The aim of the present study was to compare tissue repair of skin defects in rabbits submitted to autologous and homologous grafts treated or not with platelet-rich plasma (PRP). We selected nine rabbits and constituted ...

Reconstruction of the nipple-areola complex (NAC) is the last stage of breast reconstruction and represents the search for symmetry in regard to the contralateral breast. The objective of this study was to present an areola ...

Tissue-engineered skin represents a useful strategy for the treatment of deep skin injuries and may contribute to the understanding of skin regeneration. The growth of hair follicles in vitro or after grafting remains a ...

Introducción y objetivo: El éxito en la integración de los injertos de piel de espesor parcial depende de muchos factores. Uno de los más importantes es el método de curación que se le realiza al injerto de piel; por tal ...

It is an autosomal dominant vascular disorder, which has a variety of clinical manifestations, with epistaxis being one of the most common. Many treatment options exist for epistaxis, but with no consensus on which is ...

Skin graft successful depends on reduction of local inflammation evoked by the surgical lesion and efficient neovascularization to nutrition the graft. It has been shown that N-terminal portion of the Annexin A1 protein ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate clinically and histologically, the effect of PRP on the viability of the autologous and homologous full thickness grafts in rabbits. Four experimental groups (n=9) were studied ...

Sickle-cell disease is the most prevalent genetic disease in the Brazilian population. Lower limb ulcers are the most frequent cutaneous complications, affecting 8% to 10% of the patients. These ulcers are usually deep and ...