• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2008

Hypopharyngeal perforation secondary to tracheal intubation is rare, but may result in severe airway complications that include retropharyngeal abscess, pneumothorax, pneumonia, mediastinitis and death. The most common site of hypopharyngeal perforation is the pyriform sinus and the region of the cricopharyngeus muscle. We report a 62-year old man with intubation-induced hypopharyngeal injury presenting as deep neck infection. The patient presented with dyspnea and pain on the neck. Neck CT scan identified fluid and air collection on the neck from the hyoid bone to the thoracic inlet level. Despite of delayed diagnosis, we successfully operated him by using strap muscle myofascial transposition flap. The patient was followed up for 3 months without any complications.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.935-938
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• 1995

Two cases of severe caustic injury of the hypopharynx, esophagus, and stomach are presented. Restoration of digestive continuity was accomplished by retrosternal isoperistaltic interposition of the transverse and left colon on the post-injury 73rd and 66th day respectively. The upper oro-colon continuity was made by a cervical approach, a vertical incision at the posterior hypopharyngeal wall, and interrupted one-layer sutures using 3-0 Dacron suture materials. The distal continuity was made by colojejunostomy between the transposed colon and proximal jejunum. There was no event after the operation in both cases. The posterior vertical hypopharyngotomy and hypopharyngocolostomy at the early post-injury period may be the preferred procedure to obtain normal deglutition in patients with esophageal stricture associated with hypopharyngeal injury.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.406-411
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• 2010

Objective : Esophageal/hypopharyngeal injury can be a disastrous complication of anterior cervical surgery. The amount of hypopharyngeal wall exposure within the surgical field has not been studied. The objective of this study is to evaluate the chance of hypopharyngeal wall exposure by measuring the amount of axial rotation of the thyroid cartilage (ARTC) and posterior projection of the hypopharynx (PPH). Methods : The study was prospectively designed using intraoperative ultrasonography. We measured the amount of ARTC in 27 cases. The amount of posterior projection of the hypopharynx (PPH) also was measured on pre-operative CT and compared at three different levels; the superior border of the thyroid cartilage (SBTC), cricoarytenoid joint and tip of inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage (TIHTC). The presence of air density was also checked on the same levels. Results : The angle of ARTC ranged from $-6.9^{\circ}$ to $29.7^{\circ}$, with no statistical difference between the upper and lower cervical group. The amount of PPH was increased caudally. Air densities were observed in 26 cases at the SBTC, but none at the TIHTC. Conclusion : Within the confines of the thyroid cartilage, surgeons are required to pay more attention to the status of hypopharynx/esophagus near the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage. The hypopharynx/esophagus at the TIHTC is more likely to be exposed than at the upper and middle part of the thyroid cartilage, which may increase the risk of injury by pressure. Surgeons should be aware of the fact that the visceral component at C6-T1 surgeries also rotates as much as when the thyroid cartilage is engaged with a retractor. The esophagus at lower cervical levels warrants more careful retraction because it is not protected by the thyroid cartilage.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.75-78
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• 2014

Hypopharyngeal perforation is a rare, but fatal, complication. Clinical signs and symptoms of this condition are neck pain, odynophagia, dysphagia, fever, vomiting, cervical swelling and subcutaneous emphysema. However, these signs are obscured in patient suffering from severe trauma who has had an endotracheal tube inserted, which delay proper evaluation and treatment. Here, we report a case of hypopharyngeal perforation in a trauma patient who had an endotracheal tube inserted for mechanical ventilation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.183-187
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• 1992

Reconstructive surgery for corrosive esophageal stricture was performed in 392 patients at National Medical Center from 1959 to 1990 Between Jan. 1971 and Dec. 1990, 23 cases were experienced stenotic anastoma of neck after reconstructive surgery for corrosive esophageal stricture. The major procedure of esophageal reconstruction was colon interposition without resection of the strictured esophagus except jejunal interposition in 1 case. There were 12 males % 11 females, and mean age was forty years. The caustic materials were 16[70%] alkali and 7[30%] acid. Half of the cases had hypopharyngeal injury. After reconstructed surgery, dysphagia was developed immediate in 65%, from 2 months to 5 months in 31%, and from years in 4%[1 case]. The complications were anastomatic leakage in 13 cases, anastomatic stenosis in 8 cases, graft gangrene in 1 case, and cancer development in 1 case. The therapeutic procedures were end-to-end anstomolis & partial resection of stenotic anastoma in 18 cases, bourgination in 2 cases, and coin interposition with graft removal in 3 cases. The therapeutic results were excellent in 16 cases, mild discomfort in 3 cases, poor in 3 cases, and death in 1 cases.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 1997

본 인제대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실 서울백병 원에서는 1986년 10월부터 1995년 12월까지 부식제 의 음용으로 하인두와 식도 입구부터 심한 협착이 발생한 1 1례의 환자에서 하인두의 양배꼴동에 대용식 도를 문합하는 식도재건술을 시행하였다. 환자는 남자 7례, 여자 4례로 모두가 성인으로 연령은 21세 에서 47세까지로 평균 34세였다. 식도협착의 원인이 된 부식제는 산성이 6례: 알칼리성이 5례였다. 이들의 부식제 음용 동기는 자살 목적이 9례였 고, 사고로 인한 경우가 2례였다. 부식제의 음용후 최종적으로 식도재건술까지의 기간은 4개월에서 부 터 21년까지 였다. 식도재 건술시 이용한 대용식도는 9례에서는 우측 결장을 사용하였고, 2례는 이 전에 우측 결장을 이용한 식도재건술이 실패한 상태여서 좌측 결장을 사용하였다. 모든 환자에서 식도 절제술은 하지 않았고 결장은 흉골하로 거상하였다. 경부 문합은 환자의 머리를 똑바로 놓은 상태에서 경부에 J형태로 피부를 절개하고 흉골설골, 갑상설 골근을 절단하고 갑상연골의 연골막을 박리하여 감상연골을 역삼각형모양으로 부분절제하고 양배꼴동을 열고 결장과 단단문합하였다. 수술 직후 類觀隙\ulcorner환자는 음식물을 삼킬 때 연하곤란과 기도내로 음식물이 넘어가 고형 음식물로 삼키는 훈련이 필요하였다. 수술 후 발생한 합병증은 대용식도의 괴사가 3례가 발생하여 유리공장을 이식하였다. 3례에서는 경부 문합부위에 협착이 있어 2례에서 상부문합부위를 확장하였고 1례에서는 유착띠제거술을 시행하였으며 모두 협착이 해소되었다. 수술 후 외래 추적관찰에서 10례에서는 정상적으 로 음식물을 삼킬 수 있었고 유리공장을 사용하여 2차수술을 시행한 1례는 유리공장의 괴사로 3차수술 을 기다리고 있다.