The clinical outcome of abdominoplasty performed under conscious sedation: increased use of fentanyl correlated with longer stay in outpatient unit.
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E A Pechter
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A new method for determining bra size and predicting postaugmentation breast size.
The current popular system of determining bra size is inaccurate so often as to be useless. Add to this the many different styles of bras and the lack of standardization between brands, and one can see why finding a comfortable, well-fitting bra is more a matter of educated guesswork, trial, and error than of precise measurements. An improved method of determining cup size by directly measuring the circumference of the breast is presented in this paper. If adopted commercially, this simple method could reduce dramatically the number of women said to be wearing the "wrong-sized bra." The technique has also been found to be an accurate predictor of postoperative breast size in augmentation and reduction surgery, and thus offers plastic surgeons an opportunity to better meet the expectations of women undergoing these procedures.
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Listeria infection of silicone breast implant.
A case of breast implant infection with L. monocytogenes is presented. The nature of this organism, its usual mode of transmission, and factors predisposing to the development of listeriosis are reviewed. We speculate that, in this case, the organism was acquired during a natural period of depressed immunity due to pregnancy, and it initiated a low-grade infection around the breast prosthesis. Possible implications of this scenario are discussed.
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Maggot therapy: a review of the therapeutic applications of fly larvae in human medicine, especially for treating osteomyelitis.
In traditional medical practice, the larvae of some Diptera: Calliphoridae, notably Lucilia illustris (Meigen), L.sericata (Meigen) and Phormia regina (Meigen), have been employed for maggot therapy, i.e. to help clean lesions antiseptically, especially for treatment of chronic osteomyelitis. This mode of treatment remains appropriate for cases where antibiotics are ineffective and surgery impracticable.
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Postintubation croup in two consecutive patients undergoing cleft lip and/or palate repair.
Postintubation croup is not common, but it is potentially serious complication of surgery and anesthesia. We report 2 consecutive cases of postintubation croup in infants undergoing cleft lip and/or palate repair, each occurring after an uncomplicated postoperative course of 48 hours' duration.
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Maggot therapy: the surgical metamorphosis.
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Severe osteomyelitis of the wrist following a cat bite.
Cat bite wounds of the hand are frequently associated with soft tissue infection of the injured part. Osteomyelitis is a less common complication but the sharp slender fangs of the cat may predispose to this complication by causing deposition of organisms into underlying bone. The following is a report of a severe and rapidly destructive osteomyelitis of the wrist following a cat bite.
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