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Purpura fulminans (PF) is a severe clinical disorder mostly characterized by progressive vascular collapse and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC). The most frequent presentation is following meningococcal infection. PF leads to serious complications including multiple organ failure (MOF) until death in 3-12% of cases. However, a...

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In plastic surgery a minor complication such as wound infection can cause a lot of damage, because it can put back flap revascularization or it can stop wound healing properly. So the final result is not as good as it should be. In head-neck and in breast reconstruction with prostheses there are set-treatments of antibiotic prophylaxis; while...

BACKGROUND: Since 2004 in the Department of Oncological Integrated Surgery at the National Institute for Cancer Research of Genoa, we have applied different techniques of reduction mammaplasty for a subgroup of 26 patients with medium- to large-sized and ptotic breasts who are candidates for conservative surgery. METHODS: In this series of...