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Successful treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum with topical 0.5% nicotine creamG K Patel
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
J Dermatolog Treat 15:122-5. 2004..Two patients with pyoderma gangrenosum treated with topical nicotine 0.5% w/w cetamacrogol formula A cream are described here, both of whom had dramatic clinical resolution of their pyoderma gangrenosum...
The role of nutrition in the management of lower extremity woundsGirish K Patel
Department of Dermatology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
Int J Low Extrem Wounds 4:12-22. 2005....
Nicorandil ulcer: moves beyond the mucosaGirish K Patel
Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 92:451-2. 2010..The management of wounds is a specialty in its infancy. Success requires more than the use of dressings. All wounds require a diagnosis, a point well illustrated by the management of these cases which depended solely on stopping nicorandil...
Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome: diagnosis and managementGirish K Patel
Department of Dermatology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Am J Clin Dermatol 4:165-75. 2003..SSSS is still associated with mortality, particularly when it occurs in adults...
Treatment of staphylococcal scalded skin syndromeGirish K Patel
Department of Dermatology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2:575-87. 2004..The antibody response against the toxins neutralizes their effect and prevents recurrence or limits the effects to the area of infection, which is known as bullous impetigo...
Imiquimod 5% cream monotherapy for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen's disease): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialGirish K Patel
Welsh Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
J Am Acad Dermatol 54:1025-32. 2006..We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial to evaluate the preliminary efficacy and safety of imiquimod 5% cream treatment for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ...
Wound-related osteomyelitis: a case of containment not cureG K Patel
Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Br J Community Nurs 9:S6-13. 2004..Community nurses caring for patients that have received antibiotics alone to treat osteomyelitis need to be aware of the potential for osteomyelitis recurrence and how to make the diagnosis...
Wound problems due to zinc deficiencyGirish K Patel
Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
Int Wound J 1:150-1. 2004..Further surgery was then undertaken, surgery had been postponed until normalisation of zinc levels due the association between zinc deficiency and poor postoperative wound healing...
Nocturnal sedation in a child with facial ulcerationGirish K Patel
Welsh Institute of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
Int Wound J 3:145-6. 2006..A 3-year-old child who had herpes zoster developed a nasolabial scar resulting in a shallow non-healing ulcer from being repeatedly picked. Healing was only achieved after nocturnal sedation, with chloral hydrate...
Generalised cutaneous necrosis: a complication of low-molecular-weight heparinGirish K Patel
Welsh Institute of Dermatology, Glamorgan House, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Int Wound J 2:267-70. 2005..As heparin necrosis is an uncommon disorder, in this report we focus on the clinical clues that may help woundcare professionals consider and confirm the diagnosis...
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome: what are the implications for wound care?G K Patel
Wound Healing Research Unit, University Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
J Wound Care 10:73-5. 2001..Patients with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome may present with problems such as allergic contact dermatitis and ulceration. This case study explains how it should be diagnosed and treated...
Managing gravitational eczema and allergic contact dermatitisG K Patel
Wound Healing Research Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
Br J Community Nurs 6:394-406. 2001..We also discuss allergic contact dermatitis, a common complication of gravitational eczema...
Staphylococcus aureus re-colonization in atopic dermatitis: beyond the skinS J K Gilani
Department of Dermatology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
Clin Exp Dermatol 30:10-3. 2005..Three extra-cutaneous mechanisms by which S. aureus can re-colonize the skin were identified: antibiotic resistance, nasal carriage and treatment contamination...
Science, medicine and the future: healing chronic woundsK G Harding
Wound Healing Research Unit, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ, UK
BMJ 324:160-3. 2002..Allogeneic skin grafting and bioengineered skin equivalents are being used successfully in patients with venous leg ulcers and diabetic patients with foot ulcers...
Severe digital necrosis in an elderly patient with heterozygous factor V Leiden mutationG K Patel
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, U K
Br J Dermatol 143:1302-5. 2000..This is the first report of this condition arising in a patient in her eighties...
An aggressive treatment for aggressive digital papillary adenocarcinomaH Serhat Inaloz
Department of Dermatology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom
Cutis 69:179-82; quiz 210. 2002..Recognition of these tumors is important because of a potential risk of local recurrence nd distant metastases. Aggressive surgical treatment consisting of digit amputation is advocated in the treatment of ADPAca...
Numerous keratinocyte subtypes involved in wound re-epithelializationGirish K Patel
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
J Invest Dermatol 126:497-502. 2006..Keratinocytes populated the wound bed below the scab by migration, which was supported by keratinocyte proliferation in the surrounding epidermis both at and adjacent to the wound edge...
Uncommon causes of ulcerationGirish K Patel
Cardiff University and Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
BMJ 332:594-6. 2006
