Biomedical subjects

H Piza-Katzer

Publications and source records attributed to H Piza-Katzer.

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An analysis of breast sensation following inferior pedicle mammaplasty and the effect of the volume of resected tissue.

The aim of our study was to evaluate if the amount of resected breast tissue has an influence on breast sensitivity after inferior pedicle mammaplasty. In the prospective study, 15 patients (30 breasts) were divided into two groups: group I (less than 400 g resection) and group II (more than 400 g resection). Preoperatively and six months postoperatively a touch test (Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments) and temperature (warm and cold) tests were performed. The study showed that all patients had increased touch sensitivity six months after inferior pedicle mammaplasty regardless of the amount of resection. In group I an average of 65% and in group II an average of 83% retained sensitivity for temperature postoperatively. These results suggests that this mammaplasty technique preserves intercostal nerves within the inferior pedicle and reliefs chronic nerve traction injury and improves thereby breast sensibility.

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Experience with 60 inferior rectus abdominis flaps.

We report on our experience with the inferior rectus abdominis flap. Since 1984, 60 patients have been operated on with this technique. The inferior rectus abdominis flap was used as a free flap, island flap or pedicle flap (inferiorly based). Pure muscle flaps served to fill bone defects in patients with chronic osteomyelitis or as a biologic cover of infected vascular prostheses following multiple vascular surgery in the groin. The myocutaneous and fasciocutaneous rectus flaps served to cover soft tissue defects of the upper and lower extremities after accidents, degloving and radical tumour surgery. We present data from our collective patients to document the benefits of the inferior rectus abdominis flap and recommend this technique as a safe surgical modality to manage large-surface soft tissue defects.

Abdominal Muscles↗

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[Bursitis calcarea--an often overlooked and falsely diagnosed illness of the hand].

OBJECTIVE: To compare surgical and conservative management in patients with acute calcific bursitis of the hand, a rare condition often misdiagnosed because of its unspecific symptoms. METHOD: Four patients with calcific bursitis at the metacarpophalangeal or distal interphalangeal joints or the pisiform are presented. Of these, 3 underwent surgery, while one was treated conservatively. Clinical and radiological symptoms and signs are described. RESULTS: The 3 patients treated surgically returned to work on the 10th postoperative day, while the patient who refused surgery needed rehabilitation for 4 weeks. CONCLUSION: Surgery to remove the calcium deposits enables patients to resume work earlier than after conservative treatment which may take weeks.

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