BACKGROUND The treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars has been difficult and a recent French study showed that bleomycin has been useful in the treatment of these lesions. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness and safety of bleomycin in the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids when this drug is administered through multiple superficial punctures. METHODS We applied bleomycin ...

Children who have been raped some years back may have hymenal scars. However, medical professionals are not accustomed in assessing these scars because of the lack of experience in performing physical examinations of the external genitalia of children who suffered from rape some years back. Moreover, the importance of physical examination of the victim's external genitalia is sometimes overlook...

BACKGROUND It is commonly accepted that burns taking longer than 3 weeks to heal have a much higher rate of hypertrophic scarring than those which heal more quickly. However, some of our patients develop hypertrophic scars despite healing within this 3-week period. METHODS We performed a prospective study of 383 paediatric burns treated non-operatively at a regional burns centre over a 2-year...

Hypertrophic burn scars pose a challenge for burn survivors and providers. In many cases, they can severely limit a burn survivor's level of function, including work and recreational activities. A widespread modality of prevention and treatment of hypertrophic scarring is the utilization of pressure garment therapy (PGT). Despite the magnitude of the problem of hypertrophic scarring and the ubi...

OBJECTIVE To compare the use of intralesional triamcinolone acetonide and its combination with 5 flourouracil in the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars in terms of reduction in initial height of the scar. METHODS The randomised controlled trial was conducted at the Department of Plastic Surgery, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, from March 2011 to December 2012. It comprised pat...

OBJECTIVE The current study aimed to assess the value of microplasma radiofrequency technology combined with triamcinolone for the therapy of Chinese patients with hypertrophic scar. METHODS A total of 120 participants with hypertrophic scars were enrolled in the current study. Participants were divided into two groups based on sex, and then randomly and evenly divided into four groups (Group...

DERMOID cysts are most commonly found at the upper and outer angle of the orbit (Wolff, 1951). They are smooth, round or hour-glass shaped, and vary in size from a pea to a large orange. They may be differentiated from a cephalocele by their tenseness and incompressibility and the absence of cerebral symptoms (Duke-Elder, 1964). They contain secretions of the sweat and sebaceous glands and cast...

Plaques of subpial demyelination were induced in adult cat spinal cords by repeated withdrawal and reinjection of cerebrospinal fluid. Peripheral cord was fixed by replacing cerebrospinal fluid available at cisternal puncture with 3 per cent buffered OsO(4). Following extirpation, surface tissue was further fixed in 2 per cent buffered OsO(4), dehydrated in ethanol, and embedded in araldite. No...

Gas clusters can reprove the sewage ability of flame-permeability char joint, but interaction motion between proposed vapor molecules and gasoline-confine charcoal during wind enema advance is still unclear. For this consideration, supported by surface assimilation figure qualifier-enclose char, magnificent orthodox whole Monte Carlo (GCMC) manner was interesting to ponder elution conduct CH4 i...

According to the conventional Schumpeterian view, recessions improve resource allocation by driving out less productive producers. We posit that recessions bring an additional scarring e¤ect by impeding the developments of potentially superior producers, which can be destroyed during their infancy and never realize their potential. A model combining creative destruction with learning is develop...