We present a patient with several large perineal keloids of 6-20 cm in the largest dimension in a patient with recurrent keloids arising in the absence of an ascribed trauma and a maternal familial history of keloid formation, treated with surgical extirpation and adjuvant radiation therapy.

Hirsutism is a common disorder affecting between 5 and 15% of the population. One of the most devastating consequences of hirsutism is the presence of unwanted facial hair. Treatment of hirsutism involves a two-pronged approach: treating the underlying cause and reduction of visible hair. Laser hair removal is one of the most effective options for reducing visible hair, however, it may not be w...

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is a common procedure in intensive care. This updated Danish national guideline describes indications, contraindications and complications, and gives recommendations for timing, anaesthesia, and technique, use of fibre bronchoscopy and ultrasound guidance, as well as decannulation strategy, training, and education.

Many explorations of extinction probability have had a global focus, yet it is unclear whether variables that explain the probability of extinction at large spatial extents are the same as those at small spatial extents. Thus, we used nearly annual presence-absence records for the most recent 40 years of a 110-year data set from Palenque, Mexico, an area with ongoing deforestation, to explore w...

To the great disappointment of all concerned, too many operations performed for pulmonary carcinoma still prove to be exploratory thoracotomies or non-curative resections, in spite of careful preoperative investigations. A follow-up study of 168 patients operated upon for pulmonary carcinoma clearly shows that such non-curative procedures yield very disappointing results. To reduce this number ...

This paper demonstrates a real-time, full-3D edge tracker based on a particle filter. In contrast to previous methods this system is capable of tracking complex self-occluding three-dimensional structures. The system exploits graphics hardware in a novel manner, allowing it not only to perform hidden line removal for each particle but also to evaluate pose likelihoods directly on the graphics c...

1 BACKGROUND Implant infection and exposure are the main complications related to breast reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.1,2 In the past, treatment was immediate device removal with implant repositioning no earlier than 6 months. Recently, numerous successful attempts of device salvage have been reported.3,4 There is still disagreement about the indications and the procedures.5 We propose ...