Alcohol exposure and outcomes i ...
Objective To determine the injury patterns, complications, and mortality after alcohol consumption in trauma patients. Methods The Trauma Registry ...
Acute ischemia of the lower lim ...
Introduction Civilian and military vascular trauma has evolved dramatically. It is estimated that 80% of all cases of vascular injuries are due to p ...
Pitfalls of lateral external fi ...
Introduction Closed reduction and percutaneous pinning is a standard treatment for dislocated supracondylar humeral fractures in children. However, ...
Muscle regeneration is undistur ...
Introduction Clinical observations suggest that repeated injury within a week after a traumatic event impairs the regeneration of tissues. Our aim w ...
Gunshot injury without direct i ...
Paraplegia following gunshot injury without direct injury to the cord is extremely rare. We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman who was admitte ...
Comparison of two different mat ...
Purpose The treatment of full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee is a common problem in orthopaedic surgery. Autologous chondrocyte transplanta ...
Small bowel obstruction: early ...
Aim To study and identify early clinical and radiological findings that could help to predict operative intervention for small bowel obstruction. M ...
Diagnostic and therapeutic aspe ...
Gunshot wounds of the viscerocranium are a rare occurrence during times of peace in Europe. The removal of projectiles is recommended; in some cases ...
One-year outcome and course of ...
Goal To describe the outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) 3, 6 and 12 months after trauma. Methods Between January 2001 and ...
Blunt traumatic carotid artery ...
Introduction The optimal diagnostic strategy for carotid dissection following blunt trauma is yet unclear. The rationale for aggressive screening wi ...
Pattern of civilian gunshot wou ...
To evaluate the pattern, demographics, circumstances behind events and patient outcome of civilian gunshot wounds (GSWs), we conducted a prospective ...
Prediction of immediate and lon ...
marrow edema is a prerequisite for pain reduction and morphological correction by kyphoplasty. This comparative trial evaluates clinical and radiom ...
Fournier’s gangrene: analysis o ...
fasciitis of the perineum and genital area. The objective of this study was to assess risk factors for mortality. Materials and methods We conducted ...
Functional outcome and quality ...
Background Following trauma, the number of preventable deaths is low. Outcome should also be measured in terms of quality of life (QoL). Studies ana ...
Prevalence of ocular and orbita ...
Introduction Polytrauma patients usually suffer from both life-threatening injuries, where early intervention is mandatory in order to prevent morta ...
Taiwan’s medical response to th ...
Objective The objective of this study was to identify and review literature relevant to the medical response to the 921 earthquake in order to analy ...
Anesthetic management of injuri ...
Purpose The authors report anesthetic considerations and management of injuries after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China. Methods Medical ...
Injury types of victims in the ...
Background On 12th May 2008, a devastating earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck Wenchuan, Sichuan Province of China, resulting in tremendous loss of l ...
Application of regulated oxygen ...
Regulated negative pressure-assisted wound therapy (RNPT) applies non-pharmaceutical technology for enhanced healing of hard to cure, acute and chro ...
Late necrosis of a pedicled rec ...
Flap neovascularization is an important plastic surgery phenomenon, which allows the pedicle to achieve an alternative blood supply basis for pedicl ...
Tailored excision of in-transit ...
In-transit metastases of melanoma almost certainly results from lymphatic dissemination of melanoma cells to tissues between the primary melanoma si ...
The use of the anterolateral th ...
The anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap is one of the most versatile in adult soft tissue reconstruction. Free tissue transfer has its own associated ris ...
Sentinel node biopsy for malign ...
Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is an established staging tool for malignant melanoma. It allows identification of patients with metastatic disease at a ...
The use of hydroxyapatite granu ...
Augmentation of the craniomaxillofacial region is required for many esthetic and reconstructive procedures. Although a variety of different material ...
Upper eyelid defect by dog bite ...
A technique for reconstruction of a traumatic upper-eyelid marginal defect utilizing a local tarsoconjunctival advancement flap with a skin graft is ...