Recently added articles from Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery:
A simple method to maintain immobilization and elevation of the hand in infants and children
Jan 01, 2008; Karanth, Siddharth; Thatte, Mukund; Vartak, Arvind ... Dear Sir, Hand elevation and immobilization is an essential step following hand surgeries, hand trauma and in oedematous and inflammatory conditions of the hand. This is difficult to maintain in infants and young children (less than four years old) in whom hand elevation is required. The ...
The idea called India
Jan 01, 2008; Lancer, The ... Dear Sir, The last issue of IJPS (Vol. 40, 2007 December) is quite remarkable for its content. The lead article is written by Kalpesh Gajiwala, who was not only entirely trained in India but has now written on the difficult subject of speech pathology, with Indian languages in mind and ...
Submental tracheal intubation in oromaxillofacial surgery
Jan 01, 2008; Sharma, Ramesh; Tuli, Puneet; Cyriac, Chacko; Parashar, Atul; Makkar, Surinder ... Introduction In patients planned for oro-maxillary surgery with limited airway options, the submental intubation has been suggested as an alternative technique. This technique offers a secure airway to the anesthetist, an optimal operating field and an opportunity to check the dental ...
Lasers, liposuction, and the results conundrum
Jan 01, 2008; Thatte, Mukund ... Amongst all the super specialities born out of 'General Surgery', ours has perhaps metamorphosed the most. We started with tube pedicles to remake body parts shattered by the new explosives of the First World War. In fact, it was a unique combination of three things that led to this event. There ...
Chemical injuries from assaults: An increasing trend in a developing country
Jan 01, 2008; Olaitan, Peter; Jiburum, Bernard ... Introduction Chemical burn injuries occur when certain substances come into direct contact with the skin or mucous membranes with the onset of rapid tissue damage. Chemical burn injuries are not uncommon and have been reported by various authors. [1],[2],[3],[4],[5] Epidemiology ...
The extended latissimus dorsi flap option in autologous breast reconstruction: A report of 14 cases and review of the literature
Jan 01, 2008; Rifaat, Mohammed; Amin, Ayman; Bassiouny, Mahmoud; Nabawi, Ayman; Monib, Sherif ... Introduction Breast reconstruction after mastectomy has been considered a very important step in the rehabilitation of breast cancer patients playing a major role in the interdisciplinary treatment for the disease. [1] Various methods have been described in literature. They ...
A prospective clinical review of "multi model" approach for treating ear keloids
Jan 01, 2008; Narakula, Ganesh; Shenoy, R ... Introduction It is well known that keloids are "Confused scars that do not know when to stop growing". The basic pathology is an imbalance between anabolic (proliferation) and catabolic (apoptotic) phases of the healing process. [1] The various treatment modalities so far ...
Epidemiology of burns in a teaching hospital in south India
Jan 01, 2008; Shanmugakrishnan, R; Narayanan, V; Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, P ... Introduction Despite many medical advances, burns continue to remain a challenging problem due to the lack of infrastructure and trained professionals as well as the increased cost of treatment, all of which have an impact on the outcome. Previous epidemiological studies from different ...
Tissue engineering approaches for the construction of a completely autologous tendon substitute
Jan 01, 2008; Bassetto, Franco; Vindigni, Vincenzo; Dalla, Vedova; Carolin, Tonello; Giovanni, Abatangelo; Francesco, Mazzoleni ... Introduction Tendons are soft connective tissues, which connect muscle to bone and form a musculo-tendinous unit, whose primary function is to transmit tensile loads generated by muscles to move and stabilize joints. The biomechanical properties of tendons can be attributed to the highly ...
Modified safe technique for circumcision
Jan 01, 2008; Mokal, Nitin; Chavan, Navdeep ... Introduction Around 1/6 th of the world's male population is reported to have been circumcised. [1] Nearly 1.2 million newborn males are circumcised yearly in the USA and nearly 30,000 in the UK. [2],[3] Around 33% of the general population in India is circumcised. [4] The earliest ...
