죽종절제술은 당뇨병과 만성콩팥병증 등에 의해 발생하는 말초동맥질환에서 유망한 치료법이다. 죽종절제술은 기계적 방법을 통해 죽종 조직을 제거하여 혈관의 내경을 확대하는 것을 말한다. 방법의 특성상 주로 경피적 미세 침습 접근 방식에 국한하여 통용되는 용어이며, 현재 한국에서 사용 가능한 죽종절제술 장치는 두 가지가 있다. 죽종절제술이 성행하면서 “혈관 준비”라는 개념과 “아무것도 남기지 않기”라는 새로운 치료 개념이 대두되었다. 다양한 연구들이 죽종제거술의 안전성과 효용성을 증명하고 있지만 그 한계도 존재하므로, 환자 선택에 신중을 기할 필요가 있고 후속적인 대규모의 연구가 필요하다.

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The objective of this study was to compare psychological characteristics in the patients of depressive disorder with or without anxiety. Methods: The study included 416 patients and divided into two groups (210 with anxiety and 206 without anxiety). These data were obtained from a database of patients who had visited the Yeungnam University Hospital's psychiatric department from April 2009 to March 2019. Levels of anxiety were rated by Korean version of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Psychological characteristics between the two groups were compared using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ). Also, a multiple regression analysis was conducted to investigate the effects of temperament, character, and defense mechanisms on comorbidity of anxiety. Results: No significant difference was noticed in demographic characteristics between the two groups. The comorbid anxiety group exhibited higher novelty seeking, harm avoidance, self-transcendence but lower reward dependence, self-directedness, cooperativeness. The comorbid anxiety group used defense style such as maladaptive, image-distortion, self-sacrificing more frequently. Multiple regression analysis showed that harm avoidance, self-directedness, self-transcendence, defense style such as maladaptive, image-distortion, adaptive significantly affected the severity of anxiety. Logistic regression analysis showed that self-transcendence and defense style such as maladaptive, image-distortion, adaptive significantly affected the comorbidity of anxiety. Conclusion: These findings would be useful in understanding patients of depressive disorder with anxiety. Various psychotherapies can anticipate the prognosis of depressive patients and establish the plan of treatment.