Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction in Patients With Previous Bariatric Surgery: Is It Safe and Feasible?

Background: Obesity is widely recognized as a major health concern and a leading cause of preventable death. The correlation between obesity and breast cancer has been thoroughly described by several authors. Bariatric surgery is often associated with redundant abdominal tissue, often leading patients to consider body-contouring procedures.

Delayed Mammoplasty with Silicone Gel Implants following DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction.

Unlabelled: The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap is a state-of-the-art option for breast reconstruction. However, thin patients with medium- to large-size native breasts are not ideal candidates due to the limited amount of available tissue. We reviewed our experience utilizing the DIEP flap in combination with prosthetic implants.

Use of high-frequency percussive ventilation in inhalation injuries.

Inhalation injury causes significant morbidity and mortality, accounting for nearly 80% of non-fire-related deaths and affecting nearly 25% of all patients hospitalized with thermal injury. High-frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV) has been reported to decrease both the incidence of pulmonary barotrauma and pneumonia in inhalation injury. It has evolved into a ventilatory modality promoted to rapidly remove airway secretions and improve survival of patients with smoke inhalation injury.

The forgotten hysterectomy: the first successful abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in the United States.

Background: The history of gynecology and surgery in America has been well documented. However, a landmark operation took place in 1856 that has gone unrecognized in modern surgical texts.

Case: William J.

Cytoreductive surgery with intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer.

Peritoneal carcinomatosis is a common and universally fatal sequelae of gastric carcinoma. Treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from appendiceal and colorectal sources with intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy (IPHC) combined with aggressive cytoreductive surgery has been shown to be effective. There are few data on this treatment modality for carcinoma of the stomach.