Oronasal fistulae are common complication following palatoraphy. There several surgical procedures to repair oronasal fistulae. However, conventional closure technique is not always possible, especially when the surrounding tissue replaced by fibrotic due previous Tissue defects in should be with tissues providing good vascularisation such as pedicle tongue flap. A case of flap used close was r...

INTRODUCTION Shunt systems are not perfect devices and can cause severe complications. Complications may originate from problems related to the valve, the patient, or the surgery and more common in neonates, infants, especially preterm by reason of the special characteristics these patients owned. We therefore have succesfully developed useful and viable surgical technique in order to provide h...

BACKGROUND Subcutaneous reservoirs are used to provide therapy by establishing access to cerebrospinal fluid. However, it is associated with complications such as hemorrhage, infection, malfunction, and malpositioning. In an irradiated field with thin skin, use of reservoir can result in wound dehiscence, wound infection, and device extrusion. CASE DESCRIPTION We introduced a "countersinking"...

BACKGROUND To analyze the demographics, indications, and surgical outcomes of anophthalmic surgery (enucleation and evisceration) at Jordan University Hospital during a 5-year period. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients who had undergone evisceration or enucleation between August 2006 and June 2011. The data collected included age at time of surgery, sex, affected ey...

BACKGROUND Sternal wound infections are a major complication after cardiac surgery in terms of morbidity and cost increase. To decrease the incidence of infection, we evaluated triclosan-coated sutures for the closure of the sternal incision, as it is known that most of the surgical site infections are related to the incision site. METHODS From May to December 2005, a total of 479 patients un...

BACKGROUND An increasing number of patients undergoing reconstructive surgery are immunocompromised due to different reasons and different medical treatments. Some of the used immunosuppressive drugs may affect the process of wound healing and thereby, impair the long-term success of surgical treatment. Therefore, this retrospective analysis aimed at the evaluation of the perioperative treatmen...

Background: Midline incision provides excellent access to the abdominal cavity. However, wound infection following a laparotomy can increase morbidity as well burden on health care system. Wound prognosis be influenced by type of incisions, suture material and method closure. This study aimed assess outcome midline closure using two different techniques closure.Methods: was prospective observat...

Negative pressure wound therapy is a concept introduced initially to assist in the treatment of chronic open wounds. Recently, there has been growing interest in using the technique on closed incisions after surgery to prevent potentially severe surgical site infections and other wound complications in high-risk patients. Negative pressure wound therapy uses a negative pressure unit and specifi...