• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.274-283
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• 2018

Purpose: Numerous indices have been proposed to analyse wound healing in oral soft tissues, but each has specific shortcomings. A new method of analysis, the Early Wound Healing Score (EHS), was evaluated in the present study. The aim was to assess more accurately early healing by primary intention of surgical incisions in periodontal soft tissues. Methods: Twenty-one patients were treated with different surgical procedures comprising 1 or 2 vertical releasing incisions as part of a surgical access flap. Twenty-four hours after surgery, early wound healing at the vertical releasing incisions was assessed using the EHS. This score assessed clinical signs of re-epithelialization (CSR), clinical signs of haemostasis (CSH), and clinical signs of inflammation (CSI). Since complete wound epithelialization was the main outcome, the CSR score was weighted to be 60% of the total final score. Accordingly, a score of 0, 3, or 6 points was possible for the assessment of CSR, whereas scores of 0, 1, or 2 points were possible for CSH and CSI. Higher values indicated better healing. Accordingly, the score for ideal early wound healing was 10. Results: Thirty vertical releasing incisions were assessed in 21 patients. At 24 hours after incision, 16 vertical releasing incisions (53.33%) received the maximum score of CSR, while 6 cases (20%) received an EHS of 10. None of the cases received 0 points. Conclusion: The EHS system may be a useful tool for assessing early wound healing in periodontal soft tissue by primary intention after surgery.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2000

목적 : 경골 과부 골절 환자 전례를 대상으로 관절경 검사를 시행함으로써 골절 뿐만 아니라 동반된 연부 조직 병변에 대해 진단과 치료를 시행하여 관절경 검사의 임상적 유용성에 대해 알아 보고자 하였다. 재료 및 방법 : 1년이상 추시가 가능하였던 경골 과부 골절 환자 31례를 대상으로 하여 전 례에서 관절경을 시행하여 동반된 연부 조직 손상을 확인하였으며 이중 보존적 요법 9례, 수술적 치료는 22례에서 시행 하였다. 저자들은 사고 원인, 분류, 동반된 연부 조직 손상, 치료 및 결과를 분석하였다. 결과 : Schatzker골절 분류상 제 1형이 15례$(18\%)$로 가장 많았으며, 동반된 관절내 병변 및 인대 손상은 총 21례$(67\%)$에서 관찰되었다. 반월상 연골 파열이 16례로 가장 많았고, 파열 형태로는 변연부 박리가 7례$(44\%)$로 가장 많은 것으로 나타났고, Schatzker I, II형에서 가장 많은 연부 조직 손상이 동반 되었으며 특히, 내측 측부 인대 및 반월상 연골 손상의 빈도가 가장 높았다. 결론 : 경골 과부 골절시 관절경 검사는 골절의 치료뿐만 아니라 관절내 병변을 평가하는데 유용한 방법으로 사료된다.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2016

Fractures of frontal sinus account for 5%-12% of all fractures of facial skeleton. Inadequately treated frontal sinus injuries may result in malposition of sinus structures, as well as subsequent distortion of the overlying soft tissue. Such inappropriate treatment can result in aesthetic complaints (contour deformity) as well as medical complications (recurrent sinusitis, mucocele or mucopyocele, osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, meningitis, encephalitis, brain abscess or thrombosis of the cavernous sinus) with potentially fatal outcomes. Frontal contour deformity warrants surgical intervention. Although deformities should be corrected by the deficiency in tissue type, skin and soft tissue correction is considered better choice than bone surgery because of minimal invasiveness. Development of infection in the postoperative period requires all secondary operations to be delayed, pending the resolution of infectious symptoms. The anterior cranial fossa must be isolated from the nasal cavity to prevent infectious complications. Because most of the complications are related to infection, frontal sinus fractures require extensive surgical debridement and adequate restructuring of the anatomy. The authors suggest surgeons to be familiar with various methods of treatment available in the prevention and management of complications following frontal sinus fractures, which is helpful in making the proper decision for secondary frontal sinus fracture surgery.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.289-307
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• 2021

Avulsion injuries result from the application of a tensile force to a musculoskeletal unit or ligament. Although injuries tend to occur more commonly in skeletally immature populations due to the weakness of their apophysis, adults may also be subject to avulsion fractures, particularly those with osteoporotic bones. The most common sites of avulsion injuries in adolescents and children are apophyses of the pelvis and knee. In adults, avulsion injuries commonly occur within the tendon due to underlying degeneration or tendinosis. However, any location can be involved in avulsion injuries. Radiography is the first imaging modality to diagnose avulsion injury, although advanced imaging modalities are occasionally required to identify subtle lesions or to fully delineate the extent of the injury. Ultrasonography has a high spatial resolution with a dynamic assessment potential and allows the comparison of a bone avulsion with the opposite side. Computed tomography is more sensitive for depicting a tiny osseous fragment located adjacent to the expected attachment site of a ligament, tendon, or capsule. Moreover, magnetic resonance imaging is the best imaging modality for the evaluation of soft tissue abnormalities, especially the affected muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Acute avulsion injuries usually manifest as avulsed bone fragments. In contrast, chronic injuries can easily mimic other disease processes, such as infections or neoplasms. Therefore, recognizing the vulnerable sites and characteristic imaging features of avulsion fractures would be helpful in ensuring accurate diagnosis and appropriate patient management. To this end, familiarity with musculoskeletal anatomy and mechanism of injury is necessary.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2009

