Nonmalignant tracheal stenosis is a potentially life threatening conditions that develops as fibrotic healing from intubation, tracheostomy, caustic injury or chronic infection processes like tuberculosis. Thi… Read More
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The application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in emergent airway management – a single-center retrospective study
Emergent airway occurrences pose a significant threat to patient life. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been proven to be an effective method for managing emergent airways.
Video assisted thorascopic assisted correction of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: one case report
The left partial anomalous pulmonary vein connection is a rare congenital heart disease, especially with intact atrial septum. Now we reported a case of the left superior pulmonary vein drainage to left innomi… Read More
Establishing and validation of the VBV score for assessing Lung ground-glass nodules based on high-resolution computed tomography
The widespread utilization of chest High-resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) has prompted detection of pulmonary ground-glass nodules (GGNs) in otherwise asymptomatic individuals. We aimed to establish a sim… Read More
Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction with Bovine Pericardium: Our Approach Using Tutopatch® and Review of Literature
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1007/s00266-023-03732-1. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To describe the usage and advantages of bovine pericardium mesh (Tutopatch®) in breast reconstruction and to compare different mesh materials used in immediate breast reconstruction.
METHODS: Our study involved a single-center, retrospective analysis of 103 patients (comprising 114 breasts) who underwent immediate implant-based breast reconstruction using bovine pericardium bovine matrix. The procedures were performed by the same surgical team between April 2018 and May 2023.
RESULTS: The rates of early and late complications were examined after a median follow-up period of 30.2 ± 5.5 months. The results revealed that the rates of early complications stood at 9.7%, while late complications were observed in 14.5% of the cases. The most common late complication was seroma formation (7.7%) which six were resolved without any surgical intervention.
CONCLUSION: Tutopatch® can be used as an extension of the muscle to cover the prosthesis. It forms an extra layer over the silicone implant that helps to decrease the complications as capsular contracture and implant exposure. It also represents a significant 85 % reduction in cost when compared to a similar-sized mesh materials.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
PMID:37973674 | DOI:10.1007/s00266-023-03732-1
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