This is a preliminary report of the use of a device to apply small pulses of radio-frequency energy to surgical wounds in order to improve wound healing. The device was applied to one eye in 21 patients who underwent bilateral blepharoplasty. There were no device-related complications. In 11 patients, edema and ecchymosis were noticeably less on the treated side within 24 hours of surgery. In 6...

Q1: How would you describe these skin lesions? What is the differential diagnoses? Figure 1 (see p 430) shows confluent ecchymosis in the background of icteric skin, mainly involving the left thigh. The differential diagnoses of non-palpable purpura/ ecchymosis include primary skin conditions (trauma, solar purpura, steroid purpura, capillaritis, and lividoid vasculitis), clotting disorders (th...

Diclofenac is a member of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. In Turkey, ıt is often used as a analgesic. Diclofenac may very occasionally lead to spontaneous extensive ecchymosis and hematoma despite a normal coagulation parameters. In this paper, we report one patient who presented with spontaneous extensive ecchymosis and was diagnosed with a hematoma in the anterior chest wall associated ...

An old lady of about 55 years was slightly hit accidentally with an apple on her left eye, resulting in a severe sub-conjunctival ecchymosis. This lady had myopia of a fairly high degree and has been wearing glasses, 8 D. sph. c 2.5 cyl, prescribed by me some time ago. After this accident she consulted a general practitioner who advised her to keep an icebag continuously over her injured eye. T...