Heon Jong Dong

Objectives. Pregabalin is used to treat neuropathic pain and has shown analgesic properties in postoperative pain. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of pregabalin in reducing postoperative pain in patients after septoplasty. Methods. Forty-seven patients scheduled for elective septoplasty were randomly assigned to groups that received either pregabalin (150 mg) or placebo, both one hour before surgery and 12 hours after the initial dose. Pain (verbal nu- meric

Objectives. To evaluate efficacy of short term intranasal corticosteroid (mometasone furoate) treatment in pediatric sleepdisordered breathing (SDB) patients. Methods. A prospective, observational study was done. A total of 41 children (2-11 years old) were enrolled into this study. All patients received 4-weeks course of mometasone furoate 100 μg/day treatment. They were evaluated at pretreatment and immediately after treatment with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)-18 quality of life survey and la

Background and Objectives：This study evaluated the conservative resection and figure of 8 anchoring suture technique for corecting caudal septal deformities. ：Al patients who underwent septoplasty with the above technique were mailed a questionnaire to evaluate their perception of the procedures results. Results：A risk of postoperative aesthetic com-plication rate was rare (4.3%). They reported minimal change of supratip area. Most of the patients (98% ) were relieved from -lained of dull sense

Background and Objectives：asthma have showed somewhat diferent mucosal appearance and pathology, compared to those without asthma. We investigated histopathological features of these patients. Subjects and Method：19 sinusitis patients with asthma who had undergone endo-scopic sinus surgery from April, 1995 through September, 1997, and 53 patients without asthma who had undergone surgery from January, 1997 through July, 1997 were evaluated. We compared the following 7 parameters of sinus mucosal

본 강좌에서는 부비동 내시경 수술의 일반적인 개념과 변천과정, 비부비동염의 병인론에 대해 소개하고, 현재 내시경 부비동 수술의 근간이 되는 다양한 개념 중 FESS와 Minimally invasive sinus technique(MIST)에 대하여 알아보고자 한다. 그리고 새로운 수술기구 및 지혈 물질들에 대하여 알아보고, 수년전부터 이슈가 되고 있는 Bal-loon sinuplasty, Image guided surgery, Robotic surgery 등에 대해 알아보고자 한다.

Background and Objectives：the prognosis showing that chronic sinusitis patients with asthma is poorer than those without asthma. But, there are only a few reports about histopathology of chronic sinusitis with asthma and correlation betwen prognosis. The aim of this study is to investigate histopathology of chronic sinusitis and relevance of prognosis after surgery. Materials and Method：A retrospective review of medical records was carried out on 83 chronic sinusitis patients who had undergone e

Allergic rhinitis refractory to medical therapy may be challenging. Inferior turbinate hypertrophy has been suggested as a major cause of nasal obstruction. In addition, nasal septal deviation and chronic rhinosinusitis are possible causes. Various procedures exist for surgical reduction of inferior turbinate volume, including lateral out fracture, partial turbinectomy, submucosal resection, laser-assisted turbinoplasty, radiofrequency-assisted turbinoplasty, and microdebrider-assisted turbinopl

Background and Objectives：Pediatric endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is performed for refractory cases of sinusitis that do have not been reported much. The aim of this study is to investigate the prognostic factors afecting the outcomes of pediatric ESS. Materials and Method：A retrospective review of medical records was caried out on 71 patients, 15 years or younger, who had undergone ESS from February, 1995 through January, 2002 at our institution. We clasified them into two groups, one with goo

Background and Objectives：The purpose of this study was to investigate differences of the extents of disease between chronic rhinosinusitis patients with and without asthma. Materials and Method：Medical records and CT scans of consecutive 48 asthmatic and 523 non-asthmatic chronic rhinosinusitis patients between 1995 and 2001 were reviewed retrospectively. Each sinus in the ostiomeatal complex (OMC) CT scans was assigned scores of 0 to 2 according to the extent of the disease using the Lund scor

Background and Objectives：nes in rhinosinusitis with asthma have not been well understood. We investigated the pattern of cytokine production in chronic sinusitis in asthmatic patients and compare the findings in asthmatic vs. non-asthmatic patients. Materials and Method：We ana-lyzed cytokine levels in nasal polyps from 20 patients with sinusitis & asthma and from 25 patients with sinusitis alone. Evaluated parameters are the levels of the following cytokines：IL-3, IL-4, TGF-β1, IFN-γdisease ext

Since 1957, when Walsh and Ogura introduced transantral orbital decompression, various surgical approaches have been introducedfor the treatment of dysthyroid orbitopathy. With the development of endoscopic sinus surgery, orbital decompressioncan now be approached transnasally by endoscope alone. We reviewed the medical records of 10 patients who had receivedendoscopic orbital decompression. Of the 10 patients, four eyes from three patients were managed for decreased visual acuity,while 13 eyes