[Medical Needling: effect on skin tension and elasticity of hypertrophic burn scars].

Background: Burn scars are a serious psychological and physiological problem for affected individuals. Clinical studies and scientific research have shown that Medical Needling improves scar quality in terms of skin elasticity, moisture, transepidermal water loss and erythema. At the same time, patients are confronted with a comparatively low-risk therapy without any postoperative complications.

[German linguistic validation of the BODY-Q: standardised PRO instrument after bariatric and bodycontouring surgery].

One of the most important parts of result evaluation in plastic surgery, especially postbariatric and body-contouring surgery, is the appraisal of changes in patients' quality of life after treatment. Standardised assessments of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are indispensable.BODY-Q (A.

Superior Achilles tendon microcirculation in tendinopathy among symptomatic female versus male patients.

Background: Higher estrogen levels in women seem to play a role regarding an increased ligament and tendon injury rate among women. However, gender differences of tendon microcirculation have not yet been reported.

Hypothesis: Female patients suffering Achilles tendinopathy have worse tendon and paratendon microcirculation than symptomatic male patients.

Sclerosing therapy and eccentric training in flexor carpi radialis tendinopathy in a tennis player.

Background: Tendinopathy of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon is a rare entity. Recent research revealed the role of a neurovascular ingrowth at the point of pain in various tendinopathic locations, such as at the Achilles and patellar tendon, in plantar fasciitis as well as in supraspinatus and tennis elbow tendinopathy. However, beyond the elbow no such neovascularisation has been reported to date.