• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2005

Perforator flaps have become increasingly popular in microsurgery nowadays and are being used widely for many cases of reconstruction after trauma and cancer ablation. And thoracodorsal perforator based free flap is one of them having the merits of carrying a large skin paddle with leaving intact innervation and function of the remaining latissimus dorsi muscle. We made a homogeneous thin flap excluding the main muscle with a long vascular pedicle and tried to decrease the donor site morbidity. But, it needs a long learning-curve and we have met marginal flap necrosis frequently. Besides, prolonged operation time for complete perforator dissection may be a tedious job to the microsurgeon. To overcome these disadvantages, we usually included very small portion of the latissimus dorsi muscle during this flap elevation around the pedicled 2-3 thoracodorsal perforators during this flap elevation. We performed 3 cases of thoracodorsal perforator based free flap at Hallym university sacred heart hospital between May and August 2005 for the soft tissue defect of the scalp and feet. The average flap size was $8{\times}14\;cm$. Although it is not a true perforator flap, we can get the reliability for the flap survival with much better blood circulation and save the time of one or two hours to dissect the perforators completely. All cutaneous flaps survived completely without any complication except one fatty female who had the very small superficial fat necrosis due to flap bulkiness. We believe the thoracodorsal perforator based free flap can be extended its versatility and reliability by including the very small portion of the muscle around the perforators.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.557-564
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• 2000

The bone graft materials can be grossly divided into autogenous bone, allogenic bone, xenogenic bone, and alloplastic material. Much care was given to other bone graft materials away from autogenous bone due to its additional operation for harvesting, delayed resorption and limitation of quantity. Demineralized freeze-dried bone(DFDB) and hydroxyapatite are the representatives of bone graft materials. As resorbable hydroxyapatite is developed in these days, the disadvantage of nonresorbability can be overcome. So we planned to study on the strength and the bone formation at the rats calvarial defects of DFDB graft and those of the composite graft with DFDB and resorbable hydroxyapatite. We used the 16 male rats weighting range from 250 to 300 gram bred under the same environment during same period. After we made the 6mm diameter calvarial defect, we filled the DFDB in 8 rats and DFDB and resorbable hydroxyapatite in another 8 rats. We sacrificed them at the postoperative 1 month and 2 months with the periostium observed. As soon as the specimens were delivered, we measured the compressive forces to break the normal calvarial area and the newly formed bone in calvarial defect area using Instron(Model Autograph $S-2000^{(R)}$, Shimadzu, Japan). The rest of the specimens were stained with H&E(Hematoxylin & Eosin) and evaluated with the light microscope. So we got the following results. 1. In every rats, there was no significant difference between the measured forces of normal bone area and those of the bone graft area. 2. In 1 month, the measured forces at DFDB graft group were higher than those of the DFDB and resorbable hydroxyapatite composite graft group(P<0.05). 3. In 2 months, there was no significant differences between the measured forces of DFDB graft group and those of the DFDB and resorbable hydroxyapatite composite graft group. 4. In lightmicroscopic examination, most of the grafted DFDB were transformed into bone in 1 month and a large numbers of hydroxyapatite crystal were observed in DFDB and resorbable hydroxyapatite composite graft group in 1 month. 5. Both group showed no inflammatory reaction in 1 month. And hydroxyapatite crystals had a tight junction without soft tissue invagination when consolidated with newly formed bone. 6. In both groups, newly formed bone showed the partial bone remodeling and the lamellar bone structures and some of reversal lines were observed in 2 months. From the above results, it is suggested that DFDB and resorbable hydroxyapatite composite graft group had a better resistance to compressive force in early stage than DFDB graft group, but there would be no significant difference between two groups after some period. And it is suggested that the early stage of bone formation procedure of DFDB and resorbable hydroxyapatite composite graft group was slight slower than that of DFDB graft group, but there would be no significant difference between two groups after some period.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.627-635
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• 2011

Purpose: Advanced breast cancer traditionally has been perceived as a contraindication to immediate breast reconstruction, because of concerns regarding adjuvant treatment delays and the cosmetic effects of radiotherapy to breast reconstruction, so delayed reconstruction is usually preferred in advanced breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy. However, with the improved outcome using multimodality therapy, consisting of perioperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy, immediate breast reconstruction is now being performed as surgical option for selected advanced breast cancer patients. Additionally, advanced breast cancer patients may be needed soft tissue coverage of an extensive skin and soft tussue defect after mastectomy. Current authors have experienced several types of immediate breast and chest wall reconstruction for advanced breast cancer. Methods: From December of 2007 to June of 2009, 14 women performed for immediate breast and chest wall reconstruction for advanced breast cancer. They had been treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy followed by modified radical mastectomy or radical mastectomy. Four different techniques were used immediate breast and chest wall reconstruction, which are pedicled TRAM flap (4 cases), extended LD flap with STSG (3 cases), thoracoabdominal flap (4 cases) and thoracoepigastric flap (3 cases). Results: The mean age was 53 years and mean follow up period was 9 months. Patients' oncologic status ranged stage IIIa to stage IV. Two patients had major complications: partial flap necrosis of TRAM flap and one distal necrosis of thoracoabdominal flap. Three patients with stage IV disease died from metastases. Conclusion: The result of this study suggests that immediate breast and chest wall reconstruction can be considered as surgical option for advanced breast cancer. But we need long term follow up and large prospective studies for recurrence and survival.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.577-582
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• 2010

