Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the Acta surgery plasticae issue which is all about the problems of damaged, injured or otherwise disabled hands. Hand, this wonderful miracle of evolution, serves as a symbol of our remarkableability...
Category - Archive
The effect of smoking and elderly age ondigital replantation – a multivariate analysis
M. Makeľ1,2, A. Sukop1, P. Waldauf3, A. Whitley4,5, A. Hora6, R. Kaiser7 1 Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic2 Department...
Outcome measurement in hand surgery – a brief overview
M. Vlach1,2 1 Hand and Plastic Surgery Institute, Vysoké nad Jizerou, Czech Republic 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic Summary Many...
Electrical burns in adults
S. Al-Benna Division of Plastic Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Summary: Electrical burns account for up to 10% of burns admissions worldwide and are a potentially serious mechanism of...
Median nerve entrapments in the forearm –a case report of rare anterior interosseousnerve syndrome
P. Vondra, M. VlachHand and Plastic Surgery Institute, Vysoké nad Jizerou, Czech Republic SummaryNowadays, median nerve entrapment is a frequent issue. Many physicians are familiar with the most common median entrapment, which is...
Objective and subjective assessment of Dupuytren’s contracture
J.Menoušek1,2, Z. Dvořák1,2 T. Šácha2 1 Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno, Czech Republic 2 Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Summary This...
Advantages of simultaneous radial nerve andtendon reconstruction – a case report
T. Kempný1, T. Votruba2,3, Z. Xani4, F. Ramadani4, B. Lipový1, Z. Dvořák2, J. Holoubek1, J. Bartková1 1 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech...
Data on paediatric burn mortality from a single centre over 32 years
J. Bartková, B. Lipový Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Brno and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Dear Editor, burn injuries are among the most devastating injuries in...
Addressing the obesity challenge in plastic surgery –the role of liraglutide
K. Staněk1,2, R. Billich3, O. Měšťák1 1 Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Bulovka and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic2 Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School...
Editorial
Dear readers, It is a great honour to welcome you to the first issue of the next volume of Acta chirurgiae plasticae. This is the 65th volume of our journal, which was founded in 1959 by academician František Burian. I am proud...