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The management of dog bite injuries of genitalia in paediatric age
No full textDog bite injuries are common in children and represent an important health-care problem. Most dog bite injuries involve the face or an extremity. Victims tend to seek medical care quickly. Dog bites to the external genitalia are rarely reported, but they potentially result in morbidity if improperly managed. Morbidity is also directly related to the severity of initial wound. Guidelines for the management of dog bites include irrigation, dιbridment, antibiotic therapy, consideration of tetanus and rabies immunisation and suture of wounds or surgical reconstruction. Literature review was conducted and focused to analyze the management of dog bite lesions involving external genitalia
Laparoscopic surgery of urachal remnants in children: 3-center experience and comparison to an open approach
No full textDog bites to the external genitalia in children: Review of pediatric literature
No full textDog bite injuries are common in children and represent an important healthcare problem. Most dog bite injuries involve the face or an extremity. Victims tend to seek medical care quickly. Dog bites to the external genitalia are rarely reported but they potentially result in morbidity if improperly managed. Morbidity is also directly related to the severity of initial wound. Guidelines for the management of dog bites include irrigation, débridment, antibiotic therapy, consideration of tetanus and rabies immunisation and suture of wounds or surgical reconstruction. A literature review was conducted and focused to analyze the management of dog bite lesions involving external genitalia. © 2012 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved
Pediatric isolated fallopian tube torsion
No full textIsolated fallopian tube torsion (IFTT) is an isolated rotation of the fallopian tube around itself, without torsion of the ovary. The incidence of fallopian tube torsion is one in 1,500,000 adults. IFTT is less frequent in children and teenagers then in adults, but the real incidence in pediatric patients is difficult to determine, because rarely reported in the literature. IFTT generally occurs as adnexal torsion caused by a concomitant ovarian pathology. In adult age several intrinsic or extrinsic predisposing factors have been identified leading to IFTT while in the pediatric age group the possible factors are preexisting congenital malformations such as hydrosalpinx (HSX). Primary causes are anatomical, such as abnormality of length, mobility and structure. Secondary causes are acquired including infections, adhesions, endometriosis and neoplasms. Both primary and secondary causes are likely to be responsible for pediatric tubal disease. IFTT is a rare cause of abdominal pain often presents with aspecific abdominal pain (acute or chronic). Diagnosis appears difficult to obtain with standard diagnostic procedures and in most patients a definitive diagnosis is obtained only through a surgical exploration. Operative procedures range from salpingectomy to conservative management with de-torsion of the tube unless there is evidence of necrosis or rupture. However, surgical remedy of the torsed tube is controversial. This chapter reports common presenting signs, symptoms, and radiological findings as well different surgical options available and adopted, focusing on the current management and the preservation of fertility in these young patients with this rare pediatric entity
Preliminary experience with laparoscopic repair of associated inguinal and umbilical hernias in children
No full textPurpose: The authors report their preliminary experience in laparoscopic repair of associated inguinal and umbilical hernias in children. Methods: Twenty-six patients affected by the association of inguinal and umbilical hernia with an umbilical defect larger than 5 mm underwent a laparoscopic procedure. A 5-mm trocar was placed through the umbilical defect for the optic. To fix the trocar to avoid loss of carboperitoneum, we fashioned and tightened a purse-string non-absorbable suture with a sliding knot around the defect. In this manner, we ensured the trocar, fixing it and avoiding any loss of CO2, proceeding safely to the laparoscopic IH repair, by means of two additional 3 mm operative trocars. At the end of the inguinal herniorrhaphy, the previously fashioned purse-string suture was tightened to repair the umbilical defect. Results: The mean operative time for the repair of associated inguinal and umbilical hernias was 30.1 ± 7.4 min in cases of unilateral inguinal hernia and 39.5 ± 10.6 for bilateral inguinal hernia. Follow-up ranged from 8 to 32 months. Neither intra- nor post-operative complications nor recurrences were seen. Conclusion: This small sample suggests that this simple method is safe, effective and might be useful for pediatric surgeons performing laparoscopic repair for inguinal hernia in presence of an associated UH with a statistically significant decrease of operative time
Editing as a Performative and Collaborative Practice. Ryan Trecartin's Hectic Video Collages
No full textThis contribution examines editing as an art practice focusing on Ryan Trecartin’s work. Trecartin is definitely one of those artists among the younger generations who is experimenting in a more radical and crosswise manner with the new media and the opportunities of using, sharing and mobilizing images offered by the Internet, beyond copyright and the proper citation of “poached” materials. In Trecartin’s videos, images, sounds and words are assembled in a digital hypertext − schizophrenic and hypnotic − of which the artist is the main but not exclusive author. The analysis focuses on central aspects of Trecartin’s practice, such as the supposed re-materialisation of the art object related to the idea of “an Internet of things”; the visual re-codification that generates new aesthetic standards, such as the so-called “post-Internet style”; and co-working as a contemporary art practice and remedy to the “death of the author” that was pessimistically theorised throughout the 20th and 21st century
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