BACKGROUND Intractable ascites secondary to malignant disease deteriorates the patients' quality of life. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-three patients, who had undergone Denver peritoneovenous shunt for the treatment of ascites associated with malignant tumor from May 1998 to February 2004, were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Post-operative complications had occurred in twelve patients, in...

Basal cell carcinoma is a malignant epithelial neoplasm of the skin and most common human cancer. It generally associated with good prognosis. In this case report, giant basal nodulo-ulcerative type showing wide ulceration marginal multiple small nodules, presented. was trapezoidal in shape, having dimensions 7 cm at greatest width, 6 vertically different anterior posterior margin dimensions, 5...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of antibacterial prophylaxis in preventing infectious complications after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. DESIGN Prospective, randomised, placebo controlled, double blind, multicentre study. SETTING Departments of internal medicine at six German hospitals. SUBJECTS Of 106 randomised adult patients with dysphagia, 97 received study medication, and 8...

BACKGROUND An increasing number of patients undergoing reconstructive surgery are immunocompromised due to different reasons and different medical treatments. Some of the used immunosuppressive drugs may affect the process of wound healing and thereby, impair the long-term success of surgical treatment. Therefore, this retrospective analysis aimed at the evaluation of the perioperative treatmen...

Wound dehiscence is a serious postoperative complication, with an incidence of 0.5-3% after primary closure of a laparotomy incision, and represents an acute mechanical failure of wound healing. Relatively recently the concept of "intentional open abdomen" was described and both clinical entities share common pathophysiological and clinical pathways ("postoperative open abdominal wall"). Althou...

silymarin, an extract from silybum marianum, has been shown to have antioxidant properties. however, there is no scientific report on wound healing activity of the silymarin. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of topical administration of silymarin on excision wound healing in rats. excision wounds were made on the back of rats. rats were divided into three groups, as control,...

background: in developing new products for skin care and wound treatment, biocompatibility plays a major role in the choice of ingredients. thymol, an essential oil extracted from thyme plant, exhibits outstanding antibacterial properties, but more importantly, it proves to be much more compatible to skin cells in comparison to some conventionally used antibiotic drugs and chemicals. objective:...

©2006 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.88B1. 16837 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2006;88-B:8-15. Wound dehiscence after spinal instrumentation presents a challenging problem to the surgeon. 1-8 Soft-tissue complications after operation are most commonly seen in patients with poor nutritional status, in the presence of injury to the spinal cord, following ...