The association of sensory phenotype and concomitant mood, sleep and functional impairment with the outcome of carpal tunnel surgery.

Background: Up to 25% of people who have had carpal tunnel release surgery (CTR) fail to report improvement; however, evidence for prognostic indicators in this surgical cohort is limited. To identify candidate prognostic factors, this study investigated the association of quantitative sensory testing (QST) derived sensory phenotype and attendant impairment with patient-reported surgical outcome.

Methods: With ethical approval and informed consent, this prospective observational longitudinal study recruited patients from two London hospitals.

Pervasive wearable device for free tissue transfer monitoring based on advanced data analysis: clinical study report.

Free tissue transfer (FTT) surgery for breast reconstruction following mastectomy has become a routine operation with high success rates. Although failure is low, it can have a devastating impact on patient recovery, prognosis, and psychological well-being. Continuous and objective monitoring of tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) has been shown to reduce failure rates through rapid detection time of postoperative vascular complications.

Occurrence of neoclassical facial canons in Caucasian primary school pupils and university students.

Introduction: The study concentrates on nine neoclassical facial references, canons.

Sample And Methods: These neoclassical canons are studied and compared in two groups of young Caucasian population as follows: 160 students were studied, namely 60 primary school boys at the age of seven and 100 young men at the age ranging from 22 to 25 studying at the Comenius University and Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. The following anthropometric parameters were measured: ten heights, five widths, and two angles.

The Asplund-Davies vertical scar breast reduction technique preserves the sub-areolar skin thickness in the long term: a matched comparative study with the inverted T technique.

Background And Aim: The inverted T technique, a popular method of breast reduction, relies on stretching the skin over glandular breast tissue to create the breast shape. The Asplund-Davies vertical scar method of breast reduction by contrast uses glanduloplasty to create the desired breast shape, achieving tension-free skin closure. Indeed the skin at the end of the vertical scar technique is wrinkled.