Miniaturized pacemakers were successfully implanted in infants and neonates requiring pacing and performed reliably until ...

Researchers studied the efficacy and safety of dermatologic surgery for keratinocyte skin cancer among patients aged 80 years and older.

Among 821 patients assigned to the four groups, no statistically significant differences were noted in rates of persistent wound drainage or dehiscence, cellulitis or abscess, 3-month infection ...

Introduction Emerging evidence has shown that using smaller more frequent sutures close to the fascial wound edge is associated with a lower incidence of incisional hernia, dehiscence and surgical ...

Uterine scar dehiscence (persistent perimetrium only). Uterine scar rupture (no persistent tissue). The obstetricians that assessed the scars were blinded to the results of the ultrasonographic ...

Abdominal reconstruction in the contaminated or potentially-contaminated abdomen is challenging because of the high risk of re-infection and hernia recurrence. Surgical techniques, synthetic ...

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 ...

On the first postoperative day, the left eye developed hypotony. By the second day, spontaneous scleral melt was noted posterior to the surgical wound with severe hypotony and loss of globe ...