• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.44-46
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• 1993

There are several methods for managing pneumothorax through thoracoscope. Among them, electric cautery of bleb or bulla is very simple to do and can be done through the conventional thoracoscope. It is cosmetically excellent because it needs only incision. It is economically cheap comparing other methods because it does not need staplers or clips and other disposables. However, this method has been controversial for its success rate because of the ability of sealing off the air-leaking from the lung tissue. To evaluate the success rate, 29 cases of pneumothorax treated by electric cautery and instillation of oxytetracyline solution through the thoracoscope were analyzed. Among 29 patients, 18 were male and 11 female ranging 17 to 43 years old. The indications for thoracoscopy were recurrence in 20 cases and persistence in 9 cases. The underlying casuses of pneumothorax were bleb in 10 cases and bulla with bleb or not in 19 cases. Twenty one cases were successful [4%] and 8 cases were failed. The failed 8 cases were explored from 14 to 28 days after thoracoscopy.Six cases were explored through transaxillary minithoracotomy and 2 were done through limited posterolateral thoracotomy. The causes of failure were the necrotic lung tissue occured by excessive electric cautery in 6 cases and the necrotic lung tissue and residual bulla in two cases. In 10 bleb cases, 9 were successful [90.0%]. But in 19 cases of bulla, 12 were successful [63.2%]. In conclusion, the success rate of electric cautery through thoracoscope was 72. 4% and the causes of failure were lung necrosis and residual bulla. The success rate of the bleb cases was higher than that of the bulla cases.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2018

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to review the chinese published papers on cauterization of traditional chinese medicine. Methods : We searched chinese published papers from 1958 until May 2017 via CNKI(China National Knowledge Infrastructure) with the keyword "cauterization". We analyzed the studies covered cauterization medical treatment, and classified them by 5 categories including periods, type of study, treatment site, experiment target site, and cauterizing method. Results : We reviewed 112 chinese papers which include 10 Original articles, 43 Review articles, and 59 Case reports. Examining yearly distributions, we can see that research on cauterization is becoming more active than in the past. In classification of 93 clinical studies by treatment site, the number of research on Tonsillitis accounts for almost half(43 studies), followed by Sore throat(14 studies). Among 10 experimental studies, Eye is the most frequently targeted organ which was used to study high intra-ocular pressure(5 studies), and retinal ganglion cell(2 studies). Lastly, there are various methods of cauterization used in papers: Branding iron(54 studies), and Red-hot needle(24 studies) are two major heating methods. Conclusions : This analysis shows that studies on the application of cauterization have been actively conducted in China these days. Furthermore, up-to-date cauterizing methods have been developed such as electric type and microwave type beyond traditional ways. We expect this article will encourage further research on cauterization in order to apply it to a variety of diseases. Then, it could become one of new effective medical treatments in Korean medicine.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.530-535
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• 2004

배경: 수부 다한증을 치료하기 위해 시행하는 제3번 늑골 위 교감신경 차단술의 경우 다한증 치료 효과는 교감신경 절제술과 유사하면서 보상성 다한증의 발생이 교감신경절제술보다 적다는 연구결과들이 많이 있으나 대부분 단기 결과이며 중기 추적 결과가 발표되어 있지 않아 제3번 늑골 위 교감신경 차단술의 중기 추적을 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 인하대학병원 흉부외과에서 99년 4월부터 2001년 8월까지 제3번 늑골 위 교감신경 차단술을 시행한 환자 94명 중 설문조사가 가능했던 76명(남자 38명, 여자 38명)을 대상으로 전화 설문을 시행하여 평균 25$\pm$9.1개월 간(15∼50개월)의 중기 결과를 추적하였다. 교감신경은 3번째 늑골 상방에서 절단하였다. 환자들의 만족도를 알기 위하여 linear analogue scale을 사용하였다 (100: 가장 만족함). 결과: 수술 후 만족도에 관한 질문에서 100점 만점 기준일 때 수술 직후 만족도가 92.36$\pm$9.93 인데 비해 수술 후 15개월에는 7l.80$\pm$20.24로 만족도가 감소하였으며(p<0.001) 이러한 만족도 감소의 이유는 보상성 다한증과 증상 재발 때문이었다. 땀나는 정도도 수술 직후 중앙값 0에서 15개월 후 중앙값 1.5로 증가하였다. 보상성 다한증의 경우 수술 직후 중앙값 1에서 수술 15개월 후 5로 증가하였다. 결론: 이와 같은 결과로 제3번 늑골 위 교감 신경 차단술의 경우 수술 직후에는 훌륭한 치료 효과를 보이나 수술 15개월 후에는 치료효과가 점차 감소한다. 불만족의 가장 흔한 이유는 보상성 다한증과 다한증의 재발이다.