Anesthesiology, V 124 • No 1 185 January 2016 P enetrating keratoplasty is a common ophthalmic procedure in the United States, with more than 35,000 surgeries performed annually. The graft–host junction is a site of permanent weakness, potentially only achieving 50 to 70% of its original tensile strength.1 This weakness increases the risk of a wound dehiscenc...

Background: Kidney transplants have become common surgical procedures that are associated with high success rates. Nevertheless the detection, accurate diagnosis and timely management of the perioperative surgical complications sometimes require multidisciplinary team approach for some of the complications may result in significant morbidity, risk of graft loss and/or mortality of the recipient...

Background: Wound dehiscence after laparotomy remains a serious complication. Postoperative complete wound dehiscence, being an unfortunate and also a very serious complication, is associated with a high morbidity and mortality rate despite the most sophisticated intensive care these patients receive today. Aims: The present study was undertaken to assess the proportion of burst abdomen in post...

OBJECTIVES We described the treatment of dehiscence of thoracotomy incisions in patients who underwent thoracic surgery in the present study. METHODS Twenty-four patients with either partial or complete dehiscence of their thoracotomy incisions were included in the study from 2005 to 2010. The patients were evaluated regarding their age, sex, indication for thoracotomy, and surgical approache...

Early wound healing after periodontal surgery with or without enamel matrix derivative/biphasic calcium phosphate (EMD/BCP) was characterized in terms of soft tissue closure, changes of microcirculation, and expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in gingival crevicular fluid/wound fluid (GCF/WF). Periodontal surgery was carried out in 30 patients (18 patients: application of EMD/BCP...

BACKGROUND Deep sternal wound complications are uncommon after cardiac surgery. They comprise sternal dehiscence, deep sternal wound infections and mediastinitis, which will be treated as varying expressions of a singular pathology for reasons explained in the text. METHODOLOGY AND REVIEW This article reviews the definition, prevalence, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, microbiology and ma...

Sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease is a common inflammatory process affecting young adults. This is mostly seen in sacrococcygeal region. There are multiple factors, which can basically be divided into mainly two, as congenital (such as a result of fusion failure, deeper localized natal cleft) and acquired (such as local infection) factors1,8. Non-operative and operative strategies are mainly use...

BACKGROUND Keloids as unusual scars are injury remnants characterized by bizarre cosmetics and painful itching. This study assessed outcomes of surgical excision and brachytherapy in intractable keloids. METHODS Six patients with 10 keloid lesions were followed up. Surgical excision was done with 1-2 mm margin, and then radiotherapy was undertaken in 3 divided fractions on days 0, 1 and 2 ...