to investigate the characteristics of skin and leather of hairy goats according to their sex and age, 120 goat skins were selected from the western part of iran. results indicated that sex and age had significant effects on weight and area of skin and leather. moreover, sex and age had significant effects on thickness in different parts of skin except the belly. in this regard, the overall mean...

Introduction  The penis eventually needs specific cutaneous coverage in the context of reconstructive procedures following trauma or congenital anomalies. Local flaps are the first choice but are not always available after multiple previous procedures. In these cases, skin graft and dermal matrices should be considered. Materials and Methods  This study was a retrospective review of the past 4 ...

Background: Severe degloving injury of the lower extremities is uncommon but challenging. The study aimed to present our experience of skin grafts for the salvage of severe degloved above-knee amputation stump. Methods: From September 2007 to January 2014, five patients with severe degloving injury of lower extremities were treated with immediate full-thickness skin graft following a protocol o...

BACKGROUND Split- thickness skin graft is one of the most common operations in plastic surgery. It is always painful and patient discomfort from donor site often is more significant than recipient site. There is not still a standard method for treatment of the donor site. The purpose of this study was to determine the best method of dressing the donor site among three different methods with re...

INTRODUCTION The ideal vaginoplasty method should promote good cosmetic and functional results with low morbidity. We describe a new technique for congenital vaginal agenesis using a full-thickness perforated skin graft. MATERIALS AND METHODS We report an 18 year old patient with vaginal agenesis (Morris syndrome) that undergone a modified version of McIndoe vaginoplasty. Patient is set in a ...

The skin is a dynamic organ whose complex material properties are capable of withstanding continuous mechanical stress while accommodating insults and organism growth. Moreover, synchronized hair cycles, comprising waves of hair growth, regression and rest, are accompanied by dramatic fluctuations in skin thickness in mice. Whether such structural changes alter skin mechanics is unknown. Mouse ...

BACKGROUND Excessive resection of penile skin is a rare but important complication of circumcision. Penis "trapping" under the skin and consequent sexual dysfunction occur as a result. CASE REPORT Excessive circumcision with complete resection of the penile skin is shown. Penis, trapped under the skin, was deliberated and skin defect was substituted with the full thickness skin graft. One yea...

There are only a few studies on the adverse effects of inhaled corticosteroids on the skin in asthmatic patients. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of inhaled corticosteroids on de novo collagen synthesis of skin and bone, skin thickness and the total amount of skin collagen. Twenty seven consecutive new asthmatic patients, on a moderate dose of budesonide or beclomethasone dipropionate, were ...

A limited clinical trial on split-thickness skin graft donor sites was conducted in 15 consecutive patients to assess the action of MEBO compared with the conventional Sofra-Tulle (Roussel Laboratories Ltd., Uxbridge, UK) split-thickness skin graft donor site dressing used in our service. All patients included in the study were white, with Fitzpatrick skin types II and III (age range, 5–65 year...