Skin ulcers and alloplastic implant exposure are intractable complications that arise after cranial defect reconstruction.
A 56-year-old man was referred for biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch (BPD-DS) for intractable complications associated with morbid obesity.
Further studies concerning the effects of NRTIs on mitochondrial function in different cell types may help us understanding these intractable complications and develop novel antiviral agents.
Despite recent improvements in fracture management, delayed union and nonunion remain as intractable complications following surgical reduction and fixation of long-bone fractures.
There may be strong reasons to seriously consider active identification and early treatment of dysglycemia and diabetes, especially for specific population groups at very high risk (e.g., Asians, younger people, other ethnic groups at high risk) to potentially avoid the intractable complications that coincide with the subsequent stages of diabetes.
Emergency hysterectomy (EH) costs for complications due to intractable uterine atony and complications of abortion were collected.
Two experienced clinicians (MW, DvdB) independently classified the cause of death into systemic causes (e.g., septic shock, respiratory failure, multiple-organ dysfunction, cardiac ischemia) or neurologic causes (e.g., brain herniation, cerebrovascular complications, intractable seizures and withdrawal of care because of poor neurologic prognosis).
66 67 Nevertheless, there is much room for improvement as a significant proportion of patients still requires intestinal resection for intractable disease or complications, such as abscesses, stricture formation or fistulae.
9 Surgery was performed for stenotic complications, extraparietal complications, or intractable forms of CD after well conducted medical management.
