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Objective:For severe skin defects which are deep to dermis, engineered skin with epidermis and dermis (bilayered) is required. Based on the success of engineering epidermis with GT/PCL electrospun membranes, our study was to investigate whether this membrane could be also used for engineering bilayered skin graft.Methods:From 2013 to 2019, we first prepared three GT/PCL electrospun membranes with different proportion (70∶30; 50∶50; 30∶70) in our laboratory; the biocompatibility of the membrane was evaluated in vitro by seeding fibroblasts or keratinocytes on the membranes. Then the outcome of GT/PCL membranes repairing skin defects in the nude mouse was investigated.Results:Cell attachment and proliferation were significantly improved with increase of gelatin. Histological analyses showed that bilayered skin engineered with GT/PCL (70∶30) group could form relatively better structure after 3 weeks of cultivation in vitro. Further in vivo transplantation studies revealed that scaffolds were not degraded in all three groups, indicating that these materials were not suitable for engineering bilayered skin although they had good biocompatibility.Conclusions:The higher gelatin membranes possess better biocompatibility. Further in vivo transplantation studies reveal that bilayered skin engineered with GT/PCL membranes is able to repair skin defects in the nude mouse.
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Objective:To measure the changes in the orbital and nasal parameters before and after Tessier box osteotomy with primary aesthetic rhinoplasty concurrently with byotogenous costochondral graft.Methods:From 2013 to 2018, 60 hypertelorism patients were treated in our craniofacial center. Correction involved a classic Tessier box osteotomy combined with aesthetic augmentation and reconstruction of the nasal dorsum using a costochondral graft. All patients underwent photographic and tomographic documentation both before and 12 months after surgery. Patients underwent morphometric analysis to document the changes in interorbital distance (IOD) and aesthetic nasal parameters, including the nasal dorsum and alar width, the nasal dorsal height, and the index of nasal apex protrusion versus nasal length.Results:All patients were satisfied with the outcome of the combined orbital and nasal repair. Morphometric analysis indicated that the IOD and aesthetic nasal parameters all improved following surgery. The resorption rate of the costochondral graft was 16-19%, and graft warpage was nearly absent. Although complications so as infection, cerebrospinal fluid leak or hyposomia, no severe or life-threatening complications occurred.Conclusions:Tessier box osteotomy with primary aesthetic rhinoplasty using costochondral grafts has showed to be efficacious in the treatment of patients with hypertelorism.
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Objective To explore a new method for the treatment of nasal deformity in the middle part of facial cleft.Methods Eight patients with craniofacial cleft midface depression were treated with nasal reconstruction,nasal reconstruction plus pear shaped hole week osteotomy forward,pyriform aperture osteotomy advancement by using the auxiliary week preoperative design and postoperative surgical navigation system,and the preoperative design and postoperative CT data fit was compared.Results All the 8 patients were satisfied with results of the operation.There was no significant difference in CT data between preoperative simulation design and postoperative follow-up.Conclusions The expanded forehead flap in nasal reconstruction surgery has good effect on congenital craniofacial cleft nasal defect,and surgical navigation assisted pyriform hole osteotomy advancement for correction of congenital craniofacial cleft caused by midface depression to achieve a precise osteotomy,has good application value.