BACKGROUND: Testicular torsion causes irreversible damage in ipsilateral testicles induced by ischemia/ reperfusion injury and compartimental syndrome that develops. The goal of the work is to evaluate the role of decompression ...

El síndrome compartimental es el estado en que el compartimento aponeurótico produce un aumento de una presión dentro de un compartimento muscular, que afecta a tejido muscular, vasos sanguíneos y nervios. En su clasificación ...

This study aims to review the experience, at an institution, with patients who suffered electrical burns and study the peculiar characteristics of this type of burn as well as its complications and epidemiological aspects. ...

La enfermedad o contractura de Dupuytren es un trastorno caracterizado por proliferación excesiva de tejido conectivo (colágena), que afecta la aponeurosis de la palma de la mano, y que se caracteriza por la formación de ...

A 25-year-old white man, right after bilateral rhytidoplasty, presented with agitation, necessiting use of haloperidol. Some hours after, he developed severe pain in his legs and a diagnosis of neuroleptic malignant syndrome ...

Background: The ophidian accident in Colombia constitutes a public health problem, whose trend has been increasing according to INS reports; The most affected population are rural workers, who carry out their activities ...