Case Competition 2026
The 2026 JPBRS Case Competition winners across the International, Danish and Trauma tracks, judged by leading plastic surgeons.
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1st place: 500 USD 2nd place: 200 USD 3rd place: 100 USD
Rules
Top 3 International Cases 2026
Case 19 2026: Split Perforator Flaps for bilateral ankle defects: A modern microsurgical approach to preserve function and reduce secondary thinning operations
Luisa Lotter¹, Marta Jezierska¹, Ilja W. Käