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Radiation ulcers are wounds caused by acute or chronic effects of ionizing radiation. The injury may involve the skin, underlying soft tissue, and even deeper into bones. Radiation is used...
To eat unidentified or misidentified mushrooms taken from the wild can be very dangerous. In the vast majority of toxic mushroom ingestions in Korea, the mushroom was incorrectly identified. In...
The primary role of the emergency medical services system in Korea is to provide quality urgent medical care. However, this system is regularly called on to perform additional roles such...
The consultation of personnel in relation to sleep disorders in Korea increased by 1.6 times between 2008 and 2012, and the related days of clinical practice increased by nearly 12...
Born in 1911 to a wealthy Christian family in Korea, Ki-rye Jang graduated from Kyungsung Medical School and married Bong-sook Kim in 1932. Serving as an assistant of surgery under...
Chronic wounds are generally defined as non-healing wounds after four weeks of normal treatment. Individual risk factors for chronic wounds should be identified, but the delay of wound healing is...
Maintaining patient safety in and outside the operating room is a major concern of plastic surgeons. Circumventing preventable complications is essential, as public acknowledgement and interest in the complications of...
The clinical significance of diabetes is increasing with a growing aged population and changes in lifestyle. Among all complications of diabetes mellitus, diabetic ulcers are the most severe and expensive....
Repeated or chronic pressure on the eminent part of the body will cause circulation disorder to the affected part of the body. The lack of circulation will result in damage...