• 대한치과마취과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.189-193
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• 2013

We experienced dfficult airway management in a patient who had Ludwig angina with morbid obesity, dfficulty with mouth opening and neck extension. We planned to perform awake-nasotracheal intubation with fiberoptic bronchoscopy but the patient's condition was not suitable to do this procedure. Thus, we tried fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation under general anesthesia but we experienced difficult airway management due to epistaxis. We tried to use video laryngoscope instead of fiberpotic bronchoscopy but also failed to guide the tube into trachea due to limited mouth opening. We used video laryngoscope to make a view of vocal cord and used fiberoptic bronchoscope as an intubation guide of endotrachedal tube and successfully intubated the patient.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.206-211
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• 1980

One hundred and thirteen patients underwent diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopy to exclude the presence of the lung cancer at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital from January 1979, to July 1980. Sixty five cases of these patients were studied for passible lung cancer by bronchoscopic examination. Patients varied in age from 24 to 75 years, with the highest concentration lying in the sixth decade (49%). male was predominated with sex ratio of 6.3 : 1. Forth three (75.4%) of 57 cases impressed as definitive, and 8(14.5%) of 55 cases impressed as negatibe lung cancer were subsequently proved to have had lung cancer. Positive bronchoscopic biopsy was found in 10 of 14 lung cancers which were situated in the left main bronchus and in 11 of 13 neoplasms involving the right upper lobe bronchus. epidermoid cell carcinomas were most frequent(82.4%). Bronchial biopsy detected 34(79%) of 43 hilar cancers and 1.3(59%) 22 periphera neoplasms, in those patients who had fiberoptic bronchoscopic examinations. In the present series of 65 cases, the lesion was so far advanced when first seen that it was considered inoperable in 31 (47.7%) and operable 34(52.3%), 19(55.9%) of these refusing surgery. fifteen were explored of whom 12(80%) were resectable.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1983년도 제17차 학술대회연제순서 및 초록
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• pp.9.1-9
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• 1983

기관지결석증은 근래에 와서 기관지내시경술, 방사선학 및 생화학의 발달로 진단이 용이하여졌으며 병태에 관해서도 많이 규명되고 있다. 그러나 기관지결석증은 비교적 희유한 질병임으로 기관지폐쇄증의 경우 감별진단에서 간과하게 되어 조기 진단의 기회를 잃고 합병증을 유발하여 폐절제술까지 시행한 보고들이 있다. 저자들은 장기간 간헐적인 해수 및 혈성객담을 주소로 내원한 53세 여자환자의 X-선 소견과 fiberoptic bronchoscopy로 좌측주기관지에 있는 기관지결석을 진단하고 기관지직달경하에서 이를 제거 치료한 증례를 경험하였기에 문헌적 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바입니다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.116-118
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• 1991

Foreign body aspiration occurs uncommonly in adults. A review of recent reports reveals only a few case reports on this topic. We have experienced 8 cases of endobronchial foreign bodies in adults from June 1988 to February 1991 which were removed successfully with fiberoptic bronchoscope and biopsy forceps. Only one of them had the primary disorder predisposing aspiration. Foreign bodies were located in right lower lobe (3 cases), right intermediate (2 cases), left lower lobe (2 cases) and left upper lobe bronchus (1 cases). Removal of endobronchial foreign boides in adult would be accomplished by fiberoptic bronchoscopy successfully.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.181-184
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• 2015

Airway difficulties are a major concern for anesthesiologists. Even though fiberoptic intubation is the generally accepted method for management of difficult airways, it is not without disadvantages-requires patient cooperation, and cannot be performed on soiled airway or upper airways with pre-existing narrowing pathology. Additionally, fiberoptic bronchoscopy is not available at every medical institution. In this case, we encountered difficult airway management in a 71-year-old man with a high Mallampati grade and a thick neck who had undergone urologic surgery. Several attempts, including a bronchoscope-guided intubation, were unsuccessful. Finally, blind nasal intubation was successful while the patient's neck was flexed and the tracheal cartilage was gently pressed down. We suggest that blind nasal intubation is a helpful alternative in difficult airway management and it can be a lifesaving technique in emergencies. Additionally, its simplicity makes it a less expensive option when advanced airway technology (fiberoptic bronchoscopy) is unavailable.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.219-223
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• 2017

