Submuscular Gluteal Augmentation and Lipoplasty for Buttock Beautification.

Unlabelled: The number of gluteal augmentation procedures with implants has increased in the last years. However, due to high complication rates related to the placement of the implants, surgeons have started to avoid using implants. The objective of the present study was to describe the details of the submuscular gluteal augmentation technique together with lipoplasty techniques and to increase the prevalence of its use.

Reconstruction of full-thickness cheek defects with using free osseocutaneous radial forearm flap.

Purpose: The aim of the present clinical study was to evaluate the feasibility of free osseocutaneous radial forearm flap in the reconstruction of full-thickness cheek defect after ablative cancer surgery.

Methods: A retrospective review of data was obtained from consecutive patients requiring free osseocutaneous radial forearm flap to recover both the cutaneous and bone deficit in major full-thickness cheek defect after oncologic resection.

Results: Two patients had advanced cheek squamous cell carcinoma.

Reconstruction of sphincteric function after dysfunctional total lower lip reconstruction using free muscle graft technique.

Many techniques can be used in primary reconstruction of total lower lip defects and most of them are functional. If a total lower lip defect is reconstructed with a static, dysfunctional technique, then the patient is prone to some problems such as drooling and gingival show. In order to restore sphincteric function in a previously reconstructed lower lip, we used the free muscle graft technique, which has been firstly used by Thompson for the treatment of facial paralysis.

Titanium mesh fracture in mandibular reconstruction.

Mandibular reconstruction is important for providing good functional and cosmetic results after the resection of a mandibulary segment. Reconstruction plates and titanium meshes are usually used to reconstruct the bony defects in mandible. Although their complications are well known there is not a report on the fractures of a titanium mesh after mandible reconstruction in the literature.

Using the sac membrane to close the flap donor site in large meningomyeloceles.

If a large transposition flap with or without muscle is used for closure of a large meningomyelocele defect, then, a part of the donor site of the flap can be closed by split thickness skin graft, which produces an additional donor wound for the patient. We used the sac membrane instead of split thickness skin graft for closure of donor sites of fasciocutaneous flaps and latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flaps employed to cover large meningomyelocele defects. This technique was used in three thoracolumbar and in two lumbosacral meningomyelocele patients.