Volume 9

Renal failure and Quality ofLlife Indicators in Kidney Transplantation

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) contains many aspects of patients’ health such as physical, psychological, social functioning and a general well-being. Progress in renal transplantation and im munosuppressive therapies have increased significantly in recent decades, resulting in allograft survival rates at one year is now over 90%. Numerous clinical trials have established the impor tance […]

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Streptococcus Intermedius Empyema Following Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Case Report

Pulmonary embolism is and has been an established medical dia gnosis. The complications, however, seem to awe physicians and healthcare workers across the globe. The purpose of this report is to bring to awareness a case involving a 37-year-old female with pulmonary embolism which was complicated by develop ment of right-sided empyema. This patient initially

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A Case of Tendon Saving Stapedotomy with Postoperative Recovery of Acoustic Reflex

Tendon saving stapedotomy is a delicate surgical technique which saves stapedius tendon while removing anterior and posterior crua of stapes. Preserving the incus-stapes tendon alignment during op eration might give a chance to human’s protective mechanism to recover acoustic reflex, which has a protective effect from baro trauma. Also, there are few more known benifits

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Multi-traumatized patient with a dehiscent fistulized abdomen and a central venous line-associated infection successfully treated with a new medical device II

We present the case of a patient involved in a multiple-vehicle ac cident with massive thoracoabdominal trauma who was admitted to a Social Security specialized trauma center in Mexico City. He went through a very complicated postoperative course, including abdominal burst with evisceration, two low-output enterocutane ous fistulas (ECFs) and a central venous line-associated infection.

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