Debulking surgery after muscular paraffin oil injections: Effects on calcium homeostasis and patient satisfaction.

Objective: Cosmetic paraffin oil injections can lead to granuloma formation causing hypercalcemia and kidney failure. This study explores whether debulking surgery is an effective treatment for improving calcium homeostasis, inflammation and clinical symptoms.

Materials And Methods: In a retrospective study, we reviewed 33 patients undergoing debulking surgery.

Repair of giant incisional hernias with polypropylene mesh: a retrospective study.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the long term results of repair of ventral incisional hernias or of defects in the abdominal wall using polypropylene mesh. Eighty-eight patients were operated on from 1979-1996, inclusive. Abdominal protrusion was found in 78 patients.

[Neutralization of lidocaine-adrenaline. A simple method for less painful application of local anesthesia].

The amount of sodium bicarbonate necessary to neutralise commercially available lignocaine-epinephrine (pH 4.7) to physiologically neutral pH (7.4) was established.

[Dermatome-shaving of psoriasis. 7 years of experience].

Data from the records of 112 patients who were treated with dermatome shaving for psoriasis vulgaris were analysed. One hundred and eight patients with 202 areas treated were included in the study. Complications occurred in nine patients.