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Medical Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 4

December 2021 - 15 articles

Cover Story: The postoperative outcome of the reconstruction of severe, deep tissue defects of the palmar thumb by the Foucher flap is excellent. The proximally pedicled island flap can even be harvested innervated, which will return sensitivity to the injured area. Special care is imperative in the treatment of hand and foot wounds, due to the unique role both play in the mobility and interaction of patients with the world. The correct treatment of wounds and the surgical capacity to reconstruct the highly specialized, yet fragile, tissue cover go hand in hand. Therefore, this article highlights the conservative approaches to both wound treatment and plastic reconstructive techniques, with the goal of recreating function and appearance. It, thereby, provides an up-to-date overview on the interdisciplinary and interprofessional management of hand and foot wounds. View this paper.
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Articles (15)

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
13,082 Views
15 Pages

18 November 2021

Due to a difference in genetics, environmental factors, and nutrition, just like in people, dogs age at different rates. Brain aging in people and dogs share similar morphological changes including irreversible cortical atrophy, cerebral amyloid angi...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
5 Citations
11,830 Views
9 Pages

Removal of a Giant Cyst of the Left Ovary from a Pregnant Woman in the First Trimester by Laparoscopic Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Attila Louis Major,
  • Kudrat Jumaniyazov,
  • Shahnoza Yusupova,
  • Ruslan Jabbarov,
  • Olimjon Saidmamatov and
  • Ivanna Mayboroda-Major

13 November 2021

This paper reports a case of a 21 year old primigravida at 6 weeks gestation, suffering from important abdominal pain, who was admitted into the medical center with a giant cyst of 28 × 20 cm on her left ovary. A torsion of the ovarian cyst was suspe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,161 Views
12 Pages

Wound Healing and Therapy in Soft Tissue Defects of the Hand and Foot from a Surgical Point of View

  • Wolfram Demmer,
  • Heiko Sorg,
  • Andreas Steiert,
  • Jörg Hauser and
  • Daniel Johannes Tilkorn

13 November 2021

Wounds and tissue defects of the hand and foot often lead to severe functional impairment of the affected extremity. Next to general principles of wound healing, special functional and anatomic considerations must be taken into account in the treatme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,273 Views
8 Pages

Trabecular Bone Score and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Morbid Obesity—A Clinical Paradox

  • Antresa Jose,
  • Kripa Elizabeth Cherian,
  • Munaf Babajan Nandyal,
  • Stephen A. Jiwanmall,
  • Dheeraj Kattula,
  • Thomas V. Paul and
  • Nitin Kapoor

9 November 2021

Obesity has long been considered to have a protective effect on bone, but specific complications in those with morbid obesity are known to have a detrimental impact on bone architecture. We aimed to study the bone microarchitecture (TBS—trabecular bo...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,659 Views
5 Pages

8 November 2021

There were already numerous challenges facing the healthcare system prior to the ongoing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although we look forward to ending this pandemic, it is still expected that the healthcare system will face further...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
7 Citations
14,201 Views
6 Pages

30 October 2021

This paper examines evidence implicating migraine headache as a withdrawal symptom of excessive sodium chloride intake. Emerging research in food addiction posits that food and drug addictions share common features, such as withdrawal symptoms. Salt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,886 Views
13 Pages

27 October 2021

Background: Retrospective studies have described the effectiveness of low-dose radiotherapy (LD-EBRT) in painful arthrosis of small finger joints, but two recent prospective studies have yielded ambiguous results. To generate accurate data for the pl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,338 Views
10 Pages

The Route of Motor Recovery in Stroke Patients Driven by Exoskeleton-Robot-Assisted Therapy: A Path-Analysis

  • Loris Pignolo,
  • Rocco Servidio,
  • Giuseppina Basta,
  • Simone Carozzo,
  • Paolo Tonin,
  • Rocco Salvatore Calabrò and
  • Antonio Cerasa

26 October 2021

Background: Exoskeleton-robot-assisted therapy is known to positively affect the recovery of arm functions in stroke patients. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding which variables might favor a better outcome and how this can be modulated b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,992 Views
11 Pages

Mortality and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with COVID-19 and Diabetes

  • Viny Kantroo,
  • Manjit S. Kanwar,
  • Piyush Goyal,
  • Deepak Rosha,
  • Nikhil Modi,
  • Avdhesh Bansal,
  • Athar Parvez Ansari,
  • Subhash Kumar Wangnoo,
  • Sanjay Sobti and
  • Sudha Kansal
  • + 3 authors

26 October 2021

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a decisive risk factor for severe illness in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). India is home to a large number of people with DM, and many of them were infected with COVID-19. It is critical to understand the i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
472 Citations
32,074 Views
9 Pages

Epidemiology of Melanoma

  • Kalyan Saginala,
  • Adam Barsouk,
  • John Sukumar Aluru,
  • Prashanth Rawla and
  • Alexander Barsouk

20 October 2021

Melanoma accounts for 1.7% of global cancer diagnoses and is the fifth most common cancer in the US. Melanoma incidence is rising in developed, predominantly fair-skinned countries, growing over 320% in the US since 1975. However, US mortality has fa...

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