Ameliorating Effects of β-Glucan on Epigastric Artery Island Flap Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

Background: Ischemia-reperfusion injury has been one of the culprits of tissue injury and flap loss after island flap transpositions. Thus, significant research has been undertaken to study how to prevent or decrease the spread of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Preventive effects of β-glucan on ischemia-reperfusion injury in the kidney, lung, and small intestine have previously been reported.

Comparison of Systemic and Topical Hypericum Perforatum on Diabetic Surgical Wounds.

Background: Surgical wounds in diabetic patients still remain a problem till the present day. As a common plant found around the world, Hypericum perforatum L. (Hypericaceae) is traditionally prepared as an oily extract and used as a folk remedy for various diseases such as wounds, burns, cuts, etc.

Experience of 80 cases with Fournier's gangrene and "trauma" as a trigger factor in the etiopathogenesis.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to retrospectively analyze the patients' data presented with Fournier's gangrene (FG), to compare obtained data with the literature and to investigate the role of "trauma" in the etiopathogenesis.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 126 patients with FG that consulted to our department.

Results: There were 76 male and four female patients.

Fractures of the mandible: a 20-year retrospective analysis of 753 patients.

Background: The craniofacial region is one of the most frequently injured parts of the body, and mandibular fracture is one of the commonest facial skeletal injuries. The most frequent causes of mandibular fractures are the traumas related to traffic accidents, falls, interpersonal violence, and sports activities, etc.

Methods: Seven hundred fifty-three cases (615 male, 138 female; megan age 36.

Comparison of preincisional infiltrated levobupivacaine and ropivacaine for acute postoperative pain relief after septorhinoplasty.

Background: To maintain a high standard of patient care, it is essential to provide adequate pain management in patients who undergo nasal surgery. Levobupivacaine and ropivacaine are relatively new long-acting local anesthetics.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the analgesic effect and blood loss of preincisional levobupivacaine HCl 0.

Retrospective analysis of two hundred thirty-five pediatric mandibular fracture cases.

Maxillofacial fractures are encountered less commonly during childhood period due to anatomic, social, cultural, and environmental factors. Although the incidence of all maxillofacial fractures is 1% to 15% among pediatric and adolescent patients, this rate drops to less than 1% in children below 5 years age. Two hundred thirty-five cases ( View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The impact of lidocaine on flap survival following reperfusion injury.

Background: Inflammatory events triggered by the mediators released from free oxygen radicals and infiltrated leukocytes play a direct role in formation of the ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of lidocaine on IR injury due to its anti-inflammatory properties.

Materials And Methods: Following delivery of lidocaine to the ischemic flaps in two different doses prior to the reperfusion, flap survival, malondialdehyde (MDA) level, myeloperoxidase (MPO) level, neutrophil count, and measurement of vascular diameters were studied.

A new proposal of classification of zygomatic arch fractures.

Purpose: Among facial fractures, zygomatic arch fractures occur rather frequently. Facial fractures have recently been classified in fine detail according to computed tomographic findings. Nevertheless, there exists no classification of the zygomatic arch fracture, which has a physiognomically important place, to provide guidance for treatment.

Repair of traumatic orbital wall defects using conchal cartilage.

Background: The authors' aim was to investigate the efficiency of conchal cartilage grafts in defective orbital wall fractures, which are encountered isolated or in combination with other orbitozygomatic fractures. The authors assessed, for this purpose, the follow-up results of patients treated by using conchal cartilage grafts.

Methods: Ten patients who had defective orbital wall fractures and were treated by using conchal cartilage graft among those treated for facial fractures in the authors' clinic were included in the study.

The effects of topical estriol and vehicle cream on the mechanical and histological properties of normal rat skin.

Background: The biomechanical and histological effects of topical estriol in normal rat skin are not clearly defined, although several favourable effects of estrogens have been suggested, especially in the postmenopausal period. Our goal was to determine whether estrogens have any such effects on skin histology and biomechanical properties in an experimental rat model.

Material/methods: Estriol cream or vehicle cream was topically applied to the dorsum of Sprague Dawley rats of both genders in three separate groups for two weeks, and the results of the estriol and vehicle groups, as well as the non-treated control groups, were compared in terms of mechanical tensometric test results and histopathological evaluation.

The effects of topical prostacyclin and prostaglandin E1 on flap survival after nicotine application in rats.

The aim of this study is to examine and compare the effects of topical prostacyclin and prostaglandin E1 on flap survival after nicotine application in rats. In the designed experiment, group 1 was treated with 1 mL saline, and groups 2, 3, and 4 were treated with 2 mg/kg of nicotine subcutaneously for 4 weeks. At the end of 4 weeks, surgery was done, and topical applications of vaseline base on groups 1 and 2, prostacyclin (PgI2-iloprost) on group 3, and prostaglandin E1 (PgE1-misoprostol) on group 4 were performed.