statement of problem: treatment of gingival recession defect and covering denuded root surfaces is one of the goals in periodontal therapy and several surgical techniques have been suggested in this field.purpose: the aim of this study was to perform a comparison on coronaliy repositioned flap procedure with and without the use of ethylenediaminoteraacetic acid (edta. 24%, ph=7) in the treatmen...

introduction: malignant tumors of the parotid gland account scarcely for 5% of all head and neck tumors. most of these neoplasms have a high tendency for recurrence, local infiltration, perineural extension, and metastasis. although uncommon, these malignant tumors require complex surgical treatment sometimes involving a total parotidectomy including a complete facial nerve resection. severe fu...

•We describe bilateral groin reconstruction with a single anterolateral thigh flap.•Anatomy and surgical technique of the anterolateral thigh flap are discussed.

The surgical resection of tumour-affected oral soft tissue structures often leads to tissue defects. Various techniques can be used for reconstruction. Our experience of using a vertical platysma myocutaneous flap in a group of patients who underwent reconstruction after T2-staged oral cancer surgical resection associated with neck dissection is described. Only one patient required a surgical r...

Surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molars often result in a wide range of complications such as trismus, pain, swelling and occasionally ecchymosis. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of two flap designs (triangular and envelope flaps) on such consequences.Twenty healthy patients with similarly positioned bilateral impacted mandibular third molars participated in t...

BACKGROUND Surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molar is associated with a number of complications including postoperative bleeding, dry socket, postoperative infection, and injury to regional nerves. Lingual nerve damage is one of the main complications. To prevent this complication different techniques had been used. Lingual flap reflection is one of these procedures in which lingual...

This work presents the case of a 76-year old patient, with a large ulcerated thoraco-dorsal tumor, which was excised by a mixed surgical team (plastic and general surgery), and the resulted defect was closed by an omental flap, which was trans-peritoneal transposed and covered by split-thickness skin grafts. The surgical intervention steps and the postoperatory evolution are exposed. The surgic...

PURPOSE In this study, we investigated whether there is a factor that can aid determi nation of the preferred technique by comparing the early and late results of two different surgical techniques for the treatment of pilonidal sinus. METHODS The medical records of 176 patients in whom the Limberg flap (LF) or V-Y flap techniques were applied for reconstruction after the excision were evaluat...

Autodermoplasty with a skin flap is the main surgical solution for traumatic wounds of and soft tissues. Split-skin grafting routine reconstructive technique associated large variation in practice. To date, has been brought to perfection mainly by efforts specialists – combustiologists. The authors have identified number features autodermoplasty flap. complex tissues was performed 50 patients, ...

BACKGROUND Primary and tension-free closure of a flap is often required after particular surgical procedures (e.g., guided bone regeneration). Other times, flap advancement may be desired for situations such as root coverage. METHODS The literature was searched for articles that addressed techniques, limitations, and complications associated with flap advancement. These articles were used as ...