Wound Healing and Therapy in Soft Tissue Defects of the Hand and Foot from a Surgical Point of View.

Wounds and tissue defects of the hand and foot often lead to severe functional impairment of the affected extremity. Next to general principles of wound healing, special functional and anatomic considerations must be taken into account in the treatment of wounds in these anatomical regions to achieve a satisfactory reconstructive result. In this article, we outline the concept of wound healing and focus on the special aspects to be considered in wounds of the hand and foot.

[Change of perception of aged male attractiveness by conventional or male facelift: 3D simulation study of a new facelift concept for men].

Background:  Facelift is now the fourth most common aesthetic procedure in men. Facial ageing is very different in men and women. Therefore, individual techniques are used since a uniform concept for the surgical facelift in men does not exist.

[The medical dissertation in Germany : A quantitative analysis of promotion regulations in medical faculties].

Background: The medical dissertation represents an independently processed scientific project. In the field of medicine this has for many years displayed the basis for controversial discussions. The aim of the study presented here was to evaluate the prerequisites of all current promotion regulations in German medical faculties in order to develop a comparability on the basis of a scoring system.

Coating of an anti-Fas antibody on silicone: first in vivo results.

Background: Although the etiology of capsular contracture after breast augmentation has not yet been definitively clarified, the literature contains numerous reports placing the blame on a foreign body reaction. We have developed a procedure for covalently activating a silicone surface with an anti-Fas antibody, which might suppress the foreign body reaction on the silicone surface.

Objectives: The authors evaluate whether surrounding tissue might be influenced by anti-Fas antibody coating on silicone disks in comparison to untreated silicone disks in an in vivo model.