Clinical Presentation A 58-year-old White female sustained a dog bite to her nasal tip. Apparently, she lost a significant amount of nasal tip cartilage and also had a sizable nasal skin defect. After a period of local wound care, the…
Case 1 Clinical Presentation A 24-year-old Hispanic male sustained a human bite on his right ear. He had a partial ear amputation involving the helical rim and a small portion of antihelix as well as their overlying skin ( Figs. 7.1…
Clinical Presentation A 77-year-old White female sustained necrotizing fasciitis in her right periorbital area secondary to facial trauma. She was initially seen by an oculoplastic surgeon and urgently referred to the plastic surgery service for more definitive surgical management. On…
Clinical Presentation A 40-year-old White male had previously sustained a gunshot wound to his mandible and left mandibular bony reconstruction was unsuccessful. He had a significant deformity of his left lower face and desired a “good” mandibular reconstruction, not only…
Case 1 Clinical Presentation A 19-year-old White male with right alveolar squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the mandible underwent local surgical excision of the alveolar edge and the floor of the mouth and a marginal mandibulectomy via a lower lip…
Case 1 Clinical Presentation A 51-year-old White male had a basal cell cancer over his left medial cheek and nasal sidewall. Mohs surgery was performed by our dermatological surgeon and the skin resection margins were all negative. The patient had…
Clinical Presentation A 52-year-old White male had a “large” melanoma in the right temporal area ( Fig. 2.1 ) and underwent a wide local excision of the temporal melanoma with a 2-cm margin and sentinel lymph node biopsy in the face…
Introduction Breast conserving therapy (BCT) with partial mastectomy followed by radiation therapy is the gold standard of early stage invasive breast cancer treatment, with an equivalent 5-year survival rate to that of mastectomy alone with stage I or II breast…
Case 1 Clinical Presentation An 85-year-old White male with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of his central scalp underwent additional surgical excision of the scalp including deep margin by the surgical oncology service. Once the peripheral and deep margin assessments by…
Introduction Rates of breast reconstruction after mastectomy are increasing and have been paralleled by a rise in implant-based reconstruction. Single-stage immediate implant placement and two-stage tissue-expander techniques have demonstrated good safety profiles and patient satisfaction with outcomes. Advances in total…