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Phenol Neurolysis in Pain and Palliative Medicine

Pain Practice, Volume 26, Issue 5, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Pain is a common symptom in palliative care and affects patients' quality of life considerably. Standard analgesics are sometimes insufficient and are associated with substantial side effects. Neurolysis, the targeted destruction of nerves using thermal or chemical agents, offers an additional option for managing localized pain in ...
Jeroen H. A. Creemers, Rachel J. H. Smits, Alopi M. Patel, Robert T. M. van Dongen, Cornelis K. Kramers, Jacqueline M. Bos, Selina E. I. van der Wal   +6 more
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Predictors of Complications and Recurrence After Pressure Injury Reconstruction in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

International Wound Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Spinal cord injury (SCI) predisposes patients to pressure injuries (PIs) often requiring surgery. Multiple factors influence postoperative complications and recurrence, though their associations remain unclear. We performed a PRISMA‐guided systematic review and meta‐analysis to assess predictors of acute postoperative complications and PI ...
Marlynn P. Lopez, Katherine A. Kozlowski, Aneeq S. Chaudhry, Spencer K. Green, Diana B. Griffin, Tarifa H. Adam, Nicole C. Ontiveros, Allison B. Kessler, Rachna H. Soriano, Robert D. Galiano   +9 more
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Pressure Injury Malpractice Litigation: A Retrospective Medicolegal Study

International Wound Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Medical malpractice imposes a substantial clinical and economic burden worldwide. Pressure injuries (PIs) are amongst the most frequently litigated adverse events and represent a major source of preventable patient harm. To characterise the medicolegal landscape of PI‐related malpractice, the Westlaw legal database was queried for cases ...
Daniel A. Rabin, Aneeq S. Chaudhry, Tarifa H. Adam, Marlynn P. Lopez, Katherine Kozlowski, Diana B. Griffin, Brigid M. Coles, Hibba Sumra, Thomas A. Mustoe, Robert D. Galiano   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Pressure Injury Prevention Education by Acute Care Nurses Within 24 h of Hospital Admission: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 5, Page 5036-5048, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Predicting medical/surgical nurses' delivery of patient pressure injury prevention education within 24 h of hospitalisation. Design A cross‐sectional sub‐study drawn from a larger multisite randomised controlled trial. Methods A consecutive sub‐sample of 300 randomly assigned control group participants was recruited from 20 medical and ...
Jodie Lee Deakin, Sharon Leanne Latimer, Rachel M. Walker, Brett Dyer, Brigid Mary Gillespie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immediate and Underlying Causes of Death and Survival Rates in Aging Adults With Down Syndrome

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background To describe immediate and underlying causes of mortality (using ICD‐10 codes) and survival rates of aging adults with Down syndrome (Ds). Method This secondary analysis used the Healthy Aging and Intellectual Disabilities cohort.
T. I. M. Hilgenkamp, A. Oppewal, L. C. Chien, D. A. M. Maes‐Festen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Topical Honey Dressing in Decubitus Ulcer

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: The medicinal properties of honey have been recognized since antiquity. Although used as an adjuvant method for accelerating wound healing from ancient times, honey has been sporadically used in the treatment of wounds.
S. Khadanga
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Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy-jejunostomy for levodopa/carbidopa infusion in advanced Parkinson's disease

Gastroenterology Insights, 2012
Continuous infusions of levodopa directly into the duodenum-yeyunum is an effective therapy to reduce daily off time in an advanced stage of Parkinson's disease, but it is not without complications, particularly device related problems.
Ana Olivares, David Collado, Miguel Muñoz-Navas, Marta Calvo, Eduardo Olivo, Inmaculada Chico, Carlos Marra, Rafael Sánchez-Estella, Sarbelio Rodríguez, Josè Carlos Subtil, Luis Ramon Rábago   +10 more
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Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy for the Recipient Site in Head and Neck Reconstruction

OTO Open, Volume 10, Issue 2, April-June 2026.
Abstract Objective This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of recipient site of closed incision negative pressure therapy (ciNPT) on postoperative complications in head and neck reconstruction. Study Design A single‐center retrospective observational study was conducted on patients who underwent head and neck reconstruction for both benign and ...
Haruyuki Hirayama, Katsuhiro Ishida, Hiroki Kodama, Doruk Orgun, Masaki Nukami, Masato Nagaoka, Taisuke Akutsu, Soichiro Fukuzato, Takeshi Miyawaki   +8 more
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Surgical rehabilitation of patients with spinal neurotrophic decubitus

Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2016
The greatest weight neurodystrophic process develops in traumatic spinal cord injury, appears as neurotrophic decubitus (bedsores). There is a high risk of wound infection in the event of pressure ulcers.
S. G. Shapovalov, E. P. Suhoparova
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Antioxidant Capacity of Rigenase®, a Specific Aqueous Extract of Triticum vulgare

Antioxidants, 2018
Reactive species of oxygen (ROS), responsible for oxidative stress, accumulate in various tissues damaged by burns, decubitus ulcers, and vascular lesions.
Immacolata Antonucci, Gabriella Fiorentino, Patrizia Contursi, Massimiliano Minale, Rodolfo Riccio, Salvatore Riccio, Danila Limauro   +6 more
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