A multidisciplinary approach to triage patients with breast disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from a tertiary care center in the developing world.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a need to prioritize care because of limitation of resources. Owing to the heterogeneity and high prevalence of breast cancers, the need to prioritize care in this vulnerable population is essential. While various medical societies have published recommendations to manage breast disease during the COVID-19 pandemic, most are focused on the Western world and do not necessarily address the challenges of a resource-limited setting.

Mandibular reconstruction using osteocutaneous radial forearm flap.

Objective: To describe the use of radial forearm osteocutaneous free flap in complex mandibular reconstruction.

Study Design: A case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, from January 1998 to January 2008.

Rotation-transposition correction of nasal deformity in Tessier number 1 and 2 clefts.

Objective: To formulate a standardized procedure for repair of the nasal component of Tessier number 1 and 2 clefts.

Patients And Methods: The procedure was performed from 1998 to 2007 in 13 patients with congenital nasal clefts of different degrees of expression corresponding to Tessier 1 and 2. The patients' ages ranged from 3 months to 28 years.

Quality of life assessment in patients with locally advanced head and neck malignancy after ablative surgery and reconstruction with microvascular free flaps.

Objective: To assess the improvement in Quality Of Life (QOL) after ablative surgery in locally advanced head and neck malignancies by microvascular free flaps reconstruction.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Plastic Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, from September 2005 to February 2007.

Limb salvage in malignant tumours of the upper limb using vascularised fibula.

Introduction: Modern reconstructive techniques can prevent amputation in most cases of malignant musculoskeletal tumours. The free fibula has emerged as the primary method of bridging long bone gaps during limb salvage.

Methods: Limb salvage was attempted in 23 patients (15 males and eight females) aged 17-57 years.

The 'expansile' supraclavicular artery flap for release of post-burn neck contractures.

Unlabelled: Soft tissue defects in the cervico-facial region can result from trauma, tumour excision or post-burn scarring. All rungs of the reconstructive ladder offer possible reconstructive options for these defects. The supraclavicular artery based flap is an extremely reliable local flap for this purpose.

Tuberculous tenosynovitis: a cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Objective: To highlight the presentation of tuberculous tenosynovitis as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).

Methods: A descriptive study conducted with purposive sampling on the patients presenting between April 2004 to January 2005 to the department of Plastic Surgery, CMH Rawalpindi, with the clinical picture of CTS. Symptoms and signs were recorded.