THE OUTCOME OF EARLY MANAGEMENT OF AVULSIVE MANDIBULAR INJURIES BY RECONSTRUCTION PLATES AND SOFT TISSUE FLAPS

Author(s):  
Haider Alalawy
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (490) ◽  
pp. eaau6210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Li ◽  
Brian Cho ◽  
Russell Martin ◽  
Michelle Seu ◽  
Chi Zhang ◽  
...  

Soft tissue losses from tumor removal, trauma, aging, and congenital malformation affect millions of people each year. Existing options for soft tissue restoration have several drawbacks: Surgical options such as the use of autologous tissue flaps lead to donor site defects, prosthetic implants are prone to foreign body response leading to fibrosis, and fat grafting and dermal fillers are limited to small-volume defects and only provide transient volume restoration. In addition, large-volume fat grafting and other tissue-engineering attempts are hampered by poor vascular ingrowth. Currently, there are no off-the-shelf materials that can fill the volume lost in soft tissue defects while promoting early angiogenesis. Here, we report a nanofiber-hydrogel composite that addresses these issues. By incorporating interfacial bonding between electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) fibers and a hyaluronic acid hydrogel network, we generated a composite that mimics the microarchitecture and mechanical properties of soft tissue extracellular matrix. Upon subcutaneous injection in a rat model, this composite permitted infiltration of host macrophages and conditioned them into the pro-regenerative phenotype. By secreting pro-angiogenic cytokines and growth factors, these polarized macrophages enabled gradual remodeling and replacement of the composite with vascularized soft tissue. Such host cell infiltration and angiogenesis were also observed in a rabbit model for repairing a soft tissue defect filled with the composite. This injectable nanofiber-hydrogel composite augments native tissue regenerative responses, thus enabling durable soft tissue restoration outcomes.


2003 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Schultze-Mosgau ◽  
Joerg Wiltfang ◽  
Frank Birklein ◽  
Friedrich Wilhelm Neukam

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S. Friedstat ◽  
Michelle R Coriddi ◽  
Eric G Halvorson ◽  
Joseph J Disa

Wound management and soft-tissue repair can vary depending on the location. The head and neck, chest and back, arm and forearm, hand, abdomen, gluteal area and perineum, thigh, knee, lower leg, and foot all have different local options and preferred free flaps to use for reconstruction. Secondary reconstruction requires a detailed analysis of all aspects of the wound including any scars, soft tissue and/or skin deficits, functional defects, contour defects, complex or composite defects, and/or unstable previous wound coverage. Careful monitoring of both the patient and reconstruction is necessary in the postoperative period to ensure long-term success.   This review contains 2 figures and 17 references. Key Words: free tissue transfer, pedicle flaps, soft-tissue coverage, wound closure, wound healing, wound management, wound reconstruction, tissue flaps


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S. Friedstat ◽  
Michelle R Coriddi ◽  
Eric G Halvorson ◽  
Joseph J Disa

Wound management and soft-tissue repair can vary depending on the location. The head and neck, chest and back, arm and forearm, hand, abdomen, gluteal area and perineum, thigh, knee, lower leg, and foot all have different local options and preferred free flaps to use for reconstruction. Secondary reconstruction requires a detailed analysis of all aspects of the wound including any scars, soft tissue and/or skin deficits, functional defects, contour defects, complex or composite defects, and/or unstable previous wound coverage. Careful monitoring of both the patient and reconstruction is necessary in the postoperative period to ensure long-term success.   This review contains 2 figures and 17 references. Key Words: free tissue transfer, pedicle flaps, soft-tissue coverage, wound closure, wound healing, wound management, wound reconstruction, tissue flaps


2007 ◽  
pp. 284-291
Author(s):  
Mark K. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siun M. Murphy ◽  
Suzanne Rea ◽  
Eleanor McGovern ◽  
Paddy Fleming ◽  
David Orr

Objective A 1-day-old baby girl with a cleft of the secondary palate and a soft tissue band connecting the upper and lower jaws and preventing mouth opening was referred to the cleft lip and palate team by her pediatrician. This case represents a further example of an interesting but rare anomaly known as congenital alveolar synechia syndrome that requires early management to allow normal feeding and oral development.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Reichardt

Sarcoma oncologists face many uncertainties which can threaten the benefit/risk balance during early management of patients with advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma. This point is illustrated by a clinical case involving an elderly patient with comorbidities and a diagnosis of metastatic leiomyosarcoma. The patient was not a candidate for doxorubicin-based chemotherapy because of his cardiac history and was hesitant about systemic chemotherapy, ultimately expressing a preference for a well-tolerated regimen. After evaluating the treatment alternatives, trabectedin was chosen based on its indication for use in persons unsuited to receive anthracyclines and evidence supporting its efficacy and safety in elderly patients. The patient received 17 cycles of trabectedin for a best response of stable disease with good quality of life.


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