Purpose: When reconstruction for patients who have the large contralateral breast or a following large defect after mastectomy is required, conventional pedicled TRAM flap shows the unpredictable occurrence of fat necrosis and skin flap loss in a relatively high percentage due to insufficient blood supply. In an effort to obtain more stable TRAM flap blood circulation, we have performed a supercharged technique using deep inferior epigastric perforators (DIEP) with conventional pedicled TRAM flap. Methods: From September of 2006 to December of 2008, Fourteen supercharged TRAM flap were performed for breast reconstruction after modified radical mastectomy. The contralateral DIEP was anastomosed to the internal mammary vessels in contralateral pedicled TRAM flap or thoracodorsal vessels in ipsilateral pedicled TRAM flap. Nutrient vessels were selected by Multi-Detector Computed tomography (MD-CT) modalities. For the nutrient vessel, we used deep inferior epigastric vessels (DIEV) of the ipsilateral side in 8 patients, DIEV of the contralateral side in 6 patients. In addition, for the recipient vessel, we used thoracodorsal vessels in 8 patients, internal mammary vessels in 5 patients, intercostals artery perforators in 1 patient. Results: The mean age was 46.8 years and the average follow-up interval was 14 months. There were 11 immediate and 3 delayed breast reconstructions. Fat necrosis incidence rate in supercharged TRAM group was lower than in conventional TRAM flap group. There were no differences of the incidences of abdominal hernia in both groups. Conclusion: The supercharged TRAM flap produces an improvement in vascularity that permits use of all four zones of the flap. The breast reconstruction with supercharged technique is reliable and valuable methods which provide sufficient soft tissue from abdomen without significant complications.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 1994

저자들은 1980년 1월부터 1993년 5월까지 종골부위의 피부결손이나 또는 골결손을 동반한 연부조직 손상이 있었던 총 22례 환자에 대하여 유리피판술 또는 생골및 생피부편 이식술을 시행하고 최저 1년 이상 추시하여 다음과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 유리 피부편의 크기는 최저 $7cm{\times}6cm$에서 최대 $28cm{\times}10cm$로 평균 $12.1cm{\times}9.2cm$였고, 유리 골편의 크기는 각각 $4cm{\times}3cm$, $5cm{\times}4cm$였다. 2. 재건술에 이용된 방법으로 유리 피부피판술은 족배 비판 11례, 서혜부 피판 2례, 전완부 피판 2례였고, 유리 피부근피판술은 활배근 피부근피판 3례, 대퇴근막장근 피부근피판 2례였으며, 골결손을 동반한 연부조직 손상인 경우 2례에서 생장골 피부편을 이식하였다. 3. 총 22례중 19례에서 유리편이 생존하여 86.4%의 성공율을 보였으며, 수술후 혈전증 2례와 감염이 발생하였던 1례에서 실패하였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때, 고식적인 방법으로 치료하기 어려운 발뒤꿈치의 연부조직 또는 골결손의 치료로서 미세수술을 이용한 유리편 재건술이 유용한 방법으로 사료되며, 발뒤꿈치의 감각신경 회복에 대하여는 향후 지속적인 연구가 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.226-237
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• 2005

