A Novel Approach to Reduce Lid Weight in the Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty: Split-Thickness Excision of the Palpebral Part of Orbicularis Oculi Muscle.

Objectives: With the effect of advancing age and environmental factors, excess skin and muscle start to weigh on the eyelids and cause a tired facial expression. The prevailing opinion is that by partially excising muscle in surgical treatment, this load on the eyelid will be reduced, and more successful results will be obtained. Using a classic strip orbicularis oculi excision, the integrity of the muscle is disrupted, and morbidities such as lagophthalmos and edema increase.

A Novel Approach to Provide Long-Term Tip Projection and Rotation Stability: Lateral Columellar Strut Graft.

One of the methods applied to ensure the long-term continuity of the desired result in rhinoplasty is to detect it by placing columellar strut between the medial crus. Columellar strut helps to increase tip support and projection. However, the placement of the strut between the medial crus can disrupt the divergence angle and prevent the tip rotation to be at the desired level due to the interaction of the septum with the caudal.

Description and Outcomes of Three Different End-to-Side Microsurgical Techniques for the Anastomosis of Accessory Renal Artery With the Dominant Renal Artery in Kidney Transplantation.

Background: In this study, we compared the outcomes of three different surgical microscope-assisted end-to-side anastomosis techniques between the dominant and accessory renal arteries during living donor kidney transplant.

Methods: The demographics, serum creatinine levels, warm and cold ischemia times, rate of complications, and incidence of delayed graft function of 135 kidney recipients were analyzed according to the type of arterial anastomosis. Group A (n = 98) had one dominant renal artery (DRA) with one end-to-side anastomosis to the external iliac artery (EIA) using a surgical microscope.

Cartilage-Sparing Otoplasty: The Effects of Adipo-Perichondrial Flap-Assisted Posterior Auricular Muscle Complex Flap Technique on the Repair of Prominent Ear Deformities.

Background: In the repair of prominent ear deformities, the main objectives are to recreate the antihelical fold, reduce projection in patients with a large concha, and normalize the distance between the ear and the cranium. This study evaluated the efficacy of the adipo-perichondrial flap-assisted posterior auricular muscle complex (PAMC) flap technique, which involves a new approach to the repair of prominent ear deformities.

Materials And Methods: A medially based PAMC flap and a laterally based adipo-perichondrial flap were elevated in 22 patients with prominent ear deformities.

Effects of microneedle length and duration of preconditioning on random pattern skin flaps in rats.

To date, the surgical delay of skin flaps is the most common and reliable method that increases skin flap survival. In this study, we aimed to increase skin flap viability using preconditioning by microneedling. Seventy-two Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into control, surgical flap delay (SFD), and four microneedling groups (7 or 14 days of preconditioning with 0.

Recommended Surgical Margins for Basal Cell Carcinoma: Is 3 mm Safe Enough?

Objective: The primary aim of treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the complete excision of the tumor. Reconstruction of the defect after surgical excision varies, depending on the location and size of the defect and the skin to be used in the reconstruction. In this study, investigators compared the rates of tumor positivity at the edges of BCC specimens excised with 3- or 5-mm surgical margins.

Basal Cell Carcinomas in Trauma-Related Scar Tissue: A Rare Case Series.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer type in humans. Various factors play a role in BCC occurrence, but sunlight exposure is the most common etiologic factor. This case series presents three patients who had scarring after severe traumas (a deep abrasion, burn, and puncture injury); a long time after the respective traumatic events, a BCC occurred in the scar tissue.

Effects of Ultrasound-Assisted Preconditioning on Critically Ischemic Skin Flaps: An Experimental Study.

This study evaluates the effect of ultrasound-assisted preconditioning on critically ischemic flaps. Ninety-eight Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into eight groups. Control, surgical delay, ultrasound and sham groups were designed.

Modified Cartilage Sparing Tip Plasty Technique for Extra Projection: Hemitransdomal Suture With Submucosal Dissection: A New Approach to Nasal Tip Dynamics.

The nasal tip projection and rotation to be obtained with tip plasty play a key role in achieving successful results. Cartilage sparing techniques provide extra ease to reshape the cartilage in revision rhinoplasty. Freed dome cartilage eliminates the restricting forces of mucosa.

A Reliable Technique in the Reconstruction of Large Penoscrotal Defect: Internal Pudendal Artery Perforator Flap.

Objective: To reconstruct the defect secondary to Fournier's gangrene, which is an infection localized in the perineum and the lower abdominal region, characterized by large tissue loss following debridement. A large tissue loss caused by Fournier's gangrene brings with repair problems. The primary goal is to achieve cosmetically and functionally successful results.

A decision-making guide for the closure of myelomeningocele skin defects with or without primary repair.

OBJECTIVE The closure of the skin defect in myelomeningocele (MMC) repair is an essential step that determines the quality of the surgical result. The success of surgical results is related to the decision to use the most suitable techniques, namely flaps or primary closure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a decision-making guide to determine whether to use primary repair or a flap for the closure of skin defects that occur in MMC.