In cases of multiple facial trauma and other specific cases, the anesthesiologist may be asked to convert an oral endotracheal tube to a nasal endotracheal tube or vice versa. Conventionally, the patient is simply extubated and the endotracheal tube is re-inserted along either the oral or nasal route. However, the task of airway management can become difficult due to surgical trauma or worsening of the airway condition. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was considered a novel method of airway conversion but this method is not useful when there are secretions and bleeding in the airway, or if the anesthesiologist is inexperienced in using this device. We report a successful airway conversion under the aid of both, a fiberoptic bronchoscope and a C-MAC video laryngoscope.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.153-156
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• 2015

A 47-year-old man was referred to the operating room to treat a dentigenous cyst of the mandibular bone. Initial assessment of the airway was considered normal. However, after the induction of anesthesia, we could not intubate the patient due to severe distortion of the glottis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy and video laryngoscopy were not effective. Intubation using a retrograde wire technique was successful. After the conclusion of surgery, the patient recovered without any complications. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging of the patient's neck showed a $6{\times}4{\times}8.6cm$ heterogeneous T2 hyperintense, T1 isointense well-enhancing mass in the prestyloid parapharyngeal space. The patient was scheduled for excision of the mass. We planned awake intubation with fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The procedure was successful and the patient recovered without complications. Anesthetic induction can decrease the muscle tone of the airway and increase airway distortion. Therefore, careful airway assessment is necessary.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.801-806
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• 1995

Tracheal rupture by a blunt trauma is an uncommon injury, and its clinical presentations are variable. It is a kind of the modern hazard. Herewith, we report a successful management of the tracheal rupture. A 22 year-old female was transferred from other hospital 4 hours after a car crash. Physical examination, simple chest X-ray, Chest CT and fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed rupture of the membranous portion of the trachea about 5cm in length extending to the right main bronchus. Ruptured membraous portion of the trachea was sutured directly with absorbable suture. Her postoperative course was uneventful, and follow-up fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed intact membranous portion of the trachea.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 1994

연구배경 : 객혈은 호흡기 질환으로 입원하는 환자의 11%를 차지하는 비교적 흔한 호흡기 증상으로 가급적 출혈부위를 확인하여 신속하고 적절한 치료를 시행하여야 위험한 상황을 예방할 수 있다. 출혈부위를 찾기 위하여 기관지경검사를 하는 경우 그 시행시기가 객혈의 원인질환을 밝히거나 치료방침을 결정하는데 영향을 미치지는 못하는 것 같다. 그러나 출혈부위를 확인할 수 있다면 재출혈시 체위를 취하는데 도움이 되고 수술적 폐절제나 동맥색전술을 시행하는데 중요한 정보가 될 것이다. 방법 : 1989년 8월부터 1992년 8월까지 객혈로 입원하였던 환자 63명의 병록을 검토하여 원인질환, 객혈의 양, 객혈 지속기간, 기관지경검사의 시행시기등에 대하여 조사 하였다. 결과 : 1) 객혈의 주된 원인질환은 폐결핵(52.4%), 기관지확장증(27.0%), 폐암(11.1%) 이었다. 2) 41.3%(26/63) 에서 기관지경검사에 의하여 출혈부위가 확인 되었다. 3) 출혈부위의 확인율은 객혈의 양이나 기간과 관계가 없었다. 4) 출혈부위의 확인율은 객혈도중에 검사한 경우 61.8%(21/34), 객혈이 멈춘 후 24시간이내에 검사한 경우 18.2%(4/22), 그 이후에 시행한 경우 14.3%(1/7)이었다. 결론 : 방사선학적, 임상적 소견으로 원인 및 객혈부위의 확인이 어렵고, 객혈부위나 출혈병변을 확인하는 것이 치료방침을 결정하는데 중요할 것으로 판단될 경우 굴곡성 기관지경검사는 가능하면 조기에 특히 지혈되기 전에 시행하는 것이 좋을 것으로 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.586-590
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• 1999

비관통성 흉부손상에 의한 기관-기관지 파열의 높은 사망률과 이환율은 조기 진단과 수술로 이를 낮출 수 있으므로 초기 임상증상과 단순흉부방사선상 기관-기관지 파열이 의심되는 소견이 있으면 바로 기관지경검사로 기관-기관지 파열을 진단하고 적절한 치료를 해야한다. 저자들은 교통사고후 비관통성 흉부손상을 받고 호흡곤란을 주소로 내원한 환자에서 기관지경검사로 기관 파열을 조기 진단하여 수술적 치료로 회복시킨 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.