closing a tracheal defect with an omental pedicled gastric flap; a technical note

Coverage of chest wall defect in a case of electric burns by pedicled omental flap.

Electrical burns can be devastating and result in dreaded outcomes. Electrical burn is a common problem in our society and needs special attention because of its various modes of presentations, the numbers of organ systems involved, and the mortality associated in spite of the small percent of burns. The authors present a case of electrical burns with a posterolateral chest wall defect associat...

a composite buccal flap for alar based defect reconstruction: a technical note

it is difficult to reconstruct an alar defect with cartilage involvement. here in the authors report a case of traumatic alar loss during childhood in which an alar reconstruction was carried out with a composite auricular graft put over the pedicle buccal flap which was rotated and passed through the intraoral side. the lining skin and auricular cartilage for the flap was obtained from the aur...

Reconstruction of an inferior orbital rim and cheek defect with a pedicled osteomyocutaneous submental flap.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present the feasibility of reconstructing an inferior orbital rim and cheek defect with a pedicled osteomyocutaneous submental flap. METHOD A 77-year-old women with a right nasosinusal adenoid cystic carcinoma invading soft tissues and skin of the cheek, the inferior rim of the orbit, the hard palate, and the middle turbinate is presented. A right r...

A Composite Buccal Flap for Alar Based Defect Reconstruction: A Technical Note

It is difficult to reconstruct an alar defect with cartilage involvement. Here in the authors report a case of traumatic alar loss during childhood in which an alar reconstruction was carried out with a composite auricular graft put over the pedicle buccal flap which was rotated and passed through the intraoral side. The lining skin and auricular cartilage for the flap was obtained from the aur...

Contralateral Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap (ATL) for Upper Thigh Defect in the Era of Free ATL?

The oncoplastic breast surgery with pedicled omental flap harvested by laparoscopy: initial experiences from China

BACKGROUND A new technique of oncoplastic breast surgery (OBS) using laparoscopically harvested pedicled omental flap has been developed in the past 10 years. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of this technique. METHODS Twenty-five patients underwent OBS using laparoscopically harvested omental flap. Operative time, blood loss, complications, recurrence, and cosmetic outcomes were ...