Risk factors of treatment failure in diabetic foot ulcer patients.

Background: Some diabetic feet heal without complication, but others undergo amputation due to progressive wounds. This study investigates the risk factors for amputation of diabetic feet.

Methods: A total of 55 patients who visited our institution from 2008 to 2012 were included in the study.

Blindness resulting from orbital cellulitis following rhinoplasty.

Ophthalmic complications occurring after non-ophthalmic surgery are rare. We present a case of orbital cellulitis in a 24-year-old woman, who had undergone augmentation rhinoplasty in combination with breast augmentation. Symptoms included pain, swelling, erythema and eventual loss of vision in the left eye.