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A True Aneurysm of the Profunda Femoris Artery: A Case Report and Review of the English Language Literature
(Springer-Verlag; Annals of Vascular Surgery Inc., 2004-11)
A rare case of true aneurysm of the profunda femoris artery (PFA) is reported. Surgical management consisted of ligation of the aneurysm and decompression of the sac. Presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of true PFA ...
Complications of Thyroid Surgery: How to Avoid Them, How to Manage Them, and Observations on Their Possible Effect on the Whole Patient
(Springer-Verlag; by Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 2000-08)
Surgery of the thyroid takes place in an area of complicated anatomy and in which a number of vital physiologic functions and special senses are controlled. Thyroidectomy rarely is associated with mortality; but unless the ...
Is there a benefit to sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T4 melanoma?
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-12-15)
BACKGROUND: Controversy exists as to whether patients with thick (Breslow depth >4 mm), clinically lymph node-negative melanoma require sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy. The authors examined the impact of SLN biopsy on ...
Patient Attitudes Toward a Web-based System for Monitoring Chronic Wounds
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2004-11-01)
This study evaluated patient attitudes toward a store-and-forward telemedicine system for monitoring chronic wounds treated topically, as well as chronic wounds that have been excised and surgically closed. The system ...
Intact epidermal cell assay for ornithine decarboxylase activity
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag GmbH & Co KG, 1982-03)
A procedure measuring the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and polyamine formation of intact neonatal mouse epidermal cells in culture has been developed and tested. Basal cells prepared from neonatal mouse epidermis ...
Pemphigoid and pemphigus antigens in cultured epidermal cells
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1978-06)
Fractions of IgG from sera of patients with pemphigoid and pemphigus added to monolayer cultures of mouse epidermal cells resulted in a sparse distribution of cells. Direct immunofluorescence studies of these monolayers ...
Current state of treatment for primary cutaneous melanoma
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-VerlagItalia, 2004-04)
The incidence of malignant melanoma has been rising steadily for the last 30 years. Through physician and patient education, surveillance of high-risk individuals, and biopsy of any suspicious lesions, more lesions are ...
Emergency extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-supported percutaneous coronary interventions in the fibrillating heart
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999-12)
We describe two cases of refractory ventricular fibrillation complicating transcatheter interventional procedures. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used in each to support percutaneous coronary revascularization in ...
Subcutaneous hemangiosarcomas in a rhesus macaque ( Macaca mulatta )
(Munksgaard International PublishersBlackwell Publishing Ltd, 2001-04)