• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.284-288
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• 2009

Objective : Our retrospective study aimed to determine whether 16-slice computerized tomography (CT) angiography optimized sharp kernel is suitable for the evaluation of visibility, luminal patency and re-stenosis of intracranial stents in comparison with conventional angiography. Methods : Fifteen patients with symptomatic intracranial stenotic lesions underwent balloon expandable stent deployment of these lesions (10 middle cerebral arteries, 2 intracranial vertebral arteries, and 3 intracranial internal carotid arteries). CT angiography follow-up ranged from 6 to 15 months (mean follow-up, 8 months) after implantation of intracranial stents and conventional angiography was confirmed within 2 days. Curved multiplanar reformations with maximal intensity projection (MIP) with optimal window settings for assessment of lumen of intracranial stents were evaluated for visible lumen diameter, stent patency (contrast distal to the stent as an indirect sign), and re-stenosis by two experienced radiologists who blinded to the reports from the conventional angiography. Results : All of stents deployed into symptomatic stenotic lesions. All stents were classified as patent and no re-stenosis, which was correlated with results of conventional angiography. Parts of the stent lumen could be visualized in all cases. On average, 57% of the stent lumen diameter was visible using optimized sharp kernel. Significant improvement of lumen visualization (22%, p<0.01) was observed using the optimized sharp kernel compared with the standard sharp kernel. Inter-observer agreements on the measurement of lumen diameter and density were judged as good, respectively (p<0.05). Conclusion : Sixteen-slice CT using the optimized sharp kernel may provide a useful information for evaluation of lumen diameter patency, and re-stenosis of intracranial stents.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.322-326
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• 2011

Objective : Stenting of symptomatic intracranial stenosis has recently become an alternative treatment modality. However, urgent intracranial stenting in patients with intracranial stenosis following a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke is open to dispute. We sought to assess the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of urgent intracranial stenting for severe stenosis (>70%) in TIA or minor stroke patients. Methods : Between June 2009 and October 2010, stent-assisted angioplasty by using a balloon-expandable coronary stent for intracranial severe stenosis (>70%) was performed in 7 patients after TIA and 5 patients after minor stroke (14 stenotic lesions). Technical success rates, complications, angiographic findings, and clinical outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. Results : Stenting was successful in all 12 patients. The mean time from symptom onset to stenting was 2.1 days (1-8 days). Post-procedural angiography showed restoration to a normal luminal diameter in all patients. In-stent thrombosis occurred in one patient (n=1, 8.3%), and was lysed with abciximab. No device-related complications, such as perforations or dissections at the target arteries or intracranial hemorrhaging, occurred in any patient. The mortality rate was 0%. No patient had an ischemic event over the mean follow-up period of 12.5 months (range, 7-21 months), and follow-up angiography (n=7) revealed no significant in-stent restenosis (>50%). Conclusion : Urgent recanalization with stenting is feasible, safe, and effective in patients with TIA or acute minor stroke with intracranial stenosis of ${\geq}$ 70%.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제85권2호
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• pp.258-269
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• 2024

관상동맥병 환자의 치료에 풍선팽창스텐트 치료는 현재 가장 흔히 시행되는 관상동맥재개통 치료법이다. 그러나 경피적 관상동맥 중재술 이후 재협착은 여전히 주요 합병증으로 남아 있다. 스텐트 재협착을 진단하기 위한 도구로서 관상동맥 CT 조영술(coronary CT angiography; 이하 CCTA)는 과거에는 주로 번짐허상과 움직임허상으로 인해 내강을 정확히 판단하기 어려워 그 역할이 제한적이었다. 따라서 정확한 확인을 위해서 침습적인 고식적 관상동맥 조영술로 넘어가는 경우가 많았다. 그러나 근래 CT 기술의 발달로 민감도와 특이도가 모두 개선되면서 그 역할이 중요해지고 있으며, 특히 일관되게 음성예측도가 높게 보고되고 있다. 본 종설에서는 CCTA를 이용한 관상동맥 스텐트 재협착 진단의 과거와 현재, 그리고 최신 동향에 대해 알아보고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.927-930
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• 2006

생후 13일, 체중 2.2 kg의 여아가 기능적 단심증으로 하이브리드 술식을 받았다. 환아의 진단은 '삼첨판 폐쇄, 완전 대혈관 전위, 심한 대동맥 축착 및 동맥관 의존형 전신 순환'이었으며, Norwood형의 수술을 시행하기에는 미숙아, 저체중, 괴사성 장염 등 위험인자가 너무 많아서 수술 범위를 최소화 하는 하이브리드 술식을 시행하기로 하고 수술장에서 정중흉골 절개 하에 양쪽 폐동맥 띠조임술, 동맥관 내 스텐트 삽입 및 역행성 Blalock-Taussig 단락술을 시행하였다. 수술 후 복부 팽만 및 유미복수 등 다소 어려운 경과를 보였지만 술 후 33일째 퇴원할 수 있었고 퇴원 후 4개월에는 성공적인 2차 수술을 시행하였다. 환아는 2차 수술 후 4개월째 외래 관찰 중이며 정상 발육을 보이고 있다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권5호
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• pp.590-597
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• 2020

