Longitudinal progress of transepidermal water loss, color, and sensory elements in split-thickness skin graft donor sites in East Asians.

Background: There is little research available that describes the natural progression of split-thickness skin graft (STSG) donor site wounds after re-epithelialization. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the longitudinal clinical progress of transepidermal water loss (TEWL), color, and sensory elements in STSG donor sites in East Asians.

Methods: Eighteen patients participated in this study.

Risk of Ischemic Stroke After a Facial Bone Fracture in Elderly Patients.

Background: Ischemic stroke is a major disease in our aging society, and the incidence of facial bone fractures among the elderly has increased. However, there have been few studies evaluating stroke after facial bone fractures. The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency and risk of stroke after facial bone fractures.

Nicorandil reduces burn wound progression by enhancing skin blood flow.

We assessed whether nicorandil, an adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K + channel opener, reduces burn wound progression in a rat comb burn model. A total of 24 rats were used. Following thermal injury, one dose of nicorandil (10 or 30 mg/kg) was administered intragastrically twice daily for 3 days.

Effects of infraorbital nerve's anatomical course on the fracture pattern of the orbital floor.

In this study, details of the infraorbital nerve's (ION's) anatomical course variants were compared using computed tomography (CT), and relationships between the variants and fracture patterns in the orbital floor were investigated. Fifty-two normal individuals and 50 patients with unilateral isolated orbital floor fractures were enrolled in this study. Four measurements in normal individuals and five measurements in fracture patients were obtained in parasagittal sections.