Results: 31 of 851 flaps (3.6%) required unplanned secondary surgery because of flap related complications. The most reliable flap was VY advancement flap with only one (0.3%) re-operation. The ...

However, the fistula frequency reached zero when a tunica vaginalis flap was added to the dorsal flap. The proportion of complications in the repeated TIP surgery was between 11.1 and 33.3% with an ...

Historically, the dorsal arterial system of the hand received less attention than the palmar system. The studies concerning dorsal arterial anatomy present some controversies regarding the origin and ...

In Sugita et al.'s method, the Byars flap is transpositioned using an inverted T-shaped incision on the distal dorsal prepuce, which is used for covering the ventral skin defect.

This paper presents a robust dorsal hand vein authentication system. A new method is proposed for the region of interest extraction using fingertips and finger valley key points. Some new features and ...

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 ...

Remache, D., Chambert, J., Pauchot, J. and Jacquet, E. (2015) Numerical Analysis of the V-Y Shaped Advancement Flap. Medical Engineering & Physics, 37, 987-994.

Mitzi Perdue, the double-heiress of Sheraton Hotels and Perdue Farms, grew up wearing hand-me-downs and getting a public education. She’s quick to draw her purse strings by flying economy ...

As authorities probe the tragic crash of Air India Flight AI171, which claimed over 200 lives shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, aviation experts reflected on the probable causes that may have ...

Video of the Air India jetliner that crashed into a neighborhood points to potential anomalies that aviation safety authorities will examine to understand what caused the accident that killed at ...

Trump covers his hand in the Oval office on Tuesday. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images While Biden was the oldest ever president to serve in office, Trump is the oldest to be sworn into office.