Can a Single-Stage Approach Using a Dermal Regeneration Template Lead to Satisfactory Scalp Defect Reconstruction After Skin Cancer Excision?

Background: Large-defect reconstructive surgeries for skin cancer can be performed using different approaches. Integra Dermal Regeneration Template (DRT, Integra Life Sciences, Princeton, New Jersey, the United States) is a membrane utilized to fill skin defects, followed by second-stage surgery with a full-thickness skin graft or flap.

Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of success of the single-stage scalp reconstructive surgeries using the DRT membrane without second-stage surgery and its feasibility in practice.

Surgical Removal of a Canine Displaced in the Floor of the Nasal Cavity: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

34 year old patient referred to ENT for left sided nasal blood-stained discharge and blocked nasal passage. Radiographic investigation confirmed the presence of an ectopic canine near the nasal cavity. Surgical removal of the ectopic canine is done through an intra-oral maxillary approach.