Clinical Applications and Outcomes of the Supraclavicular Osteocutaneous Flap for Head and Neck Reconstruction.

Objective: This study evaluates the clinical applications of the supraclavicular osteocutaneous (SOC) flap in complex head and neck reconstruction and its impact on shoulder function following clavicle resection.

Study Design: Case series with a planned chart review.

Setting: Single-institution tertiary care center.

The diagnostic accuracy of hand-held ultrasonography in evaluation of costal cartilage calcification for grafting in rhinoplasty: A cadaveric study.

Background: Autologous costal cartilage graft (ACC) is considered a gold standard in complex rhinoplasty. Costal cartilage calcification remains a problematic issue, causing not only difficulties during the harvesting, carving, and fixation procedures but also worsening the long-term outcome with resorption.

Purpose: This study aims to establish diagnostic accuracy of hand-held ultrasonography in not only detecting the degree and pattern of costal cartilage calcification but also assessing its ability to predict the volume of the harvestable cartilage graft.

Quality of Life, Self-Esteem, and Depression Among Thai Transgender Women Before and After Male-to-Female Gender Confirmation Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Observational Study.

Introduction: Previous studies have reported low quality of life scores and a high prevalence of depression among transgender women in Thailand; however, there is still little research on the effects of gender confirmation surgery among this population.

Aim: This study aims to prospectively evaluate the overall quality of life, self-esteem, and depression status among male-to-female transgender individuals in Thailand.

Methods: This prospective observational cohort study was conducted between January 2018 and December 2020 and included 41 participants who underwent gender confirmation surgery.

The difference in the location of the malar summit between genders in Southeast Asians with appropriate references.

Background: Facial feminization surgery and malarplasty require information concerning facial features in the malar area. Such information varies as a function of sex and race. The objectives of this study aimed to quantitatively evaluate the location of malar prominence across sexes in the Southeast Asian population, and identify sex-specific differences in malar prominence using a combination of two-dimensional (2D) computed tomography (CT) and three-dimensional (3D) CT.

Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography of the Transverse Cervical Arterial Supply to Clavicle Flaps: An Anatomical Study.

Objective: To describe the anatomy of the transverse cervical artery and to prove its perfusion to the clavicle using indocyanine green fluorescence angiography as an alternative vascularized bone for head and neck reconstruction.

Study Design: Cadaveric dissection.

Setting: Anatomy lab.

Nerve to the Zygomaticus Major Muscle for Facial Reanimation Surgery: A Cadaveric Study for Branching Patterns and Axonal Count.

Background: In facial reanimation surgery, higher donor facial nerve axonal load yields a superior outcome. Nerves supplying the zygomaticus major muscle are primary donors for the grafting procedure; however, their topography has not been studied in detail. This study identified potential donor nerves by quantifying axon loads of the zygomaticus major muscle through histological analysis of cadaveric specimens.