PURPOSE The objective of this retrospective study was to examine whether patients who take medications containing bisphosphonates (BPs) are at greater risk of bone graft and implant failure than other patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study involved the examination of 42 patients (101 implants) who had taken medications containing BPs prior to surgeries involving oral bone grafting or endos...

Breast cancer patients with significant comorbidities present reconstructive challenges due to a predictably high complication rate. During expander-based breast reconstruction, human acellular dermal matrix (ADM) is often used to prevent pectoralis muscle retraction, facilitate early expansion, and improve cosmetic outcome. Device infection and chronic seroma have been correlated to the additi...

the purpose of this study was the utilization of different methods of tissue culture in proliferation of epithelial cells and autologous graft to cover surface areas without skin specifically, which is due to thermal burns more than 50%. in this experience we performed from rabbits and success to cover almost 24 times original donor site with autograft.

five cases of extensive lid-cheek basal cell car cmornas are presented. treatment was by wide excision followed by immediate reconstruction using the nasal septal chondr . mucosal graft technique of millard. the advantages of th i. procedure in an elderly, rural population of working people over other modes of reconstruction are noted. the success of this procedure recommends its wider applicat...

BACKGROUND We evaluated and compared the outcomes of different ossification processes in patients with alveolar cleft in whom correction was performed using endochondral bone graft or intramembranous bone graft. METHODS The patients were divided into two groups: the endochondral bone (iliac bone or rib bone) graft group and the intramembranous bone (mandibular bone) graft group. Medical recor...

OBJECTIVE To establish a new pig model for auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT). METHODS The liver of the donor was removed from its body. The left lobe of the liver was resected in vitro, and the right lobe was used as a graft. After the left lateral lobe of the recipient was resected, end-to-side anastomoses were performed between the suprahepatic inferior venae cavae ...

The purpose of this review was to analyze publications related to augmentation procedures using autologous onlay grafts and to evaluate the survival/success rates of implants placed in the augmented areas. An automated search was made in Medline, of clinical publications from 2002 to 2007, including at least 5 patients and with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Ten papers were included. These su...

INTRODUCTION In the last decade, there has been an increasing use of cartilage grafts in the primary repair of tympanic membrane perforations. The major advantages of cartilage are its stiffness and its very low metabolic requirements, which make it particularly suitable for difficult conditions, such as subtotal perforations, adhesive otitis and reoperation. OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact o...