Publications by authors named "Makram Ziade"

Background: Nowadays, microvascular breast reconstruction with abdominal perforator flap is a popular and widespread technique. However, venous congestion is a recurrent problem in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap survival. We present a venous supercharging technique using the thoracoacromial vein in DIEP free flap for breast reconstruction.

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The most common complication of breast reduction with inverted T-scar technique is wound dehiscence at the junction of the vertical and horizontal sutures. In this study, a technique involving three triangular dermal flaps is presented with the results for healing in the junctional T zone. Fifty women were included in a comparative, single-center randomized double-blind prospective study to evaluate the efficiency of the three-triangular dermal-flap technique in healing in the junctional T zone.

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Background: The tension vectors acting on the wound edges are transmitted to immature collagen fibres synthesised during the normal healing phase. This accounts for scar widening as well as hypertrophic and hyperpigmented scars. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether early injections of botulinum toxin type A (BTA), which induces temporary muscular paralysis, decreases tension vectors on wound edges and enhances scarring of facial wounds.

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Reconstruction of scalp defect can call upon several surgical techniques. Direct joining is used whenever possible, but because of the low laxity of the scalp, other approaches are often required. Several types of autoclosing flaps of the scalp have been described in the literature.

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Objective: To document the epidemiological, clinical, histological and radiological characteristics of aggressive vascular abnormalities of bone in children.

Study Design: Correspondents of the French Society of Childhood Malignancies were asked to notify all cases of aggressive vascular abnormalities of bone diagnosed between January 1988 and September 2009.

Results: 21 cases were identified; 62% of the patients were boys.

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