Doctors say a stab in the thoracic spine has the potential to damage the spinal cord and other critical organs such as the ...

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Open and endoscopic carpal-tunnel releases are commonly used as the definitive treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. This ...

Change wound dressings and obtain wound cultures ... Perform tests that involve the penetration of human tissues except for skin tests and drawing blood as provided by law. Interpret the results ...

Nolen RS. Mexico screwworm case triggers US emergency response. American Veterinary Medical Association. Published December ...

The results of head-on motor-vehicle collisions are often catastrophic, yet surviving such a traumatic event has prompted one ...

“Just one or two powerful stabs that grievously injure vital organs could be much worse than 10 or 12 stabs that cause merely superficial wounds,” said Bhaskar Pai, a consultant-general and ...

Nurses hoping to reduce the rate of pressure ulcers in their hospitals are using a mannequin and self-made fake wounds to help teach colleagues about spotting and treating tissue damage in their ...

Antimicrobial ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin B and bacitracin have been used since the 1950s as a prescription product to prevent superficial wound infections and have been made ...

He had read about the use of infrared light in treating muscular skeletal disorders and slow-healing wounds, but although ... of light that travels through tissues in the most effective way ...

Normal wound healing occurs in four overlapping stages - hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. In the oral cavity, these processes occur in an infectious environment. Among the ...

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