Abstract Microsurgical toe transfer for thumb reconstruction is a challenging procedure, considering the technical skills necessary to perform it, as well as the difficult postoperative evaluation of esthetical and functional aspects. The present is the report of the case of a 3-year-old child who suffer...
La reconstrucción de una amputación distal de dedo en un niño es un desafío. Los
procedimientos propuestos son muchos, y los resultados no han sido buenos. La
reconstrucción con reposición del segmento a modo de injerto compuesto, o con técnicas microquirúrgicas, parece ofrecer la mejor de las po...
Introducción: La diabetes mellitus es la causa más importante de amputaciones no traumáticas en el mundo. El pronóstico de riesgo de amputación resulta vital para el tratamiento óptimo de los pacientes hospitalizados con pie diabético. Objetivo: Caracterizar las variables con valor pronóstico ...
RESUMEN La amputación traumática completa se define como la separación total de un segmento del miembro del resto del cuerpo. El segmento cercenado algunas veces se puede reconectar, siempre que ambas partes de la extremidad hayan sido correctamente tratadas y se cumplan determinadas condiciones. Se p...
Introduction: Covering complex lower limb wounds is a
major challenge. The medial gastrocnemius muscle flap is
usually indicated for reconstruction of loss of substance of
the knee and proximal third of the leg. The objective of this
study was to evaluate the results using gastrocnemius muscle
flaps in l...
O trauma da mão representa uma das lesões que com maior frequência pode deixar sequelas funcionais importantes. A idade mais
afetada é a economicamente ativa. Valorizamos o conhecimento adequado do primeiro atendimento e do manejo das lesões mais
frequentes na mão traumatizada. Nesta segunda parte,...
Amputations associated with fireworks are customarily treated by stump revision resulting in permanent disability. In this case report, we present an eight-year old boy who suffered an amputation of his right distal index finger at the level of the epiphyseal disk with degloving injury of the amputated f...
CONTEXT: The traumatic loss of an ear greatly affects the patient because of the severe aesthetic deformity it entails. The characteristic format of the ear, with a fine skin covering a thin and elastic cartilage, is not found anywhere else in the human body. Thus, to reconstruct an ear, the surgeon may ...
