introduction: providing the material for penile reconstruction after release of chordee associated with hypospadias is challenging. we have used the preputial vascularized island flap for this purpose. we report the results of this prospective study. materials and methods: one hundred and twelve boys ranging from 13 months to 12 years of age were enrolled in this study. the location of meatus r...

Mucogingival surgery involving gingival reconstruction has become an integral part of current periodontal practice. Gingival recession, either localized or generalized, may beassociated with one or more surfaces, resulting in attachment loss and root exposure, which can lead to clinical and fuctional problems such as poor esthetic, poor plaque control and root hypersensitivity etc. Miller’s Cla...

Despite all modern surgical techniques, skin flap that is considered as the main method in most reconstructive surgeries puts the skin tissue at danger of necrosis and apoptosis derived from ischemia. Therefore, finding a treatment for decreasing the apoptosis derived from flap ischemia will be useful in clinic. In present study, we evaluated the effect of azelaic acid 20% and finasteride on ex...

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), which presents with a severe degree of trismus, is a great surgical challenge. The surgical procedures include excision of fibrous bands with or without coverage of the surgically created defect. The use of vascularised flaps such as the palatal pedicled flap, tongue flaps, use of buccal fat pad and nasolabial flaps are becoming increasingly popular. We present a...

operate himself, and gave me in London in the summer of 1914, a detailed and accurate description of his flap. In the autumn of 1914, I gave this flap a fair and full trial. The conclusions I came to were not favourable. The other flaps described in my article I tried 3rears ago. We have now before us a " new operation " described by Major Corry in the December number of the I. M. G. From this ...

We have performed a form of lunate replacement arthroplasty, which included excision of the lunate and insertion of a vascularised radial bone flap wrapped in pronator quadratus, for stage IIIB or stage IV Kienböck's disease, in 41 patients who have been followed up for more than three years. All patients reported an improvement in their symptoms, and 20 of the 41 became free of pain after the ...

BACKGROUND Successful tongue reconstruction after total glossectomy for advanced tongue or base of tongue cancer should restore swallowing, speech function, and cosmesis. METHODS The anterior lateral thigh flap sensitive myocutaneous (ALTF) with vastus lateralis muscle was used to reconstruct the oral defect in a patient undergoing total glossectomy with laryngeal preservation for T4 tongue c...

Penile reconstruction is usually performed in patients with gender dysphoria; with penile loss because of trauma, infection, and tumors; and with congenital deformities like severe hypospadias, in which standard techniques do not achieve a good result. Hypospadias are one of the most common inherent genital anomalies in boys. Many surgical procedures have been published for total phallic recons...

BACKGROUND Although we have seen tremendous advancement in microsurgery over the last 2 decades and free tissue transfer has become standard for head and neck reconstruction, surgeons still struggle to prevent postoperative complications. We examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and postoperative complications in patients undergoing rectus abdominis free flap transfer after an...