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From the combined procedures of skin stereomicroscopy of in situ grafts in rats, graft removal and supravital intracardiac injection of a contrast medium, the data suggest that the revascularisation of skin grafts is an orderly sequence of events which include: active invasion of the graft dermis by the ingrowing host capillary sprouts; development of anastomoses between the graft and host vasculatures; entry of blood into the graft through the vascular anastomoses by 48 hours after transplantation

The authors present their experience in the surgical treatment of 66 patients with craniofacial anomalies, and discuss selection of patients, surgical technique, complications, and results

36 patients with congenital hypertelorism, eight with Crouzon's disease, and three with a posttraumatic deformity, were operated with Tessier's technique with some modifications, i.e. the dura is not separated from the cribriform plate avoiding olfactory damage. The entire procedure for hypertelorism could be carried out in less than 5 h but correction of Crouzon's disease required 6-8 h, and longer in older patients. There was only one intraoperative anesthesic death in a 3-year-old child. One cardiac arrest recovered. Nine staphylococcus infections were superficial and readily treated. There was postoperative cerebral edema in one case and convulsions following surgery in another. Anticonvulsants and steroids were subsequently routinely employed. There were no SF fistulas. Excellent cosmetic results are due primarily to the skill of the plastic surgeons

We present a retrospective study of 50 patients who have undergone craniofacial surgery. The indications, types of osteotomies, complications, and other aspects are reported

Variations expressed clinically and radiographically in hemifacial microsomia preclude classifying all the abnormalities as coming from the first and second branchial arches. Anatomic structures arising from the branchial arches are directly involved but the final expression results from the combined impact of the primary anatomic defect and the secondary effects on contiguous structures. The deformities resulting from the latter are probably due to abnormal neuromuscular function