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Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital 6 of Nantong University, The Third People's Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
This report describes a case of lumbar disc infection potentially induced by acupuncture in a 43-year-old male with a history of back pain. After acupuncture treatment at another hospital, the patient experienced worsened pain. Physical examination revealed tenderness at the upper lumbar intervertebral space and paravertebral percussion pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystematic inflammatory indicators and clinical management of exogenous endophthalmitis due to metal penetrating injury of eyeball.
Front Med (Lausanne)
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Xiamen Eye Center and Eye Institute of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen, China.
Objective: To evaluate systemic inflammatory markers in cases of exogenous endophthalmitis caused by metal foreign bodies after penetrating eye injury and identify risk factors for poor control post-initial emergency surgery.
Methods: Twenty-nine patients with exogenous endophthalmitis underwent emergency surgery with vitrectomy at Xiamen Eye Center (2016-2024). Evaluations included systemic inflammatory markers, microbiology, clinical presentation, treatment strategies, complications, prognostic factors, and visual outcomes.
Topical Vancomycin Paste Over the Sternal Edge During Cardiac Surgery: Effects of Renal Function and Body Size on Systemic Exposure.
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Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Purpose: Intraoperative topical vancomycin has been widely used in several surgical fields to prevent wound infection. However, there have been limited studies on the systemic exposure of topical vancomycin. The aim of this study was to investigate systemic exposure after topical vancomycin over the sternal edge in cardiac surgical patients.
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Introduction: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication following primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA). PJI accounts for 15-25% of revision surgeries, therefore it is associated with PJI is associated with substantial patient morbidity and mortality as well as increased healthcare expenditures due to complex treatment strategies. Recently, intraoperative local application of vancomycin powder is increasingly being used in primary total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA, TKA) as an additive strategy for PJI prevention.
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October 2024
Department of Intensive Care Unit, Honghui Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, Shaanxi, China. Corresponding author: Zhu Changliang, Email:
Objective: To investigate the risk factors and predictive value on acute kidney injury (AKI) following surgery, and to elucidate the relationship between platelet/white blood cell ratio (PWR) and AKI.
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