medial gastrocnemius myocutaneous flap with a laterally extended skin paddle

Eighteen gastrocnemius flaps were used to cover soft tissue defects in legs and feet of seventeen male patients. As defects were larger than the standard medial gastrocnemius myocutaneous flap in eight cases, the skin over the lateral belly was elevated medially based together with the flap to compensate for width discrepancy. Based on survival of these eight modified flaps and on a previous anatomical study [Kamal et al, 1992], we conclude that the skin paddle of the medial flap can safely be laterally extended to include the fasciocutaneous tissue overlying the lateral belly

Some social effects based on developmental an Egyptian village, A comparative study of two villages in Sharkia Governorate

The aim of this study was to find out the social impacts implied as a result of service projects in some villages. Thus, the objective of the study was to identify the differences between the population in the two villages investigated; the first village with complete services and the second village lacks most of the services. The two villages chosen are Shobra El-Nakhla [first village] and Mansheiat El-Salam [second village]. Both are located in Belbis District, Sharqia Governorate. The two investigated groups included a r and om sample of 235 cases, representing 10% of the total households in each of the 2 villages and chosen from the registers of the supplementary office. The means of statistical analysis were the percentage of different repetition related to the variables of the study. Statistical tests were also used X2 [T test] to find out the significance of the difference between the two investigated groups. The study findings showed that the positive significant differences between the two villages are related to educational degree, social participation in local projects, communication with other societies and living st and ard. Insignificant difference was found between the two villages in membership in social organizations, contact with cooperatives, role of rural women, degree of social control, and the attitude towards family solidarity. There were nonsignificant differences between the two villages in the degree of educational aspiration, degree of exposure to mass media and attitude towards birth control

Modeling the newly formed cartilage through an experimental study on the perichondrium

This work was performed to prove the potential power of the perichodrium to from new cartilage. The experiments were performed upon the auricles of twenty-four dogs. The dogs were divided into four groups upon which different operations were performed. From the obtained results, it was found that the perichondrium has a great power of regeneration and formation of new cartilage. This process can be enhanced by the presence of haematoma or after injection of fresh blood between the two perichondrial layers. After application of human-shaped ear metal models to the operated ears, it was possible to get new auricles more or less similar to the human-shaped auricles. The results were discussed in relation to the potentialitiesof the perichondrium in new cartilage transplantation of the perichondrium to cases of tracheal defects and to cases of accidental destroyed auricles