Purpose : Extensive defect of oral and maxillofacial area is usually reconstructed with composite flap including skin paddle. However, if the defects are lined with only skin components, the mucosa's role in mastication and texture are not restored. Furthermore, stiffness and hair-growing prevent denture rehabilitation and good oral hygiene. This study was performed to overcome the disadvantages of composite soft tissue flaps including the skin and to make a model for myo-mucosal flaps. Materials and methods : Buccal mucosa sized $0.5\times1.0\;cm^2$ from New Zealand rabbit (around 1.5kg) was harvested and cultivated by the modification of Rheinwald and Green's keratinocyte culture method. Cultured mucosa was grafted on the fascia of latismus dorsi as form of mucosal sheet. After 7, 10, 14 days, the myomucosal flap was excised and evaluated under light microscope with H & E and immunohistochemical staining. As control group, harvested buccal mucosa from rabbit was transplanted to gracilis muscle(n=6). Results : From 7 days after prelamination, the basal layer of the grafted mucosa resembled that of normal mucosa. As control group, transplanted mucosa had original shape but there's slight inflammatory reaction. Prelaminated mucosa has 19.8$\pm$4.59 cell layers and some samples have more than 20 layers. The expression rate of PCNA was relatively strong (42.9%$\pm$14.1) at the basal layer of grafted mucosa and the laminin was found at the basal layer. On the contrary, prelaminated mucosa at 10 days showed moderate expression rate of PCNA(32.4%$\pm$4.62). We found the mucosal layer was somehow disappeared and there is strong inflammatory reaction. After 14 days prelamination, the grafted oral keratinocytes were almost disappeared and expression of PCNA was not observed. Conclusion : We can make 75 fold large mucosal($3850mm^2$) sheet from small samples of mucosa $(50mm^2)$. Epithelial sheet that grafted on the fascia of muscle underwent differentiation and proliferation. But after 10, 14 days, there was strong inflammatory reaction and the grafted mucosa was destroyed from surface layer. In rabbit model, transfer of fascio-mucosal flap should be done from 7 to 10 days after prelamination.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.206-213
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• 1994

연구배경 : 대퇴골두 무혈성 괴사는 그 병기에 따라 단순 X선과 뼈스캔, MRI상에서 다양하게 보이며 초기에는 X선과 뼈스캔상에서 발견할 수 없는 경우가 흔히 있다. 뼈스캔의 대퇴골두 무혈성 괴사는 그 병기에 따라 다른 형태로 보일 수 있으며 진행된 병변에서는 다른 관절질환과 감별하기 어려울때가 많다. 이에 저자들은 대퇴골두 무혈성 괴사의 병기에 따른 뼈스캔의 유형을 분류하고 다양하게 보일 수 있는 원인을 분석하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 대상환자는 고관절통과 보행장애를 주소로 내원한 90명의 179개의 대퇴골두를 대상으로 하였고 이들 환자에서 단순 X선과 뼈스캔, MRI가 모두 시행되었으며 후향적 조사에 의하여 비교하였다. 결과: 1) 179개의 대퇴골두 중 156개의 골두는 무혈성괴사를 가지고 있었다. 36개의 대퇴골두는 MRI상 조기 병변이었고 120개는 진행병변이었다. 90명의 환자에서 22명이 한쪽의 병변을 가지고 있었으며 68명이 양측성의 병변을 가지고 있었다. 2) 단순 X선과 뼈스캔의 대퇴골두 무혈성 괴사의 진단율은 MRI를 기준으로 하였을 때 각각 85%, 91.6%였다(Table 1). 3) 9개의 대퇴골두가 뼈스캔상에서 초기의 무혈성 괴사소견(1, 2형)을 보였으나 단순 X선상에서 정상이었다. 이외의 병변들에서는 뼈스캔과 단순 X선의 병기 사이에는 비교적 일치하는 소견을 보였다(Fig. 2). 4) 뼈스캔에는 정상이었으나 13개의 대퇴골두가 MRI상에서는 조기 병변을 보였고, MRI에서 조기병변을 보이는 경우는 뼈스캔상에서 대개 1이나 2의 유형을 보였고 진행병변은 뼈스캔상에서 2, 3, 4형에 해당하였다(Table 2). 5) 뼈스캔상에서 정상소견을 보였으나 MRI에서 무혈성괴사 소견을 보였던 병변은 그 병변의 크기가 1/4에서 1/5정도로 작은 병변이며, 이 작은 병변이 대개는 대퇴골두의 전상방에 위치하며, MRI상의 저신호 강도 띠와 함께 지방골수 신호강도변화를 보였다(Table 3). 6) 뼈스캔상에서 비전형적인 유형을 보인 대퇴골두 무혈성 괴사병변의 단순 X선 소견은 대개가 단순 X선 병기 4와 5에 해당하였고, MRI에서 병변의 크기가 1/2이상의 큰 병변 이었으며 많은 관절삼출액, 심한 관절강 연조직 및 관절막 비후 또는 이차성 골관절염등을 동반하고 있었다(Table 2). 결론 : 결론적으로 뼈스캔은 초기 대퇴골두 무혈성괴사는 단순 X선 보다는 높고, MRI보다는 낮은 진단율을 보였다. 그 원인으로는 초기 병소의 크기와 위치에 따라 다를 것으로 추정된다. 진행성 병변은 MRI상에서 주위의 충혈 정도, 관절삼출액의 정도, 주위의 퇴행성 변화 또는 관절내 연조직 비후의 정도에 따라 다양하게 보이는 것으로 생각된다.