Risk Factors and Mortality in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck.

The variant of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, known as high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, has a higher incidence of metastasis. Certain characteristics define this high-risk tumor and are predictors of increased risk of metastasis, although the risk factors are not yet well established. This observational retrospective study of 392 cases of high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck explored the tumor risk factors for metastasis and the association between metastasis and death.

Evaluation of the treatment of head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in the elderly: a survival analysis.

Introduction: It is unknown whether cervical lymphadenectomy as a treatment for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (cSCCh&n) increases survival in elderly patients. The aim of this study is to determine whether this procedure has an influence on the survival of these patients, and whether the Short-Form Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI-SF) can be used as an alternative to age in the surgeon's estimation of elderly patient mortality.

Methods: The study population included all patients diagnosed with cSCCh&n consecutively treated between 2006 and 2011.

Comparison among the levels of patients' satisfaction according to the surgical technique used in breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

Background: It has been proved that a breast reconstruction after a mastectomy has a great psycho-social impact on patients. For this reason, it is increasingly done in a greater percentage of cases. There are two major groups of reconstructive techniques: a reconstruction with implants and a reconstruction with autologous tissue of the patient.

[The transverse musculocutaneous gracilis free flap for breast reconstruction: experience with 6 cases].

Introduction: Microsurgical techniques have allowed reconstruction procedures after mastectomy to take a qualitative leap with the development of different technical options. Although the abdomen is the main donor area destined for breast reconstruction, occasionally this skin is not sufficient or unsuitable for this purpose. In these cases, alternative donor areas are required, such as the flap of the transverse myocutaneous gracilis (TMG) muscle.

Skin coverage in frostbite injuries: experimental study.

Objective: Dermal grafting after secondary wound healing constitutes the mainstay of management in cold injury tissue defects, displacing the use of local flaps. We present an experimental study in which the following treatments for frostbite defects are compared: guided wound healing, partial-thickness skin grafts and cutaneous flaps, which by definition posses an independent vascular supply.

Material And Methods: A dorsal defect in the rabbit leg was created using a cold injury model.