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...

BACKGROUND We report two cases of vascular complications after reconstructive pelvic surgery successfully treated with pelvic artery embolization. CASES Two patients who underwent mesh placement complicated by postoperative pelvic hemorrhage were treated successfully with selective arterial embolization. CONCLUSION The widespread adoption of reconstructive pelvic surgery procedures with dis...

BACKGROUND Head and neck oncologists are often confronted with the difficult challenge of balancing cancer cure with the preservation of function when deciding the patient's best treatment protocol. This task is especially difficult in cancer of the base of tongue. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the beavertail modification of the radial forearm-free flap in base of tongue reconst...

Anand R. Kumar,* Raymond Harshbarger, and Barry Martin Department of Surgery (Plastic Surgery), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, Maryland. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Washington, District...