Despite successful surgical repair of the anatomical defect, the outcome is poor owing to poor feeding, malabsorption, failure to thrive, and sepsis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Six weeks after her second surgical procedure, the patient presented to the emergency room dead; the parents provided a typical scenario of sudden infant death syndrome at home. [ajol.info]

Hone and expand your surgical skills by watching videos of minimally invasive procedures for recto urethral fistula, biliary atresia, laparoscopic splenectomy, uterine horn, and more. [books.google.com]

In those who have a less serious type, the condition may improve over time and later in life, this group have minimal skin problems. [gosh.nhs.uk]

At birth, there was denuded skin over the right leg from the knee joint up to the middle of the right foot. Abdominal radiograph was thus performed and indicated absent gas in the small bowel and single bubble appearance of the stomach. [ajol.info]

The patient was referred to the department of dermatology with multiple bullae over the entire body. The patient had no family history of similar lesions. [synapse.koreamed.org]

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On second day, the patient developed recurrent vomiting and abdominal distension. An abdominal X-ray revealed a single gastric gas bubble suggesting pyloric obstruction. [casereports.bmj.com]

Scarring can occur in simplex and junctional EB as a result of infection of erosions or scratching, which further damages the exposed surface. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Screening with bone mineral density scanning may detect early osteopenia and/ or osteoporosis. No guidelines have been established regarding the age at which this should begin. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients with generalized forms of JEB and RDEB need to be monitored by serial DEXA scans for possible osteoporosis or osteopenia, and in selected EB subsets other laboratory parameters (hematological; renal) or diagnostic tests (echocardiogram) should [ojrd.biomedcentral.com]

For patients, insult is thus added to injury and they feel abandoned, neglected, and frustrated. [books.google.com]

Many affected individuals become infected with resistant bacteria, most often methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococci. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]