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Cicatrix/rehabilitation , Cleft Lip/rehabilitation , Tattooing , Cicatrix/etiology , Cleft Lip/psychology , Hair , Humans , Male , Surgery, Plastic/adverse effectsABSTRACT
Dermatography is the application of tattooing techniques in medicine. In the past, several techniques were tried but none led to reproducible results. Dermatography has been improved over the last ten years, providing techniques which are both generally applicable and reproducible. It is a suitable treatment modality for permanently camouflaging disturbing discolorations and scars. This paper covers technical and medical aspects of dermatography, as well the indications.
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Cicatrix/therapy , Pigmentation Disorders/therapy , Tattooing/instrumentation , Cicatrix/etiology , Coloring Agents/administration & dosage , Coloring Agents/adverse effects , Female , Foreign-Body Reaction/pathology , Humans , Male , Pigmentation Disorders/etiology , Postoperative Complications/pathology , Skin/pathologyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To investigate dermatography as a treatment for cleft lip and palate. METHODS: The results of the treatment of 19 cleft lip patients with discoloration of scars and the vermillion border after secondary cleft lip and palate surgery by dermatography and intracicatricial keloidectomy are described. RESULTS: This group of patients has gained self-confidence after treatments, to the extent that their articulation has improved. CONCLUSION: Dermatography can be applied as an adjuvant treatment with good cosmetic and esthetic results.
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Cicatrix/therapy , Cleft Lip/therapy , Cleft Palate/therapy , Tattooing/methods , Carbon/administration & dosage , Cicatrix/surgery , Cicatrix, Hypertrophic/therapy , Esthetics , Ferric Compounds/administration & dosage , Ferrous Compounds/administration & dosage , Humans , Keloid/therapy , Needles , Pigmentation Disorders/therapy , Pigments, Biological/administration & dosage , Tattooing/instrumentationABSTRACT
Early diagnosis is an significantly relevant factor in the prognosis of oral cavity carcinomas. Knowledge of the clinical and oral manifestations of pre-cancerous lesions in general dentistry is of paramount importance. The initial treatment, follow-up schedule and reference timing are given in a decision chart. Special attention is given to the timing of biopsies in the treatment plan.
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Dentists , Mouth Neoplasms/diagnosis , Physician's Role , Precancerous Conditions/diagnosis , Algorithms , Biopsy , Humans , Mouth Neoplasms/pathology , Precancerous Conditions/pathology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Two patients with discolouration fo skin grafts after head and neck surgery, were treated with dermatography, a refined method of tattooing, and with intra-cicatricial keloidectomy, of which the results are described.
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Skin Pigmentation , Skin Transplantation , Tattooing , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Head and Neck Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Keloid/etiology , Keloid/surgery , Male , Skin Transplantation/adverse effects , Tattooing/instrumentation , Tattooing/methodsABSTRACT
Fracture treatment of the extremely atrophic mandible is a challenge to the surgeon because of the special problems and complications. A reliable method is the internal fixation technique with multiple split rib grafts. By use of immediate split rib bone grafting secondary revisions and reconstructions may be avoided. The technique and rationale are discussed.
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Mandibular Fractures/surgery , Aged , Atrophy , Bone Plates , Female , Humans , Mandible/pathology , Mandibular Fractures/diagnostic imaging , Middle Aged , Radiography , Ribs/transplantationABSTRACT
Monitoring the radiation-induced G2-arrest with flow cytometry disclosed the relationship between the pattern of accumulation in G2 and the cell kinetics (Tc), as assessed with semi-continuous labelling. A close relationship between these two parameters was observed in a murine mammary tumour after high dose-rate irradiation and in human cervix tumours (xenografted and in patients) after low dose-rate irradiation. In inoperable tumours of the oral cavity, a G2-arrest, observed in the first two weeks of fractionated therapy, was found to predict a local cure. Consequently, it was concluded that the cells accumulated in G2 were not doomed cells. This process of radiation-induced synchronization might be exploited in fractionation schemes of which treatment intervals are adjusted to the Tc-related timing of the radiation-induced G2-arrest.
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/radiotherapy , Cell Cycle/radiation effects , Flow Cytometry , Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/radiotherapy , Mouth Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Animals , Brachytherapy , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology , Cell Division/radiation effects , Cesium Radioisotopes/therapeutic use , Combined Modality Therapy , DNA, Neoplasm/analysis , Female , Humans , Interphase/radiation effects , Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Nude , Mouth Neoplasms/pathology , Neoplasm Transplantation , Radiation Tolerance , Transplantation, Heterologous , Tumor Cells, Cultured/radiation effects , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/drug therapy , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathologySubject(s)
Cleft Palate/surgery , Nose/surgery , Respiration , Airway Obstruction/surgery , Female , Humans , Male , Nose/physiology , Nose Diseases/surgeryABSTRACT
The forehead flap can be used to close defects in the cheek and floor of the mouth, its pedicle can be used to close defects in the maxilla. This method was successfully applied in six patients.
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Forehead/surgery , Maxillary Neoplasms/surgery , Skin Transplantation , Surgical Flaps , Humans , Maxillary Neoplasms/rehabilitation , MethodsABSTRACT
Primitive neuroectodermal tumour is a rarely encountered lesion, mainly occurring within the central nervous system. A case is reported in which the tumour was situated in the anterior maxilla. Light microscopy and ultrastructural features that made it possible to differentiate the lesion from other small round-cell tumours are discussed. Combined surgical and radiotherapeutic intervention proved to be successful in eradicating the neoplasm.
