An asynchronous case of triple primary malignant tumors of bladder, stomach and lung was reported. The patient was treated by total cystectomy and ileal conduit plasty for a bladder tumor in 1978 and subtotal gastrectomy and Billroth-I plasty for a gastric cancer in 1984. In 1987, a lung cancer was found and the biopsy revealed a small cell carcinoma. Though combined chemotherapy was done, he d...

standardization of photography in plastic surgery is fundamental for pre-operative surgical planning, comparative post-operative assessment, and demonstration of surgical results.1 in rhinoplasty, slight changes in patient or camera position can lessen nasal hump, vary nose size, and alter skin tension.2 in order to prevent these common errors, photographic standardization with high-quality equ...

INTRODUCTION Patients with absent pulmonary valve syndrome often present early with airway compression from aneurysmal pulmonary arteries. This study reviews our experience in managing absent pulmonary valve syndrome in later presenting children, and techniques used for managing airway compression. METHODS This study is a retrospective chart review of all patients who underwent repair of abse...

The aim of this investigation was to examine velar anatomy following the Furlow double opposing Z-plasty in order to analyse the theoretical effects of this technique. Thirty patients with cleft lip and/or cleft palate who underwent primary Furlow palatoplasties between 1989 and 1994 were reviewed. The mean age at the time of surgery was 6.4 months. Evaluation was performed at a mean time of 2....

BACKGROUND Additional tendon length is occasionally needed for the surgical reattachment of retracted tendons and for lengthening of intact contracted tendons. To achieve additional length with use of established techniques such as z-plasty, the tendon is completely transected and loses continuity. The purpose of this study was to develop a new method to increase the potential range of attainab...

Almost half a century ago, Tennison (1) proposed a triangular flap cleft lip repair that for the first time preserved the existing lip elements and permitted the creation of a normal Cupid’s bow. Brauer (2) and Randall (3) are better known for improving this original concept, but Millard (4) credits Marcks for popularizing Tennison’s method while developing his own Z-plasty modification. Trevas...

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignancy worldwide. Surgical removal considered gold standard treatment. However, large defects following excisional surgery can pose a significant challenge for reconstruction, especially in cases where primary closure not possible. In which, use of skin flaps may be utilized. Most traditional are limited by design to take advantage only one regi...

       Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common focal mono-neuropathy. A study was designed to compare the effects of traditional open carpal tunnel release with median neurolysis and Z-plasty reconstruction of the transverse carpal ligament on post-operative hand pain and hand function in patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome.   Methods: Fifty-two patients with idiopathi...

BACKGROUND This article presents a real-time surgical simulator for teaching three- dimensional local flap concepts. Mass-spring based simulators are interactive, but they compromise accuracy and realism. Accurate finite element approaches have traditionally been too slow to permit development of a real-time simulator. METHODS A new computational formulation of the finite element method has b...