A 74 year old woman with primary biliary cirrhosis under immunosuppression azathioprine (50 mg/day) presented multiple violaceous papules and plaques some associated edema on the distal lower right extremity (Figure 1). Physical examination also revealed inguinal adenopathies

BACKGROUND Surgical procedures are now very common, with estimates ranging from 4% of the general population having an operation per annum in economically-developing countries; this rising to 8% in economically-developed countries. Whilst these surgical procedures typically result in considerable improvements to health outcomes, it is increasingly appreciated that surgery is a high risk industr...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ regulations regarding nonpayment for hospital-acquired conditions such as pressure ulcers have prompted a marked increase in focus on preventive care. Our hospital also used this change in payment policy as an opportunity to strengthen our pressure ulcer prevention practices. We used an 8-spoke prevention wheel to develop and implement practice chan...

CONTEXT The European Association of Urology (EAU) Trauma Guidelines Panel presents an updated iatrogenic trauma section of their guidelines. Iatrogenic injuries are known complications of surgery to the urinary tract. Timely and adequate intervention is key to their management. OBJECTIVE To assess the optimal evaluation and management of iatrogenic injuries and present an update of the iatrog...

INTRODUCTION Iatrogenic splenic injury is a recognized complication in abdominal surgery. The aim of this paper is to understand the medico-legal issues of iatrogenic splenic injuries. We performed a literature review on PubMed and Scopus using iatrogenic splenic or spleen injury and iatrogenic splenic rupture as keywords. Iatrogenic splenic injury cases were identified. Most cases were related...

purpose: to evaluate the results of laser in situ keratomileusis (lasik) retreatment in  patients with postoperative regression. methods: in a retrospective interventional case series, 153 eyes of 113 patients who had undergone lasik retreatment for postoperative regression were evaluated. both initial lasik and retreatment were performed with a nidek: ec 5000 excimer laser, and flap was made w...