High-flow arteriovenous malformation in the finger with transvenous ethanolamine oleate sclerotherapy using an arterial tourniquet and microballoon occlusion: A case report.

Endovascular therapy is an important method of treating high-flow arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). The nidus of AVMs can be treated by transarterial or percutaneous approaches with the use of ethanol as a strong embolic agent; however, treatment outcomes are not always satisfactory and complications including skin necrosis often occur, particularly following the treatment of superficial lesions. Herein, we describe successful transvenous sclerotherapy of high-flow AVMs in the finger of a 47-year-old female patient that were causing erythema and spontaneous pain using ethanolamine oleate (EO) as a safe sclerosant.

Surgical treatment of nonuremic calciphylaxis: a case report and review of literature.

Calciphylaxis is characterized by extremely painful skin ulcers and develops in patients with or without severe kidney diseases. Herein, a female patient without renal dysfunction developed calciphylaxis in the right lower extremity and underwent successful surgical debridement and split-thickness skin grafting. Nevertheless, prompt wound evaluation and proper surgical approaches are essential.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars-Japan Scar Workshop Consensus Document 2018.

There has been a long-standing need for guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars that are based on an understanding of the pathomechanisms that underlie these skin fibrotic diseases. This is particularly true for clinicians who deal with Asian and African patients because these ethnicities are highly prone to these diseases. By contrast, Caucasians are less likely to develop keloids and hypertrophic scars, and if they do, the scars tend not to be severe.

Oblique lateral incision and subpectoral dissection in modified Nuss procedure minimize future breast deformity.

Background: We experienced the occurrence of breast deformity in some young female patients who underwent a modified Nuss procedure before breast development. We studied the causes of and preventive measures for this complication.

Methods: We classified 13 prepubescent female patients who underwent our modified Nuss procedure into three groups according to the direction of the skin incision and the dissection layer for bar insertion.

A case of combined soft tissue and intraosseous venous malformation of the thumb treated with sclerotherapy using a bone marrow aspiration needle.

Vascular malformations of bone are complex lesions that can cause deformity and pain. A combined soft tissue and intraosseous venous malformation of the left thumb in a girl was treated with two sessions of ethanol sclerotherapy using a bone marrow aspiration needle under fluoroscopic guidance.

Preliminary experience with intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence imaging in percutaneous sclerotherapy of soft-tissue venous malformations.

Background: It has recently been demonstrated that near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging can be used to visualize the blood vasculature. Although sclerotherapy has been successfully used in treating venous malformations, the spread of sclerosant is difficult to monitor during sclerotherapy.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of NIR fluorescence imaging in percutaneous sclerotherapy of soft-tissue venous malformations.

Evaluation of the sclerotherapeutic efficacy of ethanol, polidocanol, and OK-432 using an in vitro model.

Background: Sclerosants are used to treat vascular malformations. Owing to variations in the flow, the injected concentrations and the duration of exposure of these sclerosants are altered. Therefore, the clinical effectiveness of sclerotherapy is variable.