The reconstruction of scarring eyebrow defects is a challenging task for plastic surgeons as the an important cosmetic landmark face. Various methods are used reconstruction; free hair follicle transplantation, scalp composite graft, local flap transposition, and hair-bearing island have been widely reported in past applied according to size position defect. For partial defects, best option use...

Plombage, a variant of collapse therapy for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis that uses a variety of foreign materials, was undertaken until the 1950s before the invention of effective antimicrobial therapy. Complications related to previous plombage procedures are not uncommon. Management of these complications can be challenging. We report a patient presenting with extrusion of plombage 59...

In this study we review vermilion reconstruction during the unilateral cleft lip repair. A serious of 15 cases with unilateral cleft lip either complete or in complete where treated using the lateral triangular vermilion flap technique to ensure vermilion augmentation resulted in good approximation of both medial and lateral sides.

In Korea, lateral canthoplasty, along with medial epicanthoplasty, has become popular over the past years to widen the horizontal length of the palpebral fissure. However, the effect of the surgery differs greatly depending on the shape and structure of the eyes. If over-widened, complications such as eversion, scarring, and conjunctival exposure may occur. Thus, the author of this study sugges...

The authors present a cohort of 21 consecutive patients who had congenital pigmented nevi covering 15 to 65 percent of the forehead and adjacent scalp and who were treated at their institution within the last 12 years. All patients were treated with an expansion of the adjacent texture- and color-matched skin as the primary modality of treatment. The median age at presentation was approximately...

BACKGROUND Surgery for unilateral cleft lip repair has evolved over centuries. Many studies give detailed inside to this process of evolution of various techniques and their modifications. Objectives were to compare linear repair of Millard rotation advancement technique and triangular flap technique of Nordhoff, at vermilion in unilateral cleft lip repair. METHODS This cross-sectional analyt...

Z-Plasty is a procedure involving the transposition of two interdigitating triangular flaps. This technique is useful in a number of dermatological procedures. It can be used to correct defects resulting from surgical complications. This paper highlights several examples where Z-Plasty is of benefit in dermatosurgery, including the correction of: ectropion, lip misalignment and bifid earlobe. A...

OBJECTIVE To describe a technical modification that facilitates dorsal skin closure, improves cosmesis and eliminates chordee recurrence secondary to contracture of the dorsal penile skin in the repair of epispadias. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eleven patients with penopubic epispadias (mean age 1.8 years) had the epispadias repaired using a modified ventral penile skin flap. Four patients had isola...