Basic essentials: why elderly skin requires special treatment

Essentials of skin laceration repair.

Skin laceration repair is an important skill in family medicine. Sutures, tissue adhesives, staples, and skin-closure tapes are options in the outpatient setting. Physicians should be familiar with various suturing techniques, including simple, running, and half-buried mattress (corner) sutures. Although suturing is the preferred method for laceration repair, tissue adhesives are similar in pat...

Why hamstring eccentrics are hamstring essentials.

There is no dispute that acute hamstring injury is a major sports injury, 1–6 particularly in football codes 2 3 5 6 and other sports that demand high-speed running. 1 The purpose of this editorial is to provide the reader with evidence-based tips for optimising hamstring injury prevention. Early return to sport (≤3 weeks) is often proposed for hamstring injuries, 7 even though basic research c...

The Essentials of Medical Treatment

The Essentials of Light Treatment

Skin pH: from basic science to basic skin care.

The "acid mantle" is a topic not only of historical interest, but also of clinical significance and has recently been linked to vital stratum corneum function. Despite compelling basic science evidence placing skin pH as a key factor in barrier homeostasis, stratum corneum integrity, and antimicrobial defense, application of the acid mantle concept in clinical care is lacking. We review recent ...