Progress in plastic and reconstructive therapy for facial injuries caused by animal bites / 中华创伤杂志

Facial injuries due to animal bites are normal. Recent studies have demonstrated that primary wound closure with cosmetic suture techniques and/or plastic and reconstructive repair techniques for facial injuries caused by animal bites will improve the cosmetic effect and patients' satisfaction without increasing the wound infection rate. Hence, early plastic surgery is recommended to repair facial injuries caused by animal bites. The authors review the characteristics and injury assessment of facial injuries caused by animal bites, wound debridement techniques, cosmetic suture techniques, and cosmetic sutures of animal bites in various parts, aiming to provide a reference to the plastic and reconstructive therapy for facial injuries caused by animal bites.

Research progress in double-eyelid blepharoplasty for east Asians / 中华整形外科杂志

Eyes play a dominating role in the facial aesthetics. In the past decades, East Asian consider the westernized stereoscopic and double eyelid eyes as beautiful, as a result, double-eyelid blepharoplasty become the most commonly performed aesthetic plastic surgery continuing to gain popularity in East Asian. The authors summarized the important progress and innovative conclusion on upper eyelid anatomy, preoperative evaluation, double-eyelid blepharoplasty for Asian males as well as objective outcome assessment of double eyelid surgery in recent 10 years, which we hope could pave the way for surgeons to better understand, investigate and modify double eyelid surgery along with better serve the patients.

Vaginoplasty with autologous buccal micromucosa combined with acellular allogenic dermal matrix / 中华整形外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To introduce and evaluate the technical feasibility and anatomical and functional outcomes of one-stage vaginoplasty with autologous buccal micromucosa combined with acellular allogenic dermis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We retrospectively reviewed our experiences with 17 patients with Mayer- Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome treated with primary surgery from September 2010 to April 2013. All patients underwent vaginoplasty with autologous buccal micromucosa combined with acellular allogenic dermis. We describe the details of this technique, observe the time of epithelization and evaluate the long- term anatomical, functional, and sexual outcomes.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The time of epithelization was 13 d (range: 12-15 d). At a mean follow-up of 15 months (range: 12-24 months), the mean postoperative dependence on the vaginal stent was 11.7 ± 1.64 months (range: 9-15 months), the mean depth of the neovagina was (9.0 ± 0.94) cm (range: 7-11 cm), the mean circumference was (12.3 ± 1.36) cm (range: 10.0-14.5 cm) and the mean volume was (105 ± 10) ml (range 85-120 ml). The mean female sexual function index score of the 12 sexually active patients was 29.5 ± 2.6. No spouse reported discomfort during intercourse.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Vaginoplasty with autologous buccal micromucosa combined with acellular allogenic dermis is an effective and feasible approach for patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. The procedure has satisfactory long-term anatomical and functional results. The use of the acellular allogenic dermis is limited by the high price and the potential infection.</p>

Individual designed titanium mesh used in bone graft fusion and internal fixation to restore cervical curvature / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:Titanium mesh is a new type of bone graft supports used for the treatment of spine, especial y the cervical spine disorders at home and abroad in recent years. But, at present, how to improve the cervical lordosis curvature during anterior surgery is the difficulty for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of straight titanium mesh and individual designed titanium mesh used in the bone graft fusion and internal fixation on the recovery of cervical curvature and Japanese Orthopaedic Association score during anterior cervical subtotal vertebrectomy in the patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. METHODS:Forty-three patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated with surgical indications of subtotal vertebrectomy and decompression internal fixation were included, and the patients were divided into two groups according to different internal fixation methods. There were 15 cases in the individual designed titanium mesh group and 28 cases in the straight titanium mesh group. The preoperative anteroposterior X-ray films of the cervical spine of al the patients were as the blank control group. The clinical data of the patients in two groups were retrospectively analyzed, and the postoperative Japanese Orthopaedic Association score, cervical curvature, intervertebral angles and intervertebral height were compared. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The cervical lordosis angle and the intervertebral angle of surgery segment in the individual designed titanium mesh group were improved when compared with those in the straight titanium mesh group and the blank control group (P0.05). There was no significant difference in Japanese Orthopaedic Association score between individual designed titanium mesh group and the straight titanium mesh group (P>0.05). During subtotal vertebrectomy for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy, cutting titanium mesh into trapezoidal shape to simulate the normal disc shape of former high to low can effectively restore the physiological curvature of cervical spine and the intervertebral height of surgery segment.