Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adult cardiovascular failure.
Abstract: To examine the utility and technical challenges of applying veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute cardiovascular failure in adults with acute and chronic causes of heart failure. The role of mechanical circulatory support in acute...
Wilderness Medical Society practice guidelines for basic wound management in the austere environment: 2014 update.
Abstract: In an effort to produce best-practice guidelines for wound management in the austere environment, the Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel charged with the development of evidence-based guidelines for the management of wounds sustained in an...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy reduces apoptosis after spinal cord injury in rats.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) protects brain tissue from inflammatory injury by suppressing mitochondrial apoptotic pathways. However, its neuroprotective mechanism via anti-apoptosis in spinal cord injury (SCI) is still unclear. In our study, Male...
Osseointegrated implants for auricular defects: operative techniques and complication management.
Abstract: Auricular defects are challenging to reconstruct with native tissue. We describe operative techniques and complication management for patients undergoing osseointegrated implants for auriculectomy defects and microtia. Tertiary referral center. All patients...
Diagnosis and management of osteonecrosis of the jaw: a systematic review and international consensus.
Abstract: This work provides a systematic review of the literature from January 2003 to April 2014 pertaining to the incidence, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), and offers recommendations for its management based on...
Diagnosis and management of osteonecrosis of the jaw: a systematic review and international consensus.
Abstract: This work provides a systematic review of the literature from January 2003 to April 2014 pertaining to the incidence, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), and offers recommendations for its management based on...
Postmortem CT appearance of gas collections in fatal diving accidents.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to define the postmortem CT semiology of gas collections linked to putrefaction, postmortem "off-gassing," and decompression illness after fatal diving accidents and to establish postmortem CT diagnostic...
Management of invasive group A streptococcal infections.
Abstract: Invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease in children includes deep soft tissue infection, bacteraemia, bacteraemic pneumonia, meningitis and osteomyelitis. The expression of toxins and super antigens by GAS can complicate infection by triggering an...
Iatrogenic synostosis of the toes and phalanges.
Abstract: Memis, Ersen, Sivrioglu, Mutluoglu, Ay, , , , (2016). Iatrogenic synostosis of the toes and phalanges. International wound journal, 2016 Oct;13(5):1043. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25292012