• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.105-116
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• 2003

위암은 한국에서뿐만 아니라 세계적으로도 가장 중요한 암 사망 원인의 한가지로 보고되고 있다. 현재까지 외과적 수술이 위암에 대한 유일한 근치적 치료수단으로 인정되고 있으며, 가능한 한 조기에 발견하여 근치적 절제술을 시행하는 것이 가장 중요하다. 근치적 수술을 위한 술기의 표준화 및 각 수술 술기의 우열에 대한 논란이 현재까지 그치지 않고 있으나, 여기에서는 한국 및 일본에서 가장 보편적으로 인정되고 있는 위암에 대한 수술 치료의 원칙을 기술하고자 한다. 위장 절제술은 위아전절제술과 위전절제술로 대별되며 절제연은 종양의 침윤이 없는 충분한 정상조직을 확보하여야 하고 주변 림프절의 동반절제가 포함되어야 한다. 병변의 상태에 따라 주변장기의 동반절제와 광범위한 림프절 곽청술이 요구되기도 한다. 소화관의 복구는 구조적 혹은 기능적인 면에서 환자의 삶의 질과 밀접한 관련을 가지므로 상황에 따라 적절한 방법의 선택을 요한다. 술 후 환자의 삶의 질을 향상시키기 위해서 저침습성 혹은 최소한의 절제를 목적으로 하는 새로운 술기들이 소개되기도 하였다. 유문보존 위절제술, 복강경을 이용한 위설상절제 및 위아전절제술, 내시경점막절제술등을 그 예로 들수 있으며, 이러한 시술의 적응증과 안전성은 향후 임상성적의 분석을 통해 정립되어야 한다. 근치적 절제술이 불가능한 위암환자에서는 환자의 고통감소와 경구적 영양 섭취를 위해서 고식적 수술을 시행할 수 있으며, 특히, 진행성 위암에 의한 합병증으로 인해 생명이 위태로운 경우에는 응급수술이 요구되기도 한다. 진행성 위암은 수술적 치료를 하더라도 예후가 불량하므로 조기에 발견하는 것이 가장 중요하다. 최근, 한국에서는 상부 위장관에 대한 내시경 시술의 보편화로 전체 위암에서 조기위암이 차지하는 비율이 향상되고 있으며, 적절한 근치적 수술을 통해 위암의 생존율이 향상되고 있다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.414-434
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• 1997

Though many genetic and epigenetic alterations have been identified in hamster oral carcinogenesis model, there is no information about the possible role of transforming growth factor related with oral cancer. The purpose of this paper was to find the expression patterns of transforming growth factor alpha and beta during the stages of complete oral carcinogenesis model in hamster. 0.5% 9, 10-dimethyl-1, 2-benzanthracene(DMBA) in mineral oil was topically applied to the buccal pouch of 75 hamster three times a week during the experimental periods. The experimental animals were subdivided into two groups of control and experiment. Only the mineral oil was applied to the control group. 0.5% DMBA in mineral oil was applied to the experimental groups of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 weeks. The expression of the $TGF-{\alpha}$ and $TGF-{\beta}$ protein were evaluated by the distribution and intensity of positive cells during the carcinogenesis using the immunohistochemical study. The following results were obtained ; 1. The buccal pouch epithelium of hamster was histologically changed to the dysplasia at 6, 8, 10 weeks, carcinoma in situ at 12 weeks, and squamous cell carcinoma at 14 weeks. 2. The expression of the $TGF-{\alpha}$ was restricted to the parabasal and basal layers of the normal and dysplastic mucosa, but those positive cells were extended to the spinous layers of the epithelium in the carcinoma. 3. The degree of $TGF-{\alpha}$ expression was markedly decreased in the carcinoma at 16, 18, 20. The strong positive staining in the center of cancer islands and weak positive staining in periphery of tumor were seen at the stage of squamous cell carcinoma. 4. The positive index of the $TGF-{\alpha}$ had a tendency to increase with DMBA- applied time. There was a statistically significant difference between 12, 18, 20 experimental group and control group (p<0.05). 5. The expression of the $TGF-{\beta}$ was shown at the cytoplasm of all control and experimental groups, and the parabasal and basal layers of the normal and dyslastic mucosa, but it was shown at the basal layers of the epithelium in the carcinoma. 6. $TGF-{\beta}$ was expressed diffusely at 16, 18, 20 experimental group. The strong positive staining in the center of cancer islands and positive staining in periphery of tumor were seen at the stage of squamous cell carcinoma. From the above findings, the expression of $TGF-{\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$ in oral carcinogenesis model seems to have two formal stages, the first being an overexpression step as reaction to uncontrolled growth and the second being one in which external protein accumulate in the surrounding stroma and intracytoplasm. Overexpression of $TGF-{\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$ may have important cooperative roles for the promotion of cancer and factor of prognosis.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.111-128
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• 2016

