• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.485-489
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• 2001

배경: 수술 후 흉골 합병증을 유발하는 원인 인자들 중 흉골 봉합선의 견고성이 차지하는 비중은 매우 크다. 본 저자들은 흉골 봉합 방법에 따른 흉골 열개 및 감염의 발생빈도를 조사하여 합병증이 적은 가장 효과적인 흉골 봉합 방법을 찾고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1995년 1월부터 1999년 7월까지 개심술을 받았던 환자들중 45세 이상의 환자 489예를 대상으로 하였다. 봉합 철사 6개로 단순 봉합을 한 159예, 흉골병에 2개의 단순 봉합 후 3개의 8자형 봉합을 한 119예, 각 늑간에 2개씩 10개의 단순 봉합한 150예, 단순 봉합과 8자형 봉합을 혼합하여 사용한 61예를 대상으로 하였다. 234예에서 판막수술을, 213예에서 관상동맥 우회술을 시행하였으며, 42예에서 그 외의 수술을 하였다. 결과: 총 12예(2.5%)에서 흉골 열개 및 감염의 합병증이 발생하였다. 수술 후 흉골 절개부의 합병증은 철사 6개를 이용한 단순 봉합 환자군의 3.1%(5/159)에서, 8자형 봉합 환자군의 3.4%(4/119)에서, 철사 10개를 이용한 겹치기 단순 봉합 환자군의 2.0%(3/150)에서 발생하였으며, 단순 봉합과 8자형 봉합을 혼합하여 사용한 환자 군에서는 합병증이 없었다(교차비에서 유의성은 없으나 다른 세 봉합방법에 대한 상대위험도에서는 유의성을 보임). 판막수술을 받은 환자군의 7예(3.0%), 관상동맥 우회술을 받은 환자군의 5예(2.3%)에서 흉골 합병증이 발생하여 수술 종류에 따른 흉골 감염의 차이는 없었으며, 당뇨병은 흉골 합병증의 독립적인 위험인자가 될 수 있었다(교차비 및 다량분석에서 p = 0.00). 결론: 흉골 봉합 때 단순 봉합과 8자 봉합의 혼합방법을 사용함으로써 흉골봉합이 용이하고 수술 후 흉골의 열개나 감염의 합병증을 줄일 수 있다고 생각된다. 비해 64.5 $\pm$ 4.6%, 63.8 : 4.4%로 유의하게 개선된 소견을 보였으나(P<0.05), ll, III군에서 reserpine 및 prazosin으로 전처치 조건을 차단한 V, Vl군은 동일한 재관류 시간이 경과한 후 developed pressure는 52.2 $\pm$ 5.2%, 49.8 $\pm$ 5.7%로 단위시간당 수축기 좌심실압의 회복율은 54.8 $\pm$ 5.1%, 53.3 $\pm$ 3.6%로 II, III군에 비해 유의한 회복율의 감소를 보였고 이러한 회복율은 I군에 비해 유의한 차가 없었다. 결론: 교감신경 $\alpha$-수용체 작용약물에 의한 약물학적 전처치는 재관류 후 심근기능 회복에 유익한 효과를 나타냈으며, 이러한 전처치 효과는 교감신경계 신경전달물질의 고갈이나 $\alpha$1-수용체 차단제에 의해 소멸되는 것으로 보아 전처치에 의한 심근보호효과는 교감신경계 전달물질 및 $\alpha$1-수용체를 통해 유도됨을 알 수 있다.380$\pm$71 mL, p=0.05).방 및 치료에 도움이 될 수 있는 물질을 개발할 가치가 있다고 사료된다을 공급한 대조구에 비해 높았다. 어미의 성 성숙 및 산란은 두 번의 실험에서 대조구보다 저염분구에서 원만히 이루어졌다. 암컷 성숙 개체의 경우 1차 실험은 대조구 6마리, 저염분구 12마리였으며, 2차 실험은 대조구 5마리, 저염분구 12마리였으며, 2차 실험은 대조구 5마리, 저염분구 14마리로서 성숙유도에 있어 염분의 조절에 의한 성숙이 이루어진 것을 알 수 있다. 산란 시기는 1차 실험에서 대조구나 저염분구의 산란 개시 시점이 거의

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.257-259
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• 2003

