PURPOSE To describe the technique and outcomes of limbal stem cell-sparing lamellar keratoplasty (LSCS-LKP) for the management of advanced keratoglobus (KGB). METHODS In a sequential interventional case series from March 2010 to December 2012, 8 eyes of 6 patients with advanced KGB underwent an LSCS-LKP. Three patients had isolated KGB, 2 were affected with the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and the...

HYPOTHESES Vertical rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap reconstruction facilitates healing within the radiated pelvis and preserves the possibility of subsequent sexual function in patients with colorectal cancer who require partial or complete resection of the vagina. DESIGN A retrospective review of a consecutive series of patients. SETTING A tertiary referral center. PATIENTS All patien...

Study Design Case report. Objective The usual procedure for partial sacrectomies in locally advanced rectal cancer combines a transabdominal and a posterior sacral route. The posterior approach is flawed with a high rate of complications, especially infections and wound-healing problems. Anterior-only approaches have indirectly been mentioned within long series of rectal cancer surgery. We desc...

OSTOMY WOUND MANAGEMENT JANUARY 2009 www.o-wm.com Wound healing is an organized, four-phased system involving homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and maturation. If injured tissue follows these phases, the wound will close. However, this process is far from simple. A variety of physiological and environmental foes related to the individual’s past and present health status can divert the h...

Chronic cutaneous non-healing fistulas very often are dehiscences of surgical or traumatic wounds that do not repair properly and progressively undergo intrafistular perifistular fibrosis. The fibrous tissue constitutes a natural barrier to the progression fistula process represents major cause chronicization even in context proper vascularization. microfractured autologous adipose graft allows...

Abstract Background A wound may define as an interruption within the continuity of epithelial lining skin or mucosa that occurs a result physical thermal damage. Wound healing is intricate process highly synchronized censorious in management protective means skin. There are variety systemic and local factors influence healing, including oxygenation, inflammation, age, stress, diabetes, nutritio...

Glycation, the non-enzymatic binding of glucose to free amino groups of an amino acid, yields irreversible heterogeneous compounds known as advanced glycation end products. Those products play a significant role in diabetic complications. In the present article we briefly discuss the contribution of advanced glycation end products to the pathogenesis of diabetic complications, such as atheroscl...

Web Services-based business processes spread over the boundaries of companies, requiring the integration of customers, suppliers and partners to achieve inter-organizational business goals. According to organizational rules temporal constraints, like deadlines, must be defined for processes. Violation of these constraints usually results in increased cost and reduced quality of service. Advance...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of recombinant human epidermal growth factor (rhEGF) and protein-free calf blood extract on corneal wound healing and neovascularization. MATERIALS AND METHODS An rabbit central corneal wound and neovascularization model was established in rabbits. One eye of each group was chosen randomly for topical administration of protein-fre...