• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.148-154
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• 2012

Background: The adequate management of mild to moderate dilatation of the ascending aorta during cardiac operations remains controversial. In this study, we present the short-term outcomes of 90 patients undergoing ascending aortic wrapping with a Dacron graft during other cardiac operations. Materials and Methods: From March 2008 to January 2011, 90 consecutive patients underwent treatment for ascending aortic aneurysm using the external wrapping technique during the concomitant procedure. The study group consisted of 49 male and 41 female patients with a mean age of $58.7{\pm}13$years. The primary cardiac surgical procedures were coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 3, aortic valve replacement in 2, and aortic valvuloplasty in 85 patients (isolated in 62 and combined with CABG or mitral valvuloplasty in 23). The ascending aorta diameter was measured using a computed tomography scan within 4 weeks after surgery, and was compared with the preoperative value. Results: The diameters of the ascending aorta wrapped with the Dacron graft were significantly reduced within a month after surgery from $46.4{\pm}4.3$ mm to $33.0{\pm}3.5$ mm (p<0.05). There was no early mortality or major surgical complication. During the mean follow-up period of $15.4{\pm}5.2$ months, there was only one late death caused by septic multiorgan failure. Conclusion: Dacron wrapping of the ascending aorta offers excellent results with very low mortality and morbidity, and it can be regarded as a safe and effective method for the treatment of moderately dilated ascending aorta in selected patients.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제68권6호
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• pp.350-353
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• 2010

Here we report the first fatality caused by H1N1 influenza virus infection with acute respiratory distress syndrome in Korea. A 55-year-old man presented at our emergency department with dyspnea, fever, diffuse myalgia and malaise. Bilateral lung air-space consolidation was detected on his initial chest radiograph combined with severe hypoxemia. He was supported by mechanical ventilation and treated with antibiotics. A nasopharyngeal aspirate was positive for influenza A rapid antigen and oseltamivir was started on day 3 of admission. The nasal swab sample was positive for influenza H1N1 virus by real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Despite aggressive treatment, he had refractory hypoxemia and uncontrolled septic shock. On day 5 of admission he went into cardiac arrest and expired.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.221-225
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• 2009

Objective : Surgical treatment of posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms is challenging due to limited surgical accessibility. Endovascular approach has a benefit of avoiding direct injury to the brainstem or lower cranial nerves. Therefore, it has recently been considered an alternative or primary modality for PICA aneurysms. We retrospectively assessed outcomes following detachable coil embolization of saccular PICA aneurysms. Methods : From February 1997 to December 2007, we performed endovascular procedures to treat 15 patients with 15 PICA aneurysms. Fourteen patients with 14 PICA aneurysms morphology of which was saccular were reviewed retrospectively. Twelve patients had ruptured aneurysms. The aneurysms arose from the PICA origin site (n=12), the PICA lateral medullary segment (n=1), or the PICA tonsilomedullary segment (n=1). Results : Complete aneurysm occlusion was achieved in 10 patients, residual neck in 3, and residual sac in one. Radiological follow-up was performed in 7 patients with mean duration of 34.7 months (range, 1-97 months) and showed stable or complete occlusion in 6 patients. There were no rebleeding or retreatment after endovascular treatment. Thromboembolism was the only procedure-related complication (n=4 ; 28.6%). Asymptomatic PICA infarction occurred in two patients and symptomatic PICA infarction in two elderly patients with poor clinical grade. Of these procedural PICA infarction cases, 1 symptomatic PICA infarction patient developed ventriculitis and septic shock leading to death. The clinical outcome was good in 10 patients (71.4%). Conclusions : In the present study, detachable coil embolization has shown as an efficient modality for PICA saccular aneurysms challenging indications of microsurgery. However, thromboembolic complications should be considered, especially in poor clinical elderly patients with ruptured aneurysms.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1257-1262
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• 1996

