Purpose Treatment for head and neck cancer can impair speech and swallowing, and can disfigure the face. Reconstructive surgery can restore some facial function and ameliorate disfigurement, thereby helping patients to psychosocially adjust. However, current surgical reconstruction techniques may not fully restore a patient's pre-cancerous appearance. Therefore, it is important to understand th...

background: while myoma is the most common pelvic mass of women, most women do not seek screening tests for uterine myoma and if they have any fibroid they are not volunteer for its surgical removal. case: we present here a novel technique of vascular skeletonization to preserve uterus, making pregnancy possible for an infertile woman with a large uterine myoma, situated in the uterine lower se...

introduction: ambiguous genitalia is a medical emergency in newborns and effort is made to perform sex reassignment and reconstructive surgery as soon as possible. however, conflict between the assigned sex and later gender identity are still present in many cases. this discrepancy between sexual and gender identities leads to several complications that are the focus of the present study. mater...

Introduction: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of repair of the rectourethral and rectovaginal fistulas with transanal approach using the Latzko technique. Materials and Methods: We repaired 8 fistulas with transanal approach. Fistulas were rectourethral in 5 patients, and in the only woman of the series, they were rectovaginal and vesicovaginal. In 3 patients, The fistulas had been diagnos...

Colette Carmen CamenisCh is Specialist in Surgery and Attendant for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Switzerland; and riikka Veltheim is Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Akademikliniken, Sweden email: cc-cam...

Platelet gels have global applications in surgery and are especially useful for soft and bony tissue reconstructions encountered in plastic and reconstructive surgery. In these applications their use has been associated with a decrease in operative time, necessity for drains and pressure dressings, and incidence of complications. When applied to bony reconstruction it provides adhesion for the ...

Purpose: To compare the outcome of corporeal plication using absorbable versus nonabsorbable sutures for the treatment of congenital penile curvature. Materials and Methods: Thirty-eight men older than 15 years old with congenital penile curvature were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomly divided into two equal groups based on the suture material (Nylon versus Vicryl) used in corporeal...