AIM: The aim of the study was to assess the 5-year cumulative survival rate of implant-based dental rehabilitation following maxillofacial reconstruction with a vascularized bone flap and to investigate the potential risk factors which might influence the survival rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was designed. Inclusion cri...
Published in The Journal of laryngology and otology
To analyse the treatment results of bilobed flap reconstruction performed for skin defects after parotid carcinoma surgery. Ten patients who underwent bilobed flap reconstruction for skin defects after parotid carcinoma surgery in our hospital, from 2014 to 2020, were retrospectively enrolled. All patients underwent bilobed flap reconstruction for ...
Published in Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
Purpose: To evaluate whether using platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the graft recipient bed after the resection of a neoplasia can influence its recurrence because this product stimulates angiogenesis, mitogenesis and chemotaxis. Methods: A study with 30 rats Wistar ( Rattus norvegicus albinus ), which were separated into group A (induction of carcino...
Published in The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 44-year-old Final Diagnosis: Amputed left hand distal to the wrist joint Symptoms: Amputed left hand distal to the wrist joint Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Replantation of amputaed hand augmented with fasciocutaneous left groin flap Specialty: Orthopedics and Traumatology • Plastic Surgery • Rehabilitation • Surgery Objective: M...
Published in Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
Purpose: To assess the effects of adipocyte-derived stem cell (ASC)-injection on the survival of surgical flaps under ischemia in diabetic rats. Methods: Diabetes was induced in 30 male Wistar rats using streptozotocin (55 mg/kg). After eight weeks, epigastric flap (EF) surgery was performed. The animals were divided into control (CG), medium-solut...
Published in Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) on angiogenesis in random rat skin flaps, by immunoexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A). Methods: Forty adult rats were divided into four groups: GE) epilated; GE/HBO) epilated subjected to HBO; GER) epilated submitted to dorsal skin flap; GER/HBO) epilated subje...
Published in The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 30-year-old Final Diagnosis: Biceps brachii muscle necrosis Symptoms: Impaired elbow flexion Medication:— Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Orthopedics and Traumatology • Plastic Surgery Objective: Rare disease Background: Several surgical procedures to restore elbow flexion have been reported in the literature. Multiple factors direc...
Published in Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
This study presents the method used for chest reconstruction and treatment of mediastinitis following cardiac surgery at the Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo Medical School. After infection control with antibiotic therapy associated with aggressive surgical debridement and negative pressure wound therapy, chest reconstruction is perfo...
Published in The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 35-year-old Final Diagnosis: Periodontitis Symptoms: Gingival bleeding • tooth displacement • tooth mobility Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Dentistry Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Dental extraction is the only treatment option for terminal stage periodontal disease. Remnants of the pathological period...
BACKGROUND: CRANIAL (CSF Rhinorrhoea After Endonasal Intervention to the Skull Base) is a prospective multicenter observational study seeking to determine 1) the scope of skull base repair methods used and 2) corresponding rates of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea in the endonasal transsphenoidal approach (TSA) and the expanded en...
