ABSTRACT
The acute or emergency treatment of traumatic tattoos has been based on the principles of immediate and thorough removal of all particles. The delayed treatment of traumatic tattoos has classically been with overgrafting or dermabrasion. We developed an animal model for traumatic tattoos. Two levels of wounds were made (shallow and deep). Each group consisted of five guinea pigs with one consistent level of wounding. Four treatment methods were applied: carbon dioxide laser, argon laser, overgrafting, and dermabrasion. The results were evaluated by trained observers on a gross basis. Although no statistically significant differences were found within these small groups, clinical experience in a small group of patients suggests that carbon dioxide laser may prove to be useful in the delayed treatment of traumatic tattoos. Eight patients have been treated over a 4-year period. Satisfactory total or subtotal foreign body removal of various agents (road tar, cement, cooper particles) has been achieved.
Subject(s)
Foreign Bodies/surgery , Laser Therapy , Skin , Tattooing , Adolescent , Adult , Animals , Child , Dermabrasion , Female , Guinea Pigs , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Skin TransplantationABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to review the long-term results in anophthalmic patients treated for enophthalmos. The patients in our series had augmentation of the volume of their orbital contents by subperiosteal placement of room-temperature vulcanized silicone. From 1972 to 1985, sixty-three patients received subperiosteal placement of room-temperature vulcanized silicone for their enophthalmos. Twenty-four of these patients were seen in long-term follow-up 1 to 13 years postoperatively. Indepth follow-up evaluation showed that room-temperature vulcanized silicone subperiosteal implantation for the treatment of enophthalmos and superior sulcus depression in the anophthalmic orbit is a reliable, safe procedure that is without serious complications and has excellent long-term results.
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Anophthalmos/surgery , Eye, Artificial , Orbit/surgery , Adult , Anophthalmos/diagnostic imaging , Blepharoptosis/surgery , Eye, Artificial/adverse effects , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Orbit/diagnostic imaging , Prostheses and Implants , Radiography , Silicones , SyndromeABSTRACT
In summary, we present a 30-year follow-up of injected wax for the prevention of male-pattern baldness. Removal was precipitated by the presence of a fibroxanthoma of the scalp. No other scalp lesions were found, nor were there any manifestations of an autoimmune disease. The injected wax failed to prevent androgenic alopecia and created a remodeling of the outer table of the cortex of the skull.
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Alopecia/prevention & control , Prostheses and Implants , Waxes , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The natural history of an untreated coloboma with an orbital cleft in a 14-year-old girl is presented. The method of the surgical reconstruction of this defect is presented in detail: in a single operation the bony cleft was repaired and grafted, the globe was enucleated, and the lids and sockets were reconstituted.
