Despite all modern surgical techniques, skin flap that is considered as the main method in most reconstructive surgeries puts the skin tissue at danger of necrosis and apoptosis derived from ischemia. Therefore, finding a treatment for decreasing the apoptosis derived from flap ischemia will be useful in clinic. In present study, we evaluated the effect of azelaic acid 20% and finasteride on ex...

PURPOSE A new endorectal pull-through technique using a transanal approach is presented in this report. METHODS Mucosectomy, colectomy, and pull-through are performed transanally, and neither laparotomy or laparoscopy are required. Five patients affected with Hirschsprung's disease have been operated on with this technique. CONCLUSION During the 6- to 15-month follow-up period, all of them ...

Introduction: Reconstruction of the oral cavity witha flap design containing the buccal mucosa and buccinator muscle but excluding the facial artery and vein is the topic of these case reports. Case Reports: This article uses random pattern vertically oriented partial thickness buccinator myomucosal flap for intraoral reconstruction in two cases. The first was for lining the mandibular anterior...

OBJECTIVE Hirschsprung's disease is one of the common causes of intestinal obstruction in neonates. Transanal endorectal pull-through represents the latest development in the concept of the minimally invasive surgery for Hirschsprung's disease. In this study, we present our early experience with single stage transanal pull through in neonates. DESIGN Retrospective study of neonates with singl...

INTRODUCTION Among all imaging modalities, MRI of the prostate has the highest sensitivity to predict extracapsular tumor spread, seems to have added value for the preoperative treatment planning. It is an adjunct tool in patients with high suspicion of prostate cancer and so far negative TRUS-guided biopsies. Due to the higher intrinsic signal, it is expected that 3.0T enables to image the pro...

a case of soft tissue defect of dorsal hand due to crush injury in a 37-year-old female is reported here. the reconstructive surgery was performed for the hand soft-tissue defect. among different flaps used in the surgery, the regional flap such as radial forearm flap can be done. but usually it is not accepted by patient because of cosmetic appearance. therefore, random pattern abdominal flap ...

Description of Procedure or Service Populations Interventions Comparators Outcomes Individuals:  With anal fistula(s) Interventions of interest are:  Placement of anal fistula plug Comparators of interest are:  Fistulotomy/fistulectomy  Endorectal/anal sliding flaps  Seton drains  Fibrin glue Relevant outcomes include:  Symptoms  Change in disease status  Morbid events  Functional out...

Background/introduction This study presents the implementation of protracted mild hyperthermia (HT) delivery to large contiguous volumes in prostate quadrants or hemi-gland targets by utilizing a commercially available MR-guided endorectal ultrasound (ERUS) phased array designed for thermal ablation (ExAblate 2100, InSightec. Ltd). HT-specific beamforming, sonication and control strategies were...