• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2007

Objective : The authors tried to reveal some unique features of lipomeningomyelocele (LMMC), including clinical presentation, factors precipitating onset of symptoms, pathologic entities of LMMC associated with tethered cord syndrome, and surgical outcome in LMMC patients. Methods : Seventy-five patients with LMMC were enrolled in this study. Neuro-imaging and intraoperative findings allowed classification of LMMC into three Types. The patients were divided into two groups by age : A (51 patients), from birth to 3 years, and B (24 patients), from 3 to 24 years. For prevention of retethering of the cord, a mega-dural sac rebuilding procedure was performed in 15 patients. Results : During a mean postoperative follow-up period of 4 years, the surgical outcome was satisfactory in terms of improved pain and motor weakness, but disappointing with reference to the resolution of bowel and bladder dysfunction. Among these 75 patients with LMMC, preoperative deficits were improved after surgery in 29 (39%), remained stable in 28 (37%), changed slightly in 13 (17%), and worsened in 5 (7%). Patients in group A achieved better outcomes than those in group B. Depending on the type of lesion, patients with types I and II LMMC have better outcomes than those with type III LMMC. Finally, retethering of the cord with neurological deterioration occurred in 4 (5.3%) of the 75 patients, but no retethering was found in the 15 patients who were recently treated with a mega-dural sac rebuilding procedure. Conclusion : Our data continue to support the opinion that early diagnosis and optimal surgery are still essential for the treatment of patients with LMMC, since there is a high likelihood of residual neurological functions that can be preserved. Based on our surgical experience of untethering and decompression of lipomas, a mega-dural sac repair is useful to prevent retethering of the cord.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1217-1221
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• 1998

배경:식도-위 문합술시 EEA stapler가 도입됨으로써 문합부 누출의 발생을 줄여 술후 사망률의 감소에 기여하게 되었으나 문합부 협착의 발생이 수기봉합에 비해 높은 단점이 있다. EEA stapler를 이용한 식도-위 문합술시 문합부 협착의 발생을 줄이고, 또 문합부 협착의 치료에 도움이 되고자 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1986년 1월부터 1996년 12월 까지 약 11년간 고신대학교 의학부 흉부외과에서 EEA stapler를 이용하여 식도-위 문합술을 시행한 195명의 환자 중 술후 조기에 사망한 10명를 제외한 185명를 대상으로 문합부 협착에 대한 분석을 시행하였다. 결과: 문합부 협착은 185명의 환자 중 39명에서 발생하여 21%의 발생율을 나타내었고 발생시기는 술후 1개월에서 3개월 사이에 25례(64.1%)로 가장 많이 발생하였다. 문합부 협착이 발생한 환자군과 발생하지 않은 환자군 사이에 연령의 차이는 없었으며 문합의 위치에 따른 문합부 협착의 발생율은 흉곽 입구부에서 문합한 환자군에서 기관분기 하부에서 문합한 환자군에 비해 조금 높았으나 통계학적인 유의성은 없었다. 문합시 사용된 cartridge의 크기와 문합부 협착의 발생율의 비교에서 작은 cartridge를 사용한 예에서 문합부 협착의 발생율이 높게 나타났다(p=0.04). 결론: 이상의 결과로 EEA stapler를 이용하여 식도-위 문합술시 가능한 큰 cartridge를 사용함으로써 문합부 협착의 발생을 줄일수 있을 것으로 사료되며 문합부 협착이 발생한 경우에는 1∼2회의 풍선확장술의 시행이 안전하고 확실한 치료방법으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2012

