Cent European J Urol 2014; 67: 208-209 10.5173/ceju.2014.02.art21 The paper by Kaysan et al. [1] is timely, given the vast increase in the eroded and transected urethras which are increasingly being reported as a consequence of the midurethral sling operation. A Martius transposition graft is an important tool for management of such problems. From a practical perspective, a vascularized fat gra...

A major question challenging immunobiologists relates to those mechanisms that control the selective movement of cells involved in immune and inflammatory processes at various tissue sites such as the skin. Little is known about those influences that control the selective migration of macrophage-like Langerhans cells (LC) to normal epidermis, where it is uniformly distributed. Mechanistically, ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Pretransplantation injection of donor lymphohaemopoetic cells via portal venous route has been shown to improve allograft survival in mice. In the present study, the effect of perioperative portal venous administration of donor splenocytes on skin graft survival was investigated in comparison with intravenous administration of spleen cells in Swiss albino rat skin transp...

The skin pathology seen in graft recipients is unique because they are usually seen in patients who have a long history of renal disease, where the characteristic lesions seen in pre-terminal failure followed by dialysis-induced skin pathology had developed. The skin changes after renal transplantation partially replace, and partially are superimposed upon, the skin lesions characteristic for t...

The objective of this case series was to describe and evaluate full-thickness skin grafting of equine wounds. Six adult horses were used in the study. A full-thickness graft was harvested from the pectoral region with the horse anaesthetised or standing and sedated after local anaesthetic infiltration. Grafts were attached to the cutaneous margin of the wound with staples and/or sutures if the ...

Several researches have shown that negative-pressure wound dressings can secure split-thickness skin grafts and improve graft survival. However, in anatomically difficult body regions such as the perineum it is questionable whether these dressings have similar beneficial effects. In this study, we evaluated the effects of negative-pressure wound dressings on split-thickness skin grafts in the p...

In 1878, Emil Berthold was the first to describe the surgical procedure of myringoplasty, using a free skin graft from the forearm,1 although Edward Ely argued in a later publication that he had been the pioneer in this procedure.2 But it was only in the 1950s that tympanoplasty-related articles reappeared in the literature. The fundamental principles of the surgical procedure were described by...

INTRODUCTION Reconstruction of a full thickness abdominal wall defect is a demanding procedure for general and also for plastic surgeons, requiring vigorous planning and reconstruction of three layers. CASE OUTLINE We present a case of a 70-year-old patient with a huge abdominal wall tumor with 40 years evolution. Surgery was performed under general anesthesia. Full thickness abdominal defect...

BACKGROUND Skin graft is one of the commonly done procedures by plastic surgeons, dermato surgeons and general surgeons. Pain at the donor area is a common complaint by the patient. The skin graft donor site area is usually covered with petrolatum dressing dermatosurgeons. AIM This study was done to compare collagen dressing with petroleum gauze dressing in control of post-operative pain on s...