Upper lateral lip flap for the coverage of large superficial labial defect.

Background: Reconstruction of large superficial defects of the upper lip is challenging, as it requires the restoration of both function and morphology. To achieve optimal results, facial features and landmarks should be preserved and similar skin should be used. Moreover, in male patients, upper lip pilosity should be restored.

[Superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator free flap in pediatric reconstruction: A case report].

The dorsalis pedis reconstruction requires to bring a thin tissue to recover every noble structure of the foot including tendons, nerves and vessels while resisting the stress induced on these structures when walking or wearing shoes. We report the case of a thirteen year-old child who presented a third-degree burn sequelae on the dorsalis pedis with scar retraction and chronic ulceration on the fifth metatarsal despite multiple skin grafts. He couldn't put on his shoes because of the pain and walking was difficult.

Total nasal reconstruction with 3D custom made porous titanium prosthesis and free thoracodorsal artery perforator flap: A case report.

Total nasal reconstruction is a challenging surgical procedure which usually involves a free flap, forehead flap, and cartilage grafts. In certain failure situations where patients do not accept the idea of anaplastology, possibilities become very limited. We report the case of a patient who underwent several reconstruction steps with multiple failures including free and local flaps and cartilage harvests which showed recurrent episodes of necrosis and infection leading to melting and collapse of reconstructed structures.

Prevalence and factors associated with persistent pain following body contouring surgery.

Background And Aim: Persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) has been reported by patients following various surgeries. Body contouring procedures are being performed more frequently, but no data are available regarding the effects of these procedures. Long-term disability occurring after performing "functional" procedures on healthy subjects is a particular concern.

[The "two positions" lipoabdominoplasty].

Backgrounds: Lipoabdominoplasty is a way to improve morphological outcomes by treating the areas not accessible to resection during classical abdominoplasty, especially hips. However, patients can present a lateral and posterior fat extension, not accessible to an anterior liposuction. This situation is managed by a first step with liposuction in the prone position.

Monocular stimulation increases deoxyglucose uptake in ipsilateral primary optic centers of the rat.

We present data from autoradiography of 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG), which indicate that despite the limited uncrossed optic innervation of the rat, monocular stimulation produces considerable activation of ipsilateral primary visual centers. Compared to binocularly occluded rats, intact, monocularly occluded ones showed substantial and statistically significant increases in 2-DG uptake throughout the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus and superficial layers of the superior colliculus ipsilateral to the stimulated eye, as well as larger increases in contralateral areas. In contrast, stimulation of mono-enucleated rats did not produce observable increases in 2-DG uptake in ipsilateral optic centers, confirming previous results.