Surgical Wound Dehiscence
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13. Traumatic wound dehiscence following penetrating keratoplasty.
Four young male patients with keratoconus had traumatic dehiscence of the surgical wound after penetrating keratoplasty. Two were rendered aphakic by the trauma, and in one patient the lens was dislocated posteriorly. In each case the dehiscence was repaired by resuturing the original corneal graft. Despite marked corneal oedema in the immediate postoperativ
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14. Wound complications after median sternotomy: A study of 61 patients from a consecutive series of 9,279
Among a consecutive series of 9,279 sternotomies performed during a period of 2½ years, 61 (0.66%) patients developed significant wound complications. Of these, 58 (95.1%) survived. Sternal infection occurred in 36 patients (0.39%). Predisposing factors included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity, closed chest massage, prolong
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15. Surgical jejunostomy in aspiration risk patients.
One hundred patients underwent laparotomy for independent jejunal feeding tube placement. Neurologic disease was present in 50%, and obtundation (28) and oropharyngeal dysmotility (25) were the most common indications for enteral feeding. The post-pyloric route was chosen because of aspiration risk in almost all (94%) patients. Postoperative (30-day) mortali
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16. Long-term complications of laparotomy in Hodgkin's disease.
OBJECTIVE: The authors determined the incidence of complications in 133 patients who had undergone staging laparotomy with splenectomy before treatment for Hodgkin's disease (stages I-IV). METHODS AND MATERIALS: Medical records were reviewed, and the patients or their relatives were interviewed. Median follow-up after laparotomy was 15.7 years (range = 2.5-2
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17. Pterygium excision with conjunctival autografting: an effective and safe technique.
The optimum mode of treatment for symptomatic pterygia would combine efficacy (a low recurrence rate) with safety (freedom from sight threatening complications), and would not affect visual acuity adversely. The efficacy of pterygium excision with conjunctival autografting in a sun exposed population in which pterygia are prevalent has previously been questi
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18. Six hundred fifty consecutive pancreaticoduodenectomies in the 1990s: pathology, complications, and outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: The authors reviewed the pathology, complications, and outcomes in a consecutive group of 650 patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy in the 1990s. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Pancreaticoduodenectomy has been used increasingly in recent years to resect a variety of malignant and benign diseases of the pancreas and periampullary region. METHODS: B