Versatile Use of V-Y Advancement Flap for Facial Defect Reconstruction: A Case Series in Asian Patients.

Background: V-Y advancement flap (VYAF) is a commonly used flap for facial reconstruction, but it is not popular in Asian society with limited aesthetic outcome evaluation.

Objective: To demonstrate our experience of facial VYAF with the quantitative aesthetic outcome assessment.

Methods And Materials: From January 2013 to December 2022, patients who underwent facial VYAF reconstruction were reviewed.

Steroid refractory granulomatous mastitis treated by top surgery: A case report.

Rationale: Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a rare inflammatory disease and the presentation mimics infectious mastitis or breast cancer. The disease usually develops at the unilateral breast in women with breast-feeding history at their child-bearing age. Systemic steroids had been proposed as the first-line treatment, the combination of surgery was also recommended for complicated disease.