Important medical research and remarkable case reports worth knowing.
Selected from high-relevance medical literature published in the last 14 days.
This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the efficacy and safety of bacterial cellulose dressings compared with conventional treatments for skin wounds.
Why it matters
Wound healing time, pain, adverse effects and dressing-change burden are relevant outcomes when evaluating wound dressings.
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined classification systems and surgical outcomes for axillary burn contracture.
This systematic review examined published outcomes after digit or hand replantation when preservation was at or below 10°C or exceeded 6 hours.
This systematic review examined technical approaches, indications, and evidence maturity for peritoneal vaginoplasty in gender-affirming surgery. It included 23 full-text studies and five video articles from 14 centers.
A 1.5-year-old boy sustained complete thermal-crush amputations of the left index, middle, and ring fingers in an industrial sealer injury.
This systematic review synthesized human studies describing cellular, immunophenotypic, and histopathological features of acute and chronic rejection in vascular composite allografts (VCAs).
A 69-year-old woman presented 2.5 months after patellar fracture fixation with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, septic knee arthritis, and a 12×8 cm anterior soft tissue defect with joint exposure.
A 35-year-old man developed severe nasal deformity and airway compromise after a flame burn involving about 20% of total body surface area.
A 71-year-old man with a retrosternal gastric conduit developed a full-thickness rupture during coronary artery bypass grafting through median sternotomy.
A 56-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes and severe peripheral arterial disease developed a chronic foot ulcer with toe gangrene despite unsuccessful revascularization, leaving no conventional revascularization…
A man injured by shrapnel at age four sustained a severe right elbow fracture and complete ulnar nerve transection, leaving ankylosis and chronic dysfunction.
A 30-year-old man had progressive, painless enlargement around the proximal interphalangeal joint of his right middle finger after long-term repetitive mechanical stimulation.
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