연세대학교 원주의과대학 흉부외과학교실에서는 1989년 1월부터 1996년 2월까지 외상성 횡격막 파열로 진단되어 수술을 시행하였던 환자 50례를 대상으로 하였으며, 남녀 성비는 4:1이였다. 연령 분포는 2세부터 80세까지로 평균 연령은 37세 였다. 외상의 종류로는 둔상이 39례였고 관통상이 11례로서, 둔상인 경우 교통사고가 29례, 추락사고 7례, 경운기 사고가 3례였으며, 관통상인 경우에는 자상 9례, 총상 1례, 유리에 찔린 경우가 1례 였다. 가장 빈번한 증상은 호흡곤란, 흉통 및 복통이었고, 파열 부위는 둔상인 경우 좌측이 30례, 우측이 9례였으며, 관통상인 경우에는 좌측이 8례, 우측이 3례였다. 수술 접근 방법은 18례에서 개흉술을 시행하였고 3례는 개흉 및 개복술을, 29례는 개복술을 시행하였다. 수술후 합병증은 15례로서 둔상인 경우에는 창상 감염이 5례, 호흡 부전이 3례 ,수흉 및 장폐쇄가 각각 2례였으며 농흉, 신부전 및 패혈증이 각각 1례였다. 관통상인 경우는 창상 감염이 2례, 농흉이 1례였다. 사망은 3례로서 사망 원인은 패혈성 쇼크, 뇌손상 및 호흡 부전이 각각 1례였다.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.148-154
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• 2016

요소 회로 대사 이상은 요소 합성에 관련된 효소의 결핍으로 인해 발생하는 질환으로, ornithine과 carbamylphosphate로부터 citrulline을 생성하는 과정에 관여하는 효소인 OTC 결핍증이 가장 흔하다. OTC 결핍증은 ammonia, glutamate, glutamine, alanine 등의 축적되면서 고암모니아 혈증 및 고글루타민 혈증으로 인한 신경학적 증상이 나타나게 되며, 근긴장 저하, 호흡 부전, 경련, 기면, 혼수로 진행하여 사망에 이르게 된다. 저자들은 생후 4일 경부터 구토와 함께 의식의 저하를 보인 환자에서 직열 질량 분석법을 통해 OTC 결핍증을 진단하였고, 증상 발생 31시간 만인 생후 118시간 째에 지속적 정정맥 혈액여과(continuous venovenous hemofiltration, CVVH)을 적용하여 고암모니아 혈증을 치료하였다. 또한 직접염기서열분석법을 통해 780번과 781번 염기 사이에 CAGGCAGTGT가 삽입되는 변이(c.780_781insCAGGCAGTGT (p.Ile261Glnfs*35))를 발견하였다. 환자는 4일 간의 CVVH 이후 혈중 암모니아 농도와 의식이 호전되어 생후 53일 째 퇴원하였으나, 생후 12개월 경 좌측 대퇴골의 골절과 골수염이 발생하였고, 이후 패혈증 쇼크, 고혈당, 다발성 장기부전으로 사망하였다. 이에 저자들은 OTC 결핍증 환자에서 CVVH 치료 및 패혈증과 당뇨를 경험하였고, 유전자 검사에서 이전에 보고된 바 없는 새로운 변이를 확인하였기에 증례를 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.45-56
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• 1972

Esophageal perforation is one of the most grave prognostic problems among thoracic and general surgical emergencies which necessitate urgent operative measures. In Korea,there are still many persons ingesting lye for suicidal attempt and thoracic surgeons in Korea have more chances to deal with lye burned esophagus with or without instrumental perforation than those in Western countries. Main cause of esophageal perforation in Korea is instrumental perforation in patients with lye stricture of the esophagus during diagnostic endoscopy or therapeutic bouginage. Other causes are corrosion of the esophagus due to ingestion of caustic agents, pathologic perforation, surgical trauma, stab wound and spontaneous rupture of the esophagus in our series. Therapeutic measures are various,and depend on duration of perforation, severity of its complications, pathology of perforated portion of the esophagus and degrees of inflammation at the point of perforation. The most important therapeutic measures are prevention of this grave condition during esophagoscopy, bouginage and surgical procedures on lungs and mediastinal structures and to make early diagnosis with prompt therapeutic measures. During the period of January, 1959, to December, 1971, the authors experienced 65 cases ofesophageal perforation including acquired esophagorespiratory fistula at Dept. of Chest Surgery, the National Medical Center in Seoul, and obtained following results in the series. 1. Female were 35 cases, and peak age incidence was 2nd and 3rd decades of life. 2. Among 65 cases, 43 were corrosive esophagitis or benign stricture of the esophagus due to caustic agents, 7 were patients with esophageal cancer. and there were 5 cases of esophageal perforation developed after pneumonectomy or pleuropneumonectomy. 3. Causes of perforation are instrumental perforation in 45, acute corrosion in 7, pathologic perforation in 7, surgical trauma in 3, stab wound in 2 cases, and one spontaneous rupture of the esophagus. 4. Most frequent sites of esophageal perforation were upper and mid thoracic esophagus, and 8 were cases with cervical esophageal perforation. 5. Complications of esophageal perforation were mediastinitis in 42, empyema or pneumothorax in 35, esophagorespiratory fistula in 12, retroperitoneal fistula or abscess in 5,pneumoperitoneum in 3, and localized peritonitis in 1 case. 6. Cases with malignant esophagorespiratory fistula were only 3 in the series which is predominant cause of acquired esophagorespiratory fistula in Western countries. 7. Various therapeutic measures were applied with mortality rate of 27.7% in the series. 8. In usual cases early treatment gave better prognosis, and least mortality rate in cases with perforation in mid thoracic esophagus. 9. Main causes of death were respiratory complications,acute hemorrhage with asphyxia, and septic complications. 10. Esophageal perforation developed after pneumonectomy gave more difficult therapeutic problems which were solved in only 1 among 5 cases.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2000

