Surgical management of vitiligo [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Somesh Gupta ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996213070003316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2007
• ISBN: 1-280-74884-2; 9786610748846; 0-470-76431-7; 0-470-98756-1; 1-4051-7338-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GuptaSomesh
• Disciplina: 616.5/5; 616.55
• Soggetti: Vitiligo - Surgery; Dermatology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Surgical Management of Vitiligo; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Section 1 Pathogenesis and medical treatment; 1 Pathogenesis of vitiligo; 2 Understanding the mechanism of repigmentation in vitiligo; 3 Classification of vitiligo; 4 Medical treatment of vitiligo; Section 2 Overview of surgical management; 5 History and chronology of development of surgical therapies for vitiligo; 6 The concept of stability of vitiligo; 7 Patient selection and preoperative information in surgical therapies for vitiligo; 8 Classification of surgical therapies for vitiligo; 9 Surgical management of vitiligo and other leukodermas: evidence-based practice guidelines10 Evaluation of outcome in surgical therapies for vitiligo; Section 3 Tissue grafting; 11 Minigrafting for vitiligo; 12 Suction blister epidermal grafting; 13 Thin split-thickness skin grafts for vitiligo; Color Plates; 14 Treatment of leukoderma by transplantation of ultra-thin epidermal sheets; 15 Transplantation of hair follicles for vitiligo; 16 Mesh grafts for vitiligo; 17 Flip-top pigment transplantation; 18 Ultrasonic abrasion and seed grafts for vitiligo; 19 Complications and limitations of melanocyte transplantationSection 4 Cellular grafting; 20 Treatment of leukoderma by transplantation of basal cell layer suspension; 21 Setting up a tissue culture laboratory; 22 Treatment of leukoderma by transplantation of cultured autologous melanocytes; 23 Transplantation of in vitro cultured epithelial grafts for vitiligo and piebaldism; 24 Simplifying the delivery of cultured melanocytes and keratinocytes for grafting patients with vitiligo; 25 Safety concerns in transplantation of in vitro cultured cellular grafts; Section 5 Special issues; 26 Post-surgery patient information27 Surgical management of lip vitiligo; 28 Surgical management of vitiligo of eyelids and genitals: special issues; 29 Surgical management of acral vitiligo; 30 Surgical management of leukotrichia; 31 Surgical treatments of leukodermas other than vitiligo vulgaris; Section 6 Miscellaneous; 32 Micropigmentation; 33 Laser for repigmenting vitiligo; 34 Application of lasers in transplantation procedures for vitiligo; 35 Combining medical and surgical therapies; 36 Surgical depigmentation of vitiligo: bleaching cream, laser and cryosurgery; 37 Future directions in surgical management of vitiligo38 Informed consent; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Although vitiligo has traditionally been very difficult to treat, a new breakthrough surgical treatment is expanding options for practitioners and patients. Standard treatments depend on the severity of the condition and the patient's feelings of disfigurement. Cover-up cosmetics work well for some people. Other more sophisticated forms of treatment include gradually developing color back in the depigmented areas (repigmentation) by PUVA or other ultraviolet light treatments, but this is extremely slow and intensive, often requiring several hundred treatments. This new form of treatment, w