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The Self-Inflicted Burns - Typology and its Prognostic Relevance in a 14-Year R...

Self-inflicted burns (SIB) are responsible for 2-6% of admissions to Burn Units in Europe and North America, and for as many as 25% of admissions in developing nations. Recently, a promising new tool was proposed to stratify SIB patients in the following subgroups: "typical", "delirious", and "reactive". However, as far as the authors know, the clinical usefulness of this instrument has not yet been validated b...

Síndroma de Stevens-Johnson e Necrólise Tóxica Epidérmica. Um Estudo Retrospect...

A Síndroma de Stevens-Johnson (SSJ), a Síndroma de Sobreposição (SS) e a Necrólise Tóxica Epidérmica (NTE) são emergências médicas raras, mas com elevadas morbilidade e mortalidade. A literatura referente às características destas doenças em Portugal é muito escassa. Procedeu-se à análise dos registos clínicos dos 20 doentes internados na Unidade de Queimados (UQ) do Hospital de São José nos últimos 15 anos com...

A Posterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome Associated With Spontaneous Rupture of ...

Posterior interosseous nerve entrapment syndrome and spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon are rare conditions. The authors describe the bizarre combination of a spontaneous rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon in a 82-year-old lady with a posterior interosseous nerve syndrome. As far as the authors know, this is the first description of such an association in the literature. Surg...

Giant Gouty Tophi in the Hand: a Surgical Challenge

Upper Eyelid Reconstruction With a Horizontal V-Y Myotarsocutaneous Advancement...

Upper eyelid tumours, particularly basal cell carcinomas, are relatively frequent. Surgical ablation of these lesions creates defects of variable complexity. Although several options are available for lower eyelid reconstruction, fewer surgical alternatives exist for upper eyelid reconstruction. Large defects of this region are usually reconstructed with two-step procedures. In 1997, Okada et al. described a ho...