Publications by authors named "Matteo Angelisanti"
Aim: The preservation of the sensitivity of the nipple-areola complex after reduction mammoplasty is an important goal of the modern surgery. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the differences in the recovery of sensitivity after reduction mammoplasty using different techniques.
Material Of Study: Using the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament the sensitivity was evaluated in 64 patients undergone to a bilateral reduction mammoplasty: 36 were treated with inferior pedicle technique and 28 with a superior pedicle techniques.
Aim: The reconstruction of post-traumatic losses of substance of the scalp is very difficult due to the unique characteristics of the scalp. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the results obtained with several techniques in order to identify the most appropriate.
Methods: We treated 19 patients, 11 men and 8 women aged between 19 and 81 years, with post-traumatic loss of substance of the scalp from January 2006 to June 2011.
Aim: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the results obtained in the surgical treatment of upper eyelid coloboma with methods that do not involve a prolonged occlusion of the eye.
Material Of Study: We treated five patients aged between 7 months and 21 years; the surgical techniques adopted were the direct closure (2 patients), the full-thickness graft from the contralateral upper eyelid (2 patients) and the nasal chondromucosal flap (1 patient).
Results: The results were good in all patients with vitality of all grafts and flaps; also absent were hematomas, seromas and infections.
Aim: Many methods have been described for the reconstruction of the lower lip, but each has its own advantages and its disadvantages. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results obtained with the use of different methods in order to choose the most appropriate method, according to the characteristics of the loss of substance.
Methods: From January 2006 to March 2011 were treated 110 patients with full-thickness loss of substance of the lower lip using various techniques: direct closure in small losses of substance (20 patients), Abbe flap (14 patients), Johanson technique (12 patients), Gillies fan flap (9 patients), Estlander flap (8 patients), Mc Gregor flap (11 patients), Karapandzic flap (18 patients), the nasolabial flap by Von Bruns (10 patients) and Bernard-Burow flap modified by Webster (8 patients).
Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results obtained using traditional and advanced dressings, platelet gel, vacuum therapy and surgical techniques (grafts, flaps and dermal substitutes) in the treatment of ulcers and difficult wounds of the lower limbs to determine a treatment algorithm.
Material Of Study: From January 2006 to September 2010 were performed 428 treatments on 377 patients (203 men and 174 women, age between 32 and 90 years). Both medical and surgical treatments were performed: 61 traditional medications, 149 advanced dressings, 25 with platelet gel, 42 with the vacuum therapy, 16 with surgical debridement, 86 with skin grafts of varying thickness, 8 with dermal substitutes and 42 with surgical flaps.