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OBJECTIVE
The role of obesity in the appearance of skin pressure ulcers remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to evaluate blood perfusion and related lesions after skin compression in obese mice.
METHODS
Sixty C57BL6 male mice were randomly assigned to a control or hypercalorific
OBJECTIVE
Deficiency of vitamin D is very common in obese people and treatment by oral supplementation is not effective in all patients. This exploratory pilot study investigated the influence of different doses of short-term ultraviolet B irradiation on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 (25D) and
BACKGROUND
Vertical gastroplasty with artificial pseudopylorus (VGAP) was designed to reduce the complication rate of other forms of gastroplasty. The purpose of this study was to analyze the complications of this approach for 7 years of surgical practice.
METHODS
A total of 156 morbidly obese
From a series of 105 patients who had undergone jejuno-ileal bypass for morbid obesity, seven developed an episodic illness featuring inflammatory skin lesions, usually associated with a non-destructive polyarthritis. Tenosynovitis, myalgia and fever had also occurred. The illness abated
A 39-year-old woman with very sever obesity was admitted to our hospital for a right breast redness and hardness. Her height, weight and BMI were 166 cm, 145 kg and 52.6 kg/m2. Her breast had peau d'orange. CT scan showed swelling of whole right breast and Level I , II lymph node. We performed core
Subcutaneous tissue closure technique is a wide area of interest for obstetricians who perform cesarean section especially on obese women while many observers studied in an extensive manner postoperative pain and wound cosmetic results.
OBJECTIVE
The main goal of our work was to display the
Obesity is a major public health issue with significant impact on quality of life, morbidity and mortality rates. It is estimated that if the current trends continue, 18% of men and 21% of women worldwide will be obese by 2025. All the current therapies are not optimal due to limited Corticosteroid joint injections are perceived as being an effective treatment for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, with a very low risk of complications. While the procedure is often performed in secondary care by orthopaedic surgeons and rheumatologists (and trainees in either specialty), the role
Abdominal elephantiasis is a rare entity. Abdominal elephantiasis is an uncommon, but deformative and progressive cutaneous disease caused by chronic lymphedema and recurrent streptococcal or Staphylococcus infections of the abdominal wall. We present 3 cases of patients with morbid obesity who
A case is described that represents the only reported patient with glucagonoma syndrome and morbid obesity. The diagnosis of glucagonoma should be considered in any patient with the classic criteria despite weight gain. The criteria for diagnosis of glucagonoma are 1) the presence of a
Plaque psoriasis is a chronic, systemic-inflammatory disease characterized by skin erythema, plaques and scaling, and is associated with different comorbidities like psoriatic arthritis, obesity, and cardiometabolic diseases. Obesity aggravates cardiovascular risk in psoriasis patients BACKGROUND
Chronic venous insufficiency is a frequently occurring disease consisting of a characteristic symptom complex and ulcerations. Normally, varicose veins with reflux or obstruction can be found. However, these symptoms have also been described in obese people and are considered functional