Negative Pressure, a "Solution" in the Treatment of Infected Knee Prosthesis?

Introduction: Negative-pressure wound therapy is a therapeutic technique that uses a vacuum dressing in order to promote healing in acute or chronic wounds. The continued vacuum draws out fluid from the wound and increases blood flow to the area. The aim of this study was to establish the effectiveness of negative pressure therapy increasing this way the chances of rehabilitation after knee prosthesis infections.

Cutaneous verrucous carcinoma - report of three cases with review of literature.

Verrucous carcinoma is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma. It is well differentiated and rarely metastases but can sometimes be very aggressive locally in depth. The paper presents three cases of cutaneous verrucous carcinoma with different localizations.