conclusions if medical treatment gets started early in the course of empyema, prognosis would be excellent. besides, there was no significant difference in short- and long-term outcomes between medical or surgical interventions. objectives the aim of this study was to compare the duration of admission, duration of intravenous antibiotic therapy, time to response to treatment, and outcomes of me...

rhinophyma is a severe late complication of rosacea, which is characterized by progressive hyperplasia of sebaceous glands and connective tissue involving the lower two-thirds of the nose. it can be an emotionally devastating disorder, and serve as a medium for occult cancers and other health problems. many surgical treatments have been advocated, as well as dermabrasion and laser therapy. in l...

   Tendon transfers in hand patients are a commonly performed procedure after extensor tendon rupture. However, the standard side to side technique is not applicable in every patient. We present a case of a musician with unique demands to demonstrate the option to customize surgical technique and therapy regimen to the unique needs of each patient. An extensor indicis proprius to extensor digit...

The increasing demands for personalized targeted therapy directed against renal cell carcinoma have driven a search predictive markers. Novel therapies targeting HIF-1α in been developed, and has suggested as novel marker of response to therapy. surgical resection kidney tumor induces tissue ischemia, is an oxygen-sensitive transcription factor, which known be upregulated during hypoxia. This s...

Pasteurization or boiling of milk would eliminate brucellosis except in those whose work brings them in contact with infected animals or their carcases, and laboratory workers. Complete eradication of the disease in humans depends on its eradication in animals. This has been achieved in Norway as a result of laws which stated that aborting animals must be reported and tested, and that the owner...

Current Surgical Therapy-2 has the scope of a textbook of general surgery and approaches the length of a textbook of general surgery-but it is not a textbook of general surgery. Divided into 181 chapters in 18 sections, the book covers the domain of general surgery: the digestive tract and its associated organs, the spleen, breast, endocrine organs, chest wall, trachea, skin and soft tissues, a...