REVIEW QUESTION/OBJECTIVE The objective of this systematic review is to examine the impact of breastfeeding or bottle-feeding on surgical wound dehiscence after cleft lip repair in infants. BACKGROUND Immediately after cleft lip repair in infants, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding are generally restricted. Alternative feeding methods such as spoon-feeding are recommended to avoid placing tensi...

BACKGROUND Lower T-junction wound dehiscence following breast reduction surgery or mastopexy constitutes a vexing and grievous complication both to the surgeon and the patient. Treatment modalities that can expedite wound healing and reepithelialization rates are highly craved. The objective of this study was to assess wound healing and epithelialization rates of open wounds following breast re...

Urkude JS, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220753 Description Wound dehiscence is a known complication of keratoplasty which can occur even many years following the surgery. Usually trivial trauma is the causative factor for wound dehiscence, but spontaneous dehiscence has also been reported in the literature. A 45-year-old man presented with sudden loss of vision in the left eye...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to determine the usefulness of the risk model developed by van Ramshorst et al., and a modification of the same, to predict the abdominal wound dehiscence's risk in patients who underwent midline laparotomy incisions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Observational longitudinal retrospective study. SAMPLE Patients who underwent midline laparotomy incisions in the G...

The postoperative dressing in patients undergoing thigh lift is often difficult, not very resistant to movement, and uncomfortable for the patient, and often exposes surgical site to infection, maceration, or delay in wound healing. METHODS We included 40 patients in a case-control crossover study with no period effects, who were treated both by Aquacel Surgical and a traditional wound dressi...

BACKGROUND Certain postoperative wounds are recognised to be associated with more complications than others and may be termed high-risk. Wound healing can be particularly challenging following high-energy trauma where wound necrosis and infection rates are high. Surgical incision for joint arthrodesis can also be considered high-risk as it requires extensive and invasive surgery and postoperati...

In a series of 2,175 patients delivered by caesarean section a dehiscence of the abdominal wound occurred in 50. Wound dehiscence was eight times more common with a vertical incision than with a low transverse incision of the abdominal wall; with the vertical incision the incidence of partial and complete dehisence was 2.94% and with the low transverse incision no complete dehiscence occurred a...

purpose: to evaluate the demographic data, mechanisms of injury and complications of ocular trauma in patients over 60 year of age. methods: we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 91 patients older than 60 who were admitted and treated in the ophthalmology department of khalili hospital, between september 2002 and november 2008, due to ocular trauma. data were retrieved from admissi...

abstract background & objectives: honey has been used as a nutraceutical in many traditional and ancient remedies. considering well documented benefits of honey to accelerate wound healing, for the first time we aimed to assess intra oral surgical wound healing process with honey. methods: we designed a pilot randomized placebo controlled cross-over clinical trial. patients who required bilater...