early marjolin's ulcer after minimal superficial burn

Early Marjolin's Ulcer after Minimal Superficial Burn

Early Marjolin’s Ulcer after Minimal Superficial Burn

Dear Editor, Marjolin’s ulcer is a rare, well-defined, uncommon, and often aggressive malignant transformation,1 secondary to burn injuries and other inflammatory changes such as venous insufficiency ulcers, pressure ulcers, traumatic wounds, cystostomy sites, scarring from lupus, amputation stumps, chronic lymphedema, chronic pilonidal sinuses, hidradenitis suppurativa, chronic ulcers of lepro...

Glucocorticoid-induced, caspase-dependent organ apoptosis early after burn injury.

Immune suppression and increased apoptotic loss of circulating lymphocytes have been reported after burn injury. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms responsible for the increased apoptosis of lymphoid and parenchymal cells in solid organs and the role played by inflammatory mediators, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and Fas ligand (FasL), as well as by gluco...

Early outcome after emergency gastrectomy for complicated peptic ulcer disease.

OBJECTIVE. To analyse outcomes of patients who underwent emergency gastrectomy for complicated peptic ulcer disease. DESIGN. Prognostic study on a historical cohort. SETTING. A regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS. Patients who underwent emergency gastrectomy from 2000 to 2009 in our hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. Primary outcome measures were in-hospital mortality and the predictors of s...

Pressure ulcer staging revisited: superficial skin changes & Deep Pressure Ulcer Framework©.

Deficiencies in the current pressure ulcer classification system create the impetus for the current discourse on the clinical, legal, and economic implications of staging and considering shifting the paradigm in pressure ulcer description and assessment.

Accumulative eschar after burn

Eschar formation is a potential sequela of burn injuries. Definitive management may include escharectomy and eschar debridement. After eschar removal, the wound can be covered with a skin graft or reepithelialization. For prolonged refractory eschar on the fingertips, topical use of rb-bFGF after debridement can achieve an optimal outcome.