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Adv Surg
September 2023
University of Missouri School of Medicine, 5200 West 115th Place, Unit 101E, Leakwood, KS 66211, USA.
Pilonidal disease is an acquired disease caused by infected hair follicles imbedded in the midline gluteal area. The diagnosis is made based on clinic examination. Treatment is based on disease severity with minimal invasive techniques like the Bascom I procedure, Moshe Gibs procedure, or video-assisted pilonidal sinus ablation best suited for less complicated cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Burns Fire Disasters
March 2019
Faculty of Health Professions, Israa University and Ministry of Health, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Plastic surgery involves the restoration, alteration or reconstruction of the human body. It includes reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. This paper discusses the authors' experience introducing new reconstructive, microsurgical and aesthetic surgeries in the Gaza Strip.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi
December 2015
Department of Burns, Burn Treatment Center of Shanxi Province, Tisco General Hospital, Taiyuan 030009, China; Email:
Objective: To observe the clinical effect of modified skin soft tissue expansion in repair of devastating wound on the head due to electrical burn in the early stage.
Methods: Twenty-one patients with partial scalp soft tissue defect accompanying skull exposure and necrosis in different degree due to high-voltage electrical burn were hospitalized from April 2009 to October 2014, with wound area ranging from 7 cm × 5 cm to 15 cm × 13 cm. The wounds were debrided as early as possible, and necrotic skulls were kept in situ and covered with porcine ADM and silver-containing dressing.
Comp Med
June 2010
Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The etiologic agent of mandibulofacial and maxillofacial abscesses in mice is reportedly coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus. Although suggested to be through the oral cavity, the exact route of entry has not been documented. Among the clinical cases of mandibulofacial and maxillofacial abscess we report here, each case that was cultured yielded coagulase-positive S.
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