Experimental induction of apoptosis by bacterial lipopolysacchardie is useful for understanding the role of apoptosis cell death in clinical endotoxin shock or septic shock. Thirty three mice were injected intraperitoneally with D-galactosamine (20mg) and lipopolysac-charide ($5{\mu}g$) per mouse. Five to eight mice per each experimental group were sacrificed at 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hrs post administration. The cells with apoptotic bodies in H-E stained sections were investigated histologically. Development of the apoptotic bodies in livers was observed in 11 of 33 mice (33.3%). These cells were diffusely or collectively appeared only in liver but not observed in kidney, thymus and spleen. Mean percentage of the cells with apoptotic bodies in the livers were 0.32, 4.34 and 5.50% respectively at 6, 12, and 24 hrs post administration. But percentage of these apoptotic cells were fairly less in 48 and 72 hrs post administration. The percentages of cells with 3 to 9 apoptotic bodies per cell were 70~90% of all apoptotic cells. The cells with more apoptotic bodies than limit number at 12 to 72 hrs post administration were belived to be necrosed. The percentage of positive cells by TUTNEL methods were 0.00~0.08, 0.00~052, 1.63~4.18, 12.41~20.21 respectively at control, 6, 12 and 24 and less than 0.01% at 48 and 72 hrs. The above results suggest that development of liver cell apoptosis by lipopolysaccharide ($5{\mu}g$) and D-glatosamine (20mg) was less at 6 hrs and markedly increased at 12 to 24 hrs and then was fairly less at 48 and 72 hrs post administration.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2003

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is usually a disease of premature infants, but occasionally it affects the term neonate. Twenty-five infants with NEC were treated at Asan Medical Center between January 2000 and December 2002, and 13 of them were term infants. In each case, the diagnosis of NEC was established by a clinical illness fulfilling the Bell's stage II or III NEC as modified by Walsh or by surgical findings. There were six males and seven females. The birth weight was from 1,960 to 3,700 g. The age at diagnosis was from 1 to 40 days. Four patients had congenital heart disease: one of who had hypothyroidism and cleft palate. Abdominal distension was present in all, and bloody stools in four. One patient had history of hypoglycemia, three had Rota viral infection. Eight patients had leucopoenia (<$5.0{\times}10^9/L$), seven had thrombocytopenia (<$100{\times}10^9/L$), and three severe thrombocytopenia (<$50{\times}10^9/L$). Laparotomy was required in 10 of the 13 patients. Indications for operation in the acute phase were failure to respond to aggressive medical therapy in five, and perforation in three patients. There were two late phase operations for intestinal stricture and fistula. There were no operative complications. Ten of thirteen patients survived (76.9%). Two patients died of septic complication. There was a delayed death due to heart failure. There was a significant difference in survival according to platelet count ($50{\times}10^9/L$) (p<0.05). Congenital heart disease and Rota viral infection are associated with NEC in term infants and thrombocytopenia and leucopoenia may be surgical indications.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.660-667
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• 1998

