• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.50-55
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• 2000

Pathologic lead points are found in a few intussusception patients. To evaluate the pathologic lead points in childhood intussusception, a retrospective review of 227 operated cases of intussusception treated at the Yeungnam University Hospital from January 1986 to April 1999. The patients were divided into 2 groups; idiopathic group 209 cases, (92.1 % and lead points group 18 cases, 7.9 %). Intussusception developed between age two months and six months in both groups. Enteroenteric type of intussusception was relatively more frequent in the lead point group than in idiopathic group. The lead points were veil (10 cases, 52.6 %), Meckel's diverticulum(3 cases, 15.8 %), lymphoma(3 cases, 15.8 %), ectopic pancreas(2 cases, 10.5 %), Henoch-Sch$\ddot{o}$nlein purpura(1 cases, 5.3 %). The bowel resection rate was 44.4 % in the lead point group and 8.6% in idiopathic group. The recurrence rate was 5.56 % in lead points group and 1.44 % in idiopathic group.

• Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.243-254
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• 2004

Objectives & Methods : This study was to study etiology and pathologic mechanism and to study acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for GU-CHANG. I've got compared and analyzed 42 kinds of book since Nei Jing(內經). Results and Conclusion : 1. The etiologies are heat of heart and spleen, insufficiency of middle -warm energy, deficiency of yin lead to hyperactivity of fire. 2. The meridians of acupuncture points which were used much for GU-CHANG were Conception Vessel Meridian, Stomach Meridian and Bladder Meridian. 3. The frequency of using acupunture points in this treatment were Hapkok(LI4)-17th, Sungjang(CV24)-14th, Nogung(P8)-12th, Kumjin Okaeg(NH70)-11th.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.24-29
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• 2003

To evaluate the clinical findings of the recurrent intussusception, 351 patients with 445 intussusceptions were reviewed. Recurrence rate, pattern of recurrence, reducibility, pathologic lead points (PLP), and operative findings and long term follow up of the multiple recurrences were analyzed. Of 351 patients, 303 had no recurrence, 26 had one recurrence, and 22 had multiple recurrences. Over all recurrence rate was 16.4% ; 18.5% were managed by air reduction, 16.2% by barium reduction and 5.9% by operation. Eleven PLPs were proved operatively and an additional 6 suspected PLPs were depicted radiologically. The most frequent PLP was ileal lymphoid hyperplasia. Intervals between reduction and recurrence were less than 2 weeks in 31 cases, between 2 weeks and 1 year in 55, and more than 1 year in 8. The longest interval was 2 years and 4 months.