Aim: Burn injuries are one of the most devastating injuries. Saving the zone of stasis decreases burn size, morbidity, and mortality. Tarantula cubensis (TC) increases epithelization of wounds, and increases wound contraction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nocardia farcinica differs from other species of Nocardia due to its multi-drug resistance and propensity to disseminate hematogenously. Cutaneous nocardiosis in immunocompetent patients is rare.
Purpose: To describe the treatment and clinical trajectory of a 37-year-old male patient who was not immunocompromised and presented with a history of minor trauma from a canister and palpable subcutaneous draining nodules in the forearm.
Needle-free injection systems with high jet pressure have been used for seven decades for drug or vaccine administration via intradermal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular routes. These systems are used for the application of mesotherapy drugs in plastic surgery and dermatology. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) tissue regeneration is applied intradermally by a needle for different indications, such as wound healing and scar revision.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCapsular contracture is the most common complication of breast augmentation. Oxidized regenerated cellulose can be used as a matrix for drug transport. Colchicine is an antimitotic drug that interferes with various steps of wound healing.
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