• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2009

방사선치료의 목적은 완치목적 그리고 증상완화목적 두 가지로 나뉜다. 전체 암환자의 약 45%는 방사선치료를 받으며 이중 25${\sim}$30%는 증상완화목적의 치료를 받고있다. 방사선치료는 비록 생존기간의 연장에는 영향을 미치지 않으나 증상완화효과는 대단히 우수하며 임종시까지 삶의 질을 유지하는데 큰 역할을 한다. 증상완화 방사선치료의 적응증으로는 골전이에 의한 통증, 뇌전이, 척수압박으로 인한 신경학적 증상, 암으로 인한 기관지, 식도, 상대정맥 폐쇄 증상, 기관지, 비뇨생식기계 직장의 암성출혈 등이다. 이 중 골전이에 대한 치료가 가장 흔한 적응증이며 통증조절 외에 병적골절예방 및 척수압박예방의 효과를 가지며 약 70${\sim}$80%의 증상 완화효과를 나타낸다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2011

Purpose: This study evaluated the treatment effectiveness and proper radiation dose of helical tomotherapy (HT) in spine oligometastases from gastrointestinal cancers. Materials and Methods: From 2006 to 2010, 20 gastrointestinal cancer patients were treated with HT for spine oligometastases (31 spine lesions). The gross tumor volume (GTV) was the tumor evident from magnetic resonance imaging images fused with simulation computed tomography images. Clinical target volume (CTV) encompassed involved vertebral bodies or dorsal elements. We assumed that the planning target volume was equal to the CTV. We assessed local control rate after HT for 31 spine metastases. Pain response was scored by using a numeric pain intensity scale (NPIS, from 0 to 10). Results: Spine metastatic lesions were treated with median dose of 40 Gy (range, 24 to 51 Gy) and median 5 Gy per fraction (range, 2.5 to 8 Gy) to GTV with median 8 fractions (range, 3 to 20 fraction). Median biologically equivalent dose (BED, ${\alpha}/{\beta}$ = 10 Gy) was 52 $Gy_{10}$ (range, 37.5 to 76.8 $Gy_{10}$) to GTV. Six month local control rate for spine metastasis was 90.3%. Overall infield failure rate was 15% and outfield failure rate was 75%. Most patients showed pain relief after HT (93.8%). Median local recurrence free survival was 3 months. BED over 57 $Gy_{10}$ and oligometastases were identified as prognostic factors associated with improved local progression free survival (p = 0.012, P = 0.041). Conclusion: HT was capable of delivering higher BED to metastatic lesions in close proximity of the spinal cord. Spine metastases from gastrointestinal tumors were sensitive to high dose radiation, and BED (${\alpha}/{\beta}$ = 10 Gy) higher than 57 $Gy_{10}$ could improve local control.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권sup1호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2001

Objective : DREZotomy is effective for the treatment of deafferentation pain as a consequence of root avulsion, postparaplegic pain, posttraumatic syrinx, postherpetic neuralgia, spinal cord injury, and peripheral nerve injury. We performed microsurgical DREZotomy to the patients with deafferentation pain and relieved pain without any serious complication. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of the microsurgical DREZotomy for deafferentation pain. Methods : We evaluated 4 patients with deafferntation pain who were intractable to medical therapy. Two of them were brachial plexus injury with root avulsion owing to trauma, one was axillary metastasis of the squamous cell carcinoma of the left forearm, and the last was anesthesia dolorosa after surgical treatment(MVD and rhizotomy) of trigeminal neuralgia. Preoperative evaluation was based on the neurologic examination, radiologic imaging, and electrophysiological study. In the case of anesthesia dolorosa, we produced two parallel lesions in cephalocaudal direction, 2mm in distance, from the C2 dorsal rootlet to the 5mm superior to the obex including nucleus caudalis, after suboccipital craniectomy and C1-2 laminectomy, with use of microelectrode. In the others, we confirmed lesion site with identification of the nerve root after hemilaminectomy. We performed arachnoid dissection along the posterolateral sulcus and made lesion with microsurgical knife and microelectrocoagulation, 2mm in depth, 2mm in distance, to the direction of 30-45 degrees in the medial portion of the Lissauer's tract and the most dorsal layers of the posterior horn at the one root level above and below the lesion. Results : Compared with preoperative state, microsurgical DREZotomy significantly diminished dosage of the drugs and relieved pain meaningfully. One patient showed tansient ipsilateral ataxia, but recovered soon. There was not any serious complication. Conclusion : It may be concluded that microsurgical DREZotomy is very useful and safe therapeutic modality for deafferentation pain, especially segmentally distributed intermittent or evoke pain. Complete preoperative evaluation and proper selection of the patients and lesion making device are needed to improve the result.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2019

