• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.50-57
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• 1986

Sixty-nine patients with various types of cyanotic congenital heart disease underwent systemic-pulmonary artery shunts with a microporous polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE] prosthesis between 1979 and 1985. Their ages ranged from 2 months to 39 years [mean$\pm$SD: 5.2$\pm$7.4, median: 3.3 years]. Diagnosis included the following: Tetralogy of Fallot, 45: Double outlet right or left ventricle, 11: Single ventricle, .5: Transposition of great vessels, 4: Tricuspid atresia, 3 and Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, 1. Forty-eight patients had subclavian-pulmonary artery anastomosis, 12 patients aorta-right pulmonary artery anastomosis, 6 patients aorta-main pulmonary artery anastomosis, and 3 patients descending aorta-pulmonary artery anastomosis. The PTEE graft of 3 mm in diameter was used in 1, 4 mm in 29, 5 mm in 35 and 6 mm in 4 patients. Ten patients were died within 30 days after operation [mortality rate: 14.5%]. Among them, 6 patients were operated in urgency due to cardiac arrest or severe anoxic spell after cardiac catheterization, and so surgical mortality of elective operation is 9.5%. The 59 survivors showed improvement of the arterial oxygen saturation [65.4% - 9.8%] and hemoglobin [18.8 gm/dl - 16.0 gm/dl] values [V<0.01]. The follow up period ranged from 1 month to 67 months, [752 patient-months] and during this periods there were 4 late shunt failures after 3 months postoperatively with 4 mm graft, and 2 with 5 mm graft. The over-all patency rate of 4 mm PTFE was 85.9$\pm$9.2% [SEM] in 12 months and 40.9$\pm$22.5% in 24 months. The over-all patency rate of 5 mm PTFE was 87.5$\pm$9.6% in 12 months and 58.3$\pm$24.6% in 36 months. The lowest systolic pressure in death group was 64.9$\pm$15.0 mmHg and in survival group, 86.4$\pm$12.1 mmHg [P<0.001]. We think that the PTFE graft is useful in palliative shunt operation, but the effectiveness of the 4 mm PTFE graft may be limited. The blood pressure also may play an important role in patency of Prosthesis.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제81권4호
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• pp.945-952
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• 2020

하췌십이지장동맥 동맥류는 드물다. 진성 하췌십이지장동맥 동맥류의 약 50%가 복강동맥의 협착 또는 폐색과 관련이 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 하췌십이지장동맥 동맥류는 발견되는 즉시 치료해야 하는데, 파열 시 사망률이 50%에 이르기 때문이다. 최근에 가장 널리 쓰이는 치료법은 카테터 경유 동맥 색전술이다. 저자들은 복강동맥의 협착 또는 폐쇄를 동반한 하췌십이지장동맥 동맥류를 색전술로 치료한 세 개의 증례를 소개하고, 이에 대한 문헌을 고찰하고자 한다.

• 중환자간호학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.66-76
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• 2016

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between lateral position change and sternal complications after cardiac surgery through median sternotomy. Methods: This study was a retrospective descriptive case-control study, involving 241 patients who underwent cardiac surgery through median sternotomy. Data from October 2011 to September 2014 were collected. Results: Sternal complications (i.e. dehiscence, sternal instability, mediastinitis) developed in 33 patients (13.7%). Primary symptoms of complications were discharge and erythema, and the mean time difference from surgery to appearance of symptoms was 15 days (range, 1-138 days). The factors associated with sternal complications were cancer comorbidity (${\chi}^2=5.22$, p=.039), internal mammary artery procedure (${\chi}^2=4.16$, p=.041), and duration of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (p=.033). Position change was not related to incidence of sternal complications (${\chi}^2=0.14$, p=.704). Pressure ulcers appeared in 63 patients (26.1%). Mean time difference from surgery until occurrence of ulcers was 6.7 hours (range, 0-323.0 hours), but position change was started from 132.4 hours (range, 27.1-503.2 hours) after intensive care unit admission. Conclusions: These results provide baseline data to create a standard position change and activity protocol for patients after median sternotomy. Furthermore, the study could help clinical practitioners establish evidence-based nursing practices.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.337-346
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• 2013

