Stepwise Management of Severe Thoracogenic Scoliosis in Burned Child.

Background: Skin and soft tissue retraction secondary to burns of the trunk may induce severe and progressive thoracogenic spinal deformities in children. Its management is rarely described.

Case Description: Our study reports a case of severe thoracic scoliosis in a 13-year-old adolescent, secondary to soft tissue retraction due to trunk burn in early childhood.

Contribution of thermal imaging in determining the depth of pediatric acute burns.

Background: Early burn wound assessment is a major problem in pediatrics. It involves regular clinical evaluations, and may be helped by objective tools, such as thermal imagers. Because of the skin temperature difference between partial and full thickness burns, due to injured vascular perfusion of the dermis in the latter, it could precisely identify areas with superficial burns which could heal from controlled wound healing, and those with deep burns which would need skin graft, at an early stage.

Duration and cessation characteristics of heparinization after finger replantation: A retrospective analysis of outcomes.

Background: To prevent postoperative thrombosis, indications for anticoagulation in finger replantation have been described, but no consensus has yet been found for cessation protocols. The aim of this study is to investigate cessation methods of intravenous anticoagulation after finger replantation.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients treated for a finger replantation between December 2014 and July 2016 was performed.

Eight Years' Experience of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma Using Lymphoscintigraphy and Gamma Probe Detection After Radiocolloid Mapping.

Background: Isosulfan blue dye peripheral injection is used in preoperative sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification alone or, to increase sensitivity, in conjunction with radiocolloid mapping. However, isosulfan blue dye has certain drawbacks and limitations.

Objective: This study assesses the authors' experience of SLN biopsy using only radiocolloid tracer.

[Addition to the dorsal decubitus position for scapular based flap harvest: The Spider limb positioning system].

Subscapular vascular system based flaps provide excellent solutions for the coverage of a large variety of soft tissue defects. Dorsal decubitus position allows two teams of surgeons to work simultaneously and to harvest the flap in both an effective and safer way. Previously described for orthopaedic surgery, the Spider limb positioning system offers a precious addition to the technique, giving a simple mean to keep the arm in the desired position while harvesting the flap.