BACKGROUND Phyllodes tumors are uncommon tumors of the breast that exhibit aggressive growth. While surgical management of the tumor has been reported, a single surgical approach with immediate breast reconstruction using AlloDerm has not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 22-year-old woman presented with a 4 cm mass in the left breast upon initial examination. Although the initial needle bio...

RESULTS: DCM showed markedly better gross incorporation than all other groups at 30 and 60 days, and were the only implants to contract upon direct electrical stimulation. Histologically, the commercially available ADM’s demonstrated encapsulation at both 30 and 60 days, and StratticeTM showed peripheral hypercellularity and central acellularity, whereas native decellularized matrices showed in...

BACKGROUND Although many methods for cosmetic lip augmentation are available, none represents an ideal solution. OBJECTIVE A quantitative analysis of surgical lip augmentation was undertaken comparing AlloDerm (Lifecell Corp., Branchburg, NJ) allogenic dermal graft and autologous fat injection with autologous fat injection alone. METHODS Horizontal stab incisions were made at the vermilion ...

OBJECTIVE To compare various graft materials in the rabbit model, including autologous cartilage, dermal tissue, fat, and AlloDerm (a cadaver-derived material). METHODS Twenty-five New Zealand white rabbits were used. Equally sized autogenous (fat, fascia, cartilage, and dermal) grafts and AlloDerm were implanted into subcutaneous dorsal pockets on the rabbits. Animals were killed 1, 2, 3, an...

introduction: to describe the underlay tympanoplasty technique using an acellular dermal graft(alloderm) for tympanic membrane (tm) reconstruction in a guinea pig model and to demonstrate the feasibility of the technique using alloderm tissue harvested from the prepuce as a source of tissue for future grafting in human tm reconstruction.   materials and methods: the prepuce was divided during c...

Fistula formation after restorative proctocolectomy poses a challenge to the surgeon and sometimes can lead to the excision of the pouch. While pouch-vaginal fistulas are more common, pouch-sacral fistulas are a rare event and treatment is still controversial. The authors report a case of pouch-sacral fistula which was treated successfully with a novel approach comprising pouch revision, debrid...

background: tissue engineering represents very exciting advances in regenerative medicine; however, periodontal literature only contains few reports. emdogain (emd) consists of functional molecules that have shown many advantages in regenerative treatments. this study investigated emd effect on gingival fi broblast adhesion to different membranes. materials and methods: two dense polytetrafl uo...

BACKGROUND Tissue engineering represents very exciting advances in regenerative medicine; however, periodontal literature only contains few reports. Emdogain (EMD) consists of functional molecules that have shown many advantages in regenerative treatments. This study investigated EMD effect on gingival fibroblast adhesion to different membranes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two dense polytetrafluoro...