Three-dimensional imaging of the parapharyngeal space.

Recent advances in computer technology have allowed the introduction of workstations into the hospital capable of creating or reconstructing three-dimensional (3-D) models from serial cross sections of an object. These can be obtained from either computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scans. The reconstruction is stored in the computer's memory and may be interactively displayed and analyzed.

Deferoxamine attenuates ischemia-induced reperfusion injury in the skin and muscle of myocutaneous flaps in the pig.

The dose effect of deferoxamine treatment in attenuation of ischemia-induced reperfusion injury in the skin and muscle of latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flaps was studied in pigs weighing 19.7 +/- 0.5 kg.

Effect of capsulectomy on the hemodynamics and viability of random-pattern skin flaps raised on expanded skin in the pig.

Skin flaps constructed on expanded skin usually include the underlying capsular tissue. It has been hypothesized that capsulectomy may jeopardize the viability of the expanded skin flap. The experiments reported herein were designed to test this hypothesis.