Islanded facial artery osteomyomucosal/osseous flap in head and neck reconstruction

A local pedicled vascularized bone flap can prevent the morbidity and cost of free bone flap surgery in small segmental bone defects or long cartilaginous defects of the head and neck. Such flaps can also be useful in patients who are high risk for surgery. The periosteal vascularity of the mandible can be used to design islanded facial artery-based bone flaps, which can be utilized to that extent. Two patients with a small segmental mandibulectomy defect and one patient with a long cricotracheal resection defect underwent reconstruction using three different designs of islanded facial artery osteomyomucosal/osseous flap (iFOMM). The patients had a minimum follow-up period of 18 months. All flaps were successful, with satisfactory healing and without any functional deficit or disease at last follow-up.     

修复重建外科的生物医用材料

目的阐述生物医用材料在修复重建外科的应用情况.方法根据多年的研究成果,结合国内文献,总结医用材料的临床应用的种类及范围.结果根据需要修复组织的成分结构和病理状态,设计并制造出与其相匹配的生物材料.胶原蛋白、壳聚糖和透明质酸钠已用于修复皮肤、骨、软骨、声带、神经缺损和耳鼓膜,取得了良好的治疗效果.结论由于临床治疗的复杂性,尚需研制出更多、生物相容性更好的材料.     

异体跟骨移植及腓肠神经营养血管皮瓣修复跟骨缺损

目的　探讨应用同种异体跟骨移植及腓肠神经营养血管逆行岛状皮瓣 ,修复跟骨缺损的临床效果。　方法　 1996年 2月～ 2 0 0 2年 12月 ,采用同种异体跟骨移植及吻合腓肠神经营养血管皮瓣修复足跟骨缺损 6例。致伤原因为车祸伤 3例 ,机器绞扎伤 2例 ,砸伤 1例。其中跟骨后 1/ 3缺损 3例 ,后 1/ 2缺损 2例 ,后 2 / 3缺损 1例 ,均伴有足跟软组织不同程度缺损和跟腱断裂。皮瓣范围 6 cm× 7cm～ 12 cm× 17cm。急诊手术 2例 ,择期手术 4例。采用异体骨修复跟骨缺损 ,跟腱“Z”字形延长钢丝固定于再造跟骨粗隆处 ,修复软组织缺损。　结果　 4例皮瓣全部成活 ,2例皮瓣远端部分坏死 ,经换药后创面愈合。术后 X线片显示 :移植异体骨对位良好 ,恢复了足跟结构。术后 3～ 6个月足跟部皮瓣感觉恢复。所有患者均获随访 6个月～ 3年 ,植入的异体骨骨性愈合 ,未见明显吸收、感染和排斥反应等并发症。足外形饱满 ,可负重行走。　结论　应用同种异体跟骨修复跟骨缺损 ,取材方便 ,且符合人体自然结构及功能要求。采用腓肠神经营养血管皮瓣 ,不牺牲肢体的主要血管 ,手术风险小 ,操作简便、外形好、有感觉 ,可恢复行走功能     

会阴部瘢痕挛缩畸形45例整复治疗

目的　讨论、总结会阴部瘢痕挛缩畸形整复治疗的经验。方法　我科自 1989年以来对 4 5例会阴部瘢痕挛缩畸形患者进行了整复治疗。术前强调肠道清洁和局部瘢痕清洗 ;术中根据瘢痕挛缩畸形的具体情况 ,联合采用局部皮瓣及中厚皮片移植 31例 ,全厚皮片移植 8例 ,单纯用局部皮瓣移植 6例 ;术后注意保持创面的清洁干燥和进行及时有效的功能锻炼。结果　患者在接受整复治疗后形态、功能均获得良好恢复 ,总优良率达 95 .5 %。结论　根据会阴部瘢痕挛缩畸形的特殊性 ,重视术前准备及术后处理 ,合理设计、选择手术方法 ,才能够获得满意的治疗效果     

Correlation between the course of the medial plantar artery and the morphology of the abductor hallucis muscle

The abductor hallucis muscle flap is commonly used as a proximally-based flap in the management of ankle, heel, and midfoot lesions, where it is ideally suited for closing defects. This study investigates the anatomical details of this muscle in 13 fresh male cadavers. The medial plantar artery (MPA) was studied by dissection and macroscopic analyses to document the relationship of its superficial and deep branches with respect to the abductor hallucis muscle (AHM). Three main patterns could be described. In Pattern A (54%) the MPA divides into two branches. The deep branch reaches the deep surface of the AHM, supplying its proximal part, and the superficial branch courses between the AHM and the flexor digitorum brevis, to end as the first plantar metatarsal artery. The latter supplies two to three small branches to the distal part of the AHM. The fibers of the AHM end symmetrically on the two sides of the tendon and the muscle presents an arciform shape. The MPA, in Pattern B (38%), lacks a deep branch and continues along the lateral border of the AHM as a superficial branch that supplies proximal and distal collaterals to the muscle. The muscle fibers of the AHM end mainly on the medial side of the tendon. The muscle belly presents an arciform shape and is located on the medial margin of the foot superomedially with respect to Pattern A. In Pattern C (8%) the MPA continues as a large deep branch on the deep surface of the AHM and ends as the medial collateral artery of the big toe. A smaller superficial branch of the MPA provides a few collaterals to the AHM from its proximal part and to the flexor digitorum brevis in its distal part. The AHM fibers end mainly on the lateral side of the tendon and morphologically the muscle presents a straight line on the sole of the foot compared to Pattern A. Although Patterns B and C, from a surgical point of view, necessitate interruption of the main trunk of the MPA, Pattern A may permit the vascularization of the muscles of the medial side of the sole of the foot by the superficial trunk of the MPA. Because preoperative radiological study of the plantar vessels correlate with the morphological characteristics of the AHM observed during surgery, such imaging may be useful in determining the appropriate flap design based on the patient's unique pattern of MPA branching.     

