A fifteen-year experience of bu ...
Buttock augmentation is one of the most popular procedures to shape and augment the gluteal region. The major literature regarding this topic accent ...
Gynaecomastia: considerations a ...
The body habitus, age and expectations of men presenting with gynaecomastia are changing. Formerly, gynaecomastia presented mainly as a problem of p ...
Deep sternal wound infection af ...
The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the results of reconstructing infected poststernotomy wounds, with either sternal plating and/ ...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the ...
In Nigeria, Tanzania and Togo, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the commonest skin malignancy. This is in contrast with the Caucasians in Europe, No ...
Tailored excision of in-transit ...
In-transit metastases of melanoma almost certainly results from lymphatic dissemination of melanoma cells to tissues between the primary melanoma si ...
Comparison of meshes, gels and ...
Full-thickness articular cartilage defects lack the capacity of healing because of lack of blood supply and lack of chondrocyte proliferation around ...
Mutaf procedure: expanding the ...
Depressed scars may be congenital or acquired. Different methods have been widely used for the correction of these deformities. The Mutaf procedure ...
Use of fibula pedicle as a comp ...
We report a case of free fibula osteomyocutaneous flap whose skin paddle had a dominant blood supply from a soleus musculocutaneous perforator which ...
Antiseptic sutures: clinical ev ...
The use of antiseptic sutures may constitute an interesting way to prevent early contamination of surgical wounds by microorganisms found in the env ...
Evaluation of biocompatibility ...
Although a wide range of materials has been used as implants in reconstructive or cosmetic surgery, many implant materials proved to be of limited u ...
Postoperative wound manipulatio ...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental illness with a prevalence of 1.5% in Western countries. One of the major characteristics of patien ...
Late necrosis of a pedicled rec ...
Flap neovascularization is an important plastic surgery phenomenon, which allows the pedicle to achieve an alternative blood supply basis for pedicl ...
Application of regulated oxygen ...
Regulated negative pressure-assisted wound therapy (RNPT) applies non-pharmaceutical technology for enhanced healing of hard to cure, acute and chro ...
The surgical anatomy and etiolo ...
Background Fistulas are abnormal communications between two epithelial surfaces, either between two portions of the intestine, between the intestine ...
Resuscitation and monitoring in ...
Introduction Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common lifethreatening problem, causing significant mortality, costs and resource allocation. Its manage ...
Injury types of victims in the ...
Background On 12th May 2008, a devastating earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck Wenchuan, Sichuan Province of China, resulting in tremendous loss of l ...
O-arm-based spinal navigation ...
Since the first use of instrument-tracking techniques in the early 1990s, image-guided technologies became a leading topic in all branches of spine ...
3D-based navigation in posterio ...
Introduction Navigated procedures in spinal surgery have been established due to an increasing demand for precision. Especially, 3D C-arms connected ...
Metabolic consequences of patie ...
Methods and Materials The historical highlights of the management of fistulas of the gastrointestinal tract during the past century are presented br ...
Therapeutic and interventional ...
Introduction Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding remains a common clinical problem encountered by every emergency room and trauma physician. Endoscopy re ...
Anesthetic management of injuri ...
Purpose The authors report anesthetic considerations and management of injuries after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China. Methods Medical ...
Accuracy of CT-assisted pedicle ...
Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of pedicle screw placement after computed tomography (CT)-assisted positioning of gu ...
Taiwan’s medical response to th ...
Objective The objective of this study was to identify and review literature relevant to the medical response to the 921 earthquake in order to analy ...
Nutritional support in patients ...
Gastrointestinal fistulas (GIFs) arise as a complication of the surgical treatment of a number of malignant and non-malignant diseases. Fluid loss a ...
Radiographic techniques for the ...
Purpose/background Acute gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is an emergency with high mortality rates, which requires a quick localization and treatmen ...