Journal Reviews

Button batteries – how can we reduce harm to children?

1 May 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Button battery, Coin cell battery, Disc battery, Esophageal, Foreign body, Injury prevention

This article explores the history of button batteries and how clinicians and industries alike could reduce the harm to children following ingestion. Following ingestion, if lodged, button batteries cause an alkaline reaction leading to necrosis of mucosa. Significant oesophageal injury...

The use of Integra to allow early cover wounds

1 September 2014 | | Digital amputation, Ballistic, Battle wounds, Blast, Dermal substitute, Improvised explosive device, Injury, Integra, Soft tissue reconstruction, Stump

The authors present the use of Integra in a unique cohort of patients. Seven patients ages 21-31 in a six month period treated in one hospital. These were a very fit group of patients that had injuries caused by improvised...