To evaluate the effect of a new dressing method for clean wound coverage, two kinds of dressing materials are combined together to cover nine wounds in nine patients. All the wounds are split-thickness skin graft donor sites located in the anterior thighs. The size of the wounds ranges from 6 cm x 4 cm to 10 cm x 8 cm (42 cm(2) on average).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe discuss the successful saving of an 18-month-old boy with necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall secondary to colon perforation and peritonitis. The patient underwent emergency surgery with exploratory laparotomy, repeated procedures of debridement, and reconstructive abdominal wall surgery with skin graft. He recovered 6 months after admission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFP450 (CYP) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) are involved in the activation and detoxification of many potential carcinogens. Although, the interaction between environmental exposure and genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) and glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) in breast cancer has been assessed, the gene-gene interactions between CYP2E1 and GSTM1 related to breast cancer have not been focused on and reported. We conducted a hospital-based case-control study to investigate whether the genetic interaction effects of CYP2E1 and GSTM1 modify the risk of developing breast cancer independent of the effect of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAxillary osmidrosis is an annoying, although not life-threatening, problem that includes unpleasant odor and the occasional staining of clothing. Suction-assisted lipectomy has been tested as a treatment for axillary osmidrosis with variable success. The authors retrospectively reviewed 134 patients who underwent superficial liposuction for bilateral axillary osmidrosis in their division between June of 1998 and June of 2002.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The early impact on the heart of severe burns has all been well documented previously. Here, we report on the late effects of burns upon the heart, and dilated cardiomyopathy, such aspects having been little reported previously in the literature.
Methods: Over the past 8 years (June 1991 to December 1998), 55 scalded or flame-burnt patients for whom the total burnt body surface area (TBSA) exceeded 50% were treated.