Clinical experience using the dorsal reverse metacarpal flap for the treatment of congenital syndactyly: report of four cases.

Skin grafts and local flaps are conventional methods of repair for simple complete syndactyly, but the results obtained are not always as functional and aesthetic as desired and frequently leave postoperative scars and residual syndactyly. In this article, we describe a new surgical technique for the correction of syndactyly that utilizes a metacarpal dorsal reverse flap to provide skin coverage to the interdigital space and also to 1 side of the finger, therefore avoiding the use of skin grafts and resulting postoperative scar contracture. We report 4 cases using this procedure, with a 12-month follow up.

[Reduction of lymphatic drainage posterior to modified radical mastectomy with the application of fibrin glue].

Objective: Our objective was to investigate the effectiveness of fibrin glue to reduce hemato-lymphatic fluid production after modified radical mastectomy (MRM) in women with breast cancer.

Material And Methods: A total of 43 women treated surgically were randomly assigned to receive 10 ml of fibrin glue at the end of the breast resection plus closed suction drains (n = 22), or drain system only as a control group (n = 23). Outcome variables were fluid collected in the drainage system measured each 24 h.

[Variation of intraabdominal pressure caused by abdominoplasty in healthy women].

Objective: To study pressure changes of the abdominal compartment during abdominoplasty in healthy women.

Patients And Methods: A prospective cohort of 14 women between 30 and 57 years old, who underwent abdominoplasty for aesthetic purposes wer included in this study. All patients were free of any associated medical disorder with a body mass index less than 30 kg/m2.