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Vascular malformations are relatively infrequent among benign lesions of the hand. We report the case of an arteriovenous malformation in a 48-year-old white woman presenting a mass in her left hand without any symptoms. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology and the lesion completely removed by surgery.
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Breast Implants , Clothing , Patient Satisfaction , Breast/anatomy & histology , Female , Humans , Organ Size , Preoperative Period , Prosthesis Design , Prosthesis FittingSubject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Mammaplasty/adverse effects , Osteoradionecrosis/etiology , Rib Fractures/etiology , Ribs/radiation effects , Tissue Expansion/adverse effects , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Patient Education as Topic , Radiotherapy, Adjuvant , Risk FactorsSubject(s)
Adipose Tissue/transplantation , Cicatrix/surgery , Adult , Cicatrix/pathology , Female , Humans , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methodsABSTRACT
Less severe congenital auricular anomalies can be corrected by appropriate splinting in the early neonatal period without anaesthetic and with minimal cost. We present a series of 46 patients affected by various ear deformities (non cryptotia, non Stahl's ear, non prominent ear) that we treated by splintage during the early neonatal period. These deformational auricular anomalies were classified according to the limitation to the external ear architecture development: vertically, horizontally and focally deformed ears. This new classification guided us in splint shaping and positioning. Excellent or satisfactory results were achieved in 98% of the splinted ears. Ear splintage is an effective technique for treatment of neonates with deformational auricular anomalies.
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Ear, External/abnormalities , Ear, External/surgery , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Splints , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Digital nerve injuries are common; injuries of the common digital nerves are less frequent than those involving the proper digital nerves. Traditional techniques used to reconstruct peripheral nerves are: direct suture, autologous nerve grafts, autologous vein grafts, vascularised nerve graft and alloplastic nerve grafts. Autologous nerve grafts remain the most common conduits for segmental defects. Difficulties can arise when attempting to repair complex nerve gaps, particularly when joining the proximal stump of the common digital nerve with two distal stumps of proper digital nerves as in lesions involving the web space. We present below a case of such a lesion. We describe the use of the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve (LABCN) as donor nerve, by exploiting its natural branchings.
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Finger Injuries/surgery , Fingers/innervation , Metacarpophalangeal Joint/surgery , Nerve Transfer/methods , Peripheral Nerve Injuries , Adult , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Metacarpophalangeal Joint/innervation , Microsurgery/methods , Peripheral Nerves/surgery , Recovery of FunctionSubject(s)
Nose Deformities, Acquired/surgery , Rhinoplasty/methods , Aged , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/diagnosis , Carcinoma, Basal Cell/surgery , Esthetics , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Nose Deformities, Acquired/etiology , Nose Neoplasms/diagnosis , Nose Neoplasms/surgery , Treatment Outcome , Wound Healing/physiologySubject(s)
Debridement/methods , Forearm/surgery , Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection/surgery , Skin Diseases, Bacterial/surgery , Skin Ulcer/surgery , Surgical Flaps , Combined Modality Therapy , Ethambutol/administration & dosage , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Care , Rifampin/administration & dosage , Skin Diseases, Bacterial/diagnosis , Skin Ulcer/diagnosisSubject(s)
Arteries/transplantation , Bites and Stings/surgery , Finger Injuries/surgery , Fingers/blood supply , Fingers/innervation , Adult , Animals , Dogs , Humans , Male , Plastic Surgery ProceduresABSTRACT
Congenital cleft earlobe is a rare auricular malformation. Various techniques have been reported for the correction of this deformity. Few papers deal with surgical techniques to correct the triple lobe sub-type cleft. This anomaly presents more technical difficulties in the three-dimensional rearrangement than other sub-types. We describe the technique used to correct a triple lobe deformity in a 5-year-old boy. The postoperative result was satisfactory at one year follow-up.
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Ear, External/abnormalities , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods , Ear, External/surgery , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Infant , Male , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
An infant with typical popliteal pterygium syndrome had intraoral fibrous bands binding the maxillary and mandibular alveolar ridges. This resulted in dramatically restricted mouth opening. These bands were divided surgically with endoscopic assistance.