Purpose: There is an increasing amount of evidence that S100B could function as a marker of brain damage. However, the cerebral specificity of S100B has been questioned, so the extracerebral sources of S100B have been paid attention. We performed this investigation to show serum S100B levels after extracranial fracture in patients without current head injury and without prior neurological disease. Methods: At the emergency department, we obtained the blood samples within 6 hours from trauma patients hospitalized with extracranial fractures. S100B levels were compared between one fracture and more than two fractures, and analyzed according to the presence of soft tissue damage. Results: Patients with one fracture and those with more than two fractures did not differ by age (mean, 54.70 vs. 47.03, p=0.130), and there was no significant difference in the male-to-female ratio(33:32 vs. 21:12, p=0.226). In patients with one fracture, the mean value of S-100B was $0.56{\mu}g/L$ (95% CI: 0.35-0.77) whereas in those with more than two fractures, the corresponding value was $1.09{\mu}g/L$ (95% CI: 0.46-1.7, p=0.048). The S100B level of patients with soft tissue damage($1.32{\pm}0.38$) was higher than that of patients without soft tissue damage($0.81{\pm}0.21$), whether one fracture or more than two fractures(p=0.049). Conclusion: We present here that S100B levels were raised in 77% of patients with extracranial fractures without cerebral injury who were hospitalized from the emergency room and that the presence of soft tissue damage contributed to the increased S100B rather than the size of the fractured bone size or the number of fracturest. Thus, this study suggests that soft tissue injury may be considered as an important extracerebral source of S100B.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제84권5호
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• pp.1031-1046
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• 2023

손가락은 일상생활과 스포츠 활동 중에 가장 흔하게 손상될 수 있는 구조물이다. 손가락 손상은 손가락의 뼈와 인대, 연골을 포함한 연부조직까지 다양한 구조물의 손상을 포함한다. 특수 표면코일을 이용한 고해상도 3 테슬라 자기공명영상을 이용하여 복잡한 연부조직 구조물들을 평가할 수 있다. 손가락과 손의 기본 해부학과 흔한 병변의 자기공명영상 소견들에 대한 기존의 보고들이 있다. 손가락의 인대, 건, 도르래 등 여러 구조물의 기본 해부학과 흔한 외상성 병변의 영상학적 소견의 이해는 다양한 손의 외상성 병변에 대한 정확한 평가를 가능하게 한다. 본 눈문에서는 손가락의 기본 해부학적 구조 및 흔한 외상의 자기공명영상 소견을 복습하고, 실제 수술장 소견과 연관 지어 이해를 돕고자 한다.

• Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.62-66
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• 2009

Purpose: Despite the free tissue transfer using microsurgical technique being the current trend of soft tissue reconstruction of the hand, the pedicled groin flap has the advantage to provide coverage for the mangled hand without necessitating the use of a damaged arterial system and also providing the benefit of saving the arterial system for later free tissue transfer. This report presents the author's experience using pedicled groin flap in four cases of mangled hands with massive bone and soft tissue defects requiring later thumb reconstruction with the free wrap around flap. Materials and methods: The patients' age ranged from 30 to 51 years; three patients were male and one was female. The causes of mangled hand included two machinery crush injuries, one laboratory explosion and one motor vehicle accident. While evaluating the post-operative results, factors like flap survival, complications, stability in opposition, pinch power and 2 point discrimination were taken into account. Results: All massive soft tissue defects of the hands were completely covered with pedicled groin flap successfully. The reconstructed thumb using free wrap around flap did not have any limitation in opposition. There was no occurrence of post-operative infection and all the flaps survived completely. The average pinch power was 70% of the contralateral intact thumb and average 2 point discrimination was 10 mm. Conclusion: The pedicled groin flap for the reconstruction of the massive soft tissue defects of the hand with subsequent reconstruction of the thumb with a wrap around flap is a very useful procedure. The combined use of pedicled groin flap and wrap around flap allows adequate coverage of sizable soft tissue defects and functional thumb opposition in cases of reconstruction of the mangled hands.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2018

NPWT는 90년대 이후 많은 연구가 이루어지며 발전해왔다. 이 기술은 사용하기에 간단하고 다양한 상처에 적용할 수 있고 효용성과 비용-효과가 뛰어나며 부작용이 적다. 따라서 NPWT를 일반적인 드레싱 대신에 사용하면 육아조직의 빠른 성장과 상처 수축을 통해 피부 이식이나 피판이 필요한 부위를 줄일 수 있고 봉합이 불가했던 부위를 가능하게 하므로 창상 환자에 대한 의료 비용을 감소시키고 만성 창상 환자가 입원하지 않고 움직이면서 창상 관리가 가능하도록 할 수 있는 유용한 방법이다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2018

Segmental bone defects of the tibia present a challenging problem for the orthopedic trauma surgeon. These injuries are often complicated by soft tissue defects and infection. Many techniques are reported, from bone graft to bone transport. To our knowledge, bone transport over the plate in the distraction site has not been described for the treatment of tibial bone defect. We report an instance including procedure and subsequent complications after bone transport over the plate, to restore a tibial bone defect.

• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.46-49
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• 2021

Acute compartment syndrome occurs when pressure increases within closed compartments due to injuries causing soft tissue damage. Delayed treatment can lead to undesirable consequences. This paper reports a three-year-old patient in whom a fasciotomy was performed successfully despite the potential side effects. Fasciotomy may be considered when the diagnosis and clinical symptoms of delayed compartment syndrome are clear. This study determined that the three-year-old patient would undergo a relatively smooth recovery compared to elderly patients of advanced age. Because the dorsalis pedis artery pulse was palpable, an emergency surgical treatment was performed to restore the damaged tissues and prevent further necrosis. The patient has shown a satisfactory recovery.