A 40-year-old woman presented with uterine malignancy, deep vein thrombosis, and nonmassive pulmonary embolism in both lungs. Gunter-tulip filter was inserted, because she had severe genital bleeding, which is one of the contraindications to anticoagulation therapy. Total hysterectomy was conducted and anticoagulation therapy was started afterward. The thrombus worsened perioperatively, and the...

We managed four patients who had neoplastic, posttraumatic, atrophic and postoperative lip deformity, respectively. Case 1: The patient had a hemangioma (17 × 14 mm) confined to the vermilion part of the lower lip. We performed the wedge excision of the tumor and labioplasty. The postoperative appearance and function of the lip were satisfactory. Case 2: The patient had posttraumatic deformity ...

We encountered a very rare condition where the patient had a lymphocele under the skin envelope of the breast following mastectomy during the course of breast reconstruction with a tissue expander. The incidence rate of axillary lymphoceles is reported as 2.2-50% in breast cancer patients, but there have been no reports mentioning lymphoceles under the breast skin during the course of breast re...

Repair of unilateral cleft lip is a fascinating and challenging procedure. Although a great number of operations have been described for the unilateral cleft lip repair, none fulfill all the plastic surgical criteria, and in most cases, cleft lip repairs require secondary operations in an attempt to achieve described goals of primary cheiloplasty. The Afroze incision is a combination 2 incision...

Nasal ala, due to its characteristics, is a unique anatomical part of the body. Unfortunately, nasal ala often suffers traumas or is affected by cancers, the treatment of which can imply all-thickness amputation. In such cases, complex reconstruction is necessary to recreate both a satisfying cosmetic structure and to ensure free airflow. We present a clinical case of nasal ala major substance ...

Objective
 We aimed to remind surgeons of the presence the
 thoracoacromial arterial trunk and cephalic vein (TATCV)
 for a comfortable reliable free flap transfer
 head, arm, trunk, in case mainstream recipient vessels these regions pose some inconveniences
 due previous surgery, radiotherapy, or
 trauma.
 Material Methods
 Eight cases trauma or tumor in...

INTRODUCTION The adoption of vascular pedicled flaps to reconstruct skull base defects following endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery is a significant milestone in the development of endoscopic endonasal approaches (EEAs). In 2006, Hadad and Bassagaisteguy introduced the pedicled nasoseptal flap (NSF). The NSF decreased initial postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak rates from >20% to ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate morbidity associated with the radial forearm free flap donor site and to compare functional and aesthetic outcomes of ulnar-based transposition flap (UBTF) vs split-thickness skin graft (STSG) closure of the donor site. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Tertiary care institution. PATIENTS The inclusion criteria were flap size not exceeding 30 cm(2), patient availab...

purpose: compaison of excyclotorsion induced by horizontal transposition of vertical rectus muscles versus vertical transposition of horizontal rectus muscles in rabbit eyes. methods: in this exprimental study, group 1 underwent full tendon nasal transposition of the superior rectus and full tendon temporal transposition of the inferior rectus (10 adult rabbits); group 2 underwent superior tran...