OBJECTIVES Full thickness skin grafts (FTSG) offer several advantages; they are esthetically superb, have less postoperative shrinkage, and offer minimal postoperative pain and scar formation at the donor site. As a donor site of FTSG, the groin offers a relatively large area of skin with high elasticity. The aim of this study was to evaluate FTSG from the groin for reconstruction in oral and m...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of proprioceptive disruption on postural control for participants of different ages according to their physical and/or sport activity levels. Two groups of young and old participants who practiced chronic physical and/or sport activities (young active [n = 17; average age 20.5 +/- 1.1 yr] and old active [n = 17; average age 74.0 +/- 3.8 yr]) ...

Purpose. Tube-related exposure is a known complication of glaucoma drainage device (GDD) surgery. Our objective is to report the early (approximately 1 year) tube exposure rate of implants covered with a keraSys (IOP Inc., Costa Mesa, CA, USA) tissue reinforcement graft. Patients and Methods. A retrospective, noncomparative, consecutive case series of 42 eyes with GDD implantation with keraSys ...

Mandibular fractures are one of the most common facial fractures. Depending on severity, they treated either by closed reduction or open and internal fixation. Hardware exposure is postoperative complications associated with latter. Data involving decision regarding removal salvage hardware in such cases lacking. We present a case wound dehiscence an operated mandibular fracture, which was mana...

Dear Editors, Recently, an immunocompetent febrile 34-year-old womanwas referred for an exploratory laparoscopy with abdominal flushing and drainage for acute purulent peritonitis sustained by a sigmoid diverticular abscess. Ten days after the intervention, the antibiotic regimen with cefepime, teicoplanin and fluconazole was withdrawn because of the occurrence of profound neutropenia (absolute...

Although treatment with permanent pacemakers has been extensively described in adults, there is little information about it in infants. Conventional sites for pacemaker implantation are the abdominal wall, subpectoral muscle region, subdiaphragmatic area, and the pelvic cavity. If the infant has a thin chest and abdominal wall, implantation of the pacemaker there produces an unsightly bulge and...