Introduction Loss of an auricle may be due to congenital disease, trauma, or surgical removal of benign or malignant tumors. Auricular defects can be repaired, or reconstructed with autogenous tissue, but this may be unsuitable in many situations. Additionally the use of autogenous tissues requires harvesting a graft there by adding a surgical site. A good alternative is to develop an auricular...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated two-staged flexor tendoplasty with tendon prosthesis in patients with flexor tendon injuries in which conventional tendon grafting would fail to yield an acceptable result. METHODS We performed flexor tendoplasty with tendon prosthesis in 37 hands of 31 patients (24 males, 7 females; mean age 23 years; range 4-46 years). Twenty-six patients had penetrating injuries, fo...

Burns can leave a patient with a severely debilitating disability even after treatment. The objectives of burn rehabilitation are to minimize the adverse effects caused by the injury while rehabilitating the patient's physical and psychological well-being, maximizing social integration. Long-term success of maxillofacial prostheses mainly depends on the retention. Extra oral implant retained pr...

INTRODUCTION Patients who underwent laryngectomy due to larynx cancer have a possibility to regain ability to speak with the use of silicone voice prosthesis. However, the lifetime of the device is limited, and last for approximately 3-6 months, mainly due to bacterial and fungal biofilm formation, that subsequently causes deterioration of the prosthesis and malfunction of the valve mechanisms....

In the early 1960s, Cronin and Gerow began to use a silicone bag filled with silicone gel for breast augmentation. Since then, researchers have been looking for different filler materials. An ideal prosthesis does not induce any tissue reaction, is stable, gives the breast a natural appearance, and is radiolucent during mammography. In case of rupture of the envelope, the filler material should...

X-ray and cineradiography measurements were used to compare the suspension effect and stability of a TSB trans-tibial prosthesis with an Icelandic Roll-On Silicone Socket (ICEROSS) system to that of a PTB trans-tibial prosthesis. The suspension effect was measured by the distance between the tibia and the socket in both suspension position and weight-bearing position in both type of prostheses....

PURPOSE The main strategy in inguinal hernia repair is mesh hernioplasty (specially prolene mesh). Pain in anterior femoral, inguinal and scrotal areas, mainly due to sensory nerve injury in the very regions and vas deferen injury are the main complications reported following repairing inguinal hernia. In this study we decided to use semiliquid silicone in order to form it in an in-vivo prosthe...

AIM AND BACKGROUND In clinical practice, we come across patients with traumatically amputated or congenitally missing partial or complete fingers that can be restored using microsurgical replantation or transplantation procedures. However, in some cases this might not be possible due to systemic or local factors and the lost or missing part has to be replaced prosthetically to offer psychologic...

Finger amputations are common in accidents at home, work, and play. Apart from trauma, congenital disease and deformity also leads to finger amputation. This results in loss of function, loss of sensation as well as loss of body image. Finger prosthesis offers psychological support and social acceptance in such cases. This clinical report describes a method to fabricate ring retained silicone f...