Introduction  The penis eventually needs specific cutaneous coverage in the context of reconstructive procedures following trauma or congenital anomalies. Local flaps are the first choice but are not always available after multiple previous procedures. In these cases, skin graft and dermal matrices should be considered. Materials and Methods  This study was a retrospective review of the past 4 ...

Background: Severe degloving injury of the lower extremities is uncommon but challenging. The study aimed to present our experience of skin grafts for the salvage of severe degloved above-knee amputation stump. Methods: From September 2007 to January 2014, five patients with severe degloving injury of lower extremities were treated with immediate full-thickness skin graft following a protocol o...

The skin is a dynamic organ whose complex material properties are capable of withstanding continuous mechanical stress while accommodating insults and organism growth. Moreover, synchronized hair cycles, comprising waves of hair growth, regression and rest, are accompanied by dramatic fluctuations in skin thickness in mice. Whether such structural changes alter skin mechanics is unknown. Mouse ...

A limited clinical trial on split-thickness skin graft donor sites was conducted in 15 consecutive patients to assess the action of MEBO compared with the conventional Sofra-Tulle (Roussel Laboratories Ltd., Uxbridge, UK) split-thickness skin graft donor site dressing used in our service. All patients included in the study were white, with Fitzpatrick skin types II and III (age range, 5–65 year...

This work aimed to elucidate the primary factors which affect skin temperature. A simple thermophysical model of skin, accounts for radiative, convective, and evaporative heat losses, has been developed address it. The is based on skin’s morphology consists passive (nonviable tissue) active (viable layers. bioheat equation was solved these layers using realistic assumptions. It found that other...

BACKGROUND Excessive resection of penile skin is a rare but important complication of circumcision. Penis "trapping" under the skin and consequent sexual dysfunction occur as a result. CASE REPORT Excessive circumcision with complete resection of the penile skin is shown. Penis, trapped under the skin, was deliberated and skin defect was substituted with the full thickness skin graft. One yea...

There are only a few studies on the adverse effects of inhaled corticosteroids on the skin in asthmatic patients. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of inhaled corticosteroids on de novo collagen synthesis of skin and bone, skin thickness and the total amount of skin collagen. Twenty seven consecutive new asthmatic patients, on a moderate dose of budesonide or beclomethasone dipropionate, were ...

Introduction: Skin resistance is greatly dependent on its collagen amount and nutritional substances such as crude protein that affect the skin collagen can indirectly influence the skin resistance and increase its strength. In this regard, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of in ovo methionine injection on histomorphometry of the skin layers. Methods: Thirty fertilized eg...