Thermal Injury to Reconstructed Breasts from Commonly Used Warming Devices

Thermal Injury to Reconstructed Breasts from Commonly Used Warming Devices: A Risk for Reconstructive Failure

BACKGROUND Sensation is decreased or absent after breast reconstruction. This leaves reconstructed breasts vulnerable to injury from common household thermal sources such as heating pads and hot water bottles. We sought to categorize these injuries, provide a treatment plan, and prevent these injuries in the future. METHODS A retrospective review of patients who had sustained burns to reconst...

Single-limb-balance difficulty on 4 commonly used rehabilitation devices.

CONTEXT Balance training is widely used by rehabilitation professionals and has been shown to be effective at reducing risk of injury, as well as improving function after injury. However, objective evidence for the difficulty of commonly available equipment is lacking. OBJECTIVE To assess center-of-pressure (COP) area and average sway velocity in healthy subjects while performing a single-lim...

Commonly Used Distributions

Thermal burn injury associated with a forced-air warming device

Corresponding author: Hyun-Sook Cho, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 520-2, Daeheung-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-723, Korea. Tel: 82-42-220-9046, Fax: 82-42-242-3500, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// ...

Wet-Weather Pollution from Commonly-Used Building Materials

Development in sensitive watersheds continues to pose environmental problems for receiving waters. One contributor to the long-term pollution of sensitive waterways is building and construction materials. However, the long-term effect of many building materials on the environment has not been quantified. Prior testing of these materials in the laboratory has indicated that the potential for rel...