Chronic ear discharge is highly prevalent in the West African subregion where it accounted for about 25% of out-patient consultation. However, the treatment is often limited to outpatient ear dressing and mastoid surgery with few patient having the reconstruction of hearing. This is a review of the work done on chronic suppurative otitis media in West Africa, highlighting the need to improve ea...

We load a Bose-Einstein condensate into a one-dimensional (1D) optical lattice altered through the use of radio-frequency (rf) dressing. The rf resonantly couples the three levels of the 87Rb F = 1 manifold and combines with a spin-dependent “bare” optical lattice to result in adiabatic potentials of variable shape, depth, and spatial frequency content. We choose dressing parameters such that t...

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was to elucidate which motor functions are most or more important for dressing performance before and after rehabilitation. [Subjects] Seventy-nine first episode stroke patients in a hospital convalescent rehabilitation ward. [Methods] The relationships between motor function of the affected upper and lower limbs, unaffected side function, trunk function, ...

The problems encountered in fitting and using the permanent below-knee prosthesis in developing countries are the high price of the prosthesis, inadequate fitting and lack of proper rehabilitation. In Turkey, the preferred treatment of the stump post-operatively is by the soft dressing method with bandaging for maturation and shrinkage. Generally, the application of the permanent prosthesis is ...

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are increasingly implicated in both acute and chronic wound infections. The limited therapeutic options are further compromised by the fact that wound bacteria often co-exist within a biofilm community which enhances bacterial tolerance to antibiotics. As a consequence, topical antiseptics may be an important consideration for minimising the opportunity for...

BACKGROUND Mechanical forces play an important role in tissue neovascularization and are a constituent part of modern wound therapies. The mechanisms by which vacuum assisted closure (VAC) modulates wound angiogenesis are still largely unknown. OBJECTIVE To investigate how VAC treatment affects wound hypoxia and related profiles of angiogenic factors as well as to identify the anatomical char...

Studies have shown the effectiveness of hydrocolloids^ (HDC) in the treatment of various wound types. The evaluated adhesive hydrocellular* (AA) dressing has been shown to be more absorbent and therefore able to remain in place longer than HDC. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and to compare the performance of these dressings in the management of patients with stage II and III Pressure...

BACKGROUND Dressings are the mainstay of wound care management; however, adherence of the dressing to the wound or periwound skin is common and can lead to dressing-related pain and trauma. Dressing-related trauma is recognized as a clinical and economic burden to patients and health care providers. This study was conducted to garner expert opinion on clinical sequelae and resource use associat...

AIM Aim of the study was to demonstrate the effectiveness, in the management of recalcitrant wounds, of a hyperoxidized oil-based gel with film-forming and protective functions. METHODS The study involved 50 patients with recalcitrant not infected and/or necrotic chronic ulcers. All patients had 0.7 minimum ABPI value; terminal and/or cancer and/or under immunosuppressive therapy patients wer...