The goal of facial rejuvenation surgery is to provide a youthful contour to an ageing face. Facelift surgery has gone through a variety of modifications during the past 20 years. Initially, only skin lifts were performed, then modification of the submuscular aponeurotic system (SMAS) and platysma surgery. This endangered the facial nerve and parotid gland. Subsequently, adjunctive procedures we...

VOLUME 99, JUNE 2017 E1 WWW.CUTIS.COM To the Editor: Melanoma-associated hypopigmentation frequently has been reported during the disease course and can include different characteristics such as regression of the primary melanoma and/or its metastases as well as common vitiligolike hypopigmentation at sites distant from the melanoma.1,2 Among patients who present with hypopigmentation, the most...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Problems with pediatric airways are among the greatest challenges an anesthesiologist can face. Laryngeal spasm, which is twice or three times more frequent in the pediatric population, is paramount. The objective of this work was to report the treatment of laryngeal spasm applying digital pressure on a specific area behind the ear lobe. The technique is old, easy, but...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the thickness of the gastric wall at the time of intra gastric balloon (IGB) placement, at the time of its withdrawal and one month after withdrawal. METHODS fifteen morbidly obese patients underwent the introduction of IGB under general anesthesia. In all patients, there was infusion of 500ml of distilled water in the balloon for the test. Measurements of the thickness ...

http://www.neuroanatomy.org ISSN 1303-1775 (electronic) 1303-1783 (printed) Introduction Lesions originating from the neurovascular structures in the jugular foramen constitute one of the major challenges of skull base surgery. Jugular foramen is indeed the most complex of the foramina through which the cranial nerves pass, although the subject of many studies, remains poorly understood. Surger...

The reconstruction of extended defects of the concha poses a complex challenge for plastic surgeons. In cases of subtotal ablation, an alternative method designed especially for elderly oncological patients consists of epithetic rehabilitation. However, inserting an implant-retained concha epithesis proves challenging in patients with antecedents of deep resections involving the mastoid process...

Introducción y objetivo: La investigación docencia en Cirugía se basa fundamentalmente tres fuentes de conocimiento: el hombre enfermo, cadáver (hueso temporal humano) los simuladores quirúrgicos físicos o virtuales. legislación la ética limita acceso a huesos temporales nuestros Departamentos. Proponemos dos modelos costo-efectivos para entrenamiento, e cirugía cadena osicular, poniendo foco o...