background: segmental vitiligo is a small subset albeit persistent form of focal vitiligo with dermatomal distribution and resistant to medical therapy. in recent years, surgical therapy as hair follicle autograft transplantation has been a hot topic in management of segmental vitiligo. in this study, we evaluated the efficacy of this method in segmental vitiligo lesions. methods: the study rec...

objectives: gingival recession can lead to root exposure and discomfort for patients. there are various techniques for root coverage. the aim of this study was to compare the use of gingival unit graft (palatal graft including the marginal gingiva and papillae) with free gingival graft for treatment of localized gingival recession. materials and methods: in this randomized controlled clinical t...

Bone marrow transplantation has become the accepted treatment for several hematologic disorders. We have done 3 autologous and 6 allogeneic bone marrow transplantations at Ramathibodi Hospital since July 1989 in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and severe aplastic anemia. Only one patient with aplastic a...

A 47 year old woman presented with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicated by subclavian artery occlusion and rib fracture due to fungal osteomyelitis. This followed persistent pancytopenia resulting from autologous bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast cancer.

Eighteen French centers reported 133 autologous stem cell transplantations performed after first remission induction in multiple myeloma. The source of stem cell was marrow (81 cases), blood (51 cases) or marrow plus blood (1 case). The immediate outcome after transplantation was 49 (37%) complete remissions (CRs) (13 maintained, 36 achieved), 61 (46%) partial remissions, 17 failures and 5 toxi...

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) can cure patients with high-risk or recurrent acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Those lacking a related donor can receive either autologous or histocompatible unrelated donor (URD) marrow. Autotransplantation may result in higher risk of relapse, whereas URD allografts, although associated with serious posttransplant toxicities, may reduce relapse risk. Six y...