Publications by authors named "Sung Gong Lim"
A New Equation to Estimate Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Length.
Medicina (Kaunas)
February 2024
: Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement plays an important role in clinical practice. This study aimed to provide an equation for the proper estimation of catheter length in cases of PICC placement without imaging guidance in relation to patient height, weight, sex, and age. : For 1137 PICC placement cases in both arm veins of 954 patients at a single center, the elbow crease to the cavoatrial junction length (ECL) was calculated as follows: ECL = (PICC length) + (distance from the elbow crease to the puncture site).
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- Chronic pancreatitis is a long-term inflammatory condition of the pancreas, leading to severe complications such as damage to the pancreatic tissue and potential life-threatening issues.
- A patient suffering from abdominal pain and anemia, related to chronic pancreatitis, was diagnosed with serious vascular complications, including a large pseudoaneurysm and portal vein problems.
- Successful treatment included embolization of the pseudoaneurysm and fistula, along with stenting for the portal vein, resulting in immediate pain relief and normalization of hemoglobin levels, highlighting the effectiveness of combined endovascular approaches in rare cases.
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) has been an effective treatment to access the biliary tree, especially in case of endoscopically inaccessible biliary tree. In general, PTBD techniques are divided into two methods: fluoroscopy-guided PTBD and ultrasound (US)-guided PTBD. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of US-guided PTBD, focusing on radiation exposure according to intrahepatic duct (IHD) dilatation degree, differences between right- and left-sided approaches and differences between benign and malignant biliary stenosis/obstruction.
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