Retrospective, single-center review between January 2010 and July 2020. Twelve consecutive patients underwent percutaneous drain insertion in either an infected aortic sac or periaortic abscess cavity after endovascular (n = 6) open surgical graft repair. Five had drains placed as a bridge until definitive explantation reconstruction, seven were managed with placement antibiotic therapy alone. ...

BACKGROUND Ever since the first total gastrectomy, there has always been a great concern in increasing the survival of patients, and with the advance of techniques, in improving the quality of life of these patients. The most common reconstruction technique of the gastrointestinal transit is the Roux-en-Y. The reposition of a functional pouch in place of the resected stomach was proposed to min...

Choledochal cyst, although more common in females than in males, has only rarely been encountered in association with pregnancy. A 29-year-old nulliparous woman at 32nd week gestation was diagnosed as acute pancreatitis with co-existing type l choledochal cyst. Resection of the choledochal cyst was performed and a Roux-en-Y hepatico-jeunostomy was carried out to provide biliary drainage. Althou...

This article is to review the role of microsurgery in facial trauma reconstruction. Microsurgery was developed since 1960s and had been applied on facial trauma from 1970s to treat amputated scalp, nose, ear and lip. Microsurgical replantation of scalp and small parts of face restores function and achieves aesthetic results, but small size of vessels and venous drainage problems are most techni...

OBJECTIVE We studied complications following multiple free flap reconstructions in the head and neck. METHODS In this cohort, 26 patients (14 men and 12 women) who underwent multiple microvascular free flap reconstructions were included in the study. The reasons for secondary reconstruction were recurrence of tumor (12 cases), necrosis of transferred skin and/or bone (6 cases), reconstruction...

Aim: The primary aim of this investigation into the correlation between prosthetic breast reconstruction, antibiotic prophylaxis and surgical drains was to determine whether the short-term prophylaxis recommended in the current guidelines is in fact able to sterilize the peri-prosthetic pocket in patients undergoing prosthetic breast reconstruction via tissue expansion, permanent implant placem...

Retrobulbar hemorrhage, especially when associated with visual loss, is a rare but significant complication after facial bone reconstruction. In this article, two cases of retrobulbar hematoma after surgical repair of blow-out fracture are reported. In one patient, permanent loss of vision was involved, but with the other patient, we were able to prevent this by performing immediate decompressi...

A neovesicocutaneous fistula is a rare complication after orthotopic bladder reconstruction, particularly in the late postoperative period. We report the case of a 59-year-old man who had undergone ileal neobladder construction 17 months previously. He presented with urinary retention concomitant with urinary tract infection due to a neovesicourethral anastomotic stricture. After a combination ...

The 3D reconstruction of the pore space in Opalinus Clay is faced with difficulty that high-resolution imaging methods reach their limits at nanometer-sized pores this material. Until now it has not been possible to image whole sizes span two orders magnitude. Therefore, predict transport properties material help computer simulations require structures as input. Following concept self-similarit...