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.

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.

Fat graft transfer in children's facial malformations: a prospective three-dimensional evaluation.

Introduction: Autologous fat grafting for volume augmentation in soft tissues has grown in popularity in the paediatric plastic surgery community, despite a lack of quantifiable evidence of graft survival and predictable outcomes for child patients. The objective of this study is to quantify, through an objective method, the rate of survival of fat grafting in children's reconstructive surgery.

Methods: Clinical evaluation of all children was performed under standardised conditions in a prospective fashion with a 1-year follow-up.

Interfaces for long-term noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in children.

Objective: The aim of the study was to report the type and tolerance of the interface chosen for long-term noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in children.

Methods: This was a descriptive study carried out in the clinical setting of a pediatric university hospital in which all children started on long-term NPPV over a 18-month period were included.

Results: NPPV was started in 97 children with neuromuscular disease or thoracic scoliosis (n = 35), obstructive sleep apnea with (n = 32) or without (n = 21) maxillofacial deformity, or lung disease (n = 9).