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Necrólise Epidérmica Tóxica (Síndrome de Lyell): uma patologia para as Unidades...
Cabral, L; Diogo, C; Riobom, F; Teles, L; Cruzeiro, CToxic Epidermal Necrolysis (Lyell's syndrome) is a rare but very serious dermatological lesion, characterized by the sudden onset of high fever, signs of systemic toxicity and intense mucocutaneous exfoliation. Its pathophysiology is not yet well determined, although it is almost consensual the presence of an immunological basis. It appears usually as an answer to the taking of a given drug, and, in spite of be...
Avulsion of the skin of the penis and scrotum.
Cabral, L; Teles, L; Ferreira, L C; Cruzeiro, CThe authors present a case report of traumatic avulsion of the skin of the penis and scrotum. Surgical treatment was performed in one surgical stage a few hours after the accident. The skin repair of the penis was carried out with a skin graft, while scrotum reconstruction was performed with fasciocutaneous flaps of the inner face of the thighs, with supero-medial pedicle, achieving a good result. The authors j...
Contributions to the history of burn treatment.
Cruzeiro, C; Cabral, L; Teles, LThe authors make a brief review of burn treatment in Portugal as well as describing the Burn Unit of the Coimbra University Hospitals. The scientific advances in this area and new perspectives to the future are also mentioned, emphasizing the importance of burn prevention and a complete social reintegration of the burn patient.; The authors make a brief review of burn treatment in Portugal as well as describing...
Microsurgical reconstruction of the head and neck: experience of 63 free flaps.
Costa, H; Guimarães, I; Cunha, C; Conde, A; Luz, M; Pinto, A; Pinho, C; Freitas, A; Rodrígues, J; Guimarães, A; Trigo, J; Rangel, C; Cruzeiro, CThe authors present the experience of 63 clinical cases of microsurgical reconstruction of the head and neck. These reconstructions were accomplished by different microvascular free flaps which were selected according to the type, size and location of the defects. Fasciocutaneous, osteofasciocutaneous, adipofascial, myo, myocutaneous, myosseous, jejunum and great omentum flaps were applied. The etiology was tra...