Trichiasis is usually associated with congenital entropion or conjunctival destruction from disease or injuries. Cicatricial entropion follows scarring of the palpebral conjunctiva, which may be caused by chemical injuries, surgical procedures, trauma and infections. Numerous surgical procedures have been described for correction of trichiasis and cicatricial entropion in accordance with the severity and location of the condition. We have treated partial trichiasis in 2 cases(4 lids),(one involving nasal one forth of the upper lid with corrected congenital ptosis and the other in temporal one forth of the upper lid with narrow palpebral fissure) and cicatricial entropion on the middle one forth of the upper lid in 3 cases(3 lids) with transposition of skin flaps. The resuits were satisfactory.
Cicatrix ; Conjunctiva ; Entropion* ; Intraoperative Complications ; Skin* ; Trichiasis*

BACKGROUND: Axillary osmidrosis is a distressing and uncomfortable condition that can be a serious handicap in a person's personal and social life. There are many different surgical methods to treat axillary osmidrosis. However, they have caused frequently marked complications. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of ultrasonic surgical aspiration for the treatment of axillary osmidrosis. METHODS: From January 2007 to September 2008, a total of 62 patients was treated for axillary osmidrosis using ultrasonic surgical aspiration. RESULTS: Fifty-three (85.4%) patients had excellent to good results. Postoperative complications were seen in 5 (4.1%) patients out of 124 axillae. All of them were hematoma. The axillary scars are small and nearly negligible. The average recovery period was 5 days. CONCLUSION: Ultrasonic surgical aspiration displayed satisfactory therapeutic efficacy. This operation has many advantages with a high success rate, small and short scars, a low complication rate and a rapid recovery period.
Axilla ; Cicatrix ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Postoperative Complications ; Ultrasonics

Burns ; complications ; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic ; therapy ; Humans

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Dacryocystorhinostomy is commonly performed through an external incision. Several transnasal approach were described earlier in this century but they failed to gain popularity probably because of difficult exposure. Whether the endoscopic laser dacryocystorhinostomy improved intranasal visualization and decreased intraoperative complications than external incision. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During recent 3 years, we performed endoscopic laser dacryocytorhinostomy about 10 cases at Joong Ang Gil Hospital. RESULTS: Success rate of revision groups (3 cases) was very good. CONCLUSION: Small-diameter endoscope with angled field of view provides excellent intranasal visualization. Endoscopic laser dacryocystorhinostomy avoids the possibility of pathologic scar formation and injury to the medial canthus. Endoscopic laser dacryocystorhinostomy appears to be the safe treatment especially for revision procedure.
Cicatrix ; Dacryocystorhinostomy* ; Endoscopes ; Endoscopy ; Intraoperative Complications

Objective: To explore the safety and feasibility of gasless submental approach endoscopic removal of thyroglossal cyst. Methods: This work prospectively included the clinical data of 13 patients who underwent the gasless submental approach endoscopic removal of thyroglossal cyst at the Department of Otolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from August 2021 to February 2022. The operative time, bleeding volumes, postoperative complications, subjective pain levels, satisfaction with incisional scars, neck and facial deformities, and recurrences were prospectively evaluated by visual analogue scale(VAS) score. Results: All of 13 patients were successfully treated using this new technique. The patients had a median age of 38 years, ranging from 24 to 59 years, comprising of 3 males and 10 females. The length of the submental incision was about 3 cm and the median of operation time was 135 minutes. Postoperative complications were minimal. The median volume of blood loss was 10 ml. Surgical site swelling existed in 1 case and dysphagia for more than 1 week occurred in 2 cases. Patients were discharged from the hospital with a median of 3 days after surgery. On a VAS of 0-10 scores, the pain had a median of 2 on the first day after surgery, and the satisfaction with incision scars and neck and facial deformities showed a median of 8 at 6 months after surgery. There were no recurrences during the follow-up period of 9-15 months. Conclusion: Gasless submental approach endoscopic removal of thyroglossal cyst may be a reliable new surgical method that is safe and has cosmetic advantages.
Male ; Female ; Humans ; Adult ; Cicatrix/complications* ; Thyroglossal Cyst/complications* ; Endoscopy/methods* ; Postoperative Complications ; Pain/complications*

