UNLABELLED Autologous tissue transfer, in addition to replacing tissue that was lost during injury or surgery, offers women an excellent option to improve cosmetic appearance and self-confidence following mastectomy due to breast cancer. However, flap necrosis is a complication in obese patients undergoing this procedure. We created a mouse model to study the flap-related complications that lea...

BACKGROUND The proximal ulnar artery has several branches, including perforators that are directly derived from the ulnar artery and anterior/posterior recurrent arteries. There are only a few reports of flaps that use the anterior/posterior recurrent arteries, and flaps employing their perforators as a main pedicle are yet to be reported. In this study, posterior ulnar recurrent artery perfora...

Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical College, Calicut, India Address for correspondence: Sheeja Rajan TM. C/o Dr. M.C Rajesh, House No.321/33/5352, Near Express Ghar Flats, Chevayur, Calicut, Kerala, India. E-mail: [email protected] Aim: To evaluate the fan flaps done during the past two years with regard to applicability, reliability, functional perspective and complications. Materials and Me...

This experimental investigation examined the potential of pylon-based deployable flaps to reduce jet noise of separate-flow turbofan engines with a bypass ratio of eight. The main function of the flap deflectors is to thicken the low-speed region surrounding the core jet in the downward and sideline directions. The study encompassed acoustic measurements, noise-source imaging, mean-velocity sur...

T ueday, M arch 8, 2017 Fasciocutaneous flaps were favored for foot wounds (p<0.01), whereas muscle flaps were favored for tibial wounds (p<0.01), Gustilo grade IIIb injuries (p<0.01), and wounds with exposed hardware/bone/tendon (p=0.03). Intraoperatively, fasciocutaneous flaps were associated with lower estimated blood loss (p<0.01). Increasing 17-year trends were noted in the use of fasciocu...

Oroantral communication is a pathological communication between the oral and antral cavities. When oroantral communication is left open, epithelial tissue may develop namely oroantral fistula. The primary purpose is to close the communication and prevent sinusitis. OAF closures can be achieved using different flaps. The most widely employed flaps are vestibular flap, palatal flap and buccal fat...

INTRODUCTION: In reconstruction of upper extremity defects there are many options like local, free, island and perforator flaps. Reconstruction with perforator flaps is new trend in plastic surgery.1 Because of good vascularity, upper extremity is one of the most suitable part of the body for designing well known and also ad hoc perforator flaps. In this study we aimed to compare of reconstruct...

T ueday, M arch 8, 2017 Fasciocutaneous flaps were favored for foot wounds (p<0.01), whereas muscle flaps were favored for tibial wounds (p<0.01), Gustilo grade IIIb injuries (p<0.01), and wounds with exposed hardware/bone/tendon (p=0.03). Intraoperatively, fasciocutaneous flaps were associated with lower estimated blood loss (p<0.01). Increasing 17-year trends were noted in the use of fasciocu...

The defects of mucosal surfaces of the face, either congenital, traumatic, or postoperative, have been prominent subjects of plastic surgery. Local skin flaps and free flaps have been used to repair these defects. Because the face is the most vascularized portion of the body, skin flaps in this area have a great chance for viability. Buccal mucosa also shares the same feature of vascularity and...

Extensive defects of the scalp and forehead associated with calvarial bone resections demand complex reconstructions. Free flaps offer vascularized tissue of excellent quality and quantity. We report six patients with extensive scalp and forehead defects associated with calvarial bone resections reconstructed with free flaps. Five patients also required a cranioplasty. The flaps used were two a...