OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is the gold-standard nonsurgical organ-preservation treatment for advanced laryngeal carcinoma. Total laryngectomy (TL) is increasingly reserved for surgical salvage. Salvage surgery is associated with more complications than primary surgery. A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to establish the impact of organ preservation prot...

Onlay bone grafting, guided bone regeneration, and alveolar ridge split technique are considered reliable bone augmentation methods on the horizontally atrophic alveolar ridge. Among these techniques, alveolar ridge split procedures are technique-sensitive and difficult to perform in the posterior mandible. This case report describes successful implant placement with the use of piezoelectric hi...

OBJECTIVE We propose a modification to urethroplasty for stricture due to lichen sclerosus (balanitis xerotica obliterans). METHODS We combine two-stage bucal mucosa graft and onlay ventral island flap. RESULTADOS/CONCLUSIONES: This technique offers enlargement of the graft with the island flap and removal of the pathological skin.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of dorsal onlay urethroplasty using buccal mucosa graft (BMG) versus penile skin flap (PSF) in the repair of long anterior urethral strictures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients with long anterior urethral strictures were randomized to receive either dorsal onlay BMG urethroplasty or PSF urethroplasty. All patients were evaluated preoper...

HYPOTHESIS Long-term (5-year) recurrence rates are comparable between onlay vs retrorectus mesh-reinforced ventral hernia repairs. DESIGN Retrospective study of prospective data collection. SETTING University and Veterans Affairs hospitals. PATIENTS One hundred twenty-five patients treated between February 1988 and September 2001. Ninety-four patients were male. The mean patient age was 5...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the feasibility and initial results of an everted saphenous vein graft (eSVG) as a dorsolateral onlay, in patients with long anterior urethral strictures and/or chronic tobacco users. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 20 patients with long anterior urethral strictures (>7 cm) and/or chronic tobacco exposed oral mucosa were included in the study. The harvested SV...

PURPOSE Following failed hypospadias repair absence of the penile foreskin, a shortage of ventral skin and residual chordee may all contribute to poor long-term results. We describe a technique called the split onlay skin (SOS) flap that has improved our surgical outcomes in boys requiring salvage hypospadias repair. MATERIALS AND METHODS The SOS flap uses a transverse island of penile shaft ...