OBJECTIVE To construct a single estimate of the number of percutaneous injuries sustained annually by healthcare workers (HCWs) in the United States. DESIGN Statistical analysis. METHODS We combined data collected in 1997 and 1998 at 15 National Surveillance System for Health Care Workers (NaSH) hospitals and 45 Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet) hospitals. The combined data, ...

PURPOSE Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the best treatment choice for acute cholecystitis. However, it still carries high conversion and mortality rates. The purpose of this study was to find out better treatment strategies for high surgical risk patients with acute cholecystitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2002 and June 2008, we performed percutaneous cholecystostomy instead of em...

In adolescents, neurovascular injury, especially ulnar nerve injury, is rare with fracture of the distal radius. We present a 14-year-old boy who sustained fracture of the distal radius in his right wrist, who also had symptoms of ulnar nerve injury. Close reduction with percutaneous pinning and cast to fix the distal radius fracture was done immediately. Then, we decided to observe the recover...

A 43-year old woman was admitted 11 days after open cholecystectomy with a iatrogenic bile duct injury. On admission the patient showed an uncontrolled biliary fistula through an external drain placed at an emergency laparotomy for biliary peritonitis with fever and jaundice. PTC showed a biliary stricture type II (Bismuth). A percutaneous drainage was performed to decompress the biliary system...

Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major cause of myocardial damage. Despite continuous efforts, minimizing I/R injury still represents a great challenge in standard medical treatments of ischemic heart disease, i.e., thrombolytic therapy, primary percutaneous coronary intervention, and coronary arterial bypass grafting. Development of effective interventions and strategies to prevent or re...

Partial to complete paralysis following spinal cord injury (SCI) causes deterioration in health and has severe effects on the ability perform activities of daily living. Following discovery neural plasticity, neurorehabilitation therapies have emerged that aim reconstruct motor circuit damaged cord. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) been incorporated into devices purposeful motions upper ...

We present a case of a pseudoaneurysm of the superior gluteal artery following placement of an iliosacral screw in a patient with an unstable pelvic ring fracture. Percutaneous fixation of posterior pelvic ring injuries is becoming a popular method for pelvic stabilization. Several techniques are available t achieve stability and allow early mobilization in patients with displaced pelvic fractu...

several studies have reported that the antioxidant properties of melatonin can provide cardiac protection through scavenging of free radicals. this study sought to investigate the efficacy of melatonin on cardiac biomarkers, myocardial-specific protein high sensitive troponin-t (hs-tnt) and creatine kinase-mb (ck-mb), in patients with st-segment elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) undergoin...