While there are no reports regarding dressing-associated iatrogenic skin ulcer as an adverse event of maggot debridement therapy (MDT), MDT is clinically used on patients with critical limb ischaemia with dermal fragility. Herein we report causes and counter measures for a case of iatrogenic skin ulcer induced by MDT dressing.

Iatrogenic perimembranous ventricular septal defect is a rare complication after surgical replacement of the aortic valve, and so transcatheter closure of such a defect is not a routine procedure. We report the successful closure of an iatrogenic perimembranous ventricular septal defect which occurred after the replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta.

Iatrogenic acute kidney injury can be defined as acute kidney injury (AKI) that is directly or indirectly due to medical (therapeutic or diagnostic) interventions. This definition does not imply that iatrogenic AKI is always preventable. Indeed, sometimes the need for the medical intervention outweighs the risk of causing kidney dysfunction. On the other hand, in many circumstances iatrogenic r...