Evaluation of 25 years of phototherapy for treating psoriasis at a teaching hospital in southern Spain.

Background: For years, phototherapy has been used in a wide range of skin diseases, which is unsurprising as skin is the anatomical feature most directly exposed to light, especially in psoriasis. Although the role of light therapy has been replaced by different therapeutic modalities in recent years, this treatment is now an established option for many skin diseases.

Objectives: The aim was to characterize the patient population that had received the aforementioned treatment in the Virgen Macarena Health Area in Seville (Spain) between June 1985 and October 2011.

Results of a combination of bleomycin and triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars.

While treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars normally shows modest results, we found that treatment with bleomycin was more promising. The present study was divided into two parts. In the first part the aim was to show the results using a combination of bleomycin and triamcinolone acetonide per cm2 (BTA).

Efficacy and safety of clinical use of etanercept for the treatment of moderate-to-severe psoriasis in Spain: results of a multicentric prospective study at 12 months follow-up.

Background: The efficacy of etanercept in the treatment of psoriasis has been demonstrated in several clinical trials, but information regarding results derived from prospective observational studies in clinical practice is scarce.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of etanercept administration according to routine clinical use in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.

Materials And Methods: Postauthorization, prospective study, carried out at 59 dermatology units in Spain.

Free flaps in surgical dermatology. Comparison between fasciocutaneous and myocutaneous free flaps in facial reconstructions.

Background: Dermatologic surgeons routinely harvest pedicled flaps at distance with an axial or random pattern to repair facial defects. These types of skin flaps are time-consuming and have high economic, social and personal costs. These drawbacks could be avoided with the introduction of a single-step transfer of free flaps to the recipient site, with microvascular anastomosis.