• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.115-118
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• 2009

중부 식도암에서 개흉적 식도절제술을 시행 받은 65세 남자가 식도열공 직상부의 좌측 종격 흉막이 찢어진 곳을 통해 횡행결장의 흉강내 탈장이 발생하였다. 단순흉부촬영상 좌측 하폐야에 공기음영의 누적이 발견되었고 이는 점차 진행하여 좌측 폐를 완전히 허탈시키고 혈역학적 불안정을 야기하였다. 식도절제술 후 생명을 위협하는 흉강내로의 탈장은 응급 개복술을 통하여 교정되었다. 식도절제술 후 식도열공을 통한 흉강내 탈장은 장의 폐색이나 꼬임의 위험 때문에 생명을 위협할 가능성이 있어 증상이 있는 환자에서 응급으로 복부절개를 통한 탈장의 수술적 복원을 시행하여야 한다. 하지만 식도절제술시 이러한 합병증의 예방을 위한 신중이 최우선일 것이다.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.5-8
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• 2007

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.336-345
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• 2023

Background: The objective of this study was to demonstrate the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of intraoperative monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerves during thoracoscopic and robotic 3-field esophagectomy. Methods: This retrospective analysis details our initial experience using intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) during minimally invasive 3-field esophagectomy. Data were obtained from a prospectively maintained database and electronic medical records. The study included all patients who underwent minimally invasive (video-assisted thoracic surgery/robotic) transthoracic esophagectomy with neck anastomosis. The patients were divided into those who underwent IONM during the study period and a historical cohort who underwent 3-field esophagectomy without IONM at the same institution. Appropriate statistical tests were used to compare the 2 groups. Results: Twenty-four patients underwent nerve monitoring during minimally invasive 3-field esophagectomy. Of these, 15 patients underwent thoraco-laparoscopic operation, while 9 received a robot-assisted procedure. In the immediate postoperative period, 8 of 24 patients (33.3%) experienced vocal cord paralysis. Relative to a historical cohort from the same institution, who were treated with surgery without nerve monitoring in the preceding 5 years, a 26% reduction was observed in the nerve paralysis rate (p=0.08). On follow-up, 6 of the 8 patients with vocal cord paralysis reported a return to normal vocal function. Additionally, patients who underwent IONM exhibited a higher nodal yield and a decreased frequency of tracheostomy and bronchoscopy. Conclusion: The use of IONM during minimally invasive 3-field esophagectomy is safe and feasible. This technique has the potential to decrease the incidence of recurrent nerve palsy and increase nodal yield.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.214-218
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• 1993

Extensive lymphnode dissection combined with thoracic esophagectomy improved prognosis of esophageal cancer, but there is still high postoperative recurrence rate. The immunologic capacity of esophageal cancer patients is compromised by surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. Therefore immunological therapy for esophageal cancer patients seems rational. We have adopted postoperative immunochemotherapy since 1988. From 1988 to 1992, 31 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer underwent esophagectomy and radical lymphnode dissection, and selected patient with early esophageal cancer and unfit for thoracotomy underwent transhiatal esophagectomy in Korea University Hospital. Mean age of patients was 56 years. There were 28 squamous cell cancers, 2 adenocarcinomas and one mixed tumor. There were 4 stage I, 3 stage II, 18 stage III, and 6 stage IV cases. There were no opeartive death. Postoperative complications included anastomotic leakage in 9%, pneumonia 3 %, cylothorax 3%, recurrent laryngeal neve paresis in 3% of all patients. Curative resection group[n=19] received immunotherapy. Noncurative resection group[n=12] received postoperative immunochemotherapy, including PS-K, CDDP, and 5-FU. Operative survivors were followed from 4 months to 5 years. There were 3 lost of follow-up. Actuarial survival rate is 79% to one year, 54% to two years and 27% to five years.In conclusion, an transthoracic esophagectomy combined with systematic lymph node dissection and postoperative immunochemotherapy could improve survival rate for esophageal cancer.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1032-1037
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• 1995

