In a class of two Higgs doublet model, where one Higgs doublet generates masses of quarks and charged leptons whereas the other Higgs doublet with a tiny vacuum expectation value(VEV) generates neutrino Dirac masses, thermal leptogenesis suitably works at low energy scale as keeping no enhancement of lepton number violating washout effects. In addition, Thermal leptogenesis in a supersymmetric ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this paper was to review the literature on vacuum-assisted wound closure and mesh-mediated fascial traction (VAWCM) in open abdomen therapy. It was designed as systematic review of observational studies. METHODS A Pub Med, EMBASE and Cochrane search from 2007/01-2016/07 was performed combining the Medical Subject Headings "vacuum", "mesh-mediated fascial traction", "temp...

Following a total knee replacement surgery, a 51-year-old insulin-dependent patient presented with complications of impaired healing and postoperative trauma to the wound site. The inability of this leg wound to heal placed this patient at risk of amputation. Vacuum-assisted closure therapy was initiated at postoperative day 53; after 100 days of protracted wound history a series of treatments ...

In cardiac surgery, poststernotomy wounds are life threatening complications, with mortality up to 50%. We described two patients, who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and postoperatively developed a deep sternal wound infection. Reconstruction was combined with vacuum-assisted closure treatment, laparoscopic mobilization of an omental flap and split thickens skin grafts. The omental f...

BACKGROUND Persons with amputation and residual limb wounds would benefit from the ability to continue wearing a prosthesis while healing. Sockets with vacuum-assisted suspension may reduce intra-socket motion and be less disruptive to wound healing. The purpose of this case series was to measure residual limb wound size over time in persons with transtibial amputation while using prostheses wi...

With what types of hand injuries can vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) be used? Large wounds with an insufficient bed for skin grafting are most helped with VAC therapy. The negative-pressure environment of VAC helps decrease swelling, remove exudate, promote granulation tissue, and shrink the size of the wound. If a skin graft is applied to a hand wound, VAC application can promote adherence of th...

In 1997, supported by experimental work, Argenta published a clinical report describing a variety of complicated wounds whose treatment responded successfully to negative pressure dressings using a vacuum-assisted closure system (VAC) (Kinetic Concepts Inc., San Antonio, TX). This system has been successfully used in the fields of orthopaedics and traumatology, general surgery, plastic and reco...