background neck reconstruction is considered as one of the most important surgeries in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. the present study aimed to assess the results of reconstructive surgery of extensive face and neck burning scars using tissue expanders. methods this descriptive prospective study was conducted on 36 patients with extensive burning scars on the neck and face. operation for...

BACKGROUND Neck reconstruction is considered as one of the most important surgeries in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. The present study aimed to assess the results of reconstructive surgery of extensive face and neck burning scars using tissue expanders. METHODS This descriptive prospective study was conducted on 36 patients with extensive burning scars on the neck and face. Operatio...

ALESSANDRA RINALDO, ASHOK R. SHAHA, WILLIAM I. WEI, CARL E. SILVER and ALFIO FERLITO From the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of...

Hip and neck femur fracture surgery was associated with high post-operative mortality and poor functional results. The decision-making process with regards to the elderly with hip or neck femur fractures was of great importance, requiring consideration of ethical, medico legal and economic factors in addition to the purely medical ones. An important component in the decision-making process was ...

Lipoma is one of the most common benign soft tissue tumors. However, giant lipomas compressing and deforming neurovascular structure rarely occur in lateral neck. A 70-year-old man visited our outpatient clinic for treatment a visible painless neck mass that had been identified 2 years prior. Neck magnetic resonance imaging revealed 10 × 9 4 cm fatty located between sternocleidomastoid sternohy...

conclusions according to the findings of this study, the most common cause of penetrating neck injuries was stab wounds, and the majority of patients were young men, therefore, preventive measures should be implemented. because of fatal complications associated with neck injuries, we recommend early neck exploration in unstable cases or when injuries are deeper than the platysma. results among ...

Introduction The antero-lateral thigh (ALT) flap is a well-established method in plastic-reconstructive surgery of the head and neck region.

Macario Camacho, MD Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Sleep Surgery and Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD Department of Psychiatry, Division of Sleep Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Redwood City, CA, USA Robson Capasso, MD Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sleep Surgery Division, Stanford University Medi...