Objective Odor Assessment in Patients with Osmidrosis.

Unlabelled: No standards for the assessment of axillary odor intensity and the effects of therapy for osmidrosis have been established. This study presents an objective method for assessing odor severity in patients with osmidrosis and investigates the volatile odorants and skin flora.

Methods: The odor intensity was measured pre- and postoperatively using an industrial odor sensor in 79 patients with osmidrosis.

Extension of flaps associated with burn scar reconstruction: A key difference between island and skin-pedicled flaps.

Objective: The choice between local flap designs for burn reconstruction is largely shaped by aesthetic, vascularity, procedural complexity, and wound-closure considerations. However, another key consideration is how well specific local flap designs release post-burn scar contractures. This is because constant tension on wound edges can generate pathological scarring.

Periauricular Keloids on Face-Lift Scars in a Patient with Facial Nerve Paralysis.

Keloids are caused by excessive scar formation that leads to scar growth beyond the initial scar boundaries. Keloid formation and progression is promoted by mechanical stress such as skin stretch force. Consequently, keloids rarely occur in paralyzed areas and areas with little skin tension, such as the periauricular region.