정중설공은 하악 전치부에 존재하는 해부학적 구조물로서, 구강저의 혈행을 담당하는 설하 동맥이 통과한다. 임플란트 시술 시 설하 동맥의 손상으로 인한 대량 출혈을 예방하기 위해서는 CBCT를 통한 정중설공의 주의 깊은 관찰이 필요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 하악 정중설공의 해부학적 특성인 출현빈도, 위치, 직경과 그 수를 성별과 나이에 따라 CBCT 이미지를 이용하여 평가하기 위함이다. 2008년 11월부터 2011년 5월까지 전남대학교 치과병원을 내원한 62명의 CBCT 이미지(남성 41명, 여성 21명; 평균 연령 43세; 연령 분포 9~85세)를 평가하였다. 하악 전치부 CBCT에서 관찰되는 정중설공의 출현빈도, 수, 위치, 수직적 거리와 직경을 계측하였다. 62명의 환자(100%) 모두에서 설극 상방에 1개 이상의 정중설공을 관찰할 수 있었고, 56명(90.32%)은 다수의 정중설공을 가지고 있었다(2개 64.52%, 3개 25.8%). 42명(66.13%)의 환자에서 하악 양 중절치 사이의 정중설공을 관찰할 수 있었다. 치조정에서 설극까지의 평균 높이는 24.21 mm 였고, 하악골 하연에서 정중설공까지의 평균높이는 14.53 mm, 하악골에서의 상대적인 높이는 0.45였다. 설공의 평균 직경은 0.93 mm였다. CBCT를 통해 정중설공의 출현빈도, 위치, 직경과 그 수를 쉽게 확인할 수 있다. 전치부 임플란트 시술 시 대량 출혈의 합병증을 예방하기 위해서는 임플란트 식립 전 CBCT를 촬영하여 개개인의 정중설공의 해부학적 평가하는 것이 필요할 것이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.601-608
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• 2005

배경: 조직학적 장점과 생리학적 단점을 최소화하기 위해 저자들은 완전동맥도관 관상동맥우회로 조성술 시행 시에 골격화 방식으로 체취한 우위대망동맥을 유리 이식편으로 사용해 오고 있다. 본 연구는 골격화된 우위대망동맥을 조합도관이나 연장도관으로 사용하는 것의 효용성에 대해 알아보기 위해 수행되었다. 대상 및 방법: 2000년 1월부터 2005년 2월까지 골격화 우위대망동맥을 유리 이식편(연장도관 22명, 조합도관 107명, 기타 4명)으로 사용하여 관상동맥 우회로 조성술을 시행했던 133명 (43 여자, 평균연령 61.8세)을 대상으로 하였다. 관상동맥 조영술을 수술 직후(중간값 14일, 86명), 초기(중간값 366일, 56명) 그리고 중기(중간값 984일, 29명)에 각각 시행하였다. 결과: 조기 사망 3명 ($2.2\%$)이었고 만기 질환 연관성 사망이 4명($3.3\%$)였다. 환자 당 평균 문합수는 전체 3.34개였으며 우위대망동맥은 1.92개였다. 수술직후, 초기, 중기의 우위대망동맥 개통률은 각각 157/159 ($98.7\%$), 105/112 ($93.7\%$), 50/56 ($89.3\%$)였다. 외래 관찰 중 4명의 환자가 우위대망동맥의 문합부 협착 또는 경쟁혈류에 의해 경피적 관상동맥 성형술이 필요하였다. 결론: 골격화 우위대망동맥 유리 이식편은 개통률 및 임상적인 면에서 만족스러운 결과를 보여주었다. 비록 대상환자들의 장기적인 관찰이 필요하겠지만 저자들은 골격화 우위대망 동맥 유리 이식편이 관상동맥우회로 조성술에 있어 효용성 있는 선택방법이 될 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2012

Purpose: To report clinical appearances and the outcomes of patients treated for wrist laceration with suicidal intent. Materials and Methods: Between March 2005 and February 2008, patients with wrist laceration were treated at our center. Among them, 14 patients with suicidal intent were reviewed retrospectively. They were 8 females and 6 males with a mean age of 33 years at the time of treatment. The side of injured wrist, injured structures, suicidal instrument, the time of injury, a suicidal motive, drug or alcohol abuse or not, indication of combined psychiatric disease, the duration of postoperative treatment, and the results of treatment were analyzed. Results: The injured wrist was the left one in 13 cases (93%), and knife wounds in 11 cases (79%) was the most frequent mechanism of injury. An average of 4.6 structures were injured including 3.5 tendons, 0.57 nerves and 0.5 arteries. The most frequently injured structures were the palmaris longus (71%), FCU (50%), FCR (43%), FDS 3 (36%), FDS 2, median nerve, and ulnar artery (each 29%). Simultaneous injury of both median and ulnar nerves occurred in 3 cases (21%), and simultaneous injury of both radial and ulnar artery occurred in 1 case (7%). The injury time was the night in 12 cases (86%), and the most frequent suicidal motive was human relations such as lover or spouse in 12 cases (86%). In 9 cases (64%), the injured were in a drunken state, 3 cases (21%) had been treated for a psychiatric disease at the time of the injury. The durations of postoperative treatment were an average of 5 days of admission and 1 day follow up. Only 1 case results could be evaluated. Conclusions: Patient's poor compliance in wrist laceration with suicidal intent should be expected and these characteristics may affect the management plan.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2005