Background: The conventional method of aortic cross-clamping is very difficult and increases the risk of cerebral infarct due to embolism of the calcified aorta in these patients. Accordingly, we analyzed our experience with 11 cases of ascending aorta and aortic valve replacement with hypothermic circulatory arrest. Materials and Methods: From January 2002 to December 2009, 11 patients had ascending aorta and aortic valve replacement with hypothermic arrest at our hospital. We performed a retrospective study. Results: There were 5 males and 6 females, with a mean age of 68 years (range, 44 to 82 years). Eight patients had aortic stenosis, and 3 patients had aortic regurgitation. An aortic cannula was inserted into the right axillary artery in 3 patients and ascending aorta in 6 patients. Two patients with aortic regurgitation had a remote access perfusion catheter inserted though the right femoral artery. The mean cardiopulmonary bypass time was 180 minutes (range, 110 to 306 minutes) and mean hypothermic circulatory arrest time was 30 minutes (range, 20 to 48 minutes). The mean rectal temperature during hypothermic circulatory arrest was $21^{\circ}C$ (range, $19^{\circ}C$ to $23^{\circ}C$). No patient had any new onset of cerebral infarct or cardiovascular accident after surgery. There was no hospital mortality. Early complications occurred in 1 patient who needed reoperation due to postoperative bleeding. Late complications occurred in 1 patient who underwent a Bentall operation due to prosthetic valve endocarditis. The mean follow-up duration was 32 months (range, 1 month to 8 years) and 1 patient died suddenly due to unknown causes after 5 years. Conclusion: Patients with a calcified aorta can be safely treated with a technique based on aorta and aortic valve replacement under hypothermic circulatory arrest.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.367-376
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• 1997

저자등은 1992년 1월 1일부터 1996년 12월 31일까지 최근 5년간 전남대학교병원 구강악안면외과에 입원하여 치료받은 환자중 추적이 가능한 중안면골 골절 환자 234례에 대해 임상통계학적 비교 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 남녀비는 5.3 : 1로 남자에서 호발하였고, 연령별로는 20대, 30대, 10대순으로, 월별로는 8월, 5월, 9월과 10월 순으로 발생하였다. 발생원인은 자동차사고, 추락사고, 오토바이 사고의 순이었고, 골절부위로는 관골-상악골 복합골절이 86례로 가장 많았다. 연관 손상으로는 안면열상이 가장 많았으며 신경외과적 손상, 하악골 골절순이었다. 수상후 수술시 까지 경과시간은 1주일이내가 55%였다. 사용된 금속판수는 관골 또는 상악골 단독골절시에는 2개, 관골-상악골 복합 골절시에는 3개, Le Fort I, Le Fort I, II ; II, III ; I, III ; Le Fort I,II,III 골절시에는 각각 4개, 5.5개, 7개였다. 술후 합병증으로는 감염 7례, 안면비대칭 6례, 안구함몰증 5례, 부정교합 2례로 모두 20례(8%)가 발생하였다. 이상의 결과는 중안면골 골절시에 골절 부위와 환자의 전신상태 및 연관 손상에 대한 신속한 진단과 치료가 필요하고 타과와의 협동 치료가 이루어져야 함을 시사하였다.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.37-51
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• 2012

