Comparison of long-term ankle joint function after one-stage and staged microsurgical repair of open achilles tendon defects by Jianjie Mao, Yang Xiang, Hui Chu, GenYang Jin, Guangyan Su, Chang zeng Liu, Feng Zhu

“…Preoperative injury classification of the heel region (P < 0.001), size of the defect area in the heel region (P AOFAS < 0.001, R AOFAS = -0.397; P ATRS < 0.001, R ATRS = -0.436), and length of the Achilles tendon defect (P AOFAS < 0.001, R AOFAS = -0.429; P ATRS < 0.001, R ATRS = -0.280) were associated with postoperative follow-up ankle joint function, whereas preoperative wound infection was not associated with postoperative follow-up ankle joint function (P AOFAS = 0.690, P ATRS = 0.759). …”
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Kanuka honey versus aciclovir for the topical treatment of herpes simplex labialis: a randomised controlled trial by Nick Shortt, Alex Semprini, Mark Weatherall, Richard Beasley, Irene Braithwaite, Angela Liu, Melanie McConnell, Joseph Singer, Darmiga Thayabaran, Abbie Copinga, Abigail Cadwallader, Ahmad Zareh, Aidan Kortegast, Al-Sheibani Saif, Alaina van Zyl, Alex Graham, Alice Liu, Alice Manch, Alison van Wyke, Amanda Barkley, Amy Zhuang, Andrew Mcglashen, Androulla Kotrotsos, Angela Blackwood, Angeline Day-Mesuré, Annabel Turley, Anne Lim, Anne Marie-Nimmo, Anstey Harsant, Anthony Roberts, Ashley Cronin, Barbara Mcrae, Blair Finlayson, Bob Kim, Brandon, Brendon Mcintosh, Brian Johnston, Carina Soeteman, Carla Mcinness, Carrol Newman, Cassie Butler, Catherine Hosler, Cathy Hight, Chantel Kissick, Charlotte Schimanski, Chau Ly, Cheryl Mabbett, Chris Wrapson, Christy Biju, Chuck Varghese, Claire Livingston, Corry Bezems, Danielle Stewart, Daryl Sayer, David Postlewaight, Deb Lawrence, Debora Ngny, Deborah Ellison, Debra Clutterback, Delphine Destrez, Diana Montelli, Dipika Parmar, Dixie Howard, Donnie Loh, Eddie See, Elda Lubbe, Eric Li, Evan Tan, Fiona Mclachlan, Fiona Srush, Fran Chen, Garth Mitchinson, Gina Azer-Iskander, Glenn Summerville, Grace O’conner, Grant Bell, Hayley Garvin, Helen Jarvie, Henriette Meyer, Ingrid Nickson, Ingrid Reed, Irene Nicks, Jackie Jamieson, Jacqui Brus, Jacqui Craw, James Westbury, Jan Green, Janet Downing, Jayne Lewis, Jenna Ludlow, Jenni Puckley, Jennifer Gerbes, Jenny Sparks, Jenny Wu, Jess Barton, Jessica Ensor, Jilly Alexander, Jim Sherborne, Joanna Topliss, Jordan Jeffray, Jordon Hinton, Joseph Tsou, Joy Birch, Julia Mcdonald, Julie Earwaker, Julie Lamb, Julie Summers, Kadyn Lowe, Kaleigh Mackel, Karen Rich, Karen Chen, Karen Wainman, Karena Hall, Kate Adams, Kate Griffin, Kayleigh Mackel, Kelly Burgess, Kelly Harvey, Kelly Shearer, Kelsi Burns, Kerry Dean, Kerry Oxenham, Kritika Singh, Lara Blaikie, Leanne Hall, Leanne Herbert, Leanne Hosking, Leanne Steele, Leigh Vaughan, Lesley Robertson, Levi Bian, Linda Herman, Linda Joe, Linda Southby, Lisa Josephs, Lisa Mitchell, Lorina Lu, Lorraine Brunton, Lucy Armstrong, Lynda Bell, Malinda Ouk, Malli Kotali, Marcus Liddle, Margaret Helms, Marion Gray, Mark Arundel, Mark Webster, Martin Boyle, Maryanne Smyth, Mate Hegedus-Gaspar, Matthew Grey, Maureen Raju, Melanie Wong, Michelle Hwang, Michelle Nawisielski, Michelle Speirs, Natascha Roughton, Navjot Kaw, Neha Chand, Nehad Kamel, Neville Puckey, Nicholas Tee, Nimmi Gnanasekaran, Nolan Mcrae, Noor Al-Rawe, Oliver Rew, Olivia Haslam, Outi Kolju, Palak Mehta, Patrick Lim, Peter Neal, Rachael Gerretzen, Rachael Munns, Rachel Yang, Rachelle Smith, Raksha Goundar, Rav Singh, Ravniel Singh, Rebecca Coley, Rebecca Hesom, Rebekah Beard, Reece Olsen, Renee Belling, Robyn Morrison, Roseanna Mcdonald, Ruby Willing, Saif Al-Sherbeni, Sally Purdie, Sam Betty, Sam Appleford, Samantha Fordham, Samit Patel, Sara Preston, Sarah Wallace, Sascha Ion, Shahlaa Al Salih, Sharon Sullivan, Shazeel Rauf, Sheryl Montgomerie, Shilpa Narain, Shirin Namjou, Shuji Zhang, Simerjeet Singh, Sjaani Stanley, Sonia Schwaum, Steve Jo, Sultana Zannat, Tanya Baker, Tyler Pornchaisuksiri, Utsav Sharma, Vicki Douglas, Victoria Rameke, Vincent Ho, Vioky Usher, Violet Harley, Vishwatej Gangapuri, Warren Greene, Wendy Parkes, William Gia, Wilma Gordon, Yalun Weng, Yasmin Razoki, Yolanda Savage, Zheng Li

