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M Scioli

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PubMed2001

Ambulant vacuum-assisted closure of skin-graft dressing in the lower limbs using a portable mini-VAC device.

A skin graft may fail to adhere to the recipient site because of fluid collecting between the graft and the area being treated. We have devised a simple procedure, consisting of a vacuum-sealed dressing, to fix skin grafts on the lower limbs. A fully portable, battery-operated aspirator continuously draws secretions through a vacuum-sealed dressing, preventing accumulation of fluid underneath the graft. Patients are not confined to bed, thus reducing nursing time. The procedure was applied successfully in seven out of nine patients treated for ulcers of the lower limbs.

Adult↗
PubMed1994

Multiple CT imaging in pressure sores.

In patients affected by pressure sores, bones can be reached easily by the infection. This suggested a new way for a more precise diagnostic evaluation, looking at the most recent technological knowledge, which can offer a better evaluation of single lesions for a better planning of surgical operations. The possibility of performing multiple imaging under a CT guide, as well as a simple technique for contrast permanence within the sore, led the authors to demonstrate the validity of modern CT scanning as a main diagnostic method.

Bone Diseases↗
PubMed1991

The effect of concomitant chondral injuries accompanying operatively reduced malleolar fractures.

The best clinical results in the treatment of malleolar fractures occur when an anatomic reduction is obtained and maintained until the fractures are healed. Ankle pain and/or tibio-talar arthrosis has been reported despite anatomic surgical reduction and stable fixation of the malleoli. This may be due to unrecognized injuries to the cartilaginous surfaces of the tibio-talar joint. Between 1984 and 1987, 63 patients with isolated closed malleolar fractures underwent open reduction and internal fixation using standard AO techniques. Each patient had inspection of the entire talar dome during surgery. There were seven type A, 37 type B, and 19 type C fractures. Thirty-one patients (49%) had injuries to the talar dome cartilage, ranging from mild scuffing to free osteochondral fragments. Twenty-five patients were available for a follow-up evaluation at an average of 25 months after surgery. Thirteen patients had some complaints of pain, eight of whom had talar dome chondral injuries. The overall results, including functional status and ankle range of motion, were significantly poorer in patients with talar dome chondral injuries (p less than or equal to 0.03 and p less than or equal to 0.042, respectively).

Ankle Injuries↗
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The use of a modified tonometer in burn scar therapy.

We report on the use of a modified Schiotz tonometer to evaluate the effects of therapies on burn scars. It is now possible to quantify the course of cicatrization with tonometry. Because tonometry affords a precise evaluation of burn scar diagnosis and prognosis, it is possible to avoid arbitrary clinical evaluation of the burn scarring process.

Burns↗