obstructing the airway, oedema and leaks has made tracheostomy unpopular among surgeons as well as anaesthetists for such cases. However, in our cases, scenario tracheostomy was fortunately advantageous as it enabled (1) the use of long‐acting muscle relaxants and (2) correcting the tracheobronchial axis by allowing further release of the extensive contracture bands and eventual introduction of...

BACKGROUND Free and pedicled medial and lateral thigh-based flaps are common reconstructive procedures. However, there have been no comparative studies of morbidity between medial and lateral donor sites. METHODS We conducted an Enterprise Data Warehouse-based review of all the senior authors' (R.D.G., G.A.D., and M.S.A.) thigh-based free and pedicled flaps. Patient demographic data, donor-si...

The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is based on the perforator arteries of the deep inferior epigastric artery. The rectus abdominis muscle provides an excellent myocutaneous flap, either pedicled or free, because of the rich vascularity provided by the epigastric vessels and separation of muscle belly from the surrounding tissue within the rectus sheath. The study was conducted...

Introduction: We describe a novel technique of contralateral pedicled deepithelialized superficial inferior epigastric artery flaps, followed by abdominal advancement coverage, as an alternative treatment of radiated complicated inguinal or lower abdominal defects, avoiding the donor-site defect typically seen with other methods of coverage. Methods: Two male patients with histories of liposarc...

OBJECTIVE This article serves to review latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap as an option for breast reconstruction postmastectomy. Since the introduction of the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap in the late 1970s, its use has always been as a secondary technique, particularly after the development of the transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap in the 1980s. METHODS A literature review o...

Breast cancer is the most common malignant disease in the female population. Significant psychological, social, and sexual morbidity can follow mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer owing to the realization of the life-threatening disease as well as impaired body image [1]. Breast reconstruction improves the patient’s self-confidence after the loss of a breast from cancer or trauma [2]. Of ...