This report described a simple, inexpensive, faster, and effective graft inoculation method for the artificial transmission of Mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV). Success of grafting and disease transmission was 100％ in this method. Screening of mungbean germplasm using this method will prevent the chance of escape infection, probably as a consequence of non-preference mechanism and loss of vector infectivity. The grafting method described here is applicable to both screenhouse and field trials.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2022

Unlike simple forward-viewing endoscopes such as gastroscope or colonoscope, duodenoscope houses much more complex design to fulfil its function. This design differences leave duodenoscopes more prone to contamination from inadequate disinfection process and potential dissemination of pathogens. Recent reports on dissemination of infection through the duodenoscope mandated an overhaul of duodenoscope utilization including development of a disposable duodenoscope. This article reviews the current state of disposable duodenoscope development, including reported early efficacy as well as its future direction and utilization.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.248-251
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• 2009

요막관 낭종은 요막관 기형 중 가장 흔한 질환으로서 낭종에 염증이 발생하였을 때 적절한 치료가 지연되면 패혈증 등의 심각한 합병증에 이르기도 한다. 저자는 IgA 신병증으로 스테로이드 치료 중인 환아에서 발생한 요막관 낭종의 감염이 수술적 절제로서 증상이 호전된 사례를 경험하였다. 추후, 스테로이드 치료와 낭종의 감염 사이에 연관성이 있는지에 대한 더 많은 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.348-352
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• 2006

Barley mild mosaic virus(BaMMV) is a soilborne Bymovirus vectored by root-infecting fungus, Polymyxa graminis. Mechanism of cultivar's resistance to BaMMV in field tests are difficult to assess since resistance could be either due to the virus or to P. graminis, or both. Whereas, available mechanical inoculation methods for BaMMV and other related viruses are labor intensive, give inconsistent results and generally result in low infection rates. Inoculation method using stick with gauze(SWG) was developed for BaMMV. The improved method proved to be simple, efficient, and reliable. The infected leaf tissues were preserved by drying in a frozen state under high vaccum(freeze dried barley infected leaves) to circumvent reduction of virus infectivity during storage. Five Korean barley cultivars were mechanically inoculated with BaMMV-infected sap by the improved method. Infection rates obtained were compared with natural infection. Cultivar Naehanssalbori showed resistance to BaMMV in the field trials but was found highly susceptible in the greenhouse tests by mechanical inoculation, indicating that the field resistance may be possibly due to resistance to P. graminis.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.129-139
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• 2000

Acinetobacter baumannii strains are emerging pathogens of the nosocomial infection with an increasing frequency in recent years. The therapeutic difficulty due to the wide spread of multiple resistant strains was major problem in A. baumannii infection. It seems likely that high frequency of A. baumannii infection will be increasing epidemiological importance in the future. However, the current limited understanding of the epidemiology of A. baumannii infections is caused by lack of a rapid and practical method for the molecular characterization of A. baumannii strains. This study was undertaken to determine molecular types and genetic similarity among A. baumannii strains isolated from four hospitals by RAPD analysis. Eighty-five strains, including 40 from Chunnam University Hospital, 27 from Dankook University Hospital, 15 from Yonsei University Hospital, and 3 from Seonam University Hospital, were classified into three molecular types. Molecular type II was the most common pattern and included 72 strains. All strains from Dankook University Hospital and 40 strains from Chunnam University Hospital belonged to molecular type I or II. A. baumannii strains form Yonsei University Hospital were very distant similarity values. The range of genetic similarity values among 85 strains of A. baumannii was 0.26 to 1.00. Although phenotypes including biotype and antimicrobial resistance pattern of A. baumannii strains were same or very similar to each other, their RAPD patterns were quite different. Typing with phenotypes was found to be less reliable than molecular typing by RAPD analysis. These results suggest that RAPD analysis provides rapid and simple typing method of A. baumannii strains for epidemiological studies. This work is the first epidemiological report of A. baumannii infections in Korea and it is hoped that results of this work may contribute to a better understanding of the clinical importance and epidemiology of A. baumannii strains.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.263-267
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• 2006

