Highly resolved computational simulations of a three-dimensional high-lift wing are presented. The steady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes computations are geared towards understanding the flow intricacies associated with inboard and outboard flap side edges. Both moderate and high flap deflections are simulated. Computed surface pressure fields accurately capture the footprint of vortices at fl...

Eyelid reconstruction is complex and challenging since it is not only for structural and functional restoration, but also for an acceptable aesthetic result. In full thickness eyelid injuries, it will involve both anterior and posterior lamella. Therefore, when reconstructing the defect, it requires at least two layers; one will be a flap with blood supply, and the other can be a free graft. In...

PURPOSE To compare the clinical outcome of pterygium surgery combining intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) with a free conjunctival autograft, with three other methods of pterygium surgery, including intraoperative MMC alone, conjunctival autograft alone, and bare sclera without adjunctive treatment. DESIGN Interventional, randomized and in part nonrandomized, prospective, comparative study. M...

Dear Editor, In trabeculectomy, maintaining bleb integrity is essential for preventing hypotony, infection, and exposure of the sclera. An amniotic membrane (AM) is often used to manage bleb integrity-related problems such as intraoperative buttonholes [1] and late postoperative bleb leakage [2-4]. Herein we present a case in which a large conjunctival bleb defect (6 × 3 mm) occurred during tra...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of our early experience with the distally pedicled peroneus brevis flap in the management of soft tissue defects of the lower leg, ankle and foot. METHODS This was a non-randomised, retrospective study involving five patients who were treated with the peroneus brevis muscle flap for soft tissue defects over the lower leg. RE...

Introduction: The pectoralis major flap was initially described by Ariyan in the 1970s. It has high acceptance due to its versatility for head and neck cancer reconstruction. Methods: This flap was used for the reconstruction of 46 patients with head and neck cancer, as following: mouth/tongue reconstruction (24); pharyngoesophageal transit reconstruction (11); repair of cervical skin loss (4);...

SIMPLE open-angle glaucoma in the South African Bantu races is an even graver disease than in Europeans. Should the disease progress, as it usually does, so that drug therapy no longer controls the pressure and surgery becomes inevitable, the results of drainage operations -are strangled by the relatively rapid fibrosis that develops. Generally this has been attributed to the keloid tendency of...

Canine amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation in conjunction with a third eyelid flap was used to promote healing of created deep corneal ulcers in 6 normal mongrel dogs. The healing was compared with the healing of created ulcers in the other eye of the same dog that were treated only with the third eyelid flap. A minimum of 60 days interval was allowed between the two treatment procedures in ...