Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with the Two-step Technique: Procedure Optimization and Three-year Follow-up in 26 Surgeries.

Background: Complex or recurrent abdominal wall defects may be the result of trauma, infection, tumor resection, or a previous failed attempt at closure, among other causes. This article describes a new surgical technique that better addresses these defects and provides safety and efficacy data from 26 consecutive surgeries with a 3-year follow-up.

Methods: Prospective study in 18 men and 8 women with serious abdominal wall defects, who were surgically operated on using the two-step technique, which includes a first regenerative and closure step using a vacuum device (vacuum-assisted closure), and a second reconstructive step that does not require the use of any type of surgical mesh.

Abdominal wall reconstruction with Two-step Technique (TST): a prospective study in 20 patients.

Abdominal wall defects continue to be a challenging problem for reconstructive surgeons. The aim of our study was to report a 3-year experience using a simple Two-step Technique (TST) to treat abdominal wall defects. Between January 2008 and December 2010, 20 patients with abdominal wall defects were treated by TST.

Six-month follow-up multicenter prospective study of 368 patients, phototypes III to V, on epilation efficacy using an 810-nm diode laser at low fluence.

Laser hair removal is currently a popular cosmetic procedure. Traditional high-fluence laser treatment for hair elimination is associated with discomfort and adverse events and it is restricted to low phototype skins. A multicenter study of hair epilation with low fluences and high repetition pulse rate using an 810-nm diode laser was carried out on 368 patients (phototypes III to V) to test its efficacy in a 6-month follow-up after five treatments on the face and various body areas.

Hair structures are effectively altered during 810 nm diode laser hair epilation at low fluences.

Background: Diode lasers with high fluence and cooling technology are effective at removing unwanted hair but are also associated with discomfort and morbidity, especially when treating dark or tanned skins.

Methods: Thirty patients with skin phototypes IV and V (range: 23-62 years of age; average: 39 years) underwent a single hair removal treatment using a new diode laser (810 nm) technology that incorporates low fluence but very high average power. The treatment technique employed multiple, in-motion, repetitive laser passes on a 100 cm(2) area of the skin.

Histological findings in adipocytes when cellulite is treated with a variable-emission radiofrequency system.

Cellulite is a disorder of the subcutaneous fat layer and the overlying superficial skin. Recently, radiofrequency (RF) has been proposed as an effective treatment of cellulite; however, the mechanism through which the absorbed electrical energy acts on the tissue is still not fully clear. This study reports on the histological findings from biopsies taken immediately after a single RF treatment session, on cellulite located in the buttocks, with a novel technology called automatic multi-frequency and low impedance (AMFLI) RF.

A multicenter study of cellulite treatment with a variable emission radio frequency system.

Radio frequency (RF) systems have been reported as producing electrothermally mediated and subcutaneous effects. The present study evaluates a new approach to treat cellulite with a bipolar RF device. The buttocks of 50 patients were treated, 10 from each of five multinational centers with a novel bipolar RF technology set at 6 J/cm(3), which changes its frequency between 0.