• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제48권5호
• /
• pp.378-379
• /
• 2015

Mediastinitis is a life-threatening disease, and effective drainage is needed to treat mediastinitis with abscess formation. We recommend an alternative drainage method using chest tube binding with a Silastic Penrose drainage tube. The use of a Silastic Penrose drainage tube may help to manage mediastinitis with abscess formation. This method facilitates effective draining and prevents tissue adhesion.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
• /
• 제37권3호
• /
• pp.313-316
• /
• 2010

Purpose: Tie-over dressing is widely used to secure skin grafting on face, body, or extremities. It can be a rather complicated task and is not easy to make compressive dressing again if performed in a conventional method. So, we hereby introduce an easy reproducible tie over dressing method. Methods: After completing the skin graft, Cut the silastic drainage longitudinally in half and spread to the grafted skin margin. Drainage is fixed by using the stapes or sutures. A fluffy gauze bolus dressing is placed over a furacin impregnated gauze and wrapped around. After suturing the distal margin of silastics with opposite side using the silk thread either 5 - 0 or 3 - 0, knot of suturing, which is pressed down against the dressing while the threads are tightened, is made into center of each sides. Results: It can make dressing again after observing the grafted skin, and it can also make pressure on the grafted area evenly until the grafted skin is taken. Conclusion: This dressing method makes the surgeons and patients comfortable. To surgeons, it provides more rapid and easier way to do dressing, and to patients, it eliminates pain caused by redressing.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제42권1호
• /
• pp.59-62
• /
• 2009

배경: 전통적으로 흉부외과 수술 후 흉강 배액을 위하여 사용하는 흉관은 굵은 원통형이고 측면에 구멍이 뚫린 반강체이다. 최근 흉부외과 영역에서 보다 덜 침습적인 수술이 증가하고 있어 기존의 흉관 대신 국내에서 자가 제작한 작고 부드러운 14Fr Blake drain을 적용하였다. 흉부외과 수술에 기존의 흉관 대신 사용한 Blake drain의 안정성과 효능을 판단하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 2007년 12월부터 2008년 3월까지 비디오 흉강경 수술을 받은 37명의 환자를 대상으로 14Fr 실라스틱 Blake drain을 적용하여 유용성을 분석하였다. 결과: 수술 후 재원기간은 평균 3.26일이었으며 흉관 거치기간은 평균 3.15일이었고 수술 후 배액양은 평균 43.8 mL/day였다. 하루 최고 배액양은 290 mL였으며 배액과 관련된 합병증은 관찰되지 않았다. 저자들의 관찰 결과 흉통은 일반적인 흉관보다 적은 것으로 판단되었다. 특히 흉관 제거 시 발생하는 통증이 적었다. 결론 : 흉부외과 영역에 적용된 작은 Blake drain은 흉수 및 공기 배액에 매우 안전하고 효과적이었으며 환자들의 통증을 최소화할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
• /
• 제43권1호
• /
• pp.88-92
• /
• 2016

There are two general categories of lateral osteotomy techniques-the external perforating method and the internal continuous method. Regardless of which technique is used, procedural effectiveness is hampered by limited visualization in the surgical field. Considering this point, we devised a new technique that involves using a wide subperiosteal dissection and internal perforation under direct visualization. Using an intranasal approach, whereby the visibility of the intended fracture line was maintained, enabled a greater degree of control, and in turn, results that were more precise, and thus predictable and reproducible. Traditionally, it has been taken as dogma that the periosteum must be preserved, considering the potential for dead space and bony instability; however, under sufficient visualization of the surgical field with an internal perforating method, complete osteotomy with fully preserved intranasal mucosa could be conducted exactly as intended. This intact mucosal lining compensates for the elevated periosteum. Compressive dressing and drainage through a Silastic angio-needle catheter enabled the elimination of dead space. Therefore, precise, reproducible, and predictable osteotomy minimizing the potential for associated complications such as ecchymosis, that is, bruising owing to hemorrhage, could be performed. In this article, we introduce a novel technique for lateral osteotomy with improved visualization.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
• /
• 제44권2호
• /
• pp.98-100
• /
• 2008

We report a very rare case of a rapidly calcified chronic epidural hematoma (EDH) in a neonate. A 26-day-old female infant was referred to us from a regional hospital because of drowsy mentality and a seizure attack. She was delivered through caesarian section because normal spontaneous vaginal delivery was prolonged and failed. At birth, mild scalp swelling was found on the right frontal area. Scalp swelling was spontaneously resolved and she was discharged without any problems. On the 25th day after her birth, the baby presented with drowsiness and hypotonia following a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a chronic EDH that had a thick layer of calcification. A small burr-hole trephination was performed and a single silastic drainage catheter was inserted. After the operation, a total of 12 ml of liquefied hematoma was drained, and the patient's mentality improved from drowsiness to alertness. The patient was asymptomatic when discharged.