• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2008

Partial toenail ablation on both sides of the great toenail, unfolding the severely curved toenail, and application of a simple device for maintaining the unfolded state of the incurved toenail is described to treat severely incurved toenails (pincer nails). This technique alleviated symptoms and improved the shape of severely curved toenails of the greater toe.

• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to introduce the 'Matrixplasty' for the treatment of a severely incurved toenail with growth plate deformity and to report our results treating this disease entity. Materials and Methods: Between January 2010 and May 2010, 48 consecutive patients (62 cases) underwent treatment of symptomatic incurved toenails with the 'matrixplasty'. The mean period of time at last follow-up was $14.0{\pm}1.3$ months. The recurrence rate and complication rate were evaluated. An American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) forefoot hallux score was assigned and patients were evaluated at pretreatment and the last follow-up meeting. For evaluation of improvement in toenail shape, the center to edge angle of the toenail was measured at pretreatment and last follow-up. Results: All ingrown toenails healed and the nail deformity was corrected within 3 weeks after the procedure. Among the 62 cases, four cases had recurred by the last follow-up. The mean pretreatment AOFAS forefoot hallux score was $73.1{\pm}12.8$, and it improved to $98.7{\pm}1.1$ by the last follow-up (p<0.01). The mean center to edge angle of the toenail improved from $53.3{\pm}12.9$ degrees to $18.2{\pm}7.4$ degrees by the last follow-up (p<0.01). Minor paronychia, which was managed with local wound dressing and oral antibiotics, was identified in eight cases. Conclusion: Matrixplasty showed excellent clinical results in the treatment of severe incurved toenail (pincer nail) and this procedure also showed great improvement of the deformed toenail and its growth plate.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.73-84
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• 1995

대구시내 중심가의 국민학교 4학년 학생 남녀 각 50명씩들을 대상으로 혈액, 두발 및 조갑 내의 연농도를 정량분석하고 이들 각 시료 내의 연농도의 상관관계를 조사한 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 혈액, 두발 및 발들의 평균 연농도는 각각 $6.00{\pm}2.44{\mu}g/dl,\;7.17{\pm}3.28{\mu}g/g,\;7.33{\pm}3.18{\mu}g/g$이었다. 혈중 연농도는 남학생이 $6.43{\pm}2.77{\mu}g/dl$, 여학생이 $5.59{\pm}2.01{\mu}g/dl$, 두발 중 연농도는 남학생이 $7.66{\pm}2.97{\mu}g/g$, 여학생이 $6.68{\pm}3.54{\mu}g/g$로 남학생에서 높았으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았으며, 발톱의 경우는 남학생에서 $8.19{\pm}3.54{\mu}g/g$, 여학생에서 $6.47{\pm}2.59{\mu}g/g$로 남학생에서 유의하게 높았다. 혈액, 두발과 발톱 중 연농도에 따른 학생들의 분포는 혈액은 남학생에서 $5.0\sim7.4{\mu}g/dl(38%)$, 여학생에서는 $2.5\sim4.9{\mu}g/dl(42%)$에 전체적으로는 $5.0\sim7.4{\mu}g/dl(41%)$에 가장 많이 분포하였다. 두발의 경우 남학생에서 $5.0\sim7.4{\mu}g/g(32%)$, 여학생에서 $2.5\sim4.9{\mu}g/g(34%)$에 전체적으로는 $2.5\sim4.9{\mu}g/g(28%)$에 가장 많이 분포하였다. 발들에서는 남학생에서 $5.0\sim7.4{\mu}g/g(34%)$, 여학생에서 $7.5\sim9.9{\mu}g/g(30%)$에 전체적으로는 $5.0\sim7.4{\mu}g/g(31%)$에 가장 많이 분포하였다. 또한 남학생의 8%, 여학생의 4%로 전체 학생들의 6%에서 혈액 중 연농도가 $10{\mu}g/dl$을 넘었다. 혈액, 두발과 발톱 사이의 연농도의 상관관계를 보면 남학생에서 혈액과 두발의 연농도 사이의 상관계수는 0.4909(p<0.001)(regression equation : Y(두발 중 연농도)=0.5255X(혈액 중 연농도)+4.2810)였으며, 여학생에서의 상관계수는 0.3778(p<0.001) (regression equation : Y(두발 중 연농도)=0.6655X(혈액 중 연농도)+2.9632)이었다. 남학생에서 혈액과 발톱 중 연농도 사이의 상관계수는 0.5533(p<0.01) (regression equation : Y(발톱 중 연농도)=0.7076X(혈액 중 연농도)+3.6472)였으며 여학생에서의 상관계수는 0.2738(regression equation : Y(발톱 중 연농도)=0.3431X(혈액 중 연농도)+4.5570이었다. 남학생에서 두발과 발톱 중 연농도 사이의 상관계수는 0.4148(p<0.001) (regression equation : Y(발들 중 연농도)=0.4956X(두발 중 연농도)+4.3986)였으며, 여학생에서의 상관계수는 0.1159(regression equation : Y(발톱 중 연농도)=0.0825X(두발 중 연농도)+5.9214)이었다. 본 연구의 결과에서 여학생의 두발과 발톱간을 제외하고, 대도시 남자 국민학교 학생들의 혈액, 두발, 발들의 연농도간의 유의한 관련성이 있으므로 혈액, 두발및 발톱을 연 폭로평가의 상호보완, 혹은 대체시료로써 이용의 가능성이 있다고 생각된다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.40-49
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• 2018

