Discussion on Skin-Grafting in Mastoid Operations

Some Notes on Skin Grafting

Mode of operation.?A small piece of the skin was taken up by means of an ordinary dressing forceps, and with a sharp scalpel it was cut, or rather shaved off, care being taken, if possiable, to avoid drawing blood. The piece removed was never more than an eighth of in inch in diameter, aud wa3 generally divided into two or more smaller portions upon the thumb nail, each division being placed se...

Skin-Grafting

Skin Grafting of Burns

This book outlines the essential points of care which have proved of benefit in treating a large series of patients with full-thickness loss of skin and requiring skin grafting, at the Washington University Medical School Children's Hospital and Barnes Hospital, during the course of a long period. In the first chapter, the authors stato : ' In the extensive literature on burn's, there has been ...

Mastoid emissary foramina: an anatomical morphological study with discussion on their evolutionary and clinical implications

The identification of mastoidal emissary veins is of importance in the neurosurgical practice to diagnose abnormal and normal structures. In the present study, the objectives were to estimate the prevalence rate of mastoidal emissary foramina in the temporal bones of the adult skull and to study their number and morphology. The present study included 48 adult human skulls which were obtained fr...

Lower Third Nasal Skin Grafting