Biomedical subjects
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Surgical repair of ventral hernias may often be quite difficult; however, the use of prosthesis, now generally accepted by many surgeons, has improved the results of such type of surgery. The Authors experience confirm the safety of the expanded PTFE and its versatility of employment, obtaining good functional and aesthetic results.
In the management of surgical or traumatic skin loss the Authors consider an alternative method which involves the use of a tool called skin stretching device. The latter seems easy to apply, atraumatic and the least troublesome for the isolation and detaching of tissues employed in skin repair.
The authors report their experience in the surgical management of a patient with an ulcerated tumor of the neck extending to the parotid region. The different types of reconstruction after radical surgery as well as the choice and reasons that have suggested the use of pectoralis major myocutaneous flap are discussed.