Acellular Piscine Dermis for Pediatric Hand Burn Reconstruction.

Pediatric hand burns are difficult to treat, with thin tissue with critical structures close to the skin and the small scale of the anatomy of children's hands. Additionally, pediatric burns can be challenging due to the concern for donor-site morbidity and the paucity of donor sites when reconstructing these wounds. In this report, we discuss the successful application of a piscine-derived acellular dermal matrix in a 13-month-old child with deep partial thickness and full-thickness burns to the right upper extremity.

Successful Treatment of Wounds from Nonuremic Calciphylaxis with Acellular Piscine Dermis.

In this report, we present a 57-year-old man with chronic bilateral lower extremity wounds from nonuremic calciphylaxis, which were successfully reconstructed using a piscine-derived acellular dermal matrix. The acellular dermal matrix incorporated quickly, providing a wound bed that was amenable to skin grafting. We demonstrate that this is an effective off-the-shelf solution for these chronic wounds, resulting in pain reduction and complete closure of the wounds, allowing the patient to return to his previous baseline activities, and improving his quality of life.

Geographic Trends in the Neurosurgery Match During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In the present article, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on geographical trends in the neurosurgery match in successfully matched applicants was analyzed. A cross-sectional analysis for the years from 2017 to 2021 was performed. Successful applicants' region, state, and medical school were compared with the location of their matched residency program.

Successful upper extremity limb salvage using cellular- and tissue-based products in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes.

Introduction: Uncontrolled diabetes causes dysfunction in all stages of wound healing, including greatly delayed wound closure owing to impaired angiogenesis. CTPs play an important role in advanced wound care, especially in complex diabetic wounds. The 3 categories of CTP are ECMs, amniotic tissues, and composite products that combine living cells and a collagen matrix.

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Match.

 Matching into an orthopaedic surgery residency program presents a challenging accomplishment for applicants to achieve in any given year. Due to the profound changes to the application process caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic it was theorized that there would be a change in the number of graduates matching close to their home medical school region, state, and program.  Orthopaedic surgery residency program Web sites and social media accounts were accessed to elucidate current resident data, including graduates' medical school, and geographical location of their school.

Orphan Applicants in Plastic Surgery: Where Do Medical Students Without an Affiliated Residency Program Match?

Background: The number of resident positions in integrated plastic surgery residencies are relatively few and highly sought after. Medical students interested in plastic surgery as a career are faced with the challenge of deciding where to apply for these highly competitive spots. This sense of keen competition means students are often applying to almost all available programs across the country with the idea of increasing their chance of successfully matching.

COVID-19 and the Otolaryngology Match: An Increase in Applicants Remaining Close to Home.

Introduction: Otolaryngology residency remains one of the most competitive surgical subspecialties to apply for with a 63% match rate in 2021. This is a difficult and stressful process for applicants in any given year, and it was even further complicated by restrictions mandated by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) protections. Analyzing geographical trends in successfully matched applicants provides prospective applicants and programs with helpful information about how previous trends were affected by the pandemic as we look toward future match cycles.

Evaluating the Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Match During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on medical education and on the 2021 Match. Visiting student rotations at locations other than students' home institutions were cancelled and residency interviews were hosted virtually. This study evaluated the impact that COVID-19 had on the 2021 Match including residency programs matching applicants from within their own institution as well as from within the same region.

Erythematous Plaques and Tense Bullae in an Infant.

Although often thought of as a disease of the elderly, bullous pemphigoid is the second most common bullous disease in infants. Infantile bullous pemphigoid is extremely rare and may be easily confused with other skin diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa and chronic bullous disease of childhood. There appears to be a paucity of literature on unique clinical presentations of infantile bullous pemphigoid.

Successful Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction in a Patient With Systemic Sclerosis.

Patients with connective tissue diseases have been shown to be at higher risk for complications after surgery. In this report, we describe a case of a patient with long-standing, stable systemic sclerosis (SS), diagnosed approximately 28 years ago, who underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with prepectoral tissue-expander placement. She subsequently had uneventful implant-based reconstruction with adjunctive fat grafting.

Anomalous Presentation of Venous Malformations in an Adolescent Male.

Venous malformations (VMs) may manifest clinically in a broad spectrum. Most VMs are sporadic with previous studies reporting less than 1.2% to be inherited.