• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.449-451
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• 2023

We report a case of chest wall resection for painful chest wall nonunion, 5 years after traumatic flail chest and a first attempt at surgical treatment. The decision was made to perform surgery again after 2 years of unsuccessful well-conducted analgesic treatment. During surgery, we found the same sites of pseudarthrosis and decided to perform parietectomy of the fifth, sixth, and seventh ribs. A Gore-Tex patch was used to bridge the gap created by the resection. In immediate postoperative care, the patient's pain was quickly and sufficiently eased by stage 1 and 2 pain killers. The results of bone samples taken from the pseudarthrosis sites all found Propionibacterium acnes. Five months after surgery, the patient had considerable improvement in pain sensations. Computed tomography showed healing of ribs, the plate in place, and no sign of complications.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.790-792
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• 2010

77세 남자 환자가 좌측 전흉벽의 거대한 종괴를 주소로 내원하였으며 수술적 제거 후 융기피부섬유 육종으로 진단되었다. 융기피부섬유육종은 피부의 중간엽 종양으로 연조직 육종의 2% 미만을 차지하며 병변은 진피에서 기원하여 피하조직까지 침범 할 수 있는 종양이다. 조직학적으로 방추세포의 나선형 배열이 특징적이며 CD34의 면역조직 화학 특수 염색에서 양성소견을 보인다. 저자들은 광범위 절제술과 전층피부이식을 통한 흉부재건술로 거대한 흉부 융기피부섬유육종을 성공적으로 절제하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.289-291
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• 2008

다형성 초자화 혈관 확장 종양은 경미한 악성종양의 특성을 가지며 주로 하지의 표재성 연조직에 발생하는 매우 회귀한 종양으로 알려져 있다. 조직학적으로 확장된 혈관 주위에 비 활동성 유사분열의 판(sheet)과 다발(fascicle)로 이루어지면서, 혈철소(hemosiderin)가 점점이 박혀 있는 방추형의 다형성 세포로 이루어진 종양세포로 구성되며, 유사분열이 거의 없는 것이 그 특징적 소견으로 알려져 있다. 저자들은 우측 전 흉부의 종괴 촉지를 주소로 내원한 50세 남자환자에서 상기 질환을 치험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 더불어 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.486-489
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• 2013

Scapulothoracic bursitis, an uncommon lesion, has been reported to be a painful disorder of scapulothoracic articulation. The articulation may become inflamed secondary to trauma when overused because of sports or work that requires repetitive or constant movement of the scapula against the posterior chest wall. The bursitis usually appears as a growing mass at the scapulothoracic interface and is often confused with a soft tissue tumor. We report on a patient with scapulothoracic bursitis who underwent surgical excision.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.115-117
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• 2019

Although hemothorax and pneumothorax are common complications seen in rib fractures, focal extrapleural hematoma is quite rare. We report a 63-year-old female patient that developed large focal extrapleural hematoma after falling off a second floor veranda. The patient had sustained 3, 4, 5th costal cartilage rib fractures and a sternum fracture. She had developed suspected empyema with loculations with small amount of hemothorax. She underwent a planned early decortication/adhesiolysis by video assisted thoracoscopic surgery at the 12th post-trauma day due to failed drainage. Unexpectedly, she had no adhesions or any significant retained hematoma mimicking a mass, but was found with the focal extrapleural chest wall hematoma. She was discharged on postoperative 46th day for other reasons and is doing fine today.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.25-28
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• 2022

The authors performed rigid reconstruction using the sandwich technique for full-thickness chest wall defects by using two layers of acellular dermal matrix and bone cement. We assessed six patients who underwent chest wall reconstruction. Reconstruction was performed by sandwiching bone cement between two layers of acellular dermal matrix. In all patients, there was no defect of the overlying soft tissue, and primary closure was performed for external wounds. The average follow-up period was 4 years (range, 2-8 years). No major complications were noted. The sandwich technique can serve as an efficient and safe option for chest wall reconstruction.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.448-450
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• 2007

