Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery October-December 2016, Volume 9, Issue 4 286 Dear Editor, Surgical intervention in stable vitiligo is classified broadly as tissue grafting and cellular grafting.[1] Split‐thickness skin grafting, mini punch grafting, suction blister grafting and follicular unit extraction constitute tissue grafting, whereas non‐cultured epidermal cell suspension is an...

BACKGROUND Acetabular bone deficiency, especially proximal and lateral deficiency, is a difficult technical problem during primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). We report a new reconstruction method using a medial-reduced cemented socket and additional bulk bone in conjunction with impaction morselized bone grafting (additional bulk bone grafting meth...

BACKGROUND The issue of superiority of single internal thoracic artery grafting versus bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting remains unresolved. The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcome of single and bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting with concomitant saphenous vein grafting for multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS Between March 1985 and April ...

Hair transplant surgery has made significant strides over the past 25 years that has resulted in highly satisfied patients. The movements from miniand micro-grafting techniques to the now standard follicular grafting techniques have resulting in more aesthetically pleasing and natural appearance of transplanted hair [1, 2]. While the strip technique is the most practiced method of donor harvest...

Aseptic loosening of the glenoid component after total shoulder arthroplasty presents a considerable treatment challenge in the setting of substantial glenoid bone loss. Glenoid component explantation and bone grafting of defects have become common methods of recreating bone stock in hopes of preventing later fractures, maintaining joint kinematics, and allowing for later glenoid reimplantation...

In the current issue, Wrigley and colleagues ask whether a hybrid approach, using a combination of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using stents, might be the best method of revascularisation in multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), at least in selected patients1. Their basic premise, that a combination of internal mammary artery grafting ...

We report on a means to endow proteins with the ability to permeate mammalian cells without appending an exogenous domain. Our approach is to install a cationic patch on the surface of a target protein by the grafting of arginine residues. Doing so with GFP did not compromise conformational stability but enabled efficient cellular uptake that was dependent on cell-surface glycosaminoglycans. We...

IN considering corneal grafting it must surely be in the thoughts of all of us that we are offering our own special tribute as ophthalmologists to the pioneer work of our colleague and President, Mr. Tudor Thomas. For it was in Cardiff that he carried out that experimental and clinical work which not only inspired ophthalmic surgeons in many parts of the world to study corneal grafting, but whi...

Method Two consecutive series of patients underwent arterial revascularization at two institutions from 2000-2010. In group A, 183 patients underwent CABG with non-sequential BIMA grafting, utilizing the RA for additional targets. In group B, 771 patients underwent solely sequential BIMA grafting in a Y-graft configuration. Patient differences were balanced using a propensity score developed fr...