Acta Chir Belg
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The authors present a study of 242 patients with breast cancer who were submitted to an axillary radical lymph node dissection between July 1977 and December 1978. The operative indication and the histological results are noted. ⋯ The axillary lymph node dissection has a prognostic value. A careful operative and postoperative treatment is necessary in obtaining good results, good functional recuperation, and to avoid lymphoedema.
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Analysis of 300 consecutive hospitalized children with burns. To prevent infection, patients are given a bath with chlorhexidine (0.03%) every day and their burns covered by silver sulfadiazine (1%) and occlusive dressings. In 5.3% of the children positive swabs were obtained during hospitalization and in only 2.3% on several occasions. No case of septicemia could be documented.