“…Secondary outcomes included time from randomisation to stage 4 (open wound), time from stage 4 to 7, maximal pain, time to pain resolution and treatment acceptability.Results Primary outcome variable: Kaplan-Meier-based estimates (95% CI) for the median time in days for return to normal skin were 8 (8 to 9) days for aciclovir and 9 (8 to 9) for honey; HR (95% CI) 1.06 (0.92 to 1.22), p=0.56. …”
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Stromal architecture and fibroblast subpopulations with opposing effects on outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma by Yifei Cheng, Xiaofang Chen, Li Feng, Zhicheng Yang, Liyun Xiao, Bin Xiang, Xiaodong Wang, Dongbin Liu, Penghui Lin, Jieyi Shi, Guohe Song, Wulei Qian, Boan Zhang, Yanan Xu, Zheng Gao, Lv Chen, Yingcheng Wu, Jiaqiang Ma, Youpei Lin, Haichao Zhao, Lihua Peng, Xuebin Mao, Yang Liu, Hao Hou, Mingyu Yang, Yuan Ji, Xiaoying Wang, Jian Zhou, Xun Xu, Xiyang Liu, Wu Wei, Xiaoming Zhang, Qiang Gao, Hu Zhou, Yidi Sun, Kui Wu, Jia Fan

“…We discovered two functional units, one is the intratumor inflammatory hub featured by CAF-FAP plus CD8_PDCD1 proximity and the other is the marginal wound-healing hub with CAF-C7 plus Macrophage_SPP1 co-localization. …”
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A Comparative study of Daiva's Sin and its Evolution in the Stories of Ancient Iran and Ta'ziehs of Daiva's Tying Thumb Based on Six Poetic Verses by Mahdi mohamadi, Adel Meghdadian, Abolfazl Tajik

“…The slap was so severe that his face was wounded and until he is healed by the Imam, blood and pus will come from it. …”
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Island Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap and a Perforator Flap in Repairing Post-Gunshot Thoracic Spine CSF Fistula: Case Presentation by Nangole F. Wanjala, Khainga Ominde Stanley

“…Postoperatively the patient recovered well and the wounds healed without any complications.…”
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Elements of Success After Metatarsectomy Healing of Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers by Hossein Hemmati, Behrang Motamed, Sedighe Masoudi Taramsari, Mohammad Taghi Ashoobi, Mohaya Farzin, Habib Eslami Kenarsari, Rastin Hosseinzaeh Asli, Zahra Abbasi Ranjbar, Milad Sarafi

“…The mean duration of diabetes in 16 patients was 18.06 years. All wounds healed completely with an average healing time of 4 months (100% epithelialization). …”
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Potential Spectrum of Accompanied Penetrating Abdominal Intraperitoneal Injuries with Bowel Evisceration: Surprises Awaiting the Trauma Surgeon in Resource Limited Settings by Ahmed Shabhay, Zarina Shabhay, Kondo Chilonga, Theresia Mwakyembe, David Msuya, Fabian Massaga, Samwel Chugulu

“…Typically such injuries arise from gunshot wounds or stab wounds. With increase in crime rates and motor traffic accidents in urban areas, the trauma surgeon in civilian urban centers faces spectrum of injuries similar to his colleague in war torn areas. …”
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Camel Bite Associated with Depressed Skull Fracture with Rapidly Spreading Subgaleal Cellulitis by Shaymaa Al-Umran, Ahmad Abdulfattah, Faisal Alabbas, Hosam Al-Jehani

