Mohs surgery complications risk is increased in patients who have smoked tobacco when compared with those who have never used any form of nicotine.

Spring-loaded mouth gags can cause temporomandibular joint damage, decreased cerebral blood flow, and blindness, especially ...

An iliac pseudoaneurysm was suspected and confirmed on triplex ultrasound and CT angiography. The patient underwent a pseudoaneurysm resection with direct repair of the previous allograft Carrell ...

Sutures or stitches questions Stapled wounds are treated the same as sutured wounds Skin glue (Dermabond) questions are also covered ...

Background The medical literature includes two risk scores predicting the occurrence of abdominal wound dehiscence. These risk indices were validated by the authors on the populations studied.

Table 2. VAMC score variables and characteristics of the validation population Variables of the VAMC score Abdominal wound dehiscence [n = 56] No abdominal wound dehiscence [n = 168] P value ...

Four young male patients with keratoconus had traumatic dehiscence of the surgical wound after penetrating keratoplasty. Two were rendered aphakic by the trauma, and in one patient the lens was ...

snu.ac.kr Thinning or dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal may occur on the middle cranial fossa floor or adjacent to the superior petrosal sinus (SPS). However, no symptomatic cases of ...

The Simplici-T ® Annuloplasty System offers a first-of-its-kind approach to mitral and tricuspid valve repair. It is the first flexible band to eliminate the need for traditional sizing ...

Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Ospedale Policlinico, Via Delle Menegone 10, 37134 Verona, Italy Correspondence to: M Falconi, Dipartmento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Ospedale Policlinico, Via Delle ...

In addition, many had areas of prosthetic valve separation at the suture line due in part ... looking for late complications such as valve dehiscence and durability, hemolytic anemia, infection ...