Maxillofacial defects create physical, emotional and mental problems for the patient. The task of surgical-prosthetic rehabilitation is to provide best possible functional esthetic solution. aim this paper was present a modern approach auricular defect rehabilitation. A 24-year-old patient with lack right ear lobe due trauma admited aesthetic Implant-retained prosthesis indicated. Three implant...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study describes the methodology, patient outcome, and use of hospital and rehabilitation services at 3 months of a population-based randomized controlled trial. The purpose was to evaluate rehabilitation at home after early supported discharge from the Department of Neurology, Huddinge Hospital, for moderately disabled stroke patients in southwest Stockholm. METHOD...

Patient safety has been relatively unexplored in rehabilitation and complex continuing care (CCC) settings. From the perspectives of staff members, this qualitative study aimed to explore patient safety phenomena that exist within rehabilitation/CCC and to identify the characteristics of the current workplace culture that act as enablers of or barriers to patient safety. Sixty-six staff members...

Background and Purpose—This study describes the methodology, patient outcome, and use of hospital and rehabilitation services at 3 months of a population-based randomized controlled trial. The purpose was to evaluate rehabilitation at home after early supported discharge from the Department of Neurology, Huddinge Hospital, for moderately disabled stroke patients in southwest Stockholm. Methods—...

Burn rehabilitation is an essential component of successful patient care. In May 2008, a group of burn rehabilitation clinicians met to discuss the status and future needs of burn rehabilitation. Fifteen topic areas pertinent to clinical burn rehabilitation were addressed. Consensus positions and suggested future research directions regarding the physical aspects of burn rehabilitation are shared.

Surgical defects often have adverse effects on patient perception of esthetics and self-esteem. Rehabilitation of such surgical defects poses a challenge to the clinician. Presented here is a clinical report of an interim prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient who underwent partial rhinectomy for basal cell carcinoma. Nasal resection included part of the nasal septum, the entire cartilage, and ...

The goal of Cardiac Rehabilitation is to reduce the risk of another cardiac event and to control the current heart condition of a patient and stop it from deteriorating. Most current Cardiac Rehabilitation procedures include counseling, to help the patient understand their disease more clearly and manage the disease process. As well as helping the patient to understand (and hopefully modify) ri...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Limited research evidence is available to show the effectiveness of the many specific interventions provided in spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation; what is available typically focuses on effects of the full rehabilitation package but not specific therapy interventions, medical procedures, patient education, or counseling. Given the problems of conducting randomized con...