Alveolar Oral Layer Repair by Periosteal Grafts versus Maxillary Flaps and Gingivoperiosteoplasty: Techniques and Follow-up to Adolescence.

Background: Alveolar periosteoplasty during primary repair of cleft lip is still a topic of debate due to the fear exacerbating maxillary retrusion. The authors present their experience with early closure of alveolar clefts. The study aims to analyze gingivoperiosteoplasty (GPP) by comparing the use of locoregional flaps versus distant grafts for reconstruction of the lower layer of the primary palate cleft.

Mid-face Massive Loss Reconstruction: Free Latissimus Dorsi Used as Both a Donor and Recipient for Two Subsequent Temporoparietal Flaps.

After a camel bite, a man lost much of his mid-face tissues, including right eye, nose, cheeks, upper lip, and palate. A free latissimus dorsi flap was used to simultaneously fill and cover the huge gap and to rebuild the new mouth roof. A few weeks later, it could also offer local hinged flaps working as raw beds to receive a converse scalping flap, and extended temporoparietal flaps were used for reconstruction of the nose and hairy upper lip, respectively.

Burn variables influencing survival: a study of 144 patients.

This review assess the influence of burn variables on patients' survival using epidemiological analysis of 144 patients admitted over a 2-year period, the overall mortality rate was 9.7 per cent. The risk of mortality in patients with 30-50 and 50-80 per cent total body surface area (TBSA) burns was 16 and 86 times that in patients with less than 30 per cent TBSA burns respectively.

[Esthetic pinching of the globular nasal tip. Technical note].

A conservative technique designed to simple reduce the width of nasal tip is presented. It consists of approximation of the anterosuperior segments of alar lateral crus after their elevation on median pedicles. A marginal inferior band of alar cartilage is left adherent to the nasal mucosa.