급성심근경색에 의한 좌심실파열은 사망률이 높은 질환이나, 아급성형인 경우 심초음파를 통한 신속한 진단과 대동맥 풍선펌프를 사용하여 수술 전후 추가적인 심실벽 파열을 예방할 수 있고, 수술 시 fibrin glue와 여러 가지 형태의 패취를 사용함으로써 지혈이 가능하다. 저자들은 급성심근경색 후 발생한 아급성형 좌심실파열 환자에서 fibrin glue를 이용한 비봉합적인 방법으로 만족할 만한 결과를 얻었기에 문헌과 함께 보고한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.148-154
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• 2019

Background: This study investigated the clinical outcomes of surgical treatment of primary chest wall soft tissue sarcoma (CW-STS). Methods: Thirty-one patients who underwent surgery for CW-STS between 2000 and 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. The disease-free and overall survival rates were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and prognostic factors were analyzed using a Cox proportional hazards model. Results: The median follow-up duration was 65.6 months. The most common histologic type of tumor was malignant fibrous histiocytoma (29%). The resection extended to the soft tissue in 14 patients, while it reached full thickness in 17 patients. Complete resection was achieved in 27 patients (87.1%). There were 5 cases of local recurrence, 3 cases of distant metastasis, and 5 cases of combined recurrence. The 5-year disease-free rate was 49%. Univariate analysis indicated that incomplete resection (p<0.001) and stage (p=0.062) were possible risk factors for recurrence. Multivariate analysis determined that incomplete resection (p=0.013) and stage (p=0.05) were significantly associated with recurrence. The overall 5- and 10-year survival rates were 86.8% and 64.3%, respectively. No prognostic factor for survival was identified. Conclusion: Long-term primary CW-STS surgery outcomes were found to be favorable. Incomplete microscopic resection and stage were risk factors for recurrence.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.458-460
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• 1996

경피적 폐생검술은 폐 및 늑막 질환의 진단에 보편적으로 흔히 시행되며 이에 의한 합병증의 발생 빈도는 매우 낮다. 이중 매우 드물지 만 치명적 일 수 있는 합병증 중의 하나는 경피적 폐생검술 후 바늘의 경로를 통한 암세포의 흉벽으로의 전이이다. 환자는 59세 된 여자로 편평상퍼 세포 폐암으로 진단되어 우측폐 상엽절제술을 시행한 후 외래 추적 관찰 6개월째 수술 전 시행한 경피적 폐생검 부위에 종괴가 촉지되어 폐암의 흉벽 전이로 판단하고종 괴를 포함하여 주변 근육들과 함께 확대 절제하였고 이후 방사선 치료 및 항암제 치료를 병 행하였다. 본 인제대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실 상계 백병 원에서는 1 례의 폐암 환자에서 경피적 폐생검술 후 암세포가 흉벽으로 전이되 어 외과적으로 치험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.69-72
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• 1976

This is to report a case of bronchgenic cyst. While most of the bronchogenic cysts reported in the literature so far were located either in the lung parechym or in the mediastinum near the tracheal bifurcation or main bronchi. the cyst presenting in this study was originated in the wall of the esophagus and was reported to be very rare. The cystic tumor was found accidentally by X-ray fluoroscopic examination of the esophagus and stomach in the patient with gastric hemorrhage. X-ray study revealed that the cystic tumor was oval in shape and located in the left posterolateral wall of the esophagus in the thoracic lower third. Two surgical operations, gastrectomy for gastric hemorrhage and the resection of the cystic tumor, were carried out separately. Gastrectomy including the removal of prepyloric ulcer by the Billroth II type procedure was performed in regular fashion, and the cystic tumor was resected radically without any injury of the mucous membrane of the esophagus. The cyst removed appeared to be filled with mucinous material, and histological examination identified the tumor as a bronchogenic cyst with ciliated epithelial internal lining. Postperative course of the patient was uneventful.