Shifting trends in outpatient hand trauma care: a 16-year analysis at a major center in northern Germany.

Background: Hand injuries are a leading cause of emergency department visits. Recent trends in hand trauma management reflect a shift toward outpatient care, driven by factors such as a shortage of skilled personnel or increasing cost pressures. This study analyzed these trends to propose updated management strategies for hand injuries.

Suboxides and subselenides: intermediate reaction products to form GaO, GaSe, InO, InSe, SnO, and SnSe during molecular-beam epitaxy.

The molecular-beam epitaxial (MBE) growth of III-O and IV-O materials (, GaO, InO, and SnO) is known to be reaction-limited by complex 2-step kinetics and the desorption of volatile suboxides (, GaO, InO, SnO). We find that the different surface reactivities of suboxides and respective elements (, Ga, In, Sn) with active oxygen define the film-growth-windows (FGWs) and suboxide-formation-windows (SFWs) of III-O and IV-O materials, respectively. To generalize, we provide elementary reaction pathways and respective Gibbs energies to form binary III-O, III-Se, IV-O, and IV-Se ground-states as well as their subcompounds during their MBE growth.

The Successful Treatment of Multi-Resistant Colonized Burns with Large-Area Atmospheric Cold Plasma Therapy and Dermis Substitute Matrix-A Case Report.

The treatment of severe burn injuries, which occur particularly in the context of armed conflicts, is based on a multimodal treatment concept. In addition to complex intensive care therapy, the surgical reconstruction options of plastic surgery and typical antiseptic wound treatment are the main focuses. In recent years, atmospheric cold plasma therapy (ACPT) has also become established for topical, antiseptic wound treatment and for the optimization of re-epithelialization.

Suprathel® and water-filtered infrared-A radiation (wIRA) as a new treatment strategy for toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN): A prospective study.

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a life-threatening condition with a mortality rate of approximately 25 % to 30 %. Early and adequate wound coverage is necessary due to large skin defects. Suprathel® is a modern wound dressing that shows promising results when treating superficial wounds such as scalds, burns and abrasions.