Think big - Plastic surgical treatment of complicated large sacral ulcerations: A case comparison.

Objective: Large pressure ulcers are a well know problem occurring frequently on immobilized patients. They can develop rapidly especially over bony prominences on the elderly, ICU patients and on patients after spinal cord injury. Plastic surgical treatment can be challenging if the defects are large and complications occur like affection of anal region or development of a Marjolin's scar ulcer.

Novel Treatment of a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Median Nerve.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rare, associated with a poor prognosis and uncertainty regarding the appropriate management. We report a novel oncologic and reconstructive treatment of a young patient with a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the median nerve of the left hand. The patient underwent a wide local excision, an opponensplasty, a nerve reconstruction by nerve allografts followed by brachytherapy treatment.

Brachytherapy in soft tissue tumours: an interdisciplinary challenge!

Objective: Interdisciplinary work including surgery and additive radiotherapy is often needed for the therapy of tumours. Beneath this, brachytherapy is an important part of the radiotherapy. It was first used over 100 years ago and is in regular use after the development of afterload technology in the early 1970s.

Percutaneous Cannulated Compression Screw Osteosynthesis in Phalanx Fractures: The Surgical Technique, the Indications, and the Results.

Fractures of metacarpals and phalanges are very common fractures, and there are a lot of treatment modalities. The purpose of the study was to describe the technique of percutaneous fixation of phalangeal fractures using a cannulated compression screw fixation system and its results. We conducted a prospective clinical study on 43 patients with different types of phalangeal fractures undergoing a percutaneous cannulated compression screw osteosynthesis.

Cosmetic changes following surgery and accelerated partial breast irradiation using HDR interstitial brachytherapy : Evaluation by a multidisciplinary/multigender committee.

Background: Patients with early-stage breast cancer can benefit from adjuvant accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) following breast-conserving surgery (BCS). This work reports on cosmetic results following APBI using multicatheter high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy (HDR-IBT).

Patients And Methods: Between 2006 and 2014, 114 patients received adjuvant APBI using multicatheter HDR-IBT.

New objective method in reporting the breast cosmesis after breast-conservative treatment based on nonstandardized photographs: The Objective Breast Cosmesis Scale.

Purpose: Subjective scoring is the most widely used approach in reporting the cosmetic outcome after breast-conservative therapy. This work introduces an objective system to document the breast cosmetic changes using nonstandardized photographs without scale calibration.

Methods And Materials: Two hundred twenty-eight photographs of 114 breast cancer patients were analyzed.

The repetitive use of non-thermal dielectric barrier discharge plasma boosts cutaneous microcirculatory effects.

Background: Non-thermal atmospheric plasma has proven its benefits in sterilization, cauterization and even in cancer reduction. Furthermore, physical plasma generated by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) promotes wound healing in vivo and angiogenesis in vitro. Moreover, cutaneous blood flow and oxygen saturation can be improved in human skin.

Reduced Amputation Rate by Circular TNP Application on Split-Skin Grafts After Deep Dermal Foot Scalds in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients.

The incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is expected to increase significantly. Due to peripheral neuropathy and angiopathy in IDDM patients, feet scalding results in deep burn injuries. Regularly amputations are needed with tremendous consequences.

Cold-induced alteration of adipokine profile in humans.

Adipose tissue function and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity are tightly interconnected. Adipose tissue is densely innervated by the SNS. Adipokines secreted by adipose tissue are implicated in maintaining energy homeostasis, the control of blood pressure, immune system function, hemostasis, and atherosclerosis.