New generation of tall and complex buildings systems are now introduced that are reflective of the latest development in materials, design, sustainability, construction, and IT technologies. While the complexity in design is being overcome by the availability and advances in structural analysis tools and readily advanced software, the design of these buildings are still reliant on minimum code requirements that yet to be validated in full scale. The involvement of the author in the design and construction planning of Burj Khalifa since its inception until its completion prompted the author to conceptually develop an extensive survey and real-time structural health monitoring program to validate all the fundamental assumptions mad for the design and construction planning of the tower. The Burj Khalifa Project is the tallest structure ever built by man; the tower is 828 meters tall and comprises of 162 floors above grade and 3 basement levels. Early integration of aerodynamic shaping and wind engineering played a major role in the architectural massing and design of this multi-use tower, where mitigating and taming the dynamic wind effects was one of the most important design criteria established at the onset of the project design. Understanding the structural and foundation system behaviors of the tower are the key fundamental drivers for the development and execution of a state-of-the-art survey and structural health monitoring (SHM) programs. Therefore, the focus of this paper is to discuss the execution of the survey and real-time structural health monitoring programs to confirm the structural behavioral response of the tower during construction stage and during its service life; the monitoring programs included 1) monitoring the tower's foundation system, 2) monitoring the foundation settlement, 3) measuring the strains of the tower vertical elements, 4) measuring the wall and column vertical shortening due to elastic, shrinkage and creep effects, 5) measuring the lateral displacement of the tower under its own gravity loads (including asymmetrical effects) resulting from immediate elastic and long term creep effects, 6) measuring the building lateral movements and dynamic characteristic in real time during construction, 7) measuring the building displacements, accelerations, dynamic characteristics, and structural behavior in real time under building permanent conditions, 8) and monitoring the Pinnacle dynamic behavior and fatigue characteristics. This extensive SHM program has resulted in extensive insight into the structural response of the tower, allowed control the construction process, allowed for the evaluation of the structural response in effective and immediate manner and it allowed for immediate correlation between the measured and the predicted behavior. The survey and SHM programs developed for Burj Khalifa will with no doubt pioneer the use of new survey techniques and the execution of new SHM program concepts as part of the fundamental design of building structures. Moreover, this survey and SHM programs will be benchmarked as a model for the development of future generation of SHM programs for all critical and essential facilities, however, but with much improved devices and technologies, which are now being considered by the author for another tall and complex building development, that is presently under construction.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.80-84
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• 2014

난치성 궤양성 소장결장염은 영아에게서 드물게 나타나는 만성 염증성 장 질환으로 1991년 처음으로 보고되었다. 난치성 궤양성 소장결장염은 주로 영아기에 구강 내 궤양에서 시작되어 항문주위 및 장 질환으로 진행되는 특징을 갖는다. 생후 18일 된 환아가 구강 내 궤양으로 감별할 수 있는 전신질환에 대해 알아보고자 본과로 의뢰 되었다. 당시 구강 내 궤양을 제외한 특이 사항은 없었으며 3주 뒤 혈변이 발생하였다. 대장 내시경 상에서 대장 내 거대 궤양이 발견되었으며 여러검사 결과 난치성 궤양성 소장결장염으로 진단되었다. 치과의사가 난치성 궤양성 소장결장염을 조기에 진단하는 것은 면역 억제제에 반응이 없는 본 질환에 대해 결장절제술을 신속하게 시행함으로써 증상의 완화와 질병의 진행을 막는데 효과적으로 대처할 수 있으므로 매우 중요하다. 또한 대부분의 난치성 궤양성 소장결장염 환아에게서 구강 내 궤양이 가장 먼저 발현되므로 이 질환의 증상과 특징에 대해 아는 것은 매우 의미 있을 것으로 사료되어 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.247-254
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• 1999

급성 유기인제 중독에서의 주사망 원인인 호흡부전은 급성 콜린성 위기시에 발생하지만 콜린성 위기에서 회복된 후 콜린양 증상의 동반없이 24-96시간에 근위부 사지근육, 경부굴근 및 운동뇌신경 분포근육의 무력증과 함께 호흡부전이 발생하기도 한다. 이를 IMS이라 하며 조기에 인지하고 적절히 치료하지 못했을 때 호흡근 마비로 사망 할 수 있어 모든 유기인제 중독환자를 최소 5일 이상 병원내에서 무호흡보조 치료에 대한 준비상태를 갖추고 근접관찰 하여야 한다. 저자들은 유기인제 중독에서 콜린성 위기 회복후 호흡부전을 유발한 IMS 2 례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.109-113
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• 2005

저자들은 중증 폐렴으로 인한 ARDS양상으로 내원한 임신 3개월의 속립성 결핵 환자를 경기관지 폐생검과 방사선 소견 및 임상양상을 종합적으로 고려하여 속립성 결핵에 의한 ARDS로 확진할 수 있었던 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.403-415
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• 1974

