Classic Article Review Background: Inferior pedicle breast reduction techniques are reliable but have disadvantages (potentially bottoming out, long scars, etc). Newer "vertical reduction" or "limited-incision" techniques have shortened scar length but are considered technically difficult, with a long learning curve and possibly a higher complication rate. Objective: To survey plastic surgeons ...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has traditionally been performed using multiple small sites. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery has emerged as an alternative technique to improve cosmesis and minimize complications associated with multiple incisions. A retrospective study was performed of all patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy by a single surgeon (DTA) from April 2008 to August ...

OBJECTIVE To present the results of Maylard incisionfor gynecologic surgery in Thammasat University Hospital during the past four years. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective study of gynecologic surgery performed via the Maylard muscle cutting incision compare to Pfannenstiel muscle splitting and midline incision. Data came from subjects who underwent gynecologic surgey at Thammasat University...

Background  Buccal fat pad is known as anatomic structure in between the masticatory muscles that separate these muscles from each other and surrounding bone. Ease of access, through the intraoral route makes it suitable choice for obtaining adipose derived stem cells. Methods  Intraoral incisions for getting access to the buccal fat of pad are; Retromolar incision, incision in medial of pt...

OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical efficacy and surgical effects of the anterior low small incision and the traditional incision in the treatments of thyroid adenomas. METHODS Eighty cases of thyroid adenoma patients were randomly divided into a control group and an experimental group. Forty patients in the control group received the traditional incision, whereas the experimental group receive...

Since multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a standard treatment for gallbladder (GB) disease, a single incision laparoscopic surgical technique has been tried to decrease the surgical site pain and achieve a better cosmetic out come in selected patients. The development of devices dedicated for single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) is expanding the indication of this ...

The hernias need to be addressed at an earlier stage to prevent the development of complications mainly strangulation. The risk of complications is more in children <6 months of age. About 90% of complications can be prevented if a hernia repair is performed within a month of diagnosis [1,2]. Almost all hernias in children are indirect type, where the gut or the omentum enters the preformed sac...

A 50-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of epigastralgia for one week. He had eaten grilled mackerel before symptom onset. Physical examination showed mild tenderness in the epigastric region without peritoneal signs. Laboratory data demonstrated marked inflammation. Abdominal computed tomography revealed thickening of the gastric wall and an intramural foreign body (Fig. 1). End...