Posterior tibial perforators relationship with superficial nerves and veins: A cadaver study.

Background: Most authors have evaluated the location of lower leg arterial perforators, but little is still known about the relationship between the arterial network and great saphenous vein (GSV) and saphenous nerve (SN). The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the arterial network of the posterior tibial artery perforators, the cutaneous nerves, and the superficial venous system in the lower one third of the leg.

Methods: Eighteen lower limbs from cadavers were used for this study.

Flap monitoring with continuous oxygen partial tension measurement in breast reconstructive surgery: A preliminary report.

Background: The best method for the postoperative monitoring of flaps in reconstructive surgery is still a matter of debate. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of an oxygen partial tension monitoring system for the postoperative follow-up of a series of breast flaps, in addition to the traditional periodical clinical evaluations.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-one consecutive female patients (mean age: 61 years) who underwent free- or pedicled-flap reconstruction of the breast were included in the study.

First report of digital skin ulcer with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in an immunocompetent patient.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an aerobic Gram-negative bacillus that usually causes infection in immunocompromised patients. We present the case of an immunocompetent patient with a distal necrosis of the second and third fingers of the right hand caused by S. maltophilia infection.