배경: 이 연구는 폐동맥 유출로 협착을 가진 다양한 복잡 심기형 환아에서 시행한 Lecompte 술식의 효과와 임상 적용에 관한 검증을 위한 것이다. 방법: 1988년 7월부터 1997년 12월까지 서울대학교 어린이 병원 흉부외과에서는 44명의 환아에 대하여 상기 술식을 시행하였다. 남녀비는 24대20이었으며 연령분포는 3개월에서 83개월까지로 평균 29.2개월이었다. 이 중, 심실 중격 결손과 폐동맥 협착(또는 폐쇄)을 동반한 대혈관 전위가 28명으로 가장 많았고(63.6%), 그 외 14명(31.8%)의 폐동맥 협착(또는 폐쇄)을 동반한 양 대혈관 우심실 기시 등이 있었다. 술식의 기본 원칙은 1)심실 중격 결손 부위의 확장 또는 누두부 중격 절제, 2)좌심실-대동맥 간의 심장내 도관 형성, 3)인공 심장외 도관을 사용하지 않는 폐동맥 간과 우심실의 직접 문합 등이었다. 결과: 대상 환자 중 3명에서 병원 내 사망이 있었으며 사인은 지속성 저산소증, 심근 부전, 패혈증으로 각각 판단되었다. 만기 사망 1명은 술 후 3개월에 패혈증에 의한 것이었다. 재수술은 6명에서 시행되었고, 폐동맥 유출로 협착 4명, 잔존한 근육성 심실 중격 결손 1명, 재발성 패혈성 식균증 1명 등이었다. Kaplan-Meier 법에 의한 누적 생존률은 1년, 2년, 4년 이후에 모두 92.7%였고, 재수술 없는 누적 생존률은 1년, 3년, 5년 이후에 각각 92.7%, 92.7%, 70.2%였다. 사망 위험 인자 분석 결과 대동맥 차단 시간이 통계적으로 의미가 있었고(p<0.05), 재발성 폐동맥 협착의 위험 인자인 연령, 폐동맥 지수, 유출로 재건에 사용된 재질 등은 모두 통계적으로 의미가 없었다(p>0.05). 결론: 이상의 연구에서 Lecompte 술식은 폐동맥 유출로 협착을 가진 다양한 복잡 심기형 환아에서 시행할 수 있는 효과적인 치료 술식이라는 결론을 얻었으며, 비교적 어린 나이에 완전 교정이 가능하고 사망률, 이환율 또한 수용 가능한 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.82-88
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• 2008

배경: 하행성 괴사성 종격동염은 구인두에서 염증이 발생한 후 경부간막을 통해 종격동으로 진행함으로써 발생하는 종격동 결체조직의 중증 염증질환이며, 적절한 항생제의 사용과 적극적인 배농술에도 여전히 높은 사망률을 보인다. 본 연구에서는 하행성 괴사성 종격동염으로 진단되어 치료한 환자들의 수술 전 상태, 수술방법, 수술 후 경과등에 대한 성적을 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년 9월부터 2007년 8월까지 8명의 환자가 하행성 괴사성 종격동염으로 진단되어 치료하였다. 모든 환자에서 진단 즉시 광범위 항생제를 사용하면서 응급 배농술을 시행하였고, 세균학적 감수성 검사에 따라 항생제를 선택, 사용하였다. 수술방법으로는 경부수술만 시행한 경우가 2예, 경부 및 개흉술을 통하여 수술한 경우가 6예였다. 결과: 증상발현부터 내원까지의 기간은 평균 $4.6{\pm}1.8$일($1{\sim}9$일)이었다. 감염의 원인으로는 치성감염이 4예(50%), 인두 농양이 2예(25%), 불명확한 경우가 2예(25%)였다. Endo 등의 분류에 따라서는 I형이 2예, IIA형이 3예, IIB형이 3예였으며, 원인균은 6예에서 동정되었는데, 연쇄상구균이 4예, 포도상구균이 1예, 클렙시엘라균이 1예였다. 개흉술의 비율은 75%였다. 수술 후 2명의 환자가 사망하여 사망률은 25%였고, 사망의 원인은 모두 패혈증성 쇼크에 의한 다발성 장기부전이었다. 사망 환자들은 모두 초기 배농을 경부절개만 시행하였던 경우였으며, 염증조절이 실패한 경우였다. 결론: 하행성 괴사성 종격동염은 조기진단이 필수이며, 진단 후 혐기성 균을 제어할 수 있는 항생제를 포함한 충분한 항생제 투여와 함께 즉각적인 배농을 시행하여야 한다. 배농시에는 비록 국한적인 염증이라고 판단되더라도 경부절개 및 적절한 흉부접근을 통해 적극적으로 시행하여야 하겠다.