Objective : The efficacy of preoperative embolization for hypervascular metastatic spine disease (MSD) such as renal cell and thyroid cancers has been reported. However, the debate on the efficacy of preoperative embolization for non-hypervascular MSD still remains unsettled. The purpose of this study is to determine whether preoperative embolization for non-hypervascular MSD decreases perioperative blood loss. Methods : A total of 79 patients (36 cases of preoperative embolization and 43 cases of non-embolization) who underwent surgery for metastatic spine lesions were included. Representative hypervascular tumors such as renal cell and thyroid cancers were excluded. Intraoperative and perioperative estimated blood losses (EBL), total number of transfusion and calibrated EBL were recorded in the embolization and non-embolization groups. The differences in EBL were also compared along with the type of surgery. In addition, the incidence of Adamkiewicz artery and complications of embolization were assessed. Results : The average age of 50 males and 29 females was $57.6{\pm}13.5$ years. Lung (30), hepatocellular (14), gastrointestinal (nine) and others (26) were the primary cancers. The demographic data was not significantly different between the embolization and the non-embolization groups. There were no significant differences in intraoperative EBL, perioperative EBL, total transfusion and calibrated EBL between two groups. However, intraoperative EBL and total transfusion in patients with preoperative embolization were significantly lower than in non-embolization in the corpectomy group (1645.5 vs. 892.6 mL, p=0.017 for intraoperative EBL and 6.1 vs. 3.9, p=0.018 for number of transfusion). In addition, the presence of Adamkiewicz artery at the index level was noted in two patients. Disruption of this major feeder artery resulted in significant changes in intraoperative neuromonitoring. Conclusion : Preoperative embolization for non-hypervascular MSD did not reduce perioperative blood loss. However, the embolization significantly reduced intraoperative bleeding and total transfusion in corpectomy group. Moreover, the procedure provided insights into the anatomy of tumor and spinal cord vasculature.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2000

목적 : 수아세포종에 대한 수술 후 두개척수 방사선종양학 의학용어집에 따라 방사선치료의 효과를 평가하고 최적의 방사선치료 방법을 알아보고자 함이 본 연구의 목적이다. 대상 및 방법 : 1984년 5월부터 1998년 4월까지 본원 치료방사선과에서 두개척수 외부 방사선치료를 받은 43명의 수아세포종 환자를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 추적기간은 18개월에서 U개월이었으며 중앙추적기간은 47개월이었다. 남자는 27명이었고 여자는 16명으로서 남자와 여자의 비율은 1.7: 1이었다. 5명의 환자에서는 조직검사만을 시행하였고 14명에서는 육안적 완전절제술, 나머지 24명의 환자에서는 아절제술을 시행하였다. 모든 환자는 두개척수 방사선치료를 받았고, 39명의 환자는 최소 5,000 cGy의 방사선을 원발부위에 조사받았으며 40명의 환자는 최소 3,000cGy의 방사선을 척수에 조사받았다. 결과 : 대상환자 43명의 5년 및 7년 생존율은 67$\%$ 및 56$\%$이었고, 5년 및 7년 무병생존율은 각각 60$\%$ 및 51$\%$이었다. 원발병소의 국소제어율은 5년 및 7년에 각각 77$\%$ 및 67$\%$이었다. 육안적 완전절제술 및 아절제술을 시행받은 환자의 5년 생존율은 각각 76$\%$ 및 66$\%$이었으며 반면에 조직검사만을 시행받은 환자는 5년 생존율이 40$\%$에 불과 하였다. 총 18명의 재발환자 중 11명에서 원발부위가 재발부위이었으며 7명의 환자는 원발병소에서만 재발하였다. 4명의 환자는 척수에서, 3명의 환자는 원격전이만을 보였고 나머지 4명의 환자에서는 원발부위를 포함하여 여러부위에서 재발하는 양상을 나타내었다. 결론 : 수아세포종의 뇌척추 방사선치료는 유의한 치료 부작용이 없는 효과적인 치료요법이었다. 그러나 원발부위의 국소치료효과를 높이기 위하여 개선하여야 할 점이 있는 것으로 사료되며 이는 다분할조사, 정위적 방사선수술 및 삼차원 입체 조형치료 등 방사선요법의 기술적 발전으로 이루어 질 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.