“…All the wounds were dry and the skin around them was healthy looking with no subcutaneous collections. …”
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Chambres en souffrance : révéler la parole des artistes et des femmes victimes de violences à travers l’espace intime by Adélie Le Guen

“…Explaining women and their involved and complex wounds was the primary aim of artists who wished to examine this intimate setting and the psychoanalytical and political expressions that it expressed. …”
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Plastic Surgery: Under the Skin, Suture, Destructive Plasticity and Post-Cinematic Ontologies by Greg Hainge

“…Analysing Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin (2013), this article provides an overview of the importation of suture theory from psychoanalysis into film theory and Žižek’s revisiting of this theory, then bringing about a rapprochement between the concepts of suture and Malabou’s destructive plasticity, as expounded in her work The New Wounded. The forms of wounded subjectivity we find there are unable to stitch themselves into the illusory narratives needed to enable them to access a fixed sense of individual or shared identity and enclose them in a subjectivity separated off from all else around. …”
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Dynamic Simulation Analysis of the Antiswing Device for Ship-Mounted Batch Transfer Hanging Basket by Jianli Wang, Haolin Li, Shenghai Wang, Haiquan Chen, Yuqing Sun

“…When the rescue vessels use the hanging basket to transfer the wounded at sea, under the action of waves, the ship causes the hanging basket to swing significantly. …”
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Necrotizing Fasciitis Resulting from Human Bites: A Report of Two Cases of Disease Caused by Group A Streptococci by Christopher A Sikora, Jack Spielman, Kerry MacDonald, Gregory J Tyrrell, John M Embil

“…Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Although bite wounds are common, they are not frequently reported as a cause of necrotizing fasciitis. …”
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Empowering First Aiders Through Innovative Instructor Resources

“…Participants at the conference also got to try some of these activities with props that simulated wounds and responded favorably to the fresh resources.…”
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Preventing Ischial Pressure Ulcers: II. Biomechanics by Hilton M. Kaplan, Lucinda L. Baker, Rahman Davoodi, Nga Ting Wong, Gerald E. Loeb

“…Background: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are common and debilitating wounds that arise when immobilized patients cannot shift their weight. …”
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Evolution of Skin during Rehabilitation for Elephantiasis Using Intensive Treatment by Henrique Jose Pereira de Godoy, Ricardo Budtinger Filho, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy, José Maria Pereira de Godoy

“…What caught the attention during therapy were the open wounds resulting from fragmentation of the plaque as the edema reduced; the plaque was about 0.5 cm thick. …”
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Clinical Manifestation, Dermoscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscopy in Two Cases of Contagious Ecthyma (Orf Nodule) by Ana Laura Rosifini Alves Rezende, Fred Bernardes Filho, Natália Aparecida de Paula, Loan Towersey, Roderick Hay, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

“…Here, we report the clinical manifestation, dermoscopy, and scanning electron microscopy in two women who developed skin lesions on their hands after handling goats with wounds in the udders. Human orf is usually self-limiting and no specific treatment is needed.…”
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Mycobacterium senegalense Tissue Infection in a Child After Fish Tank Exposure by Rachel Talavlikar, Julie Carson, Bonnie Meatherill, Shalini Desai, Meenu Sharma, Cary Shandro, Gregory J. Tyrrell, Susan Kuhn

“…The patient presented with nonhealing wounds after sustaining facial lacerations from the shattered glass of a fish tank. …”
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The Effect of Autologous Platelet-Rich Gel on the Dynamic Changes of the Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 Expression in the Diabetic Chronic R... by Lan Li, Dawei Chen, Chun Wang, Guanjian Liu, Xingwu Ran

“…The granulation tissues from the target wounds were taken before and within 15 days after APG application. …”
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Genetic Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on White Sharks in Australia by Isabella M. M. Reeves, Andrew R. Weeks, Alison V. Towner, Rachael Impey, Jessica J. Fish, Zach S. R. Clark, Paul A. Butcher, Lauren Meyer, David M. Donnelly, Charlie Huveneers, Nicky Hudson, Adam D. Miller

“…Visual inspection of the carcass revealed that the liver, digestive, and reproductive organs were missing, and the presence of four distinctive bite wounds, one of which was characteristic of killer whale liver extraction as seen in South Africa. …”
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Recalcitrant Bilateral Volar Hand Burn Contracture in a Toddler Treated With Integra and Staged Full-thickness Skin Graft: A Literature Review by James C. Yuen, MD, Jennifer L. Wallace, BS, Susan C. Steelman, MLIS

“…Ten articles referred to the use of Integra on volar hand wounds or contractures, and only 2 articles used FTSG instead of split-thickness skin graft in combination with Integra. …”
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