• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.973-976
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• 1994

Angiomatosis [ or Diffuse Hemangima] is a rare condition in which large segments of the body are involved by proliferating vessels. By now, some authers say that this lesion begins during early intrauterine life when the limb buds form, grow proportionately with the fetus, and consequently affect large areas of the trunk or extremity. The majority of angiomatoses present during childhood or infancy as swelling, induration, or discoloration of the affected area. The patient was 13 year old male and had no specific signs and symptoms except palpable mass on the left lateral chest wall from childhood and a painful tender mass on the posterior chest wall for 5 days before admission. The chest PA showed no abnormalities.The operation was done with the resection of left 10th rib and 9th and 10th intercostal muscles including masses and the ligation of the both intercostal and feeding vessels of the masses. The pathologic result was angiomatosis involving intercostal muscles and rib.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.1027-1034
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• 1990

Pectus excavatum, commonest developmental anomaly of chest wall, is manifested by depression of the sternum and lower costal cartilages that is of surgical interest. From 1982 through 1990, fifteen patients have undergone surgery for treatment of pectus excavatum and treated by Ravitch operation: 5, Modified Ravitch operation; 4, Wada operation, 1 and Modified Wada operation, 5. There was familial history of pectus excavatum in 3 patients. Associated congenital anomaly were seen in 6 patients; scoliosis in 3 patients, right inguinal hernia in 1, polydactyly in 1 and patent ductus arteriosus in 1 patent. Postoperative minor complications were developed in 3 cases; pneumothorax, 2 cases; pleural effusion, 2 cases; wound infection and dehiscence, 1 cases; pressure sore due to strut malposition, 2 cases; flail chest and 2 cases; seroma. The incidence of the postoperative complications were more common in cases who were treated by metal strut, pin or other prosthetic materials for supporting the chest wall integrity than the standard corrective procedure. All cases have no recurrence of chest wall depression and operative death.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.843-846
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• 2000

Primary hemangiopericytoma of chest wall is very rate and only a few cases have ever been reported. The tumor aries from the capillary pericyte of Zimmerman. It is a highly vascular slow growing tumor which can be calssified as both malignant and benign varieties. We report a case of a 66 year-old man in whom recurrent hemangiopericytoma was treated by complete surgical excision. In October 1993 he had received surgical excision of hemangiopericytoma on posterior chest wall. For more than 6 years after the operation he was in good condition until a recurrent mass was found on the chest X-ray. The patient was discharged 9 days after the operation and is receiving radiotherapy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.855-857
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• 1999

흉벽의 임파관종은 전 세계적으로 매우 드물게 보고 되어있다. 본원에서는 16세의 여자환자로 우측 상부 후측방 흉벽에 반복적으로 나타나는 거대 종괴를 주소로 내원한 임파관종 환자를 치험하였다. 진단은 이학 적 검사와 흉부 핵자기공명 촬영, 동위원소 임파관 촬영술을 실시하였으며 조직검사로 확진하였다. 치료는 외과적 완전 절제를 하였으며 술후 반복적 림프액의 유출로 수술부위에 vibramycin을 주사하였다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2007

Penetrating chest trauma caused by the components of one's own car is rare in motor vehicle accidents. We experienced two cases of penetrating chest injury caused by the sideview mirror of the patient's vehicle. One was a 25-year-old man. The sideview mirror penetrated the left chest, went through the diaphragm, and ruptured the spleen. He was in shock upon arrival at the emergency room. An emergency thoracotomy and laparotomy were done. The ruptured spleen was resected, the lung and the diaphragm were debrided and repaired, and the chest wall was reconstructed. The other patient was a 57-year-old male, who was transported to our emergency room with the sideview mirror of his truck stuck into his right chest wall as the result of an accident. He also had a right Bennet's fracture and an open fracture of the right tibia. Air had been sucked into the right pleural cavity through the wound. Multiple rib fractures and lung lacerations had also occurred. Removal of the sideview mirror, repair of the lacerated lung, and reconstruction of chest wall were done immediately. Both patients recovered without complication and were discharged.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.183-187
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• 2022

Flail chest is a critical medical condition in which multiple segmentally fractured adjacent ribs cause paradoxical movement of the thoracic cage in patients with severe blunt trauma injury. Surgical stabilization is considered essential in patients who require mechanical ventilation. However, there is no consensus on which surgical procedure to choose among the various available techniques or when to perform surgery. We report the case of a patient with traumatic anterior flail chest due to bilateral multiple fractures of the ribs requiring surgical stabilization in whom weaning from mechanical ventilation had failed. The Nuss procedure using double bars with the bridge technique was performed for chest wall stabilization. The patient was weaned from mechanical ventilation on postoperative day 44 and she underwent bar removal on postoperative day 71. After extensive rehabilitation for multiple trauma, she was discharged successfully. The patient currently shows no recurrence of chest wall depression in outpatient follow-up.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.155-161
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• 1998

