A Thoracic Surgical Case Presented at the First Academic Meeting of the Chosun (Korean) Medical Association Held in 1947.
10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.4.325
- Author:
Won Gon KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. wongon@plaza.snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
History;
Adhesive (constrictive) pericarditis
- MeSH:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group;
Humans;
Korea;
Korean War;
Pericarditis;
Seoul;
Thoracic Surgery
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2016;49(4):325-328
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The late Prof. Kyeok Boo Han (1913–2005) was one of the pioneers in the early stages of the establishment of thoracic surgery in Korea. He was in charge of thoracic surgery at Seoul National University Hospital from 1948 to the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. He presented a thoracic surgical case entitled “Adhesive (constrictive) pericarditis: one surgical case” at the first academic meeting of the Chosun (an old name for Korea) Medical Association, held in 1947. This presentation is considered to be the first thoracic surgical case presented by a Korean surgeon at a domestic medical meeting after the National Liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. In this regard, this study was intended to analyze the content and the meaning of the case, published in a journal in 1948.
