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“Stage IV pressure ulcers most commonly affect the tissue overlying the sacrum, ischial bones, and femoral heads, and therefore pressure ulcer-related osteomyelitis is typically found in these locations … The goal of our study was to describe the epidemiology of pressure ulcer-related pelvic osteomyelitis, including the clinical presentation, diagnostics, management, and outcomes of this understudied [...]
“Our study aims to investigate the benefits of striving for an available emergency operating room versus waiting for a scheduled elective surgery. We found that patients outside the 24-hour time frame experienced a significant decrease in future neurological and functional recovery benefits," states Dr. Min-Jie Yang, National Taiwan University. What else did Dr. Min-Jie Yang [...]
“At the authors’ single center, use of sealants in posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty (PFDD) surgery for Chiari malformation type 1(CMI), especially DuraSeal, was correlated with a higher complication rate. Eliminating DuraSeal led to a significant decrease in the rate of symptomatic pseudomeningocele and aseptic meningitis," states Dr. Ammar Shaikhouni, MD, Ph.D, Ohio State Wexner [...]
“Post-sepsis syndrome … is marked by a significantly increased risk of death and a poor health-related quality of life associated with a constellation of long-term effects that persist following the patient’s bout with sepsis. These include neurocognitive impairment, functional disability, psychological deficits, and worsening medical conditions,” states Dr. Zachary Mostel, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. [...]
“Clearly, children with cancer are at disproportional risk of line related sepsis and they should receive the super hydrophilic PICC lines and other central lines which substantially reduces the risk of infection and sepsis,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, National Sepsis Attorney. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury attorney explains, “Old, obsolete technology polyurethane and silicone [...]
“We found that the largest time delay was between onset of symptoms and first contact to a medical doctor. A greater public awareness is needed, to facilitate urgent revascularization and improve outcomes,” states Dr. Louise Londero, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Odense, Denmark. What did Dr. Londero report in her article, published in [...]
“The results of this study, based on a contemporary cohort, confirm that proven sepsis has a major impact on neurodevelopmental outcome, independent of other risk factors,” states Dr. Luregn Schlapbach, NICU, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. What did Dr. Schlapbach's report in “Impact of Sepsis on Neurodevelopmental Outcome in a Swiss National Cohort of Extremely [...]
“It is impossible to achieve independence with self-care when you are an acute spinal cord injured patient with a Stage IV sacral decubitus ulcer. These patients need to be fixed and should never be referred to nursing homes where their risk of sepsis and death become increasingly foreseeable,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD. Dr. Anthony [...]
“In patients with low-risk cervical cancer, simple hysterectomy was not inferior to radical hysterectomy with respect to the 3-year incidence of pelvic recurrence and was associated with a lower risk of urinary incontinence”… Dr. Marie Plante, New England Journal of Medicine, 2024; 390: 819-829. What else did Dr. Plante report in “Simple versus Radical Hysterectomy [...]
“Dr. Herbert Conway, plastic surgery, wrote about his experience with 1,000 cases of sacral, ischial, and trochanteric decubitus ulcer providing care for paralyzed Veterans at the Veterans Hospital, Bronx, New York. Flap closure provided superior outcomes when compared with conservative management,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus ulcer attorney. What did Dr. Herbert Conway [...]