INTRODUCTION There are many techniques which may be involved in abdominal hernia repair, from classical to tension-free. Treatment of complicated hernias has undergone evolution. Many surgeons consider the laparoscopic method as a method of choice for incisional hernia repair. Sometimes miniinvasive repair of complicated hernia is not so easy to perform. We are convinced that selected patients ...

OBJECTIVE Trocar-site incisional hernias and their complications are reported in 1% to 6% of patients. Such hernias are attributed to the difficulty of applying standard suturing techniques to wound closure. We report our experience with a simple device, the Deschamps ligature needle. METHODS The Deschamps needle has a handle and a tip (sharp or blunt), with an opening to pass suture. The blu...

Diabetic foot ulcers are the most severe clinical manifestation of diabetes-related impaired wound healing. Current standard and experimental treatments for these ulcers are largely ineffective. Epicatechin gallate (ECG) is a nontoxic flavonoid previously shown to improve normal wound healing and scar formation. In this study, the neonatal streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus (nSTZ-DM) type...

BACKGROUND Incisional hernias occur frequently after abdominal surgery and can cause serious complications. The choice of a type of open operative repair is controversial. Determining the type of open operative repair is controversial, as the recurrence rate may be as high as 54%. OBJECTIVES To identify the best available open operative techniques for incisional hernias. SEARCH STRATEGY Ele...

Topical and systemic antibiotic treatment are essential in the prevention of wound infections. Systemic antibiotics, on other hand, strongly linked to mechanisms resistance, which jeopardize process. The direction antibiotics eschar becomes less reliable deeper burn thicker for local care . As a result, topical appear as viable option, they help maintain “high sustained concentration antimicrob...

OBJECTIVE To reach an evidence-based consensus on the relative merits of vertical and transverse laparotomy incisions. DESIGN Review of all published randomised controlled trials that compared the postoperative complications after the two main types of abdominal incisions, vertical and transverse. SETTING Teaching hospital, Denmark. SUBJECTS Patients undergoing open abdominal operations. ...

Patients and methods To assess the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic [1-5] primary inguinal and incisional repair we reviewed the records of our patients of over 70 years old, who underwent such a procedure from June 2007 to September 2010: hernia defect size, recurrence, operative time, and procedure-related complications [6] were evaluated and a laparoscopic approach was attempted in all pa...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a semisolid formulation of linseed oil, SSFLO (1%, 5%, or 10%) or in natura linseed oil on skin wounds of rats. We used wound models, incisional and excisional, to evaluate, respectively, the contraction/reepithelialization of the wound and resistance to mechanical traction. The groups (n = 6) treated with SSFLO (1% or 5%) began the pr...

Background Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease in which monoclonal migration and proliferation of specific dendritic cells is seen. The disease primarily affects the bones and skin, but there is a possibility that involves other organs or appears as a multi-systemic disease. Case Report In oral examination of a nine-month girl, two deep wounds with a yellow membrane with appro...