Articles: postoperative-complications.
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Peroperative antibiotics in the prevention of chest infection following cardiac operations.
Seventy-nine patients about to undergo cardiac operations were randomly allocated to two treatment groups in an attempt to reduce postoperative chest infections. The group receiving a short peroperative course of cefamandole, an antibiotic effective against both the pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae, had a significantly lower postoperative chest infection rate than the group receiving a 3-day course of cephradine, an antibiotic previously chosen to prevent intracardiac infection during the operation. By selecting an appropriate antibiotic it is possible, using a short peroperative course, to reduce the postoperative chest infection rate in patients undergoing cardiac operations.
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Annals of plastic surgery · Feb 1980
Case ReportsMeralgia paresthetica as a complication of the groin flap.
Meralgia paresthetica is not well known in the plastic surgery literature, and consequently the diagnosis of this entity may be overlooked. In view of the frequency with which the groin flap is presently employed, the possibility of damage to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve of the thigh should be borne in mind. In this paper the clinical picture as well as the anatomy and pathophysiology of this disorder are described.
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Case Reports
Paraplegia following surgery in Foix and Alajouanine syndrome. (Arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord).
Two patients with spinal cord arteriovenous malformation became paraplegic after removal of the abnormal vessels from the dorsal surface of the thoracolumbar spinal cord. Surgical exposure of a spinal cord arteriovenous malformation without an attempt at removal accelerated the pace of progressive paraparesis in two other patients. ⋯ We propose that the intramedullary vascular changes in this condition are an integral component of the arteriovenous malformation. Additionally, the phenomenon of nocturnal seminal ejaculation in spite of progressing impotence may be a clinical feature unique to spinal cord arteriovenous malformations.