UNLABELLED  Introduction. Treating difficult-to-heal wounds with complexities, including those with exposed tendon/bone or infection, is a challenge that regularly confronts practitioners in a variety of clinical environments. The purpose of this study was to review the effectiveness of an acellular fetal bovine dermal repair scaffold (PriMatrix Dermal Repair Scaffold, TEI Biosciences, In...

Penile augmentation surgical procedure includes diverse graft materials such as artificial collagen material as well as dermo-fat graft. Important factors of postoperative satisfaction are natural appearance of genitalia at the flaccid state and minimal resorption of graft volume. Artificial collagen materials and acellular dermal matrix are available for surgical procedure with variable size. ...

Despite advances in surgical techniques and breast implant design, certain problems unique to breast implant surgery remain. The historically most onerous problem, capsular contracture, is relatively uncommon now. However, problems related to thin capsules and periprosthetic atrophy are becoming more common; these problems include rippling, symmastia, implant malposition, and bottoming out. Opt...

A 23-year-old female with Ewing's Sarcoma underwent tibial resection and skeletal reconstruction using proximal tibial allograft prosthetic reconstruction with distal femur endoprosthetic reconstruction and rotating hinge. Human acellular dermal matrix, (Alloderm, LifeCell, Branchburg, NJ, USA), was used to wrap the skeletal reconstruction. Soft tissue reconstruction was completed with a rotati...

Reduction of the original height and width of the alveolar bone of an edentulous site precludes optimal positioning of implant fixtures and may esthetically compromise the prosthesis. Ridge expansion at the time of extraction can prevent the need for ridge reduction and reduces the number of surgical interventions.A patient with a narrow ridge with buccal deformity was treated for the staged pl...

A bilaminated dermal regeneration substitute usually requires a two-step procedure to achieve wound closure. Integra thin® (Integra Life sciences Crop., NJ, USA) is thinner than bilayer Integra® and does not require additional waiting time for the formation of neodermis, making it possible undertake reconstruction full-thickness skin defects in single-stage procedure. We describe successful use...

Background. To examine the results of treatment of Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) in ethnic Chinese. Method. Between 1990 and 2010, patients treated for EMPD were reviewed. Data were analyzed retrospectively. Results. Forty-eight patients were treated by surgical resection. Local recurrence rate was 14.6%. The postresection defects were repaired by primary closure (8.3%), partial thickness...

C57BL/6 mice injected with the 145-2C11 anti-CD3 mAb and grafted with MHC class II disparate bm12 skin develop a chronic rejection characterized by interstitial dermal fibrosis, a marked eosinophil infiltrate, and an obliterative intimal vasculopathy. Because these changes occur in the absence of alloreactive antibodies, we examined the contribution of cytokines in their pathogenesis. Chronical...

A 19-year-old female patient visited our clinic for rhinoplasty. She complained about her low take-off point, which was apparent in profile view, and wanted slight tip projection. She refused additional cartilage harvesting from ears or ribs but consented to the use of homologous tissue, including acellular dermal matrix, for her dorsum and tip. Septoturbinoplasty was performed, and only a very...