BACKGROUND We describe the second largest contemporary series of flaps used in thoracic reconstruction. METHODS A retrospective review of patients undergoing thoracomyoplasty from 2001 to 2013 was conducted. Ninety-one consecutive patients were identified. RESULTS Thoracomyoplasty was performed for 67 patients with intrathoracic indications and 24 patients with chest wall defects. Malignanc...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the radicular wall thickness in mandibular incisors with two canals and find the maximum and minimum thickness to prevent root canal treatment (RCT) procedural errors. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 160 extracted mandibular incisors were selected and radiographed; out of which, 55 had two canals. Three parallel transverse sections were made in each toot...

PURPOSE To examine the anatomical variation of normal human collector channel orifices and their relationship with Schlemm's canal. METHODS Ten human anterior segments fixed by immersion or perfusion were dissected radially and further divided by fine dissection into corresponding inner and outer wall segments. The tissues were dehydrated, critical-point dried, sputter coated, and examined by...

Cholesteatoma is a well-demarcated sac of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the temporal bone, which commonly characterized as “skin wrong place. The major goal surgery for cholesteatoma to make ear safe and dry with increasing concern hearing outcome patients. Two main surgical techniques employed are Canal Wall down (CWD) up Mastoidectomy (CWU). In current study, an attempt would be made ev...

Advances in trauma management and operative techniques, as well as cutting-edge management of intraabdominal catastrophes lead to enhanced patient survival, but challenging hernias as the sequelae. Hernia surgeons and plastic surgeons are saddled with increasingly complex abdominal wall reconstruction, often for whom there have been multiple prior attempts.1,2 Sometimes, a routine hernia repair...

The recent improvements in chemotherapy and surgical resection in Ewing sarcoma (ES) increased the overall survival as well as the importance of chest wall reconstruction. These improvements are in order to avoid asymmetrical growth, functional and cosmetic compromise after surgery. Chest wall reconstruction still remains a big issue in young patients with ES. We present a case of ES of the lef...

introduction: the horizontal bony canal in the lateral maxillary wall is the site of anastomosis between the arterial branches from the posterior superior alveolar artery (psaa) and the infraorbital artery. this anatomic structure is known as the ‘alveolar antral artery’.   materials and methods: we performed a literature review. the anatomic location of the alveolar antral artery in the latera...

Meningoencephalic herniation (MEH) in the middle ear and mastoid is a rare pathological entity with possible life-threatening complications. We treated 24 patients with a trans-mastoid approach, and the bony defect was closed by heterologous materials positioned in a multilayer fashion. The cause of the bony defect were chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma, iatrogenic, spontaneous and post-t...