Plastic repair
4.Since 1995, in the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Department of Plastic Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, autologous cultured fibroblast(Isolagen) have been utilized successfully as a living, dynamic protein repair system for dermal and subcutaneous deficiencies. The autologous fibroblast culture process was started with a 3-mm retroauricular punch biopsy, which were expanded by proprietary tissue culture techniques.
5.Methods From 1961 to 1994, 62 cases with ruptured Achilles tendon were treated operatively. Among them, “8” shaped suture was used in 8 cases, aponeurosis flap repair in 30 cases, transfer repair of tendon of peroneus longus muscle in 2 cases, reverse “V Y” shaped tendon plastic operation in 10 cases, and mattress suture of opposite ends in 12 cases.