Between September 1988 and December 1993, 32 cases of benign esophageal stricture, of which 12 males and 20 females, were managed in Seoul National University Hospital hospital. Their age ranged from 2 to 61 years, and the mean age was 33.9 years. The ingestion of caustic agent was the most common cause, and the caustic material was acid in 16 patients [58% and alkali in 11patients [39% . Nearly all of the patients complained of dysphagia, and some of chest pain, epigastric pain, weight loss, vomiting, general malaise, and dyspnea. The most frequent site of stricture was found in the upper thoracic esophagus with 34% incidence followed by the lower thoracic esophagus[28% , whole esophagus[19% , and the mid esophagus[16% . The operations performed were 17[53% ECG[esophagocologastrostomy , 5[16% PCG[pharyngocologastrostomy , 5[16% EG[esophagogastrostomy , 2 EJG [esophagojejunogastrostormy by free jejunal graft , and 1 case each of EJ [esophagojejunostomy , esophageal end to end anastomosis, jejunostomy only, and gastrostomy only. In 23 patients [72% , diseased esophaguses were resected, using transhiatal total esophagectomy in 15 [47% and transthoracic partial esophagectomy in 8 [25% . Of those 23 patients, 3 patients [9.4% were diagnosed as esophageal carsinoma on microscopic examination. The postoperative most common complications were unilateral vocal cord palsy in 6 patients [19% , followed by cervical anastomosis leakage in 4 patients [12.5% , wound infection in 2 patients [6% , and pneumothorax in 2 patients [6% . Late death occurred 8 months after the operation in one patient, which was associated with infection due to anastomotic leakage. Our experience shows that the rate of mortality and the morbidity were low in patients receiving surgical management for esophageal stricture and that the cancer transformation rate was high. We recommend esophageal reconstruction surgery with esophagectomy [transhiatal or transthoracic for the esophageal stricture because it can avoid a chance of prevent cancer transformation.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2005

목적: 현재 위분문부 및 식도암에 대한 근분 치로 원칙은 수술적 치료이며, 이에 대한 방법으로는 기존에는 주로 개흉을 요하는 McKeown술식(transthoracic esophagectomy, TTE)을 시행하였으나 최근에는 개흉술을 시행하지 않고 경열공을 통한 식도절제술(transshiatal esophagectomy, THE)도 많이 시행하고 있다. 이에 최근 본원에서 시행한 TTE와 THE의 임상 및 병리 결과를 분석하여 봄으로써 기존의 TTE에 대한 THE의 유용성에 대해 고찰해 보고자 한다. 상 및 방법: 최근 10년간 부산대학교병원에서 식도 및 위분문부암으로 진단 받고 수술적 치료를 받은 52예를 대상으로 후향적으로 자료를 수집, 분석하였다. 결과: 총 52예 중 20예에서 TTE를 32예에서 THE를 시행하였다. TTE는 중간부식도암 12예, 하부식도암 8예에서 시행되었고, THE는 중간부식도암 7예, 하부식도암 15예, 위분문부암 10예에서 시행되었다. TTE 후 식도대체장기로는 17예에서 위를, 3예에서 대장을 사용했으며, THE에서는 29예에서 위를, 3예에서 대장을 사용하였다. 술 후 합병증은 TTE를 시행한 13예(폐렴, 흉수 등 호흡기게 합병증 5예, 문합부유출 3예, 간병증 2예, 창상감염 1예, 패혈증 1예)에서, THE를 시행한 19예(문합부협착 13예, 흉수 3예, 문합부유출 1예, 창상감염 1예, 회귀후두신경마비 1예)에서 발생했다. 술 후 치료기간 동안 사망한 예는 TTE에서 1예 있었다. 수술 후 입원기간은 TTE에서 평균 25.6일, THE에서 20.6일 이었다. 결론: THE가 수술 이환율(morbidity)과 사망률(mortality)이 낮고 술식이 간편하여 시행하기가 용이하여 기존의 개흉을 통한 TTE 술식과 비교했을 때 식도절제를 요하는 대부분의 암환자들에게 유용한 술식이라 하겠다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.449-452
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• 1997