Trade between nations has been considered as exchange for material things. According to recent changes in the paradigm of global trade, trade is shifting focus on the exchange of an immaterial being. Among them, the service sector is growing fast and the health service has shown exceptional growth as the healthcare market is consistently expanding. It is also part of the global service targeting people all around the world. People visiting other countries for medical service tend to spend more money and stay longer than a traveler. For these reasons, global medical service is in the spotlight as a promising and higher value-added business. The global medical service industry has been developed around Asia, specifically Thailand, Singapore, India, etc. Compared to them, Korea has come late into the market of global healthcare and the Korean government is striving to attract foreign patients. Nevertheless, there is a lack of effort to make foreign patients visiting Korea revisit Korea. Regarding foreign patients' medical disputes, these are not yet a problem officially; however, the government cannot leave the matter as it is. Medical dispute related with foreign patients is a highly complex issue due to different languages, nationalities, cultures, etc. Particularly, Korea's medical tourism is developed with Chinese visiting Korea for plastic surgery and cosmetic procedure. Thus, the Korean medical tourism market can be crowded with a lot of minor medical agencies, so-called brokers, getting foreign patients connected to the medical institutions. Consequently, Korea has received a large number of complaints and dissatisfaction. No one can predict and know what's supposed to happen in the future. Efforts of the Korean government and medical institute attracting foreign patients could be in vain. In order to take a step forward, this paper will do research on present conditions and look for strategies of improving this industry, focusing on the part of medical agency and contributing to the improvement of the Korean medical tourism industry.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1919-1931
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• 2005

Human joint motion can be kinematically described in three planes, typically the frontal, sagittal, and transverse, and related to experimentally measured data. The selection of reference systems is a prerequisite for accurate kinematic analysis and resulting development of the equations of motion. Moreover, the development of analysis techniques for the minimization of errors, due to skin movement or body deformation, during experiments involving human locomotion is a critically important step, without which accurate results in this type of experiment are an impossibility. The traditional kinematic analysis method is the Angular-based method (ABM), which utilizes the Euler angle or the Bryant angle. However, this analysis method tends to increase cumulative errors due to skin movement. Therefore, the objective of this study was to propose a new kinematic analysis method, Position-based method (PBM), which directly applies position displacement data to represent locomotion. The PBM presented here was designed to minimize cumulative errors via considerations of angle changes and translational motion between markers occurring due to skin movements. In order to verify the efficacy and accuracy of the developed PBM, the mean value of joint dislocation at the knee during one gait cycle and the pattern of three dimensional translation motion of the tibiofemoral joint at the knee, in both flexion and extension, were accessed via ABM and via new method, PBM, with a Local Reference system (LRS) and Segmental Reference system (SRS), and then the data were compared between the two techniques. Our results indicate that the proposed PBM resulted in improved accuracy in terms of motion analysis, as compared to ABM, with the LRS and SRS.

