the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an 8 week period of aerobic interval training and massage therapy on changes in c-reactive protein (crp) level and cardiorespiratory fitness in cardiovascular patients after coronary artery bypass graft. the study population consisted of patients who had undergone a coronary artery bypass graft and at least one month had passed since t...

Background Surgery for reconstruction of defects after surgery should be performed selectively and the many points must be considered. The authors conducted this study to compare the local flap and skin graft by facial location in the reconstruction after resection of facial skin cancer. Methods The authors performed the study in patients that had received treatment in Department of Plastic S...

DESCRIPTION A 67-year-old man underwent full-thickness skin graft reconstruction of an ear defect following skin cancer excision. The graft was dropped on the floor during preparation. Following decontamination, it was subsequently used to complete the reconstruction, with full graft take and no evidence of infection after 4 months of follow-up.

OBJECTIVES To determine the best approach for live donor nephrectomy to minimise discomfort to the donor and to provide good graft function. DESIGN Single blind, randomised controlled trial. SETTING Two university medical centres, the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 100 living kidney donors. INTERVENTIONS Participants were randomly assigned to either laparoscopic donor nephrectomy or to mini ...

The use of skin graft fixation material Surfasoft® (Taurenon, Laan Van Zuid Hoorn 61, 2289 DC Rijswijk, The Netherlands) has become well established in burns surgery over the past years.1-3 Surfasoft® is a monofilament woven polyamide thread. It has many properties that make it a suitable dressing for skin grafts. It is transparent, smooth and strong. The flexible surface prevents bacterial adh...

Full-thickness burns destroy both the epidermal and dermal tissues of the skin. This study evaluates a collagen and chondroitin-6-sulfate dermal skin substitute (graft) that was applied to excised full-thickness burns and covered with Biobrane. Experimental conditions included: (a) no burn, subcutaneous implantation of the graft; (b) burn, excision, graft, coverage with Biobrane and bandages; (...

Graft-assisted healing is an important strategy for treating full-thickness skin wounds. This study evaluated the properties of porcine cholecyst-derived scaffold and its use for treating full-thickness skin wound in rabbit. The physical properties of cholecyst-derived scaffold were congenial for skin-graft application. Compared to a commercially available skin-graft substitute made of porcine ...

OBJECTIVES To report the outcomes of graft take and wound healing in the first reported series in which fibrin sealant was used as a tissue glue in the reconstruction of complex genital skin loss. METHODS Between July 2001 and July 2005, 18 men requiring complex genital reconstruction underwent repair by two surgeons at our medical centers. Skin graft reconstruction was required in 6 men. Com...

gest it was more susceptible to the effects of prostaglandins than the surrounding facial skin. We propose 2 hypothetical mechanisms for this. First, postinflammatory changes within the skin graft tissue could predispose it to hyperpigmentation as previously reported. Second, the graft tissue that came from the neck could be more susceptible than the surrounding facial skin to upregulation of t...