Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
The incidence of head & neck and intraoral cancer increases as the magnitude and length of tobacco use increases. Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with a sixfold increase in aerodigestive cancer compared with that in non drinkers. SCC (squamous cell carcinoma ) is the most often found malignancy. The site and size of the lesion […]
Patients that suffer from benign or malignant skin tumor are often presented for tumor removal and reconstruction. Accurate diagnosis is crucial in the following treatment plan. There are different types of skin and soft tissue tumors and some require immediate intervention. A great deal of statistical information about skin cancer is found in http://www.skin cancer.org. […]
Osteomyelitis often follows severe open leg fractures with massive contamination or devascularized soft tissue and bone. Inadequate débridement or delayed coverage of the wound markedly increases the chances for development of this dreaded complication.Chronic osteomyelitis has been described as having evidence of endosteal and cortical infection of more than 6 months’ duration and as having […]
The patients that have sustained lower limb amputation often face problems with the prothesis device. Frequent repetitive trauma, poor hygiene of the stump, infections are all encountered leading to long period of immobilisation. When repetitive trauma leads to ulceration of the stump then local tissue that are scarred can only help a little in reconstruction […]
The primary goal of surgical reconstruction of the lower extremity wound is to restore or to maintain function. Depending on the nature of causing the defect many methods from simple to most complicated are used for reconstruction. Techniques of soft tissue and bone reconstruction are often necessary to salvage lower extremities after oncologic resection. Furthermore the […]
Pressure sores are wounds that result from ischemic tissue loss due to pressure against a bone prominence. With the best of care, pressure sores are preventable. However, despite the best of efforts, pressure sore recurrence rates in patients with spinal cord injuries exceed 50% during the long term.The single most important factor in the development […]
During the past 20 yrs there has been a marked increase in the number of patients undergoing breast reconstruction following mastectomy. The technique utilised and the timing of reconstruction are determined on an individual patient basis. Depending on the type of the ablative operation for the cancer of the breast and how extensive the surgery […]