1979년 1월부터 1996년 8월까지 전북대학교병원 흉부외과에서 치료한 원발성 흉벽종양은 51례이다. 원발성 종양을 가진 환자의 평균 나이는 36.1세이고 남자는 32명, 여자는 19명이었다. 양성종양이 40례(78.4%), 악성종양이 11례(21.6%)이었다. 증상은 국소 종괴가 가장 흔한 증상으로 32(62.7%)례에서 있었다. 골 및 연골 조직에서 발생한 경우는 32례(62.7%), 연부조직에서 발생한 경우는 19례(37.3%)이다. 양성 종양인 경우 3례에서는 광범위 절제술 및 흉벽 재건술이 시행되었고 37례에서는 절제술만 시행되었으며 현재까지 재발이나 종양관련 사망은 관찰되지 않았다. 악성 종양인 경우 광범위 절제술 및 재건술을 시행한 경우는 8례에서 시행되었다. 광범위 절제술이 시행된 5례에서는 Marlex Mesh, Prolene Mesh와 Teflon felt을 이용하여 흉벽 재건술이 시행되었다. 전 예에서 수술과 관련된 사망은 없었다. 광범위 절제술을 받은 악성종양 환자 중 5례(71.4%)가 생존하고 있다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.397-405
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• 2009

Purpose: Soft tissue defect of anterior chest wall is caused by trauma, infection, tumors and irradiation. To reconstruct damaged anterior chest wall does require to consider the patient's body condition, the cause, the location, the depth and the size of deletion, the circulation of surrounding tissue and minimization of functional and cosmetic disability. In this report, we suggest the algorithm of configuration for reconstruction methods. Methods: A retrospective study of 20 patients who underwent anterior chest wall reconstruction with pedicled musculocutaneous flap and fasciocutaneous flap was conducted. We collected the information of the patient's body condition, the cause, the size, the depth and the location of deletion, implemented flap and complication. We observed and evaluated flap compatibility, functional and cosmetic results. Patients completed survey about the extent to their satisfaction. Result: Follow up period after surgery was from 6 to 26 months, survival of flap were confirmed in all of patients' case. Two cases of local necrosis, one case of wound disruption were reported, but all these were cured by the debridement and primary closure. One hematoma and one seroma formation were observed in donor site. Longer surgery time, more bleeding amount and more transfusion volume were reported in the group of musculocutenous flap. Conclusion: Long term follow up result showed the successful reconstruction in all patients without recurrence and with minimal donor site morbidity. In addition, the patients' satisfaction for cosmetic and functional results were scaled relatively higher. This confirmed the importance of reconstruction algorithm for the chest wall reconstruction.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.445-448
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• 1997

폐암의 진단에 유용한 방법인 경피적 폐생검술에 미세바늘이 도입된 1970년대 이후 경피적 폐생검술 에 의한 폐암의 흉벽 전이는 아주 희귀하게 보고되고 있으며, 치명적 인 합병증으로 인식되고 있다. 저자들은 65세 남자로 폐암(편평상피세포암, T2N0M0)진단으로 우상엽과 우중엽의 양폐엽 절제술을 시행한 환자에서, 수술전 시행한 경피적 폐생검술 60일(폐절제술 48일)만에 흉벽에 촉지된 직경 1mm 의 돌기를 발견하였라.이 돌기는 20일 만에 직경 1.5cm의 화농성 종괴로급속히 성장하여 폐암의 흉벽 전이로 진단하고 ni생검술 80일째 종괴를 포함한 광범위 절제술과 피부 이식술을 시행하였다. 병리 조직 검사상 피부와 피하 지방 조직의 흉벽에 전이된 암으로 훤발성 폐암과 같은 편평상피세포암으로 확 인하였다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2024

A 6-year-old spayed female French Bulldog presented with a left-sided chest wall tumor. Physical examination revealed that the tumor was firmly adhered to the chest wall. A preoperative punch biopsy of the tumor revealed a grade 2 soft tissue sarcoma (STS). On computed tomography, the tumor's dimensions were assessed as 6.5 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm, and it exhibited invasiveness near the tissue surrounding the ninth rib. The tumor size was large in comparison to the dog's chest wall area. Hence, if the traditional wide-margin resection surgery were to be performed, primary wound closure seemed impractical and could potentially result in respiratory function complications. Therefore, considering the extent of tumor invasion and grade, deep margins were established to include the removal of the eighth to tenth ribs, and a 1-cm lateral margin was designated to enable primary wound closure. To reconstruct the chest wall, polypropylene mesh was attached to the adjacent ribs and the remaining muscles were sutured and covered over the mesh. The dog exhibited a rapid recovery beginning the day after the operation. Postoperative biopsy confirmed that the tumor was a grade 2 STS, and the surgical margins were evaluated as incomplete. The owner chose to pursue follow-up observation instead of chemotherapy. In this study, the surgical approach was chosen based on the importance of functional recovery after surgery. Recent research indicates that the tumor grade is more critical for postoperative prognosis than the extent of surgical margins when removing an STS.