Objective: Burn wound healing is one of the problems of medical sciences and it is of great importance to find a drug or substance that can heal burn wounds with minimum complications. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of ointment-based egg white on healing second-degree burn wounds. Materials and Methods: In the present triple-blind clinical...

Background: Treatment of a diabetic foot is a principal step in rehabilitative approaches to the complications of diabetes mellitus. Use of integrative educational courses for diabetic patients is dependent on several factors such as cultural entities of the population, patient perceptions of classes, and their previous trainings about diabetes and related complications. The aim of this study w...

1 Sir: I reconstructive breast surgery, skin-flap quality is an important determinant of surgical outcome. Although the overall rate of complications is low in breast surgery,1 some patient cohorts may be associated with a significantly higher risk of wound complications.2,3 Lin et al2 found that breast reconstruction in irradiated wound beds has been associated with a greater than 3-fold incre...

PURPOSE To study the effect of drain suction pressure on drainage volume, decrease in haemoglobin level, blood transfusion, and wound complications following total knee arthroplasty. METHODS Primary total knee arthroplasty for degenerative osteoarthritis was performed in 60 (49 female and 11 male) patients. Patients were randomised for high-pressure (600 mm Hg) or low-pressure (350 mm Hg) pos...

Although persistent drainage and hematoma formation are recognized risk factors for the development of periprosthetic infection, it is not known if excess anticoagulation is a predisposing factor. We conducted a 2 to 1 case-control study with 78 cases who underwent revision for septic failure. The controls underwent the same index procedure but did not develop consequent infection. Patient como...

Smoking is an important and preventable lifestyle factor that affects both the rate and quality of wound healing, and it significantly increases the risk of postoperative, wound-related complications (Manassa et al, 2003). Since the 1940s, there has been increasing evidence that smoking has a negative impact on both wound healing and tissue repair (Sorensen, 2012), with longer-term complication...

The preoperative care of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery and treated with biologic agents is of great significance.Perioperative use of biologic agents could lead to such complications as infection and delayed postoperative woundhealing. This narrative review aimed to evaluate the current information on the use of biologic agents in patientsundergoing orthopedic surgery...

BACKGROUNDS The harvesting of great saphenous veins for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients may result in significant complications, including lymphorrhagia, lymphoedema, incision infection, wound dehiscence, and skin flap necrosis. We investigated the function of a self-designed bilayered negative pressure wound therapy (b-NPWT) for reducing the above-mentioned complications using a c...

INTRODUCTION Not enough literature is available to evalute the wound complication rate of plates type in distal fibular fractures. AIM The aim of our study was to compare wound complications of using a third tubular plate compared to LCP distal fibula plate. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study is a retrospective single-centre study in which was performed plating of fibula in closed ankle fractu...

  Wound complications following ankle fracture surgery are a major concern. Through the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques some of these complications can be mitigated. Recent investigations have reported on percutaneous fixation of distal fibula fractures demonstrating similar radiographic and functional outcomes to traditional open approaches. The purpose of this manuscript is to ...