In both cosmetic and functional aspects, loss of digital pulp is a common problem. Compound or composite defects of the hand and fingers with exposed denuded tendon, bone, joint, or neurovascular structures may require flap coverage. Most often these lesions can be repaired by using simple local flap, neurovascular flap, thenar flap, and cross-finger flap. But microvascular reconstruction is sometimes needed for large defects. But Authors do not recommend these procedures in case of severe crushing injuries involving multiple finger pulp losses because they have possibility of damage of the vascular network and infection. So we applied distant flaps such as chest flaps, groin flaps, abdominal flaps and etc. And then we applied surgical rubber gloves for remodeling the flap after cutaneous healing. We have acquired satisfactory results, after the simple molding method for distant flap finger by using surgical rubber gloves treatment.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.184-189
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• 2015

Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is one of the most well-known and important infectious renal diseases resulting from a prior infection with group A ${\beta}$-hemolytic streptococcus. The typical clinical characteristics of the disease reflect acute onset with gross hematuria, edema, hypertension and moderate proteinuria after the antecedent streptococcal infection. In children, usually PSGN is healed spontaneously but if it combines with fast progressing glomerulonephritis, it would be developed to chronic renal failure. Therefore, it is important to make a fast diagnosis and treatment by simple tools to predict the course and the prognosis of disease. Sonography is a simple tool for diagnosis but there is no typical renal sonographic finding in PSGN, so it is difficult to predict the course and the prognosis of disease by sonographic findings. In comparison between two cases of renal sonographic findings in PSGN, a patient who showed more increased echogenicity in more extended area of renal sonography had the severe results of renal pathology, prolonged treatment period and low serum C3 level. Here, we report the different findings of renal sonography and pathology depending on the degree of severity between two patients. Thus, it is necessary to gather more information from further studies to make a consensus about the relationship between the renal sonography and the prognosis of disease in PSGN.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 1993

Soft-tissue deficits over the plantar forefoot, plantar heel, Achilles tendon, and distal parts of lower leg are often troublesome to cover with a simple graft or local flap due to limited mobility of surrounding skin and poor circulation in these area. Soft-tissue reconstruction in these regions should provide tissue components similar to the original lost tissue, supply durability and minimal protective pressure sensation and result in a donor site that is well tolerated and treated. We analysed 7 cases that were treated with the Instep flap due to soft-tissue defects over these regions from July of 1990 to July of 1993. All flaps were viable and successful at follow-up. 1. The age ranged from 9 years to 60 years, and 6 cases were male and 1 case female. 2. The sites of soft-tissue loss were the plantar forefoot(1 case), plantar heel(3 cases), Achilles tendon(2 cases), and distal parts of lower leg(1 case). 3. The causes of soft-tissue loss were simple soft-tissue crushing injury(1 case), crushing injury of the 1st toe(1 case) and posttraumatic infection and necrosis(5 cases). 4. The associated injury were open distal tibio-fibula, fracture(2 cases), medial malleolar fracture of the ankle(1 case), Achilles tendon rupture(2 case) and 1st metatarso-phalangeal disarticulation(1 case). 5. The size of flap was from $3{\times}4cm$ to $5{\times}10cm$(average $4{\times}5.6cm)$. 6. In 7 cases, we were not to find post-operative necrosis and infection, non-viability, limitation of ankle joint, and gait disturbance caused by the Instep flap surgery. 7. This study demonstrates that the Instep flap should be considered as another valuable technique in reconstruction of these regions.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5245-5247
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• 2014

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is one of the most important causes of dyspepsia and gastric cancer and diagnosis can be made by invasive or non-invasive methods. The Atlas Helicobacter pylori antigen test is a new rapid non-invasive method which is simple to conduct. The aim of this study was to determine its sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted between July 2012 and December 2013. Stool samples of 59 dyspeptic patients who underwent upper endoscopy were evaluated for H. pylori stool antigen. Results: From the 59 patients who participated in this study, there were 36 (61%) males and 23 (39%) females. H. pylori was diagnosed in 24 (40.7%) gastric biopsies, 22 (91.7 %) of these being positive for the Atlas H. pylori antigen test. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy were 91.7%, 100%, 100%, 94.6% and 96.6% respectively. Conclusions: The Atlas H. pylori antigen test is a new non-invasive method which is simple to perform and avails reliable results in a few minutes. Thus it can be the best option for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection due to its high sensitivity and specificity.