Savas Tsolakidis

Background: Obstetric brachial plexus injuries (OBPIs) not only lead to severe and life changing sequelae regarding motor impairment but can also be responsible for multi-characteristic pain. In everyday routine, questions regarding pain of the developing child with an OBPI are often overseen and neglected. We aimed to elucidate this specific quest...

(1) Background: Although most brachial plexus birth palsies show some spontaneous recovery, secondary operations are likely to follow. Accordingly, due to the loss of muscle innervation, the growth of the affected limb and the shoulder girdle is reduced. This is associated with pathological scapula positioning and rotation. The objective of this wo...

Microsurgical reconstruction of damaged cranial nerves at the extracranial level is based on the principles of peripheral nerve repair. Reestablishing the brain–target organ interconnection by restoring afferent and efferent signal transduction represents a prerequisite for an intact central representation of the affected, traumatized body region....

Background One of the most essential goals in managing complex limb defects is obtaining adequate soft tissue coverage with excellent functional and aesthetic outcomes. Free perforator skin flaps represent an optimal option for such defects. Therefore, our intention was to reconstruct these kinds of defects with thin fasciocutaneous flaps without t...

Backgroundand objectives: Burn patients represent a challenging cohort because the injuries entail a vulnerability to colonisation by microorganisms. The ensuing infections can lead to serious complications and, in many cases, to the death of the burn patient. Surgical intervention and wound dressings, as well as antibiotic treatment, are crucial f...

Background: Full-thickness burn injuries (FTBI) not only lead to a significant burden in multiple ways, including social life and self-esteem, but have also a tremendous impact on environmental interaction by reducing sensibility in manifold ways. On these grounds, possible ways and solutions to recover sensibility in burn wounds are essentials and...

Rationale Skin breakdown, as in wounds, leads to an electric potential, defined as current of injury with the intent of wound closure. Burn wounds are defined by different zones of perfusion having a direct influence on further therapy (e.g. conservative management or skin grafting). We studied immediate, quantifiable effects of electric stimulatio...

Background Carpal tunnel syndrome, a compressive neuropathy of the median nerve at the wrist and cubital tunnel syndrome, a compressive neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow, are the two most common peripheral nerve compression syndromes. Chronic compressive neuropathy of peripheral nerves causes pain, paraesthesia and paresis. Treatment strat...

Background Calciphylaxis (calcific uremic arteriolopathy) is rare and its pathogenesis is not fully understood. Indeed, Calciphylaxis presents a challenge through the course of its management which involve different specialities but unfortunately this disease so far has a poor prognosis. We herein present, in this case report, a multidisciplinary a...

Introduction: Free tissue transfer (FTT) is now a common procedure in many surgical centres around the world and it has shown well established results especially in the field of reconstructive surgery. The choice of FTT depends on the size of defect, nature of tissue, length of pedicle and donor site morbidity. Notwithstanding, FTT is complex and...

Fibromata pendulantia often appear as small filiform skin tags with a narrow pedicle in the neck, axilla and groin areas. Hitherto, extensive fibromata pendulantia were resected either surgically (curette, scissors, scalpel) or by laser. The present case study of an adipose patient with disseminated fibromata pendulantia in the axillary region in t...

Fibromata pendulantia kommen häufig in Form kleiner filiformen Säckchen mit schmaler Basis („skin tags“) im Bereich des Halses, in den Achselhöhlen und Leistenbeugen vor. Bisher wurden flächenhafte Fibromata pendulantia chirurgisch (scharfer Löffel, Schere, Skalpell) oder mit einem Laser entfernt. Im vorliegenden Fall mit dem Krankheitsbild einer P...

Summary BACKGROUND: It is generally known that the prognosis of peroneus nerve lesions is much worse when compared to other nerves. One of the reasons for this fact might be the imbalance between the peroneus-innervated muscles of the anterior compartment and the much stronger muscles of the calve. METHODS: Transferring the tibialis posterior muscl...

Summary BACKGROUND: An explanation is offered for the contradicting results of the clinical application of end-to-side coaptation. METHODS: We used small monofunctional nerves as donors and small monofunctional nerves as recipients. In one case a direct end-to-side coaptation was performed. In the majority of cases the nerve graft was applied end-t...