[Lay further emphasis on the cosmetic repair of deep burn wounds in extraordinary regions or caused by uncommon agents].

Along with the vigorous development of medical science and other related subjects, a lot of new techniques, concepts, materials, and methods continuously sprung up. The techniques of plastic and cosmetic surgery have already been used to repair burn wound at the early stage, especially to those wounds in extraordinary regions or caused by uncommon agents. These advances made burn wound treatment change from simply covering wound to save the patient's life to repairing wound and reconstructing function at the same time, which might achieve the aim of cosmetic repair in the future.

Parental authority to refuse acute burn treatment versus the protection our children deserve.

Our society has empowered parents to care for their children and take legally binding decisions on their behalf. One of the areas where such decision making is required is in medical care when a child's health is at stake. Three cases of child abuse and neglect were identified and reported.

An objective long-term evaluation of Integra (a dermal skin substitute) and split thickness skin grafts, in acute burns and reconstructive surgery.

Introduction: The field of wound healing and tissue repair has advanced rapidly in the last decade, with this there is an increasing emphasis on the importance of the functional and cosmetic outcomes following injury. Integra artificial skin is the most widely used synthetic skin substitute and is reported to have better outcomes in relation to the appearance and elasticity when compared to split thickness skin grafting (SSG). A review of the literature reveals very few trials that are based on an objective evaluation of Integra treated scars as compared to SSGs.

Simultaneous surgical treatment of ulcer terebrans with intracranial propagation and acoustic neurinoma on the same side: a case report.

This article presents a successful surgical treatment of the patient with aggressive basal cell carcinoma with intracranial propagation (ulcer terebrans) and simultaneous acoustic neurinoma on the same side.

Giant gluteal lipoma-like liposarcoma: a case report.

Background: Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma in adults with a peak incidence between the 4th and 6th decade of life and slight preponderance to the male gender. It originates from multipotential primitive mesenchymal cells, rather than mature adipose tissue.

Case Presentation: An unusual case of a rapidly growing giant lipoma-like liposarcoma of the left gluteal and perineal areas in a young male was presented.

Unusual malignant transformation of recurrent sebaceoma. A case report.

Sebaceoma is a benign tumor composed of incompletely differentiated sebaceous cells of varying degrees of maturity. Sebaceomas was never reported as a known premalignant lesion.This is a report of a sixteen year old boy who presented with a malignant transformation of a recurrent sebaceoma which was excised twice by Moh's surgery.

Unusual clinical presentation of a severely protruding premaxilla in patient with bilateral clefts.

Prominent premaxilla is one of the problems encountered when dealing with bilateral complete cleft lip and palate patients. Secondary alveolar bone grafting with these patients would achieve filling of the osseous defect, supports the alar base, eliminate the oro-nasal fistula and enhance the maxillary instability. This article describes the management of a bilateral cleft lip and palate patient with an extremely protruding premaxilla done in one stage surgery.

Management of bilateral Achilles tendon rupture associated with ciprofloxacin: a review and case presentation.

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics are increasingly being recognized as a cause of Achilles tendinitis and rupture. We report the case of a 62-year old man who developed bilateral Achilles tendon rupture six days following commencement of ciprofloxacin. Tendon exploration and repair was accomplished with the use of a prosthetic substitute (Leeds-Keio ligament) but healing was complicated by left wound breakdown that was successfully repaired with a perforator-based fasciocutaneous flap.

Orbital reconstruction following sino-nasal mucormycosis.

We discuss the reconstruction of an orbit destroyed by an invasive fungal infection. Sino-nasal mucormycosis is usually associated with a poor prognosis, and occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. Serial imaging leading to repeated radical debridement, along with intravenous amphotericin, helped the patient to recover from this serious disease.

Microcomputer image processing for burn patients.

A computer-based system was developed to handle information and images in a clinical setting. The system is based on an 80286 AT computer, the topology of which includes a 16-bit color image capture/display graphics adapter and a 256 gray scale 8-bit digital image analysis processor. Using its color capabilities, we have created a picture database of patients' injuries, radiographs, and other relevant clinical data.