Silicone Foley's catheter: A useful splint in ear surgeries
Jan 01, 2008; Karanth, Siddharth; Mokal, Nitin ... Introduction The maintenance of the ear projection and postauricular sulcus in cases of ear reconstruction in microtia is a known problem. This situation may require splints to be applied and worn for a long duration of time to counteract the contracting forces of the skin-grafted, post ...
Reversed cross finger subcutaneous flap: A rapid way to cover finger defects
Jan 01, 2008; Fejjal, Nawfal; Belmir, Redouane; Mazouz, Samir El; Gharib, Noureddine; Abbassi, Abdellah; Belmahi, Amin ... Introduction We report here a case of a butcher who injured his left index while cutting meat. This trauma was responsible for a defect involving the extensor system and the skin at the level of the middle phalanx. The patient was operated under loco-regional anaesthesia. The proximal ...
An interesting case of familial chylomicronemia syndrome in a cleft palate child
Jan 01, 2008; Adenwalla, H; Narayanan, P; Rajshree, C; Santhakumar, Rati ... Introduction Familial chylomicronemia usually manifests in childhood at around ten years of age with recurrent abdominal pain and pancreatitis. This disorder is usually clinically silent and hence not discovered till blood is sampled for some other reason. During sampling, massive ...
Coverage of defects over toes with distally based local flaps: A report of four cases
Jan 01, 2008; Koul, Ashok; Patil, Rahul; Philip, Vinoth ... Introduction Distal foot reconstruction, especially of wounds over the toes, has always been a challenging problem in plastic surgery. The various reconstruction methods available are skin graft, random pattern flap; cross-leg flap and free flaps but all these methods have their own ...
Total excision and V-Y plasty technique in the anal area condyloma acuminatum
Jan 01, 2008; Demirel, Arif; Ongoren, Ali; Bingul, Ferruh; Gulcelik, Nevzat ... Introduction Condyloma acuminatum is caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) types 6 and 11 and can be located in the perianal region, anal canal, vulva, vagina and/or the perineum. This is a viral venereally transmitted disease. There is a possibility that this illness can result in ...
Use of Foley catheter as a flap retainer
Jan 01, 2008; Saraiya, Hemant ... Introduction Over the years, pressure to keep a skin graft or flap firmly opposed to the underlying wound bed has been attempted with the help of a tight dressing, tie-over dressing, elastic bandage or adherent tape. Unfortunately, the pressure may not remain effective throughout, until ...
Case Reports
Jan 01, 2008; Potu, Bhagath ... Dear Sir, This is regarding Dr. Mukund Thatte's editorial on "A Point Regarding Case Reports". [1] I appreciate your respect for case reports. Writing case reports for publication in journals is one of the best ways to get started in the medical profession. Case reports are ...
Progressive skin necrosis of a huge occipital encephalocele
Jan 01, 2008; Andarabi, Yasir; Nejat, Farideh; El-Khashab, Mostafa ... Introduction Encephalocoele is a broad term representing a cystic congenital malformation in which central nervous system structures in communication with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways, herniate through a defect in the cranium. Encephaloceles occur in roughly one out of every 5,000 ...
Radial, renal and craniofacial anomalies: Baller-Gerold syndrome
Jan 01, 2008; Murthy, Jyotsna; Babu, Ramesh; Ramanan, Padmasani ... Introduction Baller [1] described a female with oxycephaly and absent radius whose parents were third cousins. Gerold [2] described a brother and sister, aged 16 years and two days, respectively with tower skull, radial aplasia and small ulna. The term Baller-Gerold syndrome was coined ...
Ulnar nerve palsy after open carpal tunnel decompression: Case report and review of the literature
Jan 01, 2008; Yoong, P; Fattah, A; Flemming, A ... Introduction Carpal tunnel syndrome is the commonest nerve entrapment of the upper limb, with an estimated lifetime risk of 10%. [1] Surgical decompression of the transverse carpal ligament has proven value, producing significant relief of pain and paraesthesia in more than 70% of ...