Skull base surgical defects present unique challenges to anatomic and functional reconstruction. Fortunately, many endonasal skull base defects are successfully managed with a variety of local and regional reconstructive techniques. However, when prior surgery or radiotherapy eliminates the use of these local and regional reconstructive options, more elaborate free tissue transfer techniques ar...

AIMS To review the disease profile and treatment outcome of patients with primary skin malignancies treated at a regional cancer centre. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Surgical oncology unit of a tertiary care regional cancer centre. Evaluation of treatment outcome of patients with skin cancer from Surgical Oncology database was done. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of records of 77 patie...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx (HPSCC) tends to present with an advanced stage. Surgery with postoperative radiation or chemoradiation therapy has been the standard treatment for HPSCC. Radical surgery may result in a large surgical defect of the hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal regions. Reconstruction of the surgical defect is also important after ablation procedures. Many re...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze changing trends in head and neck cancer reconstructive surgery and analyze the effect of surgeon and hospital volume. METHODS Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for 133,850 patients who underwent a major ablative procedure for a malignant oral cavity, laryngeal, hypopharyngeal, or oropharyngeal neoplasm in 1993 to 2010 were anal...

Radiation therapy, although a useful modality for cancer therapy, injures the surrounding uninvolved tissues. Although surgery is often necessary for non-healing ulcers, surgery of irradiated wounds is recognized as challenging. In this study, we evaluate the outcomes and complications of patients who underwent surgical treatment of irradiated wounds. We reviewed 36 patients who underwent recon...

INTRODUCTION The main objective of the present review article was to study the different aspects of reconstructive surgery for posterior urethral defects by reviewing the published articles and presentation of our experiences in the reconstructive urology division at Shohada-e-Tajrish hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Medline was searched with the keywords of posterior urethroplasty, end-to...

INTRODUCTION Oncologic surgery leads to important defects and sequelae, as well as notable cosmetic and functional alterations. In this aspect reconstructive surgery has an essential role, allowing more radical excision and lower associated functional and cosmetic morbidities. The aim of this study was to present and evaluate the experience and results of the reconstructive microsurgery unit in...

BACKGROUND Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) allografts and their putative benefits have been increasingly described in prosthesis based breast reconstruction. There have been a myriad of analyses outlining ADM complication profiles, but few large-scale, multi-institutional studies exploring these outcomes. In this study, complication rates of acellular dermis-assisted tissue expander breast recons...