• 비만대사연구학술지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.74-77
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• 2022

Treatment of obesity includes diet therapy, exercise therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, drug therapy, and bariatric surgery. Most obese patients lose weight by combining diet, exercise, cognitive behavioral therapy or medication. But, in some cases, only one of these treatments is preferred. A 56-year-old male patient had a body mass index (BMI) of 33.1 kg/m² and a waist circumference of 108 cm. He had been treated for hypertension; diabetes and dyslipidemia were diagnosed but not treated. However, at the initial visit to treat obesity, he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia again. So he decided to treat these two diseases with drugs first and modify his lifestyle. He started walking more than 20,000 steps every day and then he really walked about 15,000 steps every day during 5 months, although diet calorie or alcohol drinking amount was not significantly decreased. After about 6 months, the patient's weight decreased by 10.1 kg, the BMI decreased by 4.1 kg/m², the waist circumference decreased by 10 cm, the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) decreased by 4.59%, the visceral fat area decreased by 115 cm², and the subcutaneous fat decreased by 38 cm². As a result of body composition analysis, muscle mass increased by 1.2 kg, and the percentage of body fat decreased by 10.4%. The walking exercise does not have any space restrictions and has high accessibility by using a mobile phone app. Therefore, considering the patient's situation, it would be better to treat obese patients by first recommending walking exercises and increasing the number of steps to lose weight and improve the comorbidities.

• 대한심미치과학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.4-16
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• 2017

현대의 치과 치료에서는 환자들의 심미적 요구도가 점점 높아지고 있다. 그리고, 이러한 심미 치과 영역에서 치은을 비롯한 연조직이 차지하는 비중은 매우 크다고 할 수 있다. 자연치나 임플란트 주위 조직을 분명히 이해하고 적절한 치료를 해줌으로써 환자들의 요구도를 만족시킬 수 있을 것이다. 연조직 부위의 심미를 pink esthetic이라고도 하는데, 이 pink esthetic에서 가장 중요한 영향을 미치는 것이 치은선이라고 할 수 있다. 이 치은선은 순측 치은의 높이, 치간유두의 높이, 그리고 이 둘을 잇는 자연스러운 곡선으로 구성되어 있다. 자연치에서 치은 퇴축이 발생한 경우, 순측 치은의 높이를 비롯한 자연스러운 치은선이 치근쪽으로 이동하게 되고, 더 많은 치아의 치근 부위가 노출되게 되어 비심미적인 모습을 보이게 된다. Root coverage technique(치근피개술)은 자연치의 치은 퇴축(marginal tissue recession)을 치료하기 위해서 오랜 기간동안 사용되어 왔던 술식으로, 치주 성형수술 영역에서는 대표적인 술식중의 하나라고 할 수 있다. 최근에는 임플란트 술식이 매우 보편화되었는데, 그만큼 임플란트의 부작용 또한 급증하고 있다고 할수 있다. 전치부 영역에서 임플란트의 부작용은 자주 심미적인 문제를 동반하게 된다. 기존의 전통적인 root coverage technique은 이러한 치과 임플란트 영역의 심미적 문제의 해결을 위해 많이 사용되고 응용되고 있다. 현재 우리나라의 대다수의 치과에서 임플란트 치료가 시행되고 있는 현실을 생각한다면 그 심미적 부작용의 극복을 위해, root coverage technique을 비롯한 연조직 처치를 숙지하는 것은 매우 유용하다고 할 수 있을 것이다. 이번 글에서는 대표적인 치근 피개술식들을 간단하게 살펴볼 것이며, 더 좋은 심미적 결과를 위한 단계별 고려사항들에 대해서 다뤄보려고 한다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.387-402
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• 2006

