Retained surgical gauze is occasionally observed in general practice. Herein, we report a case with surgical gauze retained for over 13 years that created a fistula which drained pus into the stomach.

Nasal bleeding is a frequent problem for patients receiving anticoagulant agents. Most cases are successfully managed with anterior or posterior nasal packing. However, the complications of nasal packing should be always considered. We report the case of a 78-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who was treated for anterior epistaxis with anterior nasal packing using three pieces of antibiotic...

Objectives: To evaluate the amnion graft in vaginoplasty, to assess the advantage of a flap placed over fourchette and to evaluate the benefit of gauze mould. Methods: Out of the 35 subjects of primary amenorrhea, eight with complete vaginal agenesis were selected for vaginoplasty. Half of these received split thickness skin graft and other half received amnion graft. An additional triangular f...

inter labial space, with concavity upwards, thus getting a little shelf of mucous membrane'below the urethra to divert escaping urine. By blunt dissection a free cellular space was readily created between the bladder and the rectum to the depth of five inches. This was temporarily packed with sterile gauze to check oozing. Thiersch skin grafts were then cut from the thigh sufficiently large to ...

PURPOSE To determine the hydrocolloid dressing versus saline gauze for the treatment of pressure ulcer. METHODS Pubmed and Web of Knowledge were searched for randomized controlled trials for the treatment of hydrocolloid and saline gauze for pressure ulcer. The random effect model was used. Sensitivity analysis and publication bias were conducted. RESULTS Seven randomized controlled trials ...

INTRODUCTION Gossypiboma (foreign body granuloma) in the tooth socket as a complication of tooth removal is rare. Several cases of gossypiboma have been reported after orthopedic, abdominal, otorhinolaryngology, or plastic surgery, but there has been only one reported case after oral surgery. CASE PRESENTATION A 42-year-old Caucasian German-speaking Swiss woman applied to our clinic for remov...

background split- thickness skin graft is one of the most common operations in plastic surgery. it is always painful and patient discomfort from donor site often is more significant than recipient site. there is not still a standard method for treatment of the donor site. the purpose of this study was to determine the best method of dressing the donor site among three different methods with res...

BACKGROUND Split- thickness skin graft is one of the most common operations in plastic surgery. It is always painful and patient discomfort from donor site often is more significant than recipient site. There is not still a standard method for treatment of the donor site. The purpose of this study was to determine the best method of dressing the donor site among three different methods with re...