We present our personal operative technique in exposing and repairing obstetric brachial plexus (obp) lesions. This technical description of the operative procedure and the strategic choice for the neurotisations are analysed with special regards on the follow-up of these patients (always performed by the surgeon), the histological quality of the proximal root stumps used for cable grafting, an...

BACKGROUND External hemipelvectomy is associated with high post operative morbidity and a poor functional outcome. We aim to explore a reconstruction technique to improve function and post operative appearance for patients who undergo external hemipelvectomy. CASE PRESENTATION We present a Case where extensive cancer involvement of pelvis and femur was managed with a novel surgical technique,...

Background/Aim: We employed a survey to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) investigate management breast reconstruction across US during COVID-19 pandemic. Patients and Methods: An electronic on practice demographics, COVID-19-related restrictions reconstruction, pertinent dates was employed. Results: A total 228 responses were obtained. Demographics balanced for geography with mos...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of the occipital rotational flap as an alternative reconstructive technique following lateral temporal bone resection. METHODS A retrospective medical record review of 10 patients who underwent reconstruction with an occipital rotational flap after auriculectomy or lateral temporal bone resection. Patient and operative variables included age, preoperative ASA ...

Over the past decade computer aided, navigated surgery has evolved from early laboratory experiments to an indispensable tool for many interventions in spine surgery. Accurate patient registration with the pre-operative imaging modalities or referencing of the target anatomical structure is an essential component of these procedures. Many of today’s approaches are invasive and use either mechan...

Brain shift compensation using computer modeling strategies is an important research area in the field of image-guided neurosurgery (IGNS). One important source of available sparse data during surgery to drive these frameworks is deformation tracking of the visible cortical surface. Possible methods to measure intra-operative cortical displacement include laser range scanners (LRS), which typic...

The complications and swallowing functions were studied in eleven patients who had undergone free jejunal autograft reconstruction after total pharyngolaryngectomy and cervical esophagotomy. All patients have had advanced cancers of the hypopharynx or cervical esophagus. Fistula was complicated in three patients (27%), including one (9%) who died of pneumonia. Death or graft necrosis was not co...

Intra-operative guidance in Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate brachytherapy requires localization of inserted radioactive seeds relative to the prostate. Seeds were reconstructed using a typical C-arm, and exported to a commercial brachytherapy system for dosimetry analysis. Technical obstacles for 3D reconstruction on a non-isocentric C-arm included pose-dependent C-arm calibration...

Objectives: Rotator cuff tears cause pain, muscle weakness, and difficulty with overhead activity. While smaller are easier to repair, large-to-massive (>3 cm in size) considered irreparable. For patients tears, surgical options include maximal superior capsular reconstruction, bridging tendon transfers reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA). Bridging reconstruction was developed improve...

PURPOSE Colon diverticulitis is a common illness with affects 37-45% of western populations. Indications regarding therapy guidelines, operative timing and which surgical procedure to perform are still controversial. MATERIAL AND METHOD Between January 1977 and December 1997, 239 patients, diagnosed with diverticulitis, have been admitted, on emergency, to our Department of General Surgery; 1...