OBJECTIVES To describe our technique and initial experience of intraoperative tumor localization with surgeon-performed ultrasound-guided needle dye injection. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case series. Technique description. METHODS Using surgeon-performed ultrasonography (SP-US), 20 tumors (lymph node metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma [15], Hurthle cell carcinoma [2], medullary thyroid...

BACKGROUND Over the last two decades, short scar facelifts, often referred to as "mini" facelifts, have gained popularity. We use a purse-string reinforced (PRS) superficial musculoaponeurotic system rhytidectomy (SMASectomy) shortscar facelift that combines a SMASectomy in the vertical direction and suspension sutures in order to improve structural facial support. In the case of visible platys...

purpose: to report a known case of leprosy with bilateral corneal scars. case report: we present a 70 year-old man who had developed claw hand deformity and loss of sensation in the extremities secondary to leprosy since 7 years ago. two years ago, he presented with loss of vision due to lagopthalmos and loss of corneal sensation for which he had undergone lateral tarsorrhaphy at the time. conc...

background: uterine rupture at the site of a previous cesarean scar is an uncommon but catastrophic complication of pregnancy, which is associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. case presentation: a 30-year old woman at 24th week of gestation and complaint of pain, contractions and spotting was admitted in royan institute in tehran, iran. she had a past medical his...

BACKGROUND Hypertrophic scars affect 1.5% to 4.5% of the general population and remain notoriously difficult to eradicate because of the high recurrence rates and the incidence of side effects associated with treatment. Pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatment and intralesional corticosteroids have individually been reported to be effective in reducing hypertrophic scar bulk and symptoms. OBJECTIVE T...

2013 (n=101). There was an average of 3.53 (SD = 1.95) authors per publication. There was a 2.58:1 predominance of male to female first authors and a 5.62:1 predominance of male to female corresponding authors. The journals most frequently published in were Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (35%), Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery (23%), and Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic S...

Minimal or moderate breast ptosis can be treated with Benelli mastopexy technique in experienced hands. Tightening of the periareolar tissue, inappropraite suture usage, excessive tissue removal lead to severe complications in some patients. Patients with these complications is more than difficult to treat breast ptosis. It needs extra tissue to reduce the tensions in patients with wide circuma...

Dear Sir, We would like to present the use of the S-plasty method for revising the inset of a flap. Occasionally, the inset of a flap results in a depressed scar at the junction between the flap and the normal skin. This scar is further accentuated in a bulky flap. An S-plasty was designed over the depressed portion of the scar (Fig. 1). The S-plasty involves making a series of small-wave like ...

urinary tract infection (uti) is a common disease in childhood specially in female. in this study 50 patients with stablished diagnosis of uti were evaluated by both renal scan with tc-99m dmsa and renal sonography. the study revealed that most urinary tract infections are in children, female sex between 5-9 years of age. therefore the most important complications (renal scarring) are also comm...