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[Necrotizing fasciitis. Clinical criteria and risk factors].

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Necrotizing cellulitis and fasciitis may be difficult to recognize. When skin necrosis is not obvious, the diagnosis must be suspected if there are signs of severe sepsis (accelerated heart or respiratory rates, oliguria, mental confusion.) and/or some of the following local symptoms or signs:

[Erysipelas].

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Erysipelas is an acute dermo-hypodermal infection (non necrotizing) of bacterial origin, mainly group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus. The lower limbs are affected in more than 80% of the cases and the identified risk factors are disruption of cutaneous barrier, lymphoedema and obesity. Diagnosis is

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa: an institutional analysis of 21 cases.

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BACKGROUND Previous reports regarding elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV) have been typically limited to 3 or fewer patients. OBJECTIVE We sought to statistically ascertain what demographic features and clinical variables are associated with ENV. METHODS A retrospective chart review of 21 patients

[Sulodexide in the prevention of post-mastectomy lymphedema].

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Post-mastectomy lymphedema of the upper limb, that can be noticed by 10 to 20 percent of patients with breast cancer, is usually related to some risk factors: use of radiotherapy on the axilla, obesity, venous outflow obstruction, delayed wound healing or infection. The most important contributing

Comparative study of traditional long incision vein harvesting and multiple incisions with small skin bridges in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting at King Abdullah University Hospital--Jordan.

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OBJECTIVE Saphenous vein harvesting can be associated with wound complications, incision pain, infection, and poor cosmetic outcome. The objective of our study is to determine the difference in wound complication and infection rates between two saphenous vein harvesting techniques, long incision

[Laparoscopic treatment of generalized peritonitis with diverticular perforation of the sigmoid colon. Report of 10 cases].

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BACKGROUND The classical treatment of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis with generalised peritonitis is based on the principle of two-stage surgical procedures with a temporary initial defunctioning colostomy. This approach is associated with significant morbidity, concerning mainly the abdominal

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa: beneficial effect of oral etretinate therapy.

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Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa is characterized by chronic secondary, non-filarial lymphoedema due to recurrent lymphangitis, dermal fibrosis, and epidermal changes consisting of hyperkeratotic, verrucous and papillomatous lesions. Histologically, there is pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia.

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa complicated with chronic tibial osteomyelitis.

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Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa represents an infrequent clinical entity with cutaneous changes characterized by dermal fibrosis, hyperkeratotic verrucous and papillamotous lesions resulting from chronic non-filarial lymphedema secondary to infections, surgeries, tumor obstruction, radiation,

Preoperative correlates of impaired wound healing after saphenous vein excision.

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Although major wound complications after saphenous vein excision are infrequent, we have found broadly defined impairment in leg wound healing to be relatively common. Wound healing impairment is defined in this study as inflammation, separation, cellulitis, lymphangitis, drainage, necrosis, or

Risk factors of breast cancer-related lymphedema.

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BACKGROUND Secondary lymphedema is one of the major important long-term complications of breast cancer treatment. The aim of this study is to determine patient- and treatment-related risk factors of lymphedema in breast cancer patients. METHODS Patients, who had been operated on for primary breast

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