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 ...

In conclusion, both the VAMC and Rotterdam score indices can be used to predict the development of abdominal wound dehiscence. The VAMC prognostic score had better calibration and discriminative ...

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 ...

Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 463-707, Republic of Korea; jwkoo99{at}snu.ac.kr ...

MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with diabetes undergoing a surgical procedure, an active perioperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescription is ...

Video / Ben Cummins A skull found in the sand on a Kāpiti Coast beach likely belonged to a young woman struck by a musket ball, according to an analysis by several specialists. The discovery of ...

First wash off the foot, hand or other punctured skin with soap and water. Then soak the puncture wound in warm soapy water for 15 minutes. For any dirt or debris, gently scrub the wound surface back ...

As an example, a patient has a serious wound that is infected and is not getting better with antibiotics and wound care. The wound is getting larger, the patient is getting sicker, and without better ...

TALLADEGA — Talladega Police are investigating the case of a man who was shot in the head in his vehicle sometime Friday. According to Lt. Dennis McDaniel, officers were dispatched to the ...

Deputies said they were called to Pink Fox Ridge Road on Monday at around 12:45 p.m., where they found a man later identified as Allen Crenshaw, 23, dead with a gunshot wound to the head.