본 연구는 SELEN 코호트 연구의 기반조사 자료를 활용하였으며, 성인 남녀의 발톱 크롬 수준에 독립적으로 영향을 미치는 결정요인을 파악하고, 크롬 수준과 이상지질혈증과의 관련성을 규명하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 면류, 채소류, 과일류가 발톱 크롬 수준에 독립적으로 영향을 주었으며, 교란인자를 보정한 후 크롬 수준과 주요 이상지질혈증간의 유의적인 연관성을 보이지 않았다. 그러나 발톱 크롬 농도에 독립적으로 영향을 미치는 요인을 찾아내어 제시하게 된 바, 한국인을 대상으로 한 최초의 크롬 관련 영양 역학연구의 결과로서 그 의의가 크다. 또한 국내 연구가 부족한 상황에서 본 연구 결과는 크롬의 한국인 영양 섭취 기준 개정 시 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. 향후 크롬 섭취 및 체내 크롬 농도와 이상지질혈증과의 명확한 관련성을 규명하기 위하여 한국인 크롬 식이 데이터베이스를 구축하고, 대규모 코호트 연구와 임상시험연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.274-278
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• 2023

Ingrown toenails are most common among school-age children and adolescents though they can be observed at any age. Causes of ingrown toenails are increased curvature, trauma, and external pressure. Treatment of ingrown toenails can be broadly characterized as conservative and surgical. Conservative treatment can be performed using various methods, such as a gutter splint, dental floss, and cotton. Surgical treatments may be divided into two main approaches; narrowing of the nail plate and debulking of periungual tissues. However, these various conservative and surgical treatments have high recurrence rates, and thus, the author used a permanent surgical method based on the use of a paronychium flap to treat a 15-year-old male adolescent with excessive periungual tissues and curved ingrown toenails who did not improve despite conservative and several surgical treatments over 4 years. Subsequently, toenail shape was maintained without recurrence 22 months after surgery, and there were no complaints of inflammation or pain while walking. This simple surgical method can be performed on patients with advanced ingrown toenails due to excessive periungual tissues and nail curvature and can be expected to have permanent effects.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.347-352
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• 2006

Ingrowing toenail has been treated conventionally by various surgical treatment modlities. However, none of these procedures are perfect to achieve esthetic results with low cost, recurrence, and complication rates. Although mild cases can be treated conservatively, in severe recurrent cases, surgical treatment is preferred. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of using partial matricectomy and paronychial advancement flap for correction of recurrent ingrowing toenail. Eight patients suffering from recurrent ingrowing toenail were operated using partial matricectomy and paronychial advancement flap in our department from August 2004 to August 2005. The number of recurrent episodes ranged from 2 to 5. With digital nerve block, the excision area was marked on nailplate and inflammed lateral nail fold. The horizontally designed paronychial flap considering defect size was effective for wide exposure of the neighboring germinal matrix, which is later to be completely excised or cauterized because remnant germinal matrix made postoperative spicule formation. The nailplate on the affected side was removed about 3-5 mm width longitudinally, being cautious not to damage the proximal dorsal nail fold. The same width of the sterile matrix including germinal matrix was excised longitudinally with inflammed granulation tissue and partial lateral nail fold on the affected side. The subcutaneously elevated paronychial flap was advanced to cover the defect and was anatomically sutured with 5-0 nylon sutures. We evaluated our procedure's effectiveness by examining some factors such as cosmetic results, recurrence, spicule formation, postoperative pain and duration of return to normal activities. In eight patients, no complication was observed such as recurrence, severe pain and spicule formation except for 1 case of infection. Postoperative discomfort was minimal. Average duration of return to normal activities was 12 days. Cosmetically the results were acceptable in all patients. The partial matricectomy and paronychial advancement flap for correction of recurrent ingrowing toenail were found to be technically simple, efficient procedure with a relative low recurrence rate and better cosmetic results.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.101-105
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• 2023

