Yonsei University · Medicine
Professor Chul Hwan Park's research lab specializes in advanced medical imaging and surgical reconstruction, with a focus on improving diagnostic accuracy in cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases through computed tomography and cardiac MRI. The lab also pioneers innovative microsurgical techniques, particularly in facial and auricular reconstruction using free flaps, emphasizing anatomical precision and aesthetic outcomes. A key research direction involves optimizing imaging protocols for accurate size matching in lung transplantation using CT-derived lung volume as a surrogate marker. The lab integrates clinical radiology, surgical anatomy, and patient-centered outcomes to enhance diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in cardiothoracic and maxillofacial surgery.
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CAC quantification with NCCT using a wide detector, high pitch, and high temporal resolution scanning modes correlates very highly with ECG-gated CaCT, and 1.25-mm slice thickness NCCT images are more reliable than other NCCT images.
An improved burying method for salvaging an amputated auricle is presented. We elevated a mastoid skin flap and a fascial flap simultaneously and inserted the denuded auricular cartilage between them. This procedure can maintain the auricular cartilage in a more natural form by eliminating undue skin tension and can give a favorable aesthetic result.
Use of the auriculomastoid region as a donor-site for a microvascular free flap is still not the general consensus. This report presents three patients with composite tissue defects of the face aesthetically reconstructed with a chondrocutaneous postauricular free flap. For its safe surgical application, additional anatomic knowledge was refined with cadaver study. Use of the chondrocutaneous postauricular free flap has some merits. Its dissection is straightforward and safer than when only the
Donor-recipient size matching in lung transplantation (LTx) by computed tomography lung volume (CTvol) may be a reasonable approach because size matching is an anatomical issue. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of CTvol as a surrogate marker of size matching in LTx by comparing CTvol and predicted total lung capacity (pTLC) to reference total lung capacity (TLC) values.From January to December 2014, data from 400 patients who underwent plethysmography, pulmonary function
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The diagnosis of myocarditis can be challenging given that symptoms, clinical exam findings, electrocardiogram results, biomarkers, and echocardiogram results are often non-specific. Endocardial biopsy is an established method for diagnosing myocarditis, but carries the risk of complications and false negative results. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become the primary non-invasive imaging tool in patients with suspected myocarditis. Myocarditis can be diagnosed by using three tissu
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