OBJECTIVES: We compared the transbuccal and transoral approaches in the management of mandibular angle fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty patients with mandibular angle fractures were randomly divided into two equal groups (A, transoral approach; group B, transbuccal approach) who received fracture reduction using a single 2.5 mm 4 holed miniplate with a bar using either of the two approaches. Intraoperatively, the surgical time and the ease of surgical assess for fixation were noted. Patients were followed at 1 week, 3 months, and 6 months postoperatively and evaluated clinically for post-surgical complications like scarring, infection, postoperative occlusal discrepancy, malunion, and non-union. Radiographically, the interpretation of fracture reduction was also performed by studying the fracture gap following reduction using orthopantomogram tracing. The data was tabulated and subjected to statistical analysis. A P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: No significant difference was seen between the two groups for variables like surgical time and ease of fixation. Radiographic interpretation of fracture reduction revealed statistical significance for group B from points B to D as compared to group A. No cases of malunion/non-union were noted. A single case of hypertrophic scar formation was noted in group B at 6 months postsurgery. Infection was noted in 2 patients in group B compared to 6 patients in group A. There was significantly more occlusal discrepancy in group A compared to group B at 1 week postoperatively, but no long standing discrepancy was noted in either group at the 6 months follow-up. CONCLUSION: The transbuccal approach was superior to the transoral approach with regard to radiographic reduction of the fracture gap, inconspicuous external scarring, and fewer postoperative complications. We preferred the transbuccal approach due to ease of use, minimal requirement for plate bending, and facilitation of plate placement in the neutral mid-point area of the mandible.
Cicatrix ; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Mandible ; Operative Time ; Postoperative Complications ; Prospective Studies*

Abdominal Injuries ; complications ; Adenosarcoma ; etiology ; Adult ; Cicatrix ; complications ; Endometriosis ; complications ; Female ; Humans

Blow-out fractures usually occur at the weakest point of orbital wall such as medial wall or orbital floor. The operative treatment of blow-out fracture involve restoration of intra-orbital soft tissue and bony structural integrity. The surgical reduction of medial blow-out fracture are mainly transcutaneous, transnasal and transconjunctival approaches. The conventional methods has several disadvantages, such as external scar, narrow operative field and injury of neurovascular bundle. But medial transconjunctival approach has advantages such as minimal scar, short operative time and relative safety. We experinced 26 cases of medial blow-out fracture using medial transconjunctival approach from June 2001 to May 2003. Preoperatively 21 cases showed diplopia and 14 cases showed enophthalmos. In postoperative complications, diplopia were 2 cases, enophthalmos was 1 case, anterior displacement of implant were 2 cases, conjunctival scar were 2 cases and injury of caruncle was 1 case. We report the medial transconjunctival approach that was effective treatment for medial blow-out fracture without specific complications.
Cicatrix ; Diplopia ; Enophthalmos ; Operative Time ; Orbit ; Orbital Fractures* ; Postoperative Complications

Lipoma is one of the most common benign tumors of soft tissue which tends to be left untreated due to unremarkable clinical features and its property of slow growth. It comes to clinical attention only when it causes concern of malignancy because of inordinate size or is perceived as faults in need of cosmetic removal and consequently the incision line is, frequently long and may result in high risk of intra- and postoperative complications such as hematoma and hypertropic scars. So it requires cosmetically acceptable and convenient methods for treatment of lipoma, especially located in the exposed area. The liposuction was tried to get less complications and smaller incision line. But for deep seated variants of lipoma they tend to be less well-circumscribed and often have thick fibrous septa around the lipoma, simple liposuction showed some limitations. So we tried the new liposuction method using arthroscopic shaver for 5 patients having lipomas larger than 5 cm in diameter. The surgery was performed with arthroscopic shaver system equipped with a motorized blade rotating in the suction cannula and emulsifying the lipoma tissue for easy aspiration. The aspirated material was collected and examined histopathologically to rule out the evidence of malignancy. Lipomas were removed completely without any remarkable complications, and no recurrence was seen till three years after surgery. The new method was easier to operate and took less operation time and left only small incision line.
Catheters ; Cicatrix ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Lipectomy ; Lipoma* ; Postoperative Complications ; Recurrence ; Suction

Lipoma is one of the most common benign tumors of soft tissue which tends to be left untreated due to unremarkable clinical features and its property of slow growth. It comes to clinical attention only when it causes concern of malignancy because of inordinate size or is perceived as faults in need of cosmetic removal and consequently the incision line is, frequently long and may result in high risk of intra- and postoperative complications such as hematoma and hypertropic scars. So it requires cosmetically acceptable and convenient methods for treatment of lipoma, especially located in the exposed area. The liposuction was tried to get less complications and smaller incision line. But for deep seated variants of lipoma they tend to be less well-circumscribed and often have thick fibrous septa around the lipoma, simple liposuction showed some limitations. So we tried the new liposuction method using arthroscopic shaver for 5 patients having lipomas larger than 5 cm in diameter. The surgery was performed with arthroscopic shaver system equipped with a motorized blade rotating in the suction cannula and emulsifying the lipoma tissue for easy aspiration. The aspirated material was collected and examined histopathologically to rule out the evidence of malignancy. Lipomas were removed completely without any remarkable complications, and no recurrence was seen till three years after surgery. The new method was easier to operate and took less operation time and left only small incision line.
Catheters ; Cicatrix ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Lipectomy ; Lipoma* ; Postoperative Complications ; Recurrence ; Suction