Published in Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
Hospital-acquired infections affect 7% to 10% of hospitalized patients and account for approximately 80,000 deaths per year in the United States. Of all infections acquired in the hospital, more than 20% occur in intensive care unit patients. As the number of ICU beds increases, the proportion of ICU infections is likely to increase. The focus of t...
Published in Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
The results of the study support the importance of clinical evaluation in the early diagnosis of CRPS I. Plain radiographs facilitate the diagnosis as soon as bony changes develop.
Published in Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
This article describes the anatomical and biomechanical rationale for stable internal fixation of distal radius fractures using a dorsal approach. The three column biomechanical model is illustrated. Advances in the understanding of the anatomy, the biomechanical model of the three columns and our clinical experience with dorsal double plating have...
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Complex injuries of the distal radius can be associated with articular comminution, severe soft tissue injury, large metaphyseal and/or diaphyseal bone defects, carpal ligament tears or its combinations. We recommend a standardized three step approach for the management of these severe injuries: external fixation as an emergency procedure; treatmen...
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Local excision with clear margins represents for pT(1) "low grade" cancer an adequate therapy. Further prospective investigations are necessary to clarify whether adjuvant radio (chemo)-therapy represents a curative therapeutic option for pT(2) "low grade" tumours after complete resection.
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Injuries and irritation of extensor tendons are common problems in the treatment of fractures of the distal radius when plating is used via a dorsal approach. By the development of locking compression plates the possibility of palmar plating for dorsally displaced fractures of the distal radius is available. In this study our first clinical experie...
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Emergency ultrasound has established itself as a key procedure of primary diagnostic work-up for blunt abdominal and multiple trauma. However, in a systematic review published in 2001 ultrasonography turned out to provide an unexpectedly low sensitivity. We conducted an update of this analysis to investigate if test characteristics will be maintain...
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Published in Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
During the last decade, perioperative therapy for patients undergoing elective colorectal resection has changed substantially. Most of these changes occurred in the perioperative medical treatment. However, surgical traditions like intraperitoneal drainage are still very frequently utilized.
Published in Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
Angiodysplasia of the colon has been reported as one of the most common sources of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly whereas it is very rare in younger patients. Apart from this, portal hypertension may also have effects on the colon. There are, however, only a few reports which have investigated the colon in patients with portal hyper...
