypass using bilateral superficial femoral veins. The result was successful.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.152-159
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• 2007

Purpose: Recently, the use of laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy for early gastric cancer has been on the increase and the procedure has been quickly adopted by clincians. However, there are few reports regarding the safety and risk of this type of surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the morbidity and to verify the safety of laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy for early gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: A total of 376 patients that had undergone laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy for early gastric cancer between April 2004 and December 2006 were reviewed retrospectively. The clinicopathological characteristics, operative complications, and factors related to complications were evaluated. Results: The overall operative morbidity and mortality rates were 10.6% and 0%, intraoperative morbidity was 1.1% (4 of 376 patients) and post operative morbidity was 9.6% (36 of 376 patients). Most complications required no surgery except for an intestinal obstruction in two cases. Multivariate analysis of risk factors related to operative morbidity determined that age was an independent factor associated with morbidity (P=0.021). Conclusion: The complication rate of laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy is low and most complications can be managed by conservative methods rather than with surgery. There were no specific predicting factors for complications except old age. Laparoscopy is a technically feasible and acceptable surgical modality for early gastric cancer.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.232-236
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• 2008

Purpose: Laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer was introduced in the past decade because it was considered less invasive than open surgery, and this results in less postoperative pain, faster recovery and an improved quality of life. Several studies have demonstrated the safety and feasibility of this procedure. We examined the outcome of performing laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer over the last two year. Materials and Methods: From April 2004 to December 2006, 329 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma underwent a laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection. The data was retrospectively reviewed in terms of the clinicopathologic findings, the perioperative outcomes and the complications. Results: The total patient group was comprised 196 men (59.6%) and 133 women (40.4%). The mean BMI was 23.6 and the mean tumor size was 2.7 cm. The mean number of harvested lymph node was 22.7, and this was 18.6 before 30 cases and 23.1 after 30 cases, and the difference was significant (P=0.02). The mean operation time was 180.9 min, and this was than 287.9 min before 30 cases and 170.2 min after 30 cases. After 30 cases, there was a significant improvement of the operation time (P<0.01). The mean incision length after 30 cases was shorter than that before 30 cases (P<0.01). Postoperative complications occurred in 24 (7.3%) of 329 patients and there was no conversion to open surgery. Conclusion: Even though the LADG was accompanied by a difficult learning curve, we successfully performed 329 LADG procedures over the past 2 years and we believe that LADG is a safe, feasible operation for treating most early gastric cancers (EGC).

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.39 no.10 s.267
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• pp.786-790
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• 2006

An anastomotic pseudoaneurysm after the aortic replacement surgery is a rare complication which could be lethal when it ruptures. So it should be corrected whenever it is found after the aortic surgery. The authors performed three surgical corrections in 2 cases. The first case is type 8 chronic aortic dissection with abdominal aortic aneurysm. After an abdominal aortic replacement, the patient developed an anastomotic pseudoaneurysm. We treated him with a thoracoabdominal aortic replacement. The second case is ruputred throacoabdominal aortic aneurysm. After a thoracoabdominal aortic replacement, the patient developed an anastomotic pseudoaneurysm in the proximal anastomosis. We treated her with aortic arch replacement. But She developed another pseudoaneurysm in the aortic root anastomotic site. So we performed secondary operation to reinforce the anastomosis. They all recovered from the operations without any complication and are being followed up.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.52-56
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• 2006

A 69-year old man presented with severe epigastric pain for 1 day. He had early gastric cancer at the antrum and underwent a distal subtotal gastrectomy and Billorth II gastrojejunostomy one month later without any post-operative complications. Radiologic examination revealed a large amount of retroperitoneal free air formation. Because of unremitting pain and unstable vital sign, exploratory laparotomy was followed. During the operation, a perforated duodenal diverticulum at the posterior wall of the 2nd portion of the duodenum was identified. He underwent diverticulectomy and primary closure. He was discharged on the 18th post operative day and has been followed up without any evidence of comlpication for several months.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2012

담관 낭종은 흔하지는 않지만, 외과적 절제가 필요한 주요 질환이다. 절제하지 않고 남겨두면 다른 질환으로의 이환이나 다양한 합병증에 의한 사망까지도 야기할 수 있기 때문에 적절한 수술적 치료가 필수적이다. 최근 수술에 따른 다양한 문제들이 계속 보고되고 있으며, 출생 전이나 건강 검진 시 발견되는 무증상의 담관 낭종의 수술 시기에 대해서도 아직 논란이 되고 있다. 저자들은 1995년부터 2009년까지 담관 낭종으로 수술 받은 환자 중 수술 받을 당시의 연령이 18세 이하인 32명 환자의 임상 양상과 수술 기록을 후향적으로 분석하여, 수술 성적에 영향을 주는 요인들을 알아보고자 하였다. 전체 32명 중 남자 10명, 여자 22명이었으며, 수술 당시의 평균 연령은 5.4세였다. 췌담관 합류이상은 9명(28.1%)이었으며, 평균 추적 관찰 기간은 34.6개월이었다. 술 전 증상을 호소한 환자는 30명(93.8%)이었으며, 복통(63.3%), 황달(40.0%), 구토(23.3%), 복부종물(16.7%), 발열(16.7%)등의 순서였다. 술 전 혈액 검사에서 AST/ALT의 상승이 18명(56.3%), 고빌리루빈혈증이 8명, 백혈구 증가증이 7명(21.9%)이었다. 술 후 합병증은 5명(15.6%)에서 나타났는데, 2명은 담관염이었고, 나머지 3명은 문합부 협착, 술 후 출혈, 장 폐쇄가 각각 1명 있었다. 술 후 평균 재원 기간은 12.2일 이었으며, 추적 관찰 기간 중 3명(9.0%)이 재입원 하였다. 수술 성적에 영향을 미치는 요인으로, 수술 당시의 나이가 많을수록 평균 수술 시간과 재원 기간이 증가하였다(p=0.004, p=0.028). 증상이 있었던 환자군에서 무증상 환자군보다 재원 기간이 더 길었다(p=0.001). 또한 췌담관 합류이상이 있었던 환자군에서 재입원율이 유의하게 높았다(p=0.005). 소아의 담관 낭종은 진단이 되면 증상 발현 전이라도 조기에 수술하는 것이 수술 시간 및 재원 기간을 단축시킬 수 있으며, 췌담관 합류이상이 동반된 경우에는 술 후에 재입원할 가능성이 높으므로 주의깊게 추적 관찰하는 것이 바람직할 것이다.