Complications in operative fixation of calcaneal fractures.

Objective: The purpose of this study focused on a number of factors that have been implicated in calcaneal complications and find the incidence of wound complications.

Methods: This was a retrospective study. A total of 162 patients (176 feet) who underwent calcaneal fractures between 2007 and 2012 were included.

[Surgical management for residual or recurrent diseases in the neck after radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma].

Objective: To investigate the surgical managements for residual or recurrent diseases in the neck after radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Methods: Seventy-eight cases of neck masses (39 cases for unilateral residual diseases, 9 for bilateral residual diseases and 30 for recurrent diseases) after radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma who were treated surgically between January 1990 and December 2005 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 56 males and 22 females.

[Management of thyroid goiters invading mediastinum and thoracic cavity].

Objective: To investigate the diagnosis and treatments of thyroid goiters invading mediastinum and thoracic cavity.

Methods: Seventy-eight cases of thyroid goiters invading mediastinum and thoracic cavity and undergoing surgery from 1995 to 2005 were reviewed. There were 22 males and 56 females and their age ranged from 45 years to 78 years with a median age of 59 years.

[Free anterolateral thigh flap for repairing the defects of oral cavity and maxillofacial].

Objective: To investigate the outcomes following the tumor resection of oral cavity and maxillofacial and reconstruction with free anterolateral thigh flaps (ALT).

Methods: Thirty one patients underwent ALT reconstruction following the tumor resection from Dec. 2004 to Dec.