BACKGROUND With the increasing use of hydroxyapatite orbital implants, the complication of exposure has become apparent to oculoplastic surgeons. Many kinds of patch grafts, such as sclera, dermis, and hard palate mucosa, have been used to cover exposed hydroxyapatite implants with inconsistent results. In this study, the authors use a newly developed technique, autogenous retroauricular myoper...

BACKGROUND In many transplant centres lamivudine is an important component of prophylaxis against, and treatment of, hepatitis B virus (HBV) graft infection. Drug resistant HBV species with specific polymerase mutations may emerge during lamivudine treatment. AIMS To examine the clinical consequences of graft infection by lamivudine resistant virus. METHODS The clinical course of four liver...

Results of gas endarterectomy of the right coronary artery were evaluated in 29 consecutive patients. There were one surgical and two early postsurgical deaths. All three had postmortem examination, and in two there was occlusion of the gas endarterectomy. Five patients did not have repeat catheterization. Twenty-one patients were completely re-evaluated and had repeat cardiac catheterization o...

PurposeThe global shortage of available donor organs and the poor clinical outcomes re-transplant patients raise ethical economic concerns. In this study, we examined difference in post-transplant survival (re-HTx) with without use marginal hearts.MethodsThe United Network Organ Sharing database was retrospectively queried from January 2000 to March 2020 identify adult (17 > years) underwent re...

dear editor,we have greatly enjoyed reading the case report entitled “‘femoral condyle fracture during revision of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: case report and a review of literature in the issue of arch bone jt surg. 2015;3(2) with great interest. we would like to commend the authors for their detailed and valuable work. although various case reports have described postoperative ...

Background: Using arterial grafts is commonly associated with good outcome. left internal mammary artery and radial can achieve complete revascularization of coronary system by using sequential grafting or multiple Y Technique. Objective: We present our experience in (RA) Y-graft 100 patients. Patients Methods: Between February 2016 January 2019, patients (aged 45-60 years) the diagnosis multi-...

Background: Re-epithelialization has an important role in skin wound healing. Delays in re-epithelialization are more likely to create the chronic wound. Impaired wound healing leads to a large burden of morbidity and mortality. Current treatments based on the use of autografts, allografts and xenografts, suffer from limitations such as, quantity of donor skin available, donor-site infection, p...

background and aims. plasma rich in growth factors (prgf) is a concentrated suspension of growth factors, which is used to promote periodontal tissue regeneration. the aim of this randomized, controlled, clinical trial was to evaluate of the treatment of grade ii mandibular molar furcation involvement using autogenous bone graft with and without prgf. materials and methods. in this double-blind...

Although urethral strictures have been known since antiquity, the surgical management of has undergone a great (re)evolution over last six decades, both in perception disease and repair techniques, always presenting itself as challenge for surgeon patient. Reconstruction stricture involving combination grafts flaps consists group complex procedures with specific clinical indications. The knowle...