This research carried out a survey for 569 students in a junior college of jeollanamdo to provide a needful basic data in developing suitable health promotion program and creating a direction of the oral hygiene education process to intial adult population after holding the oral cavity health action and a affecting factors to it. A collected data obtained the following conclusion. According to school grade, a difference of action factor is Chi-square and Pearson's correlation coeficient in actionfactor and acknowledgement-perception factor and a step-by-step recurrence analysis processed a related factor of the oral health action. 1. A related action factor of the oral health appeared meaningful difference of the oral cavity medical examination, the oral cavity clean device use or not, dental surgery prevention cure or not among the third grade who had the most experience of the oral hygiene education within one year recently. 2. A significant of the oral cavity health acknowledged and perceived and a concern of the oral cavity health, acknowledged the oral cavity health state distribution are the highest in the third grade. 3. According to monthly income, a large income is higher than a small income about self-effects in a relation between the oral cavity health action and acknowledgement-perception factor. the average of a large income is 30.59(${\pm}5.79$). The obstacle of the oral cavity health action is 12.51(${\pm}3.19$). a large income is highest. according to school career, under middle school layer obtained the highest average 16.33(${\pm}3.53$). according to a school year, acknowledge-perception factor of the oral cavity health control of the third grade is the highest(38.81(${\pm}6.25$). 4. In mutual relation between acknowledge-perception factor and the oral cavity health action, a variable constants of meaningful mutual relation are the oral cavity health perception, self-effects, the oral cavity health action obstacle, the oral cavity health action benefit, the oral health action control, aggressive. and they are self-effects, the oral cavity health action in the oral cavity health perception. A significant of the oral cavity health and the oral cavity health action obstacle are the oral cavity health action benefit and the oral cavity health action control. 5. The affecting factors to the oral health action are self-effects, action factor, acknowledged the oral health control.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.538-544
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• 2005

배경: 폐동맥 밴딩은 폐혈류의 감소를 목적으로 일부 환자군에서 시행하는 단계적 수술의 일단계 수술이다. 본 연구에서는 폐동맥 밴딩을 시행받은 환자들의 수술적응증과 수술위험인자를 후향적으로 분석하여 그 유용성을 평가하였다. 대상 및 방법: 본 연구는 1986년 1월부터 2003년 12월까지의 18년간 폐동맥 밴딩을 시행 받은 172명의 환자 중 추적관찰이 가능했던 154명의 환자를 대상으로 하였으며 환자들의 평균연령은 $2.5\pm12.8$개월, 체중은 $4.5\pm2.7\;kg$이었다. 진단군 분포는 기능적 단심실 88예$(57.1\%)$, 양대혈관우심실기시 22예$(14.2\%)$, 대혈관전위 26예$(16.8\%)$, 방실중격결손 11예$(7.1\%))$, 기타 7예$(4.5\%)$였으며, 동반된 심기형은 대동맥축착 또는 대동맥궁단절이 32예, 대동맥하협착이 13예, 전폐정맥연결이상이 13예였다. 를か: 페동맥 밴딩 후 조기사망은 $22.1\%\;(34/154)$였다. 조기사망에 영향을 주는 위험인자로 1996년 이전의 수술이 다변량 분석에서 의미가 있었으며(p=0.026), 대동맥축착이나 단절, 대동맥하 협착, 심폐기가동여부, 대동맥하 협착에 대한 수술여부가 단변량 분석상 의미가 있었다(p<0.05). 96명에 있어서 굉균 $12.8\pm10.9 (0\sim47.9)$개월 후에 2차 수술이 이루어졌으며 이 중 40예에서 Fontan수술, 21예에서 양방향성상대정맥폐동맥 단락술이 시행되었고, 35예에서 25예의 대동맥 치환술을 포함한 양심실교정이 이루어졌다. 조기 사망환자를 제외한 120명의 환자에서 추적관찰이 가능하였으며 평균추적기간은 $40.1\pm48.9$개월이었다. Kaplan-Meier방법으로 산출한 1년, 5년 및 10년 생존율은 각각 $81.2\%,\;65.0\%,\;63.5\%$였다. 결론: 최근들어 폐동맥 밴딩의 성적이 시행 초반기보다 의미있게 개선되는 현상을 관찰하였으나 시행 초반기에 비교해서 진단군 분포의 차이가 없고 오히려 수술당시 연령이나 체중은 감소하였음에도 불구하고 여전히 높은 사망률을 보이고 있다. 그러나 점차 감소하는 추세를 보이고 있어서 정확한 조기진단을 바탕으로 수술적응증의 결정과 적정 수술 연령 및 다음단계 수술시기 결정을 통해 일부 단심증을 포함한 복잡 심기형의 폐혈류 조절 목적 또는 심실 훈련 목적의 유용성은 여전히 존재한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1917-1923
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• 2016