The author has investigated epidemiological features of human cases of epidemic encephalitis (E. E.) in the Republic of Korea and the status of antibody requisition in pre-and post-epidemic time. And virological and serological studies with regarding the relationship of E. E. infection between human and piglet, and field survey against its vector by means of virus isolation from mosquitoes were carried out. Finally, vaccine field trial against human population has also been evaluated in order to confirm its effectiveness. The results of the studies are summarized as follows : 1. The annual incidence of reported cases during the past 25 years (1949-1973) in the Republic of Korea has shown two patterns, one was typical cyclic incidence and the other one was irregular. Annual average morbidity and mortality rate per 100,000 population were 5.7 and 2.1 and fatality rate was 34.6% in typical cyclic years. 2. With regard to the geographical distribution of E. E., the province of Jeolla-Bug-Do illustrated the highest incidence regardless of the epidemic size. 3. The main epidemic period was between mid-August and mid-September (above 90% of the total number of cases). The first case was reported in middle of July and the epidemic ceased in late of October. 4. An analysis of the age distribution of cases of E. E., has shown that above 90% of the total cases occurred in the age groups under 14 years and it was noted that about its 54% were occurred in the age groups between 5-9 years group. 5. Through the Haemagglutination Inhibition (H-I) test for the laboratory diagnosis of E. E., it was found that higher H-I antibody titer was usually detected in the convalescent phase, 15 days after onset. 6. The H-I antibody survey against 563 healthy population by age groups during the pre-epidemic season showed that 422(75%) were less than H-I titer, 1:20 and 122(21.7%) were positive H-I titer, 1:20. Among the 94 American in Seoul who had not been in E. E. endemic area previously only one person had appeared sero-conversion as a H-I titer of 1:80 after post-epidemic season. 7. The E. E. virus could be isolated from the mosquitos pools-C, tritaeniorhyncus which were caught between late July and middle August. 8. E.E. Virus was also isolated from piglet blood on early August and H-I antibody conversion was occurred mostly on middle of August. 9. H-I antibody sero-conversion rate reached to high level when vaccine purified by mouse brain tissue inoculated, showing 98.9%. Higher antibody titer was acquired when booster inoculation was performed, Four fold rise of H-I add N-T antibodies was confirmed with 93.2% and 82.1% respectively.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권17호
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• pp.7967-7973
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• 2015

Background: The abrupt rise of colorectal cancer in developing countries is raising concern in healthcare settings. Studies on assessing relationships with modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors in the Pakistani population have been limited. The present investigation was designed to examine associations of dietary practices, addictive behavior and bowel habits in developing colorectal cancer (CRC) among patients in a low-resource setup. Materials and Methods: An age-gender matched case control study was conducted from October 2011 to July 2015 in Karachi, Pakistan. Cases were from the surgical oncology department of a public sector tertiary care hospital, while their two pair-matched controls were recruited from the general population. A structured questionnaire was used which included questions related to demographic characteristics, family history, dietary patterns, addictive behavior and bowel habits. Results: A family history of cancer was associated with a 2.2 fold higher chance of developing CRC. Weight loss reduced the likelihood 7.6 times. Refraining from a high fat diet and consuming more vegetables showed protective effects for CRC. The risk of CRC was more than twice among smokers and those who consumed Asian specific addictive products as compared to those who avoid using these addictions (ORsmoking: 2.12, 95% CI: 1.08 - 4.17, ORpan: 2.92, 95% CI: 1.6 - 5.33, ORgutka: 2.13, 95% CI: 1.14 - 3.97). Use of NSAID attenuated risk of CRC up to 86% (OR: 0.14, 95% CI: 0.07 - 0.31). Conclusions: Most of the findings showed concordance with the literature elucidating protective effects of consuming vegetables and low fat diet while documenting adverse associations with family history, weight loss, constipation and hematochezia. Moreover, this study highlighted Asian specific indigenous addictive products as important factors. Further studies are needed to validate the findings produced by this research.