The number of shoulder arthroscopy procedures is increasing and, because of this, the frequency of related complications is also increasing. This report presents a case of third-degree burn from an electrosurgical pad during this procedure and serves as an alert regarding the possible causes and how to try to prevent this rare, but possible complication.
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Medicina (Kaunas)
December 2024
Department of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, 010825 Bucharest, Romania.
Burn injury represents a very important public health problem that affects all age groups. Of all burns, of particular interest is that of the perineum. Despite the importance of the subject, unfortunately, the medical literature on this anatomical region is sparse.
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December 2024
Biomanufacturing Technology, Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 138669, Singapore.
Third-degree burns result in extensive damage to the skin's epidermal and dermal layers, with limited treatment options available. Currently, xenogeneic collagen-based skin grafts are used as scaffolds to integrate into the wound bed and provide a template for neodermis formation. Existing commercial products like Integra dermal templates rely on a time-consuming and variable dehydrothermal (DHT) crosslinking process.
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December 2024
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Kennedyallee 104, 60596, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
A man in his mid-70s passed out in a public 90-degree sauna and remained unconscious for at least half an hour. He suffered third-degree burns to approximately 50% of his body surface area. Despite immediate transport to a burn center and intensive care therapy, he did not regain consciousness and died eleven days later.
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December 2024
All authors are affiliated with the Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Seventh People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Background: Pruritus and pain symptoms secondary to hypertrophic scars (HTSs) are associated with multiple factors, with age, body mass index (BMI), and scar thickness being the main risk factors (RFs).
Objective: This study mainly discusses the clinical symptoms associated with postburn HTSs and analyzes RFs for itching and pain requiring pharmacological intervention.
Materials And Methods: All clinical data of 93 patients with postburn HTSs who visited the Burn Department of Shanghai Seventh People's Hospital between January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2023 were collected and analyzed retrospectively.
Ann Chir Plast Esthet
December 2024
Service de chirurgie plastique reconstructive et esthétique et chirurgie de la main, faculté de médecine, cliniques universitaires de Kinshasa, université de Kinshasa, B.P. 834, Kinshasa XI, Congo. Electronic address:
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