Low-molecular-weight heparin and postoperative bleeding in rhytidectomy.

Background: Postoperative bleeding and hematoma are unwanted complications, especially for face lifts, where the rate of hematoma is reported to be high. The authors investigated the rate of complications. As expected, the major adverse event was postoperative bleeding, requiring surgical evacuation of hematoma in 5.

[Can muscle transposition of an antagonist modify regeneration of the peroneal nerve?].

The prognosis after injury and microsurgical repair of the peroneal nerve is poor. However, clinical experience seems to indicate better results if nerve repair or neurolysis is combined with transposition of the tibialis posterior muscle. This hypothesis was tested in 20 rabbits by severing the peroneal nerve of one lower extremity.

Subcutaneous or submuscular anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve?

Precise clinical and electroneurographic examinations were made of 51 patients before and after anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve. The mean follow-up period was 9.6 years.

[Cortisone jet injection as therapy of hypertrophic scars and keloids].

Intralesional steroid injection in the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids has been well known for many years. In order to determine whether this therapy can still be recommended, 57 patients with hypertrophic scars or keloids received high-pressure injections of triamcinolon acetonide (Dermojet). 50% of the cases showed significant improvement with respect to scar color, itching and scar elevation.