BACKGROUND Lower T-junction wound dehiscence following breast reduction surgery or mastopexy constitutes a vexing and grievous complication both to the surgeon and the patient. Treatment modalities that can expedite wound healing and reepithelialization rates are highly craved. The objective of this study was to assess wound healing and epithelialization rates of open wounds following breast re...

BACKGROUND/AIM The closure of postoperative wounds is essential in order to prevent surgical site infections or wound dehiscence, mainly in oncological patients. We aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of autologous micrografts in the management of wound dehiscence in an oncology patient undergoing decompressive spinal laminectomy. CASE REPORT A 57-year-old man with IgG multiple myeloma and medu...

background: decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft (dfdba) may have the potential to enhance bone formation around dental implants. our aim in this study was the evaluation and comparison of two types of dfdba in treatment of dehiscence defects around euroteknika ® implants in dogs.     methods: in this prospective clinical trial animal study, all mandibular premolars of three iranian dogs wer...

Superior canal dehiscence syndrome, or Minor’s syndrome, is a recently described disease that results from the absence of bone over the superior semicircular canal which results in the communication between the perilymphatic space of the canal and the intra-cranial space. It is characterized by a wide range of symptoms involving imbalance, hearing loss or both. Symptoms may include strange perc...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess the use of real-time (RT) 3-dimensional (3D) transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the evaluation of post-operative mitral valve dehiscence. BACKGROUND Mitral valve replacement or repair may be complicated by post-operative dehiscence of the valve or annuloplasty ring resulting in clinically significant mitral regurgitation or hemol...

Vaginal cuff dehiscence is a rare, but potentially morbid, complication of total hysterectomy and refers to separation of the vaginal cuff closure. The term vaginal cuff dehiscence is frequently interchanged with the terms of cuff separation or cuff rupture. All denote the separation of a vaginal incision that was previously closed at time of total hysterectomy. After dehiscence of the vaginal ...

Objective:To determine the frequency of this complication in two localsurgical setups, and to review and identify risk factors responsible for the calculated rate. Material and Methods: This descriptive study was carried out in the Department of Surgery, LiaquatUniversityHospital and Isra University, Jamshoro / Hyderabadfrom June 2011 to January 2012. The study included patients undergoing emer...