Patient-Reported Outcomes of Medical Tattooing for Capillary Malformations.

Background: Patients with capillary malformations (CMs) may undergo medical tattooing (MT) as an alternative to laser therapy. But little is known about treatment results and impact from the patients' perspective.

Objectives: In this cross-sectional digital survey study, we evaluated the patient-reported outcomes of MT for CMs.

[Medical tattooing, an unknown treatment option].

Medical tattooing is mostly known as a treatment option after breast reconstructive surgery. Nowadays, medical tattooing has a broader indication and can be used for treating port wine stains, scars, burns and transplanted skin. We present three patients with different indications for medical tattooing: one patient with a facial port wine stain, one patient with a scar after a thoracotomy, and a patient with a skin transplantation.

A position statement on optimizing the role of oncoplastic breast surgery.

Objectives: To propose initiatives and actions that could improve access to and outcomes from oncoplastic breast surgery.

Methods: The author group met in May 2010 to draft position statements on key unmet needs in oncoplastic breast surgery and how these may be addressed. At a second meeting in December 2010, the statements were voted upon and adjusted as necessary to achieve unanimous agreement.

[The value of a hand injury chart].

Objective: To assess practicality, clinical merit and usefulness for scientific purposes of a hand injury chart in a hand surgery unit.

Design: Descriptive.

Setting: Academic Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, the Netherlands.