Aggressive surgery for incisional hernia with necrotizing soft tissue infection highlighting unique abdominal findings.

Background: Surgery for incisional hernias with obesity can be more challenging because obesity is associated with perioperative complications. Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a life-threatening condition that requires aggressive surgical management. Few incisional hernias with NSTI have been reported, and the optimal strategy is undetermined.

Radical surgery for intractable thoracic empyema complicating traumatic pneumothorax and rib fractures.

Background: Few cases of traumatic pneumothorax complicated by thoracic empyema have been reported. The indication of antibiotic prophylaxis administration for traumatic pneumothorax during tube thoracostomy remains controversial, and thoracic injury complicated by empyema can be life-threatening and intractable.

Case Presentation: A 42-year-old male patient was injured during a collision with a passenger car while driving a motorcycle.

Pediatric blunt abdominal trauma with horizontal duodenal injury in school baseball: A case report.

Rationale: Pediatric sports injuries, including those from baseball, most often are musculoskeletal injuries and rarely include blunt abdominal injuries. Duodenal injury is rare and often associated with other organ injuries. Because it has a relatively high mortality, early recognition and timely treatment are needed.

Clinical characteristics of stonefish "Oni-daruma-okoze" envenomation in Japan.

Aim: Stonefish, known in Japan as "Oni-daruma-okoze" ( Block et Schneider), inhabit the waters surrounding the Okinawa/Amami districts. By far, habubites have been limited to these areas mainly due to climatic conditions. Due to changes promoted by global warming and increasing tourism, concerns regarding the potential for stonefish envenomation as well as jellyfish stings on the main island of Japan are increasing.

Clinical characteristics of jellyfish stings in Japan.

Aim: Jellyfish known as "habu-kurage" () inhabit the waters surrounding Okinawa and Amami, Japan, and jellyfish stings are limited to areas outside the Japanese main island. However, the shifts promoted by global warming and increasingly intensive interactions with people have led to concerns regarding the possibility of increased jellyfish stings on the main island of Japan. Similar concerns are being raised all over the world.