The aim of this study was to determine the roles of ET-1 and NO on uterine blood flow in pregnancy. Uterine arteries were isolated from 17 nonpregnant and 12 pregnant women. Nonpregnant group included patients with median age of $48.6{\pm}2.3$ years who underwent hysterectomy, because of myoma. Pregnant group included patients with median age of $31.3{\pm}1.4$ years undergoing cesarean delivery. ET-1 and ET-2 induced concentration-dependent contraction in isolated nonpregnant and pregnant uterine arteries. The contractile response and maximal contraction were increased in pregnant uterine arteries. In nonpregnant uterine arteries, there was no contraction in response to ET-3, whereas pregnancy induced concentration-dependent contraction by ET-3. Tissue nitrite/nitrate level and immunohistochemical staining of eNOS and iNOS were increased in pregnant uterine arteries, compared with nonpregnant uterine arteries. In addition, the expressions of eNOS and iNOS mRNA were significantly increased in pregnancy. Moreover, contractions by ET isopeptides, including ET-1, were enhanced, and immunohistochemical staining of ET-1 and ET-1 mRNA expression was increased in pregnant uterine arteries. These results suggest that NO production by increased NOS activity, especially eNOS activity, is related to placental and uterine blood flow. Furthermore, ET-1 appears to play a pathophysiological role in pregnant complications such as hypertension.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2018

Background: Heart transplantation (HTx) can be a life-saving procedure for patients in whom single ventricle palliation or one-and-a-half ($1\text\tiny{1/2}$) ventricle repair has failed. However, the presence of a previous bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt (BCS) necessitates extensive pulmonary artery angioplasty, which may lead to worse outcomes. We sought to assess the post-HTx outcomes in patients with a previous BCS, and to assess the technical feasibility of leaving the BCS in place during HTx. Methods: From 1992 to 2017, 11 HTx were performed in patients failing from Fontan (n=7), BCS (n=3), or $1\text\tiny{1/2}$ ventricle (n=1) physiology at Asan Medical Center. The median age at HTx was 12.0 years (range, 3-24 years). Three patients (27.3%) underwent HTx without taking down the previous BCS. Results: No early mortality was observed. One patient died of acute rejection 3.5 years after HTx. The overall survival rate was 91% at 2 years. In the 3 patients without BCS take-down, the median anastomosis time was 65 minutes (range, 54-68 minutes), which was shorter than in the patients with BCS take-down (93 minutes; range, 62-128 minutes), while the postoperative central venous pressure (CVP) was comparable to the preoperative CVP. Conclusion: Transplantation can be successfully performed in patients with end-stage congenital heart disease after single ventricle palliation or $1\text\tiny{1/2}$ ventricle repair. Leaving the BCS in place during HTx may simplify the operative procedure without causing significant adverse outcomes.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.260-266
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• 2011

Purpose: Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma (IHHE) is the most common type of hepatic vascular tumor in infancy. We conducted this study to review our clinical experience of patients with IHHE and to suggest management strategies. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 23 IHHE patients (10 males, 13 females) treated at the Asan Medical Center between 1996 and 2009. Results: Median age at diagnosis was 38 days (range, 1 to 381 days). Seven patients (30%) were diagnosed with IHHE based on sonographically detected fetal liver masses, 5 (22%) were diagnosed incidentally in the absence of symptoms, 5 (22%) had congestive heart failure, 3 (13%) had skin hemangiomas, 2 (9%) had abnormal liver function tests, and 1 (4%) had hepatomegaly. All diagnoses were based on imaging results, and were confirmed in three patients by histopathology analysis. Six patients were observed without receiving any treatment, whereas 12 received corticosteroids and/or interferonalpha. One patient with congestive heart failure and a resectable unilobar tumor underwent surgical resection. Three patients with congestive heart failure and unresectable tumors were managed by hepatic artery embolization with/without medical treatment. At a median follow-up of 29 months (range, 1 to 156 months), 21 (91%) patients showed complete tumor disappearance or >50% decrease in tumor size. One patient died due to tumor-related causes. Conclusion: IHHE generally has a benign clinical course with low morbidity and mortality rates. Clinical course and treatment outcome did not differ significantly between medically treated and non-treated groups. Surgically unresectable patients with significant symptoms may be treated medically or with hepatic artery embolization.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.97-107
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• 1999

The osteogenic capacity of the vascularized periosteum autograft has been extensively demonstrated by experimental works. The objective of this study was to characterize the behavior of experimental model of vascularized periosteal flap(VPF) by observing sequential stages of osteogenesis after simulated VPF in rabbits. In experimental group, segmental resection of bone including the periosteum was performed in 22 radii of 22 New Zealand white rabbits preserving the periosteal circulation of median artery to the periosteum. In order to simulate the transplantation of VPF, the vascular pedicle consisting of median artery and veins was dissected from adjacent soft tissue and the periosteum was longitudinally incised to remove the bone followed by repair of the periosteum. From the first to sixteenth week after the simulated VPF, the changes in VPFs were observed by radiological, light microscopical, scanning electron microscopical methods and the activity of osteocalcin was measured by immunohistochemical method. In control group, the bone tissue and periosteum were completely removed from the mid-shaft of radius and the findings were observed by radiological and light microscopical methods. From the results of this study, it is demonstrated that the experimental model of VPF is vigorously and uniformly osteogenic. Therefore it is thought that VPF can be used as a measure to treat bone defect of shaft of long bone.