Case report A 25-year-old male camel care giver presented to the Emergency Department of Al-Ain Hospital 1 h after being bitten several times in the left side of his head and neck by a 15-year-old male camel. The injury occurred in the farm while the patient was trying to feed the camel. The camel turned […]
Read MoreThe principles of microvascular free tissue transfer in war wounds are not different from civilian trauma. Muscle flaps are preferred over fasciocutaneous flaps to fill the large size defects and to combat the local infection. Today, the reconstructive surgeon with the help of microvascular techniques is able to reconstruct large complex defects as compared to […]
Read MoreSibraogo Kiemtoré,1,2Hyacinthe Zamané,1,2Yobi Alexis Sawadogo,1Rodrigue Sansan Sib,3Evelyne Komboigo,2Ali Ouédraogo,1 and Blandine Bonané1,2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the patient The patient was a 25-year-old woman who dropped school early and got married with a single farmer. She lived with her husband in Kongoussi, a rural commune about 100 km from Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. She did not […]
Read MoreCase Report A 30-year-old cheesemaker presented in their emergency room with a severe mutilating avulsion injury of the hand and forearm. His right adominant hand was pulled in a cheese cutting machine with six circular saw blades working in opposition to each other. He sustained a midcarpal amputation of the hand, a complete avulsion of […]
Read MoreAbstract Introduction: The work has been reported in line with the SCARE criteria. Thoracoabdominal impalement injuries are uncommon and very few cases have been reported. Impalement injuries result when a rigid object penetrates and remains lodged within the body. It has complex anesthetic and surgical management. We describe the successful surgical and anesthetic management of a […]
Read More50 year old Diabetic and Hypertensive was admitted in Medical intensive care unit with infection in the foot. He was referred to plastic surgery for management of infection in the foot. He underwent surgical debridement followed by negative pressure wound therapy. followed by skin grafting. The results are shown below Patient and relatives were satifsfied […]
Read MoreA young gentleman presented to us with an open injury with multiple fractures around the knee joint. he was managed by: Knee spanning external fixator Surgical debridement and primary wound closure Dr. N. JithendranM.S. (Orthopaedics), M.Ch (Plastic Surgery), D.N.B. (Plastic Surgery)Consultant Plastic And Reconstructive Surgeon
Read MoreHydrocephalus: Hydrocephalus is a condition in which an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) occurs within the brain. This typically causes increased pressure inside the skull. Hydrocephalus can occur due to birth defects or be acquired later in life. Associated birth defects include neural tube defects and those that result in aqueductal stenosis. Other causes include meningitis, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, intraventricular hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The four types of hydrocephalus are communicating, […]
Read MoreCase Report Patient E, a 19-year-old man, was admitted to hospital for treatment of third- to fourth-degree electrical burns to 17% of the surface of the head, neck, and right upper and lower limbs. He was injured on August 09, 2012, in the line of duty while performing military service. Over the period of 3 […]
Read MoreCase Rep Endocrinol. 2021; 2021: 6632436. Published online 2021 Feb 12. doi: 10.1155/2021/6632436 PMCID: PMC7895553 PMID: 33628530 Associated Data Data Availability Statement All data regarding the case are available upon request. Abstract Introduction Synchronous bilateral adrenalectomy is undertaken less often due to numerous perioperative challenges and rare circumstances of patients needing this procedure. Bilateral adrenalectomy is […]
Read MoreCASE PRESENTATION A 59-year-old worker got his clothes entangled in grinding machine while operating the machine and was admitted to the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery in Linyi People’s Hospital 5 hours after injury. The skin of penis and scrotum was completely torn off, with exposure of testes and entire shaft of penis. Only […]
Read MoreCase Report A 42-year-old woman presented to the clinic 28 h after complete avulsion of her scalp by a rotating machine. Her scalp had been simply sutured in situ without anastomosis in a local hospital within 3 h after injury. After another 16 h of monitoring, there were no signs of improved perfusion in the scalp, so the […]
Read MoreGunjan Pruthi,1Veena Jain,2 and Swati Sikka3 Case Report A 55-year-old male patient had reported to the Department of Prosthodontics, AIIMS, with a chief complaint of missing right eye since 3 months and regurgitation of food from the defect site. Patient gave the history of diabetes and histopathological diagnosis revealed Rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Surgical exenteration of the right eye and […]
Read MoreCholesterol stones are formed when the bile is supersaturated with cholesterol, which may result from decreased bile acid production, increased cholesterol output in bile or both. Stone formation by cholesterol monohydrate crystals is enhanced by mucin hypersecretion and gallbladder hypomotility. Cholesterol stone formation is promoted by conditions that increase hepatic cholesterol excretion, such as oral […]
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Read MoreErika Andou, MD,* Masakazu Komoto, MD,* Toshio Hasegawa, MD,† Hiroshi Mizuno, MD,* and Ayato Hayashi, MD CASE REPORT A 51-year-old man was presented to our facility with large subcutaneous tumors affecting the entire neck. Eight years earlier, he was diagnosed with Madelung disease based on the characteristic presentation of symmetrical subcutaneous tender masses throughout the […]
Read MoreAn 18-year-old man presented with a workplace-related injury, wherein his left shirt sleeve was caught in a cloth rolling machine and consequently his left upper limb was avulsed and amputated at his shoulder. He presented to our center 3 hours after the incident, with the amputated part brought without cooling. Initial examination showed pallor but […]
Read MoreCASE REPORT A 62-year-old, right-handed woman suffered a complete double-level amputation transversely across the left distal forearm and the wrist and a severe crush injury of the midhand in a tree-shredder (Fig.1). Cold ischemia time was less than 2 hours. The proximal amputation occurred at the forearm 3 cm proximal to the radiocarpal joint, the distal obliquely […]
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