Objective : Covered stenting is an optional strategy for traumatic carotid pseudoaneurysm, especially in malignant conditions of potential rupture, but the long-term outcomes are not clear. Our aim was to determine if covered stenting is an effective option for traumatic carotid pseudoaneurysm with promising long-term outcomes. Methods : Self-expanding Viabahn and balloon-expandable Willis covered stents were separately implanted for extra- and intracranial traumatic carotid pseudoaneurysm. The covered stent was placed across the distal and proximal pseudoaneurysm leakage under roadmap guidance. Procedural success was defined as technical success (complete exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm and patency of the parent artery) without a primary end point (any stroke or death within 30 days after the procedure). Long-term outcomes were evaluated as ischemic stroke in the territory of the qualifying artery by clinical follow-up through outpatient or telephone consultation and as the exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm and patency of the parent artery by imaging follow-up through angiography. Results : Five patients with traumatic carotid pseudoaneurysm who underwent covered stenting were enrolled. The procedural success rate was 100%. No ischemic stroke in the territory of the qualifying artery was recorded in any of the five patients during a mean clinical follow-up of 44±16 months. Complete exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm and patency of the parent artery were maintained in all five patients during a mean imaging follow-up of 39±16 months. Conclusion : Satisfactory procedural and long-term outcomes were obtained, suggesting that covered stenting is an effective option for traumatic carotid pseudoaneurysm.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.494-503
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• 1994

연구배경: 기관 및 기관지결핵으로 인한 반흔성 기도협착으로 호흡곤란을 호소하는 환자들을 대상으로 Nd-YAG 레이저치료를 시행하고 그 효과를 조사하였다. 방법: 기관 및 기관지결핵으로 기도내경이 1~4mm로 심한 반흔성 기도협착이 있는 환자들을 대상으로 하였으며, 기도협착을 내시경소견에 따라 횡경막형, 허탈형 및 복합형으로 분류하고 허탈형의 기도협착은 치료대상에서 제외하고 횡경막형과 복합형의 기도협착이 있는 10명의 환자들을 대상으로 굴곡성기관지경을 통해 Nd- YAG 레이저 치료를 시행하였다. 치료효과는 치료 후 1개월에 주관적인 증상의 호전과 객관적인 검사성적의 호전 유무를 조사하여 평가하였다. 결과: 1) 기도협착의 형태는 횡경막형 1예, 복합형이 9예로 대부분 복합형이었다. 2) 기도협착 부위는 기관 2예, 좌주기관지 6예 등이었고 증상발현 기간은 12.7개월이었다. 3) 레이저치료 횟수는 평균 3.3회였고 총조사량은 평균 865 joule이었다. 4) 기도내경은 치료전 평균 1.8mm에서 치료 후 5.5mm로 유의하게 증가되었다(p<0.05). 5) 10예 가운데 8예에서 측정한 노력성폐활량(FVC)은 치료 전 평균 2.62L에서 치료 후 3.04L로 유의하게 증가되었고, 노력성폐활량 1초치도 평균 1.81L에서 치료 후 2.22L로 유의하게 증가되었다(p<0.05). 6) 10예 가운데 8예는 치료 후 호전되었으나 성대 직하방에서 용골까지 심한 기도협착이 광범위하게 있었던 1예와 기관지의 굴곡변형이 심했던 1예는 호전이 없었다. 7) 출혈 및 천공과 같은 레이저치료에 따르는 합병증은 없었으며 치료 후 호전되었던 8예는 평균 31.9개월 간의 추적기간 동안 이러한 호전이 지속되었다. 결론: 이상의 결과로 기관 및 기관지결핵으로 인한 반흔성 기도협착이 있는 환자에서 기관지경적적 Nd-YAG 레이저치료는 기도협착의 개선에 도움이 되는 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2013

Introduction: Surgical treatment of subclavian artery (SA) injury is challenging because approaching the lesion directly and clamping the proximal artery is difficult. This can be overcome by using an endovascular technique. Case 1: A 37-year-old male was drawn into the concrete mixer truck. He had a right SA injury with multiple traumatic injuries: an open fracture of the right leg with posterior tibial artery (PTA) injury, a right hemothorax, and fractures of the clavicle, scapula, ribs, cervical spine and nasal bone. The injury severity score (ISS) was 27. Computed tomography (CT) showed a 30-mm-length thrombotic occlusion in the right SA, which was 15 mm distal to the vertebral artery (VA). A self-expandable stent($8mm{\times}40mm$ in size) was deployed through the right femoral artery while preserving VA flow, and the radial pulse was palpable after deployment. Other operations were performed sequentially. He had a viable right arm during a 13-month follow-up period. Case 2: A 25-year-old male was admitted to our hospital due to a motorcycle accident. The ISS was 34 because of a hemothorax and open fractures of the mandible and the left hand. Intraoperative angiography was done through a right femoral artery puncture. Contrast extravasation of the SA was detected just outside the left rib cage. After balloon catheter had been inflated just proximal to the bleeding site, direct surgical exploration was performed through infraclavicular skin incision. The transected SA was identified, and an interposition graft was performed using a saphenous vein graft. Other operations were performed sequentially. He had a viable left arm during a 15-month follow-up period. Conclusion: The challenge of repairing an SA injury can be overcome by using an endovascular approach.