Benign cartilaginous tumors, known as chondrogenic tumors, show cartilage components in the microscopic diagnosis. We present two clinical cases with cartilaginous tumors of the toes showing distinctive clinical manifestations. Two juvenile patients visited our outpatient clinic due to tumors with toenail deformities. A 10-year-old girl presented with a palpable mass with a nail deformity on the left third toe. The initial pathology report was soft tissue chondroma until complete resection. Another 15-year-old male patient visited the dermatology department with a toenail deformity and underwent a punch biopsy. The pathology report was fibrosis with myxoid degeneration. Excisional biopsies were performed for both patients. In the operative field, we observed exophytic tumors connected to the distal phalangeal bones. The final pathology reports were subungual osteochondroma on both patients. The specimen exhibited mature bone trabeculae with a focal cartilaginous cap. Benign cartilaginous tumors have a slow, progressive course and do not show significant symptoms. However, tumors in subungual areas are accompanied by toenail deformities and they can cause pain. Their clinical characteristics lead to a delayed diagnosis. Surgeons can be confused between soft tissue and chondrogenic tumors. When they conduct physical examinations, these categories should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.357-364
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• 2011

Selenium is an antioxidant trace element linked to cardiovascular disease and cancer. Although diet is a major source, relatively little else is known about independent determinants of selenium levels in free-living humans. In this study, we aimed to investigate the independent demographic. lifestyle, and dietary determinants of selenium levels in 1,997 men and 1,905 women in two large prospective U.S. cohorts. Toenail selenium levels were quantified using neutron activation analysis. Diet, geographic residence, demographic, and environmental factors were assessed by validated self-administered questionnaires. Multivariate generalized linear models were conducted to assess the independent relations of these factors with toenail selenium levels, correcting for measurement error in the diet. In multi variable-adjusted analyses, independent predictors of higher selenium were male gender (6.3% higher levels); living in West and Northern-Midwest U.S. regions (8.9% and 7.4% higher than Southern-Midwest regions, respectively); consumption of beef and bread products (between 0.7 - 2.5% higher per daily serving); and selenium supplement use (6.9% higher than non-users); whereas cigarette smoking (5-10% lower than never smokers), older age (0.6% lower per 5 years), and consumption of eggs, white rice, dairy products, coffee, and alcohol (between 0.1 to 2.0% lower per daily serving) were associated with lower selenium. Multiple dietary and non-dietary factors independently predicted selenium levels, suggesting that both consumption and non-dietary processes (e.g.. related to oxidant status) may affect levels. Significant geographic variation in selenium levels exists in the US.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.178-181
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• 2010

Purpose: Retronychia is the embedding of the nail into proximal nail fold. Retronychia starts with disruption of the longitudinal growth of the nail. With the growth of a new nail, the old one is pushed upwards and backwards. This leads to embedding of the top nail into the ventral aspect of the proximal nail fold and results with chronic paronychia. We present a case of retronychia that was rarely reported in the literature. Methods: A 46-year old female presented with a 3-month history of painful right first, 2nd, 3rd toenail changes. Although she was initially treated with broad spectrum antibiotics, she did not response to therapy. Later, she presented to our department because of progressively worsening pain that impaired her walking. Physical examination revealed with proximal nail fold erythema, painful swelling, yellowish nail discoloration, and distal onycholysis. Bacterial and fungus culture showed no organism. Treatment was surgical nail avulsion under local anesthesia. Results: The postoperative course was uneventful. 10 months later, the patient had a normal growing nail and was free of symptoms. Conclusion: We report a case of retronychia on toenail. Retronychia is a proximal nail plate ingrowth into the proximal nail fold which is associated with multiple generations of nail plate misaligned beneath the proximal nail. Management consisted of simple avulsion of superimposed nail. Retronychia is suspected with a persistent paronychia, particularly in the setting of trauma. Avulsion of the top nail confirms the diagnosis and may be curative if the underlying nail appears healthy.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 2003년도 제11회 춘계 심포지움 연제집
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• pp.30-37
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• 2003

o Cohort study became the major approach to study of chronic diseases such as CVD and cancer o Cohort can be population-based or volunteer-based o Types of be population-be categorized by source population and selection mechanism o More and more cohort studies involve biological specimens, such as blood, urine, toenail, cheek cells, etc. o Multi-center and multi-national collaboration is an effective way to increase sample size. o Current statistical method typically use time-to-event analysis by Cox proportional hazard model.