BACKGROUND One of the main challenges in skin flap surgery is tissue ischemia and following necrosis. The present study compares the effects of fibroblast growth factors 1 and 2 on increasing cutaneous vasculature, improving ischemia, and preventing distal necrosis in ischemic skin flaps in rat model. METHODS Thirty rats were allocated into 3 groups (n=10) and 2×8 cm dorsal rando...

Background:   To introduce our experience of using the free neurovascular flap from great and second toe. Methods:   Thirteen patients (fifteen fingers) sought surgical treatment for soft tissue defects of the hand at our medical institutin between March 2006 and September 2009. In two patients, fibular side skin-nail flaps of great toe were applied to cover the dorsal defect of distal thumb. I...

conclusions our findings showed that the treatment of flaps with bm-msc and aam transplantations significantly promoted flap survival compared to a control group. the viability of the flap was improved by combining bm-mscs with aam matrix scaffolds. materials and methods bm-mscs and aams were transplanted into subcutaneous tissue in the flap area. on the 7th postoperative day, the surviving fla...

conclusions scarring of the neck produces problems with function, and appearance. in our view, the supraclavicular flap, a thin flap of good texture, is an excellent and highly reliable flap for covering defects of the anterior neck. this flap is easy to harvest, with good functional and aesthetic results. results thirty-seven of the 41 flaps survived completely, but there were three cases of d...

Traumatic chiasmal syndrome is a rare condition manifested by the onset of a bitemporal hemianopia after head trauma. Trauma is one of the rarer aetiologies of a bitemporal hemianopia. Few patients survive the severe impact required to damage the anatomically privileged optic chiasm. Those who do survive have usually sustained a variety of neuro-endocrine and neurological deficits in addition t...

OBJECTIVE To identify post-operative computed tomography (CT) findings associated with delayed flap failures following head and neck cancer surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 60 patients who underwent flap reconstruction after head and neck cancer surgery and post-operative (3-14 days) contrast-enhanced CT scans for suspected complications. Patients were divided into t...

a chronic fungal infection in tropical regions, chromoblastomycosis is caused by dematiaceous fungi, the form-family of fungi imperfecti, usually affecting one lower limb at the site of a trauma but sometimes involving other areas of the body including head & neck. in this article, we report the case of a rare primary chromoblastomycosis of the palate and chest in a 27-year-old man who was succ...