Reconstruction of Soft Tissues of the Postamputation Lower Leg Stump with a Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Optimal Prosthesis.

Patients without proper covering of the bone stump with soft tissues after below-knee amputation have limited opportunities for prosthesis. The resulting high degree of disability severely restricts their proper functioning in social and professional life. The commonly used significant reduction of the bone length for local coverage limits rehabilitative options to the less comprehensive prosthesis.

Parechovirus and enterovirus infections in neonates.

Background: Parechovirus and enterovirus belong to a family of Picornaviridae, non- enveloped, small-sized RNA viruses, responsible for multiple human diseases. Recent introduction of molecular tests enabled the identi cation of parechovirus and enterovirus infections. Our aim was a retrospective analysis of signs and symptoms associated with confirmed parechovirus or enterovirus infections among children treated in the Department of Neonatology, St.

Acne inversa goes an extra mile than hidradenitis suppurativa.

Acne inversa (AI, hidradenitis suppurativa, Velpeau's disease, Verneuil's disease) is a severe, chronic inflammatory dermatosis of unknown etiology, detected on the basis of clinical symptoms more frequently in women than in men. Purulent lesions in the form of nodules and inflammatory tumors, fistulas and scars are present in the areas with hair follicles and apocrine glands, most commonly on the armpits, groin, around the anus and pubic region. Acne inversa can lead to physical and mental disorders.

[Surgical management of thyroid orbitopathy].

Thyroid orbitopathy (TO) requires often not only pharmacological treatment but also surgical procedures. The management contains orbital decompression (wall decompression, excision of fat), correction of lid retraction and strabismus operations on extraocular muscles. Authors describe indications for surgical procedures, methods of operations, results and complications of own material of 99 patients with TO treated in the Eye Clinic in Poznan and Plastic Surgery and Eye Clinic in Kobylniki from 1999 until 2003.

[Cause of hematuria in children with special consideration of urolithiasis. Personal observations].

Microscopic hematuria was diagnosed in case of 102 children out of 2505 hospitalised in Provincial Special Hospital at Children's Ward, which is of all treated children. The most numerous age group were school children. The most common reason of microscopic hematuria was infection of urinary system which was found in case of 34 children (33%).