Diagnoses and plastic reconstruction of congenital nasal ethmoidal sinus malformation with false triple nostrils appearance / 中华整形外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the pathogenesis, the diagnostic criterion and the surgical methods of congenital nasal ethmoidal sinus malformation with false triple nostrils appearance.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From Feb 1993 to Mar 2006, a total of 13 cases of rare congenital nasal deformity had been investigated in pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis and the methods of operation. The concept of congenital nasal sinus was presented. In this series, one-stage rehabilitation was achieved by using compositive operation techniques, including excision of the sinus, reconstruction of the hatch of ethmoidal sinus, transplantation of the dorsal nasal musculoaponeurotic flap as well as the nasolabial fold flap and the reconstruction of the cartilage-muscle ring in the wing of the nose.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The symptom disappeared in all of the 13 cases with no morbidity. The symmetrical double sides were observed and the nasal figure was satisfied.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>By using such compositive operation techniques, including excision of the sinus, reconstruction of the hatch of ethmoidal sinus in middle nasolabial, transplantation of the dorsal nasal musculoaponeurotic flap as well as the nasolabial fold flap and the reconstruction of the cartilage-muscle ring in the wing of the nose, one-stage rehabilitation could be reached. It was an ideal, safe and reliable method to cure this kind of rare congenital nasal deformity.</p>

Study on the protective effects of ZnSO4 on rat flaps with ischemia reperfusion injury / 中华整形外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the protective role of the ectogenesis zinc in the rat flap with ischemia-reperfusion injury and study the mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>An abdominal island flap was created in Wistar rats. 48 rats were randomly divided into three groups, 16 per group: the non-ischemia-reperfusion group, the ischemia-reperfusion group and the ischemia-reperfusion (IR) group treated with zinc. The content of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of myeloperoxidase (MPO) were measured. The expression of metallothionein (MT) was observed, and the image analysis was performed. The ultrastructure changes of the skin flap with ischemia-reperfusion injury and the flap viability were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with the IR group, at 1 h and 24 h of reperfusion, the level of MDA in the adding-zinc-IR group decreased 11.3% and 33.2% (P < 0.05); the activity of MPO decreased 14.2% and 22.7% (P < 0.05); the content of MT increased 41.5% and 44% ( P < 0.01) respectively. In the ischemia-reperfusion injury flaps, MT was located in the cytoplasm of many kinds of cells. The ultrastructure changes of the skin flap of the adding-zinc-IR group were slighter than those of the IR group. The flap viability in the adding-zinc-IR group increased 27.2% (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>MT could be induced by ectogenesis zinc in the flap of rats. The flap with ischemia-reperfusion injury was protected by MT through protecting the cells in the flap.</p>