[Characteristics of wound infection in long-term crush syndrome].
Abstract: Clinicobacteriological examination was carried out in 31 patients with the crush syndrome (CS) and extensive damage to the soft tissues in combination with bone fractures complicated by wound infection. Inadequate surgical treatment in the early periods...
[Characteristics of wound infection in long-term crush syndrome].
Abstract: Clinicobacteriological examination was carried out in 31 patients with the crush syndrome (CS) and extensive damage to the soft tissues in combination with bone fractures complicated by wound infection. Inadequate surgical treatment in the early periods...
Barotrauma and air embolism in hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: A 69-year-old woman underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy because of a nonhealing ulcer of her foot. During decompression, she developed a left-sided hemiplegia and confusion. Recompression resulted in transient neurologic improvement, but she eventually...
Intraoperative radiation therapy combined with external irradiation in nonresectable non-small-cell lung cancer: preliminary report.
Abstract: Twenty-one patients with nonresectable non-small-cell lung cancer (15 squamous-cell, 4 adeno, 2 large-cell; T1-T3, N0-N2, all M0) underwent lymph node dissection and intraoperative irradiation of the tumor (IORT) with doses between 10 and 20 Gy (energies: 7...
Exercise-induced hyperammonemia: peripheral and central effects.
Abstract: The intent of this paper is to review the recent literature on exercise-induced hyperammonemia (EIH) and to compare the current interpretations of ammonia accumulation during exercise with the recognized clinical symptoms of progressive ammonia toxicity. In...
Bifemelane in the treatment of central retinal artery or vein obstruction.
Abstract: Patients with retinal artery or vein obstruction received 150 mg of bifemelane hydrochloride daily for 1 to 11 months and other treatment (urokinase, steroid hormone, hyperbaric oxygen, or laser photocoagulation) or the latter without bifemelane. After...
Oral tissue changes of radiation-oncology and their management.
Abstract: The cytologic effects of radiation therapy involve all tissues and most significantly bone within the treated area. Of greatest concern is the permanence of the compromised healing and resistance to infection of the irradiated tissues. Those dental...
[Compartment syndrome in fractures of the shin].
Abstract: Compartment syndrome represents the most serious complication in the treatment of the fractures of the shin. In the period 1979-1987 17 patients with variously developed form of the compartment syndrome were treated at the Orthopaedic clinic of the Institute...
[Methods of correction of humoral and cellular immunity in patients with burns and erosive-ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract].
Abstract: The levels of immunoglobulins G, IgA, M and T-rosette-forming lymphocytes were determined in parallel in 137 patients with burns. The endoscopic examination has revealed acute erosive-ulcerous lesions of the gastrointestinal tract in 48 of the patients....