Elective Rotation This elective rotation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) is a two (2) week experience in basic surgical technique, wound closure techniques, principles of wound healing, exposure to emergent and elective reconstructive surgery as well as aesthetic surgery. The student may be required to travel to the clinic, outpatient surgery center and/or hospital facility during h...

Background: Resection of oral, cutaneous and subcutaneous tumors now occupies a significant portion of our soft tissue surgery referral practice. Cutaneous mast cell tumors are the most common skin tumor in dogs, comprising up to 21% of cutaneous malignancies. The incidence of soft tissue sarcomas is only slightly less, with these invasive malignancies constituting approximately 15% of all skin...

Med J Malaysia Vol 59 No 5 December 2004 It is a honour and pleasure to introduce Dr Egbert H Huizing and Dr John A.M. de Groot’s textbook entitled "Functional Reconstructive Nasal Surgery". This 386 page textbook is an authoritative and comprehensive manual catering specifically to the needs of the ENT trainees, surgeons and the Facial-Plastic community as a whole. Dr Huizing and Dr de Groot i...

Surgical correction of deep venous reflux is a valuable adjunct in treatment of selected patient with lower limb venous ulcer. Deep venous obstruction and superficial reflux is must be corrected first. Sustained venous ulcer healing and reduced ambulatory venous hypertension can be achieved in patients with both primary and secondary deep venous insufficiency. When direct valve repair is possib...

PREFACE 3 Preface It is indeed a pleasure to present our report of research activities 2001-2002. We thank you for your interest and your support during the last two years. We hope that this information is of use to you and look forward to continuing what has become excellent cooperation. Biomechanical analysis of biodegradable interbody fusion cages augmented with Poly(propylene glycol-co-fuma...

Introduction In most parts of the African continent, plastic and reconstructive surgery remains among the least developed surgical specialties, with training opportunities available only abroad. As a result, this specialty still depends largely on the abilities of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), philanthropic individuals, and organised surgical safaris/ camps to meet the reconstructive ne...

Surgery is a serious stressor and a cause of anxiety for the patients. Reconstructive surgery patients are mostly operated on because of certain functional impairment or disability; on the contrary, cosmetic surgery patients do not have any physical impairment and they are operated on because of mostly psychologic reasons. The aim of this study was to compare the anxiety levels in the reconstru...