Reconstruction of exenteration socket with Integra dermal substitute and skin graft.

The authors report their experience with the use of Integra dermal substitute, in combination with a thin skin graft, following an orbital exenteration. The clinical case described relates to a 42-year-old gentleman with an ulcerative retractile lesion of the right lower eyelid. Histopathological examination diagnosed a moderately differentiated epidermoid carcinoma infiltrating the orbit.

[Postoperative quality of life of patients with a bacterial necrotizing dermis-hypodermitis or necrotizing fasciitis, a ten-year study].

Introduction: Bacterial necrotizing dermis-hypodermitis and necrotizing fasciitis (BNDH-NF) are serious life-threatening soft-tissue infections. The object is to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of patients who have been operated in our plastic surgery departement.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study of cases who have been treated at Nancy University Hospital between 2005 and 2014.

[Buttocks enhancement using silicone implants: a national practices assessement about 538 patients].

Unlabelled: Buttock enhancement using gluteal silicone implants is known as a high risk of complications procedure. However, few studies have attempted to quantify the rate of overall complications. The aim of this work is to analyze the rates and types of complications encountered by French plastic surgeons practicing this procedure, and to review their technical choices about incisional access, implant plane, implant type, postoperative instructions, and drain use.