Breast reconstruction with poly ...
Today, immediate breast reconstruction is widely accepted in breast cancer surgery. There are many reconstruction procedures that combine cancer ind ...
The use of intraoperative magni ...
Magnification permits precise perception of operative anatomy and positioning of instrumentation, which can improve outcomes and facilitate procedur ...
Delayed presentation of IIIB ti ...
The aim of this study was to assess whether the outcome of delayed presentation of open tibial fractures from neighbouring orthopaedic units can be ...
Maffucci's syndrome and fi ...
Maffucci's syndrome is a rare congenital non-hereditary condition that was initially described by Angelo Maffucci in 1881. It is characterised by mu ...
Burn scar pleomorphic sarcoma—c ...
Malignant transformation in burn scars was formally described by Jean-Nicholas Marjolin in 1828, although there are reports that this phenomenon had ...
Therapy of keloid and hypertrop ...
Scar management for the prevention of excessive scar formation has always been important but never so important as it is today. Optimal management c ...
Liposuction for highly active a ...
The aim is to explore satisfaction levels in HIV patients following liposuction for HAART-associated lipodystrophy. Ninety postal questionnaires wer ...
Combined superior crescentic to ...
Methods of periareolar, donut, or crescentic patterns for augmentation mastopexy in mild to moderate ptosis cases are minimally invasive (short scar ...
External tissue expansion using ...
Small- to medium-sized ulcers and wounds that are “difficult-to-close” constitute the bulk of wounds that cause problems in closure. Direct suture i ...
Case report: the use of a modif ...
Basal cell carcinomas in the peri-ocular area account for about 20% of head and neck carcinomas [1], and synchronous non-melanoma skin cancers are a ...
Pectoralis major muscle: anatom ...
Despite the extensive use of pectoralis major flaps in reconstructive surgery, certain pectoralis major musculocutaneous flaps may suffer from parti ...
Rainsford Mowlem (1902–1986): a ...
Very little has been documented about the contribution of Rainsford Mowlem to plastic and reconstructive surgery, a well-respected and innovative su ...
Reversed radial forearm flap: a ...
Complex wounds of the hand and vital structures are important to reconstruct. They should be covered as soon as possible in order to maintain the fu ...
Step-by-step guide of a techniq ...
Steroid injection is still one of the most effective methods of treating keloid scars. Clinicians find this procedure most challenging due to the ha ...
Use of the AccuVein device to m ...
The AccuVein AV300 device (AccuVein LLC, New York) was initially developed as an aid to venepuncture. It is a portable, handheld device that emits i ...
Single-stage strategy for manag ...
Treatment of frontal sinus fractures has been controversial for years. The aimof treatment, besides cosmetic restoration, is to create a “safe” sinu ...
Nora’s lesion of the thumb and ...
In this paper, we report a rare case of a solitary osteochondromatous tumour on the volar tip of the thumb of a 47-year-old woman. An X-ray examinat ...
Ultrasound diagnosis of breast ...
Rupture of silicone breast implants is a recognised complication. We report a 36-year-old lady that 16 years post-augmentation presented with a unil ...
The turbocharged Becker flap: a ...
Cover of medium and large defects of the dorsum of the hand remains a substantial surgical challenge that often requires free tissue transfer. We re ...
Rat bite fever with flexor teno ...
The term rat bite fever (RBF) designates pyrexia and systemic disease caused by the gram-negative bacteria Streptobacillus moniliformis, common in N ...
Bilateral chronic lipogranuloma ...
A 19-year-old woman presented with ptosis and yellowish swelling of both eyelids 3 months after functional endoscopic sinus surgery in which a tampo ...
Ipsilateral pedicled fibular fl ...
Ewing sarcoma is a rare and lethal malignant bone tumor, mostly affecting young male patients, and has a predilection for the femur, tibia, pelvis, ...
A rare variant of scalp dermato ...
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a relatively uncommon, local aggressive tumor. Tumor metastasis is rare, and it has equal sex distribution ...
Chronic microtraumatic digital ...
Introduction Chronic microtraumatic digital pulpitis is a painful, fissuring dermatitis of the dominant finger pulps associated with repetitive trau ...
Case report: localized sclerode ...
The first case of localized scleroderma (morphea) in a 61-year-old female with unilateral rupture 3 years after bilateral saline breast implant augm ...