Life underneath the VCA umbrella: Perspectives from the US Uterus Transplant Consortium

The parallel emergence of uterus transplantation (UTx) and other transplantation innovations including face and hand transplantation led to the categorization of the uterus as a vascular composite allograft (VCA). With >60 transplants and >20 births worldwide, UTx is transitioning rapidly from a research endeavor to an effective treatment option for women with uterine factor infertility. While it originally made sense to group the innovations under one umbrella, it is time to revisit the designation of UTx as a VCA. We describe how UTx needs unique policy, procedural codes, insurance contracts, and educational initiatives. We contend that separating UTx from VCAs may become necessary in the future to avoid hindering the growth and regulation of this field.     

Donor genetic variants as risk factors for thrombosis after liver transplantation: A genome-wide association study

Thrombosis after liver transplantation substantially impairs graft- and patient survival. Inevitably, heritable disorders of coagulation originating in the donor liver are transmitted by transplantation. We hypothesized that genetic variants in donor thrombophilia genes are associated with increased risk of posttransplant thrombosis. We genotyped 775 donors for adult recipients and 310 donors for pediatric recipients transplanted between 1993 and 2018. We determined the association between known donor thrombophilia gene variants and recipient posttransplant thrombosis. In addition, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and meta-analyzed 1085 liver transplantations. In our donor cohort, known thrombosis risk loci were not associated with posttransplant thrombosis, suggesting that it is unnecessary to exclude liver donors based on thrombosis-susceptible polymorphisms. By performing a meta-GWAS from children and adults, we identified 280 variants in 55 loci at suggestive genetic significance threshold. Downstream prioritization strategies identified biologically plausible candidate genes, among which were AK4 (rs11208611-T, p = 4.22 × 10⁻⁰⁵) which encodes a protein that regulates cellular ATP levels and concurrent activation of AMPK and mTOR, and RGS5 (rs10917696-C, p = 2.62 × 10⁻⁰⁵) which is involved in vascular development. We provide evidence that common genetic variants in the donor, but not previously known thrombophilia-related variants, are associated with increased risk of thrombosis after liver transplantation.     

“Do You Have a Healthy Smile?”

This article examines whether cosmetic interventions by dentists and plastic surgeons are medically indicated and, hence, qualify as medical interventions proper. Cosmetic interventions (and the business strategies used to market them) are often frowned upon by dentists and physicians. However, if those interventions do not qualify as medical interventions proper, they should not be evaluated using medical-ethical norms. On the other hand, if they are to be considered medical practice proper, the medical-ethical principles of nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice and others hold true for cosmetic interventions as much as they do for other medical and dental interventions. It is concluded that most cosmetic interventions do not qualify as medical interventions proper because they do not restore or maintain the patient's health (defined as the patient's integrity) by any objective standards. Rather, cosmetic interventions are intended to enhance a person's physical appearance; more specifically, they intend to fulfill the client's subjective perception of an enhanced appearance. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

提上睑肌腱膜瓣-额肌吻合术治疗重度上睑下垂

目的:观察提上睑肌腱膜瓣—额肌吻合术矫治重度上睑下垂的治疗效果。方法:对22例(28眼)先天性重度上睑下垂患者采用上睑皮肤双切口,制作提上睑肌腱膜瓣及额肌瓣,经眶膈后隧道将提上睑肌腱膜瓣于眉部辅助切口与额肌瓣吻合。结果:随访3mo～2a。21例(27眼,96%﹚术后效果良好,1例(1眼,4%﹚轻度矫正不足。结论:该术式具有矫治效果好、术中额肌剥离范围小、损伤轻、术后重睑形成自然美观等优点。是重度上睑下垂理想的手术方式。     

Frank压迫法阴道成形术治疗先天性无阴道

目的探讨Frank压迫法阴道成形术治疗先天性无阴道的临床效果。方法观察Frank法治疗159例先天性无阴道患者的治疗时间和随访治疗效果。结果159例患者全部治疗成功,所需时间最长7个月,最短10 d,62例已结婚,随访性生活满意。结论对于阴道前庭部弹性好,阴道外口处有0.5 cm以上陷凹的先天性无阴道患者,用Frank压迫法阴道成形术简便、安全、有效,有2 cm以上阴道者,疗效更佳。