Importance of clothing removal in scalds.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that prompt removal of clothing after scalds lessens the severity of injury.

Methods: This experimental study and case series was carried out in the Burn Centre of a tertiary hospital in Hong Kong. An experimental burn model using Allevyn (Smith & Nephew Medical Limited, Hull, England) as a skin substitute was designed to test the effect of delayed clothing removal on skin temperature using hot water and congee.

Multidisciplinary vascular malformations clinic in Hong Kong.

Objective: To review clinical characteristics, imaging modalities, and treatment outcomes of patients referred to a multidisciplinary clinic for management of vascular malformations.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Multidisciplinary vascular malformation out-patient referral clinic in a teaching hospital in Hong Kong.

Analgesic effects of preoperative gabapentin after tongue reconstruction with the anterolateral thigh flap.

Objective: To investigate gabapentin's role in head and neck cancer surgery following the demonstration of the effectiveness of gabapentin in reducing postoperative pain.

Design: Non-randomised open-label trial.

Setting: Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.