Hyperbaric oxygenotherapy as a possible means of preventing ischemic changes in skin grafts used for soft tissue defect closure.

The Center of Hyperbaric Oxygenotherapy was established in September 2001 and started to provide hyperbaric treatment services for patients suffering from chronic, non-healing soft tissue defects in close cooperation with the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery, the Septic Department of the Traumatology Clinic and Vascular Surgery Department at the University Hospital of L. Pasteur, and the Medical Faculty of the University of P. J.

Incidence of orofacial clefts in the Slovak Republic.

Orofacial clefts (OC) are quite common congenital defects. Retrospective active survey collecting clinical data of children with OC examined and operated on in the three main specialized departments of plastic surgery in the Slovak Republic over 16 years (1985-2000) revealed total incidence of 1.61/10(3) live births (LB).

[Epidemiology of cleft disorders in East Slovakia].

Cleft lip and cleft palate are problems of great importance. The majority of cleft lips and palate are caused by the misdevelopment of mesoderm in facial region in second and third week of gestation. The main goal of the study was to evaluate the epidemiology of cleft lip and palate in East Slovakia and influence of environmental agents on the development of cleft lip and palate.

[Surgical treatment of hand syndactyly in Apert syndrome].

Authors describe 6 cases (3 women, 3 men) affected by Apert syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly). Clinical material has been documented since 1953. They concentrate on the description of individual clinical cases on the basis of objective and radiograph examination of patients.

[Personal experience with the Lemperle method of reduction mammaplasty].

The authors describe their experience with Lemperle's method of reduction mammoplasty. It is based on the procedure of Wise and Strombeck and involves resection of the lower quadrants. We used this operation in seventy patients of the age between seventeen and 55 years during last five years.