resection is the most common treatment choice for sigmoid volvulus, a common complication in our region. a new minimally invasive technique for sigmoid resection with local anesthesia was done in this study. this method is invented to avoid general on regional anesthesia in high-risk patients. nineteen patients were evaluated and then 14 were enrolled in this study. sigmoidectomy with a left lo...

Multiple patient comorbidities and environmental factors increase the risk of incisional wound complications. The literature suggests that negative pressure therapy (NPT) on clean closed surgical incisions may help reduce the risk of wound infections and other complications. In this case study, NPT was applied in the operating room to clean closed surgical wounds in four high-risk patients (two...

Background: Kidney transplants have become common surgical procedures that are associated with high success rates. Nevertheless the detection, accurate diagnosis and timely management of the perioperative surgical complications sometimes require multidisciplinary team approach for some of the complications may result in significant morbidity, risk of graft loss and/or mortality of the recipient...

Acute infection of surgical incision sites often requires specialized wound care in preparation for surgical closure. Optimal therapy for preparing such wounds for a secondary closure procedure remains uncertain. The authors report wound outcomes after administering acoustic pressure wound therapy in conjunction with negative pressure wound therapy with reticulated open-cell foam dressing chang...

OBJECTIVE To report the complication rate from planned, posttreatment neck dissections in patients who show control of primary squamous cell carcinoma by chemotherapy and radiotherapy or radiotherapy alone. DESIGN Retrospective review of case series. SETTING Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC. PATIENTS Thirty-four patients with clinically positive neck disease treated wi...