Pedicled and free flaps When larger tissue volumes need to be reconstructed, a pedicled flap from a site not immediately adjacent to the wound defect can be used, or alternatively a free flap. A ...

Though many techniques have been described for the correction of syndactyly, current methods result in skin deficiency that requires skin grafting, especially at the finger bases. We discuss the ...

Group A was submitted to treatment with the Atasoy-Kleinert V-Y advancement flap technique, described in the literature as an option for the treatment of transverse or dorsal oblique injuries, already ...

Skin presents a curious variation of response to thermal injury. One type occasionally seen is the spotty depigmentation of the dorsum (Fig. 1), which is not necessarily associated with keloid or ...

Seen here gripping a tennis ball, the Dorsal Grasper adds two supernumerary robotic fingers to the back of the user's dominant hand Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering View 3 Images View gallery - 3 images ...

It is based on the "reposition technique" described by Dubert et al. in 1997 1 and the free perionychial graft technique suggested by Netscher and Meade in 1999. 2 The technique that we prefer is best ...

He's currently in Ukraine, where, he said, there are many more people who could benefit from a bionic hand. "We're still far away from Luke Skywalker's hand," he said.

The auricle or pinna is a frequent target of malignant neoplasms. Half of the tumors are located in the helix, and many defects involve both skin and cartilage, making surgical reconstruction a ...