Background: Lynch Syndrome (LS) is a familial cancer condition caused by germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes. Individuals with LS have a greatly increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and it is therefore important to identify mutation carriers so they can undergo regular surveillance. Tumor DNA from LS patients characteristically shows microsatellite instability (MSI). Our aim here was to screen young CRC patients for MSI as a first step in the identification of unrecognized cases of LS in the Saudi population. Materials and Methods: Archival tumor tissue was obtained from 284 CRC patients treated at 4 institutes in Dammam and Riyadh between 2006 and 2015 and aged less than 60 years at diagnosis. MSI screening was performed using the BAT-26 microsatellite marker and positive cases confirmed using the pentaplex MSI analysis system. Positive cases were screened for BRAF mutations to exclude sporadic CRC and were evaluated for loss of expression of 4 DNA mismatch repair proteins using immunohistochemistry. Results: MSI was found in 33/284 (11.6%) cases, of which only one showed a BRAF mutation. Saudi MSI cases showed similar instability in the BAT-26 and BAT-25 markers to Australian MSI cases, but significantly lower frequencies of instability in 3 other microsatellite markers. Conclusions: MSI screening of young Saudi CRC patients reveals that approximately 1 in 9 are candidates for LS. Patients with MSI are strongly recommended to undergo genetic counselling and germline mutation testing for LS. Other affected family members can then be identified and offered regular surveillance for early detection of LS-associated cancers.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.821-826
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• 2020

Objective : Hyperostosis in meningiomas can be present in 4.5% to 44% of cases. Radical resection should include aggressive removal of invaded bone. It is not clear however to what extent bone removal should be carried to achieve pathologically free margins, especially that in many cases, there is a T2 hyperintense signal that extends beyond the hyperostotic bone. In this study we try to investigate the perimeter of tumour cells outside the visible nidus of hyperostotic bone and to what extent they are present outside this nidus. This would serve as an initial step for setting guidelines on dealing with hyperostosis in meningioma surgery. Methods : This is a prospective case series that included 14 patients with convexity meningiomas and hyperostosis during the period from March 2017 to August 2018 in two university hospitals. Patients demographics, clinical, imaging characteristics, intraoperative and postoperative data were collected and analysed. In all cases, all visible abnormal bone was excised bearing in mind to also include the hyperintense diploe in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2 weighted images after careful preoperative assessment. To examine bony tumour invasion, five marked bone biopsies were taken from the craniotomy flap for histopathological examinations. These include one from the centre of hyperostotic nidus and the other four from the corners at a 2-cm distance from the margin of the nidus. Results : Our study included five males (35.7%) and nine females (64.3%) with a mean age of 43.75 years (33-55). Tumor site was parietal in seven cases (50%), fronto-parietal in three cases (21.4%), parieto-occipital in two cases (14.2%), frontal region in one case and bicoronal (midline) in one case. Tumour pathology revealed a World Health Organization (WHO) grade I in seven cases (50%), atypical meningioma (WHO II) in five cases (35.7%) and anaplastic meningioma (WHO III) in two cases (14.2%). In all grade I and II meningiomas, bone biopsies harvested from the nidus revealed infiltration with tumour cells while all other bone biopsies from the four corners (2 cm from nidus) were free. In cases of anaplastic meningiomas, all five biopsies were positive for tumour cells. Conclusion : Removal of the gross epicentre of hyperostotic bone with the surrounding 2 cm is adequate to ensure radical excision and free bone margins in grade I and II meningiomas. Hyperintense signal change in MRI T2 weighted images, even beyond visible hypersototic areas, doesn't necessarily represent tumour invasion.