Clinical practice Obstructive ...
Renal candidiasis is an increasingly common condition affecting predominantly premature infants receiving neonatal intensive care or term infants wi ...
Skin lesions in children admitt ...
We analysed, by a prospective observational study over a 3-year period, the frequency and character of dermatological symptoms and diseases in child ...
Neonatal outcomes of very prete ...
The objectives of the study are to investigate gestational age-specific mortality and neonatal outcomes in preterm infants admitted to a tertiary ce ...
Interval between onset of sympt ...
Hospital-based studies have reported long delays in the diagnosis of paediatric brain tumours. Our objective was to describe the duration between on ...
Mortality in infants with cardi ...
Cardiovascular malformations are an important cause of infant death and the major cause of death due to malformation. Our aims were to analyse and c ...
Negative pressure therapy for l ...
Management of lower limb wounds can present challenge to reconstructive surgeon if options for reconstruction are limited. The situation worsens whe ...
Reverse sural island flap eleva ...
Soft tissue loss around the distal third of the leg and foot has remained a considerable challenge. A reconstructive option providing supple tissue, ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome caused b ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common neuropathy of the upper extremity. It usually occurs without any extrinsic cause; sometimes it is due to a ...
Bidimensional labia minora redu ...
A number of techniques for reduction of hypertrophic labia minora have been described. Some of them involve just a wedge resection to shorten the ve ...
Creeping anaesthesia for nasal ...
Enzymatically charged local anaesthesia was induced in 42 patients undergoing soft tissue nasal tip, lateral nasal wall, alar and perinasal surgery. ...
Primary mucosal malignant melan ...
Mucosal malignant melanoma arising from the head and neck region is a rare entity, and it is more aggressive than cutaneous melanoma. Furthermore, t ...
Flow-through sequentially linke ...
Reconstructing extensive composite oromandibular defects is a difficult challenge. Many donor sites have been used including rib, second metatarsal, ...
Macrolane™ complications after ...
Macrolane™ (Q-Med AB, Uppsala, Sweden), an injectable preparation of stabilised hyaluronic acidbased gel of non-animal origin (NASHA-based gel), is ...
Comparison of meshes, gels and ...
Full-thickness articular cartilage defects lack the capacity of healing because of lack of blood supply and lack of chondrocyte proliferation around ...
Postoperative wound manipulatio ...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental illness with a prevalence of 1.5% in Western countries. One of the major characteristics of patien ...
Resuscitation and monitoring in ...
Introduction Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common lifethreatening problem, causing significant mortality, costs and resource allocation. Its manage ...
Diagnostic and therapeutic aspe ...
Gunshot wounds of the viscerocranium are a rare occurrence during times of peace in Europe. The removal of projectiles is recommended; in some cases ...
Pitfalls of lateral external fi ...
Introduction Closed reduction and percutaneous pinning is a standard treatment for dislocated supracondylar humeral fractures in children. However, ...
What are the predictors of scap ...
Aim To find out the predictors of scapula fractures in high-impact blunt trauma patients and the predictors of missing them in the emergency departm ...
Patient influx and trauma types ...
Purpose To better understand the differences of patient influx and types of trauma between front-line and referral hospitals after the Wenchuan eart ...
Significant psychological and f ...
Study design This is a retrospective cohort study. Objective The objective of this study is to investigate the incidence of preoperative functional ...
Traumatic manubriosternal dislo ...
Introduction Manubriosternal joint dislocation is an uncommon injury. This condition may be predisposed by rheumatoid arthritis and severe kyphosis. ...
Vertebral fragility fractures: ...
Vertebral fragility fractures (VFF) constitutes a major complication of osteoporosis affecting the quality of patient life. Debates about diagnosis ...
Percutaneous drilling for osteo ...
Introduction Posttraumatic osteonecrosis of the distal tibia is a rare but recognised complication of Weber C ankle fractures, frequently resulting ...
Conspicuity of breast cancer ac ...
Objectives To compare the conspicuity of different histopathological types of breast cancer according to breast density and mammographic imaging in ...