The endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) usually involves the surgical exposure and catheterization of the femoral arteries. Several inguinal surgical wound-related complications have been reported postoperatively. The aim of this report was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intraoperative application of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for the prevention of...

SUMMARY Between 1358 to 1371, 32711 patients were visited in the private chinic of first author. Among them, 7935 patients (24 percent) have had low back and I or sciatica. 93 percent of patients in the last group responded to conservative treatment, but 544 cases who resisted to medical treatment were operated. Existing data in their files were analysed. The most common symptom was pain (99, ...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a risk factor for many comorbid conditions that increase the cost of health care. We sought to examine the effect of obesity on surgical complications and cost in a group of patients undergoing intestinal surgery. METHODS Using the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP), which includes clinical data abstracted from medical records for Veterans Aff...

  Retained gauze after surgery is an uncommon error and it may be associated with many complications. We are reporting our case to call attention to the fact that retained gauze may become symptomatic even after a very long interval. Herein we report on a patient who developed infection and fistula with discharge from this error 35 years after a surgery for femur fracture and insertion of a IM ...

Foreign body ingestion is common in children. Ingestion of foreign bodies with magnetic properties are less common, but can be associated more severe complication, especially involving multiple magnets. We present a 16-month-old boy developmental delay who developed small bowel perforation following magnet ingestion. He had three days history vomiting and abdominal distension pain, suggestive a...

The incidence of wound related complication following total knee arthroplasty is as high as 10%-20%. To perform total knee arthroplasty in a knee with extensive scarring around the knee can be a challenging task. We report a case of 55-year-old diabetic woman, who had total knee arthroplasty, performed two years after she had recovered from necrotizing fasciitis around the right knee. Understan...

OBJECTIVE Impaired wound healing is a major complication of diabetes mellitus. The mechanisms that govern wound healing, however, are complex and incompletely understood. In the present study, we determined the inhibitory role of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) in the process of diabetic wound healing. APPROACH AND RESULTS First, by comparing the wound healing process in PTP1B knockou...