저자들은 흉부식도암의 근치적 절제후 국소재발을 보인 1례를 치험하였기에 보고하는 바이다. 환자는 식도아절제술후 후종격동 경로를 통한 경부식도-위 문합술을 시행받았었다. 수술 20개월후 환자는 연하곤란을 주소로 내원하였고 컴퓨터 단층촬영과 경피적 세침흡인 조직검사등을 통해 국소재발을 확인하였다. 환자는 경부식도절제, 위 분문부의 부분절제 및 후두절제를 시행하고 유리공장 이식 편을 이용하여 재건술을 시행하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.753-758
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• 1996

대전 을지병 원 흉부외과에서는 1987년 1월부터 1994년 12월까지 8넌 동안 식도암으로 진단된 25명의 환자에 대 해서 수술적 치료를 시 행하였다. 24례가 남자 환자였고 1례는 여자 환자였다. 연령 분포는 40세에서 74세까지 였고 평균연령은 60.4세 였다. 가장 흔한 증상은 연하곤란(92.0 %)이었고, 그외 전신 쇠약감(28.0 %), 흥골하 통증(16.0 %), 체중감소(16.0%) 순이었다. 식도암의 발생부위는 상부 1132례, 중부 l1317례, 하부 if)6례이 었다. 외과적 치료는 개흥을 통한 식도절제 및 식도 위 문합술 14례, 개흥을 통한 식도절제 및 식도 결장 위 문합술 5례, 개흥을 통한 식도절제 및 공장간치술 2례, 위루술 4례이 었다. 술후 합병증은 문합부누출 3례, 농흉 3례, 창상감염 2례, 무기폐 2례, 늑막삼출 1례, 애성 1례, 기흥 1례, 공장 이식편 괴사 1례, 흡인성 폐렴 1례이었다. 수술후 사망환자는 3례 있었다. 사망원인은 흡인성 폐렴 1 례, 패혈증과 호흡부전 각각 1 례이었다. 평균 생존기간은 9.75개월 이었고, 식도암의 재발은 3례에서 있었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.280-286
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• 1995

In our hospital we have seen 38 cases of esophageal cancer from June 1984 until June 1994. They composed of 34[89% men and 4[11% women, their age distributed from 35 to 74, mean age was 57.55 7.43. Their symptoms were varied, dysphagia[97% , pyrosis[58% , chest pain[31% , weight loss[31% , anemia[8% , vomiting[5% , and hoarseness[1% . Surgical treatment was done with esophagectomy and upper GI reconstruction 35 cases, and palliative gastrostomy was 3 cases. There was no operative mortality, and operative morbidity was 8 cases of anastomotic leakage, 5 cases of wound infection, 5 cases of pleural effusion, hoarseness, pneumothorax, and lung abscess. Pathologic lesion distribution: upper thoracic esophagus 6 cases[16% , middle thoracic esophagus 17 cases[45% , and lower thoracic esophagus 15 cases[39% . There was no statistical difference of transhiatal esophagectomy and transthoracic esophagectomy in complications and hospitalization period in this study but we proved the superiority of gastric upper GI reconstruction rather than colon upper GI reconstruction in anastomotic leakage and hospitalization period. Cumulative survival rate was 76.2% in 1 year survival, 33.9% in 3 year survival, 25.4% in 5 year survival, 12.7% in 10 year survival. There was no relationship with the time of dysphagia with survival in this study.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.251-254
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• 1994

Esophageal leiomyosarcoma is a rare lesion. [0.5 % of all esophageal malignancy] The patient was 74 year old female and complained postprandial vomiting of 4 years, duration & hematemasis of 2 months` duration. On gastrofiberscopy, huge exophytic mass nearly occluding esophageal lumen located 30∼38 cm from upper incisor was found. Endoscopic biopsy was squamous cell carcinoma. Transthoracic esophagectomy and esophagogastrotomy was carried out. Result of biopsy was esophageal leiomyosarcoma.