Restoration of the shape, location and skin of the severe burn-damaged breast
Burns, 10/02/2009
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Grishkevich VM et al. – Skin transplant and the scar tissue hold the shape and positioning of the breast and the sutures can be removed at this stage. In this series, 11 patients were operated upon and 13 breasts were reconstructed. Good
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Penile Fracture: Long-term Outcome of Immediate Surgical Intervention
Urology, 11/12/2009
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fracture. Immediate surgical intervention has low morbidity, short hospital stay, rapid functional recovery, and no serious long–term sequelae. Nonabsorbable sutures should be avoided as it has a higher incidence of scar formation.
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Arthroscopic Double-Pulley Remplissage Technique for Engaging Hill-Sachs Lesions in Anterior Shoulder Instability Repairs
Arthroscopy, 11/12/2009
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anchors and sutures and then waiting to tie the anterior sutures until after the humeral suture anchors have been placed. The subacromial bursa is cleared; then 2 transtendon suture anchors are placed in the Hill–Sachs lesion. Next, the previously placed Bankart repair sutures are tied, and ... remplissage sutures are tied in the subacromial space over the infraspinatus by use of the transtendon double–pulley technique. This technique uses the eyelets of the 2 suture anchors as pulleys and creates a double–mattress suture.
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Mattress suture-bridge technique for bursal-side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 11/16/2009
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Kim KC et al. – Instead of inserting suture anchors in the medial row, as in the conventional suture–bridge technique, two mattress sutures are inserted into the rotator cuff. Full–thickness ... achieved using a percutaneous spinal needle and medial mattress sutures to preserve the articular bone attachment of the remnant fibers and to compress the repaired tendon on the footprint. This method can help preserve the remnant rotator cuff tendon without tissue damage and can restore the normal
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Does the Literature Support Double-Row Suture Anchor Fixation for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair? A Systematic Review Comparing Double-Row and Single-Row Suture Anchor Configuration
Arthroscopy, 11/12/2009
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Nho SJ et al. – There are no clinical differences between the SR and DR suture anchor repair techniques for ... present, the data in the published literature do not support the use of DR suture anchor fixation to improve clinical outcome, but there are some studies that report that DR suture anchor fixation may improve tendon healing.
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Visual Assessment of Linear Scars: A New Tool
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 11/13/2009
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Kerrigan CL et al. – The visual assessment of linear scars tool was developed to create a simple, straightforward method of assessing the overall appearance of the postsurgical linear scar, keeping in mind that the patient's perspective might ... and surgeons found the ratings easy to perform, and the results showed that patients might rate their scars' appearance more favorably than the surgeons. The visual assessment of linear scars is a reliable tool with two plastic surgeons' rating of repeated photographs.
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Three-Dimensional Phase-Sensitive Inversion-Recovery Turbo FLASH Sequence for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Myocardial Scar
American Journal of Roentgenology, 10/23/2009
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Kino A et al. – Free–breathing 3D PSIR turbo FLASH imaging is a promising technique for the assessment of left ventricular scar particularly for scar quantification and the detection of small nonischemic scars in the myocardium.
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End-to-side nerve suture in traumatic injuries of brachial plexus: review of the literature and personal case series
Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 11/05/2009
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Battiston B et al. – This study did not demonstrate a reliable role for end–to–side nerve suture in brachial plexus surgery. The authors believe that at present ... side suture must not be a substitute for standard reconstructive techniques in brachial plexus surgery. Occasionally termino–lateral nerve sutures may represent a support to standard reconstructive procedures especially in case of severe injuries when few undamaged donor nerves are available
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Promising Therapeutic Target For Central Nervous System Injuries Identified
ScienceDaily, 10/16/2009
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Scars can serve as double–edged swords in spinal cord injuries—saving a victim's life, but sealing his or her fate as a paraplegic or quadriplegic. The scar forms a wall around the wound, preventing the injury from spreading ... scar release molecules that keep severed nerve fibers from passing the damaged tissue, so they cannot connect with their original targets to restore motor and sensory function.
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All hail the new flesh: some thoughts on scarification, children and adults
Journal of Medical Ethics, 10/26/2009
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Oultram S – Body art as expressed through non–therapeutic bodily modification is extremely popular, with techniques ranging from the commonplace such as ear piercing to the more esoteric forms such as tongue splitting. Scarification is one such ... art practice that is becoming popular as an alternative to tattooing and ear piercing.
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