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Gender dysphoria: Quality of online information for gender reassignment surgery

JPRAS Open, 2023
Summary: An ever-increasing number of patients are using the Internet to learn about medical conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of Internet-based patient information on gender reassignment surgery for people who suffer from gender ...
Federico Lo Torto, Francesco Rocco Mori, Edoardo Bruno, Giorgio Giacomini, Gianmarco Turriziani, Guido Firmani, Marco Marcasciano, Diego Ribuffo   +7 more
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Candida albicans necrotizing fasciitis following cosmetic tourism: A case report

JPRAS Open, 2023
Background: Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare and potentially life-threatening soft tissue infection, even more so when associated with fungal causative agents.
Roberta Gilardi, Paola Parisi, Luca Galassi, Guido Firmani, Massimo Del Bene   +4 more
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Cross-leg flaps: Case series, review, and proposed classification

JPRAS Open, 2023
Background: Cross-leg (CL) flap procedures have a long history in reconstructive surgery, having been described for the first time in 1854. The application of these flaps can potentially solve many reconstructive issues with satisfactory outcomes ...
Mohamed Sabry, Mohamed Mohamed Azmy, Abdou Mohamed Abd Allah Darwish   +2 more
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An open comminuted tibia fracture including a 5 cm tibial bone defect in a child: Successful management using a locking compression plate

Trauma Case Reports, 2023
Traumatic bone defects (TBDs), although rare in children, are severe injuries that often represents a challenge for both orthopaedic and trauma surgeons.
Lotje A. Hoogervorst, Bart W. Oudelaar, Demien Broekhuis   +2 more
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Persistent pseudoaneurysm after non-operative management of a Grade 4 liver injury

Trauma Case Reports, 2023
A hepatic pseudoaneurysm (HPA) after blunt or penetrating liver injury is an unusual but potentially lethal complication that can develop from an injured hepatic artery branch [1–5]. Endovascular intervention with coil embolization to treat HPA is a safe
Adam J. Mann, Mario Rueda, Faris Azar, Matthew Ramseyer, Lawrence Lottenberg, Robert Borrego   +5 more
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Condylar femoral arthroplasty with bone cement as a salvage measure in open fracture with articular bone defect in a young patient

Trauma Case Reports, 2023
Open fractures often require complex treatments, especially those with joint involvement or critical bone defects. Managing both combined injuries present even greater challenges and is not without complications.We present the case of a young patient ...
Rodrigo Olivieri, Nicolás Franulic, Felipe Ahumada, Matías Harmat, José Laso, Carlos Rojas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Closed reduction of fracture-dislocation of the sub-axial cervical spine with Gardner-Wells tongs. Technical note

Trauma Case Reports, 2023
Study design: Technical note. Purpose: To provide a technical description of the placement of Gardner-Wells tongs and the performance of awake cranio-cervical traction to reduce AO type C injuries of the sub-axial cervical spine with Gardner-Wells tongs.
Jeasson Javier Pérez Rios, Guillermo Iván Ladewig Bernáldez, Edith Oropeza Oropeza, Oscar Josué Montes Aguilar, Manuel Dufoo Olvera   +4 more
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Occult major venous injury in penetrating thigh trauma: An underdiagnosed cause of morbidity and mortality

Trauma Case Reports, 2023
Background: There are no current consensus guidelines that address screening patients who may have occult major venous injury in the setting of penetrating thigh trauma.
Naveen Balan, Dennis Y. Kim, Jessica Keeley, Angela Neville   +3 more
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Delayed hollow viscus injury with an occult seatbelt abrasion presenting as a small bowel obstruction

Trauma Case Reports, 2023
We present the case of a previously healthy 29-year-old male who presented with a small bowel obstruction in the absence of previous abdominal surgery who was found to have evidence of an occult seatbeltabrasion and ultimately multifocal hollow viscus ...
Blynn L. Shideler, Danielle C. Berera, Lisa M. Knowlton, Ariel W. Knight   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Results of a patient survey using an online questionnaire after implant removal for breast implant illness

GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW
The use of silicone breast implants has a history of over 60 years. In recent years, specific health issues among implant wearers have repeatedly come into focus.
Tanzella, Ursula, Ueberreiter, Klaus, Krapohl, Lola Fanny, Bell, Armin, Krapohl, Björn Dirk   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source