Binder syndrome: Clinical findings and surgical treatment of 18 patients at the Department of Plastic Surgery in Polanica Zdrój.

Background: Binder syndrome (BS) is an uncommon congenital underdevelopment of the maxilla and nasal skeleton. Other clinical features include a hypoplastic or absent anterior nasal spine; a short, flat nose with short columella; an acute nasolabial angle; a convex upper lip and class III malocclusion.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to outline the major characteristics of BS and to present a variety of surgical treatment methods.

Surgical management of ichtyosis-related ectropion. Description of four cases and a literature review.

Ichtyosis is an heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by formation of hyperkeratotic, squamous, tile-like scales virtually on the whole body. Depending on the severity and localization of the symptoms, the disease may lead to serious complications including ectropion of the eyelids, which may further lead to ocular disorders, including blindness. The aim of the work was to outline major characteristics of the entity and to focus on surgical methods of ichtyosis-related eyelid ectropion management.

In utero surgery--current state of the art--part II.

Background: Fetal surgery, also referred to as in utero, prenatal or intrauterine surgery, consists of treatment of congenital malformations during the fetal period. The idea of treating malformations diagnosed in the course of intrauterine life dates back to 1963, when Lilly performed the first blood transfusion in a fetus. Since then it has been introduced as a treatment option in a series of lethal malformations.