Management of Severe Extended Burn Axillary Contracture in a Low-resource Setting.

Contracture is a common complication of deep burn injury, affecting up to one-third of patients. Although some degree of contracture occurs in any setting, severe extended axillary contractures are more often due to unavailable or inappropriate care. Very few cases have been described in the literature.

Extreme Gigantomastia Caused by Pseudoangiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia at Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais: A Case Report.

Gigantomastia is a rare pathologic condition characterized by an excessive and abnormal breast development. To date, there is no universally accepted definition or classification of this disease. The purpose of this article is to present a case of extreme and disabling gigantomastia caused by pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia, the rarest etiology of gigantomastia.

Long-term follow-up of superior gluteal artery perforator flap closure of large myelomeningoceles.

OBJECTIVE Large myelomeningocele defects and poor surrounding tissue quality make some defects particularly difficult to close primarily. This paper describes the superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flap technique for defect closure and long-term clinical outcomes. METHODS The technique for closing a myelomeningocele with an SGAP flap is described.

Preliminary experience with perforator flaps in reconstruction of soft-tissue defects of the foot and ankle.

Background: Microsurgical reconstruction has improved limb salvage in patients who because of many etiologies have soft-tissue loss from the lower extremities. Free-tissue transfer to the foot and ankle often interferes with postoperative function and footwear because of the bulk of a muscle flap. The foot and ankle often are best treated using thin flaps that will not contract and fibrose, particularly if secondary procedures are required.