BACKGROUND Alkali-burned corneas can seldom heal properly to restore corneal transparency. Treatment of this severe disorder of the ocular surface remains a challenge. AIM OF THE WORK was to investigate whether systemically transplanted bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) can promote corneal wound healing after alkali burn. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty five male New Zealand rabbits ...

Hand contractures are still a problem in everyday plastic surgery practice. We decided to review the hand contractures we had treated over a 5-yr period (2000-2004) and to present some guidelines for their prevention. In the 5-yr period we operated on 206 patients with hand contractures. The number of patients demonstrates that not infrequently our plastic surgeons still have to treat this cond...

background : burn wounds are one of the health problems in modern societies that are associated with irreparable harms and many side problems for patients and their families. infection due to burn wounds is the main cause of death in such patients. one of the methods to prevent infection of burn wounds is topical antibiotic ointments. this study aimed to investigate and identify effective ointm...

Burns to the hand that are complicated by exposure of bone, joint or tendon cannot be closed with conventional skin grafts and require flap procedures to prevent further damage. Local or regional flaps may be unavailable if electrical or blast trauma produces a large zone of injury, or when forearm burn injury extends beyond fascia. Free tissue transfer may not be tolerated by critically ill bu...

early wound excision and grafting of burn wounds is regarded not only as the method of choice in speeding up the healing process in deep burns, but also limits contracture and infection, on the other hand, smoking has generally been implicated in the delay of the healing process in a variety of surgical procedures, in this study we report the outcome of a cross-sectional study of all the 395 me...

Background: Hand surgical cases in Bangladesh are managed both by orthopedic and plastic surgeons. There very limited number of hand surgeons available the country. Tertiary referral centers especially city Dhaka cater for most surgery patients treated Objective were to understand needs community surgery. Methods: This rretrospective study spanning July, 2017 June, 2018- used data from operatio...

conclusions fireworks- related injuries during charshanbeh soori ceremony causes significant morbidities and damage to different body parts (especially upper limbs and face), and some of these injuries will lead to life time disabilities, amputations, and even death. as most of the injured patients are young teenagers and children, special consideration must be taken into account to prevent lon...

background self-inflicted burn injuries carry considerable mortality and morbidity among otherwise fit young individuals. this study assessed the epidemiologic pattern and outcome of these injuries in a burn care facility in pakistan. methods the study was carried out at pakistan institute of medical sciences (pims) burn care centre in islamabad over a period of 2 years. it included all adult p...

Children with upper extremity burns frequently develop axillary contractures that can restrict movement. Surgical axillary contracture release is performed to restore function. The purpose of this study is to determine the long-term effects (up to 7 years) of surgical axillary contracture release on upper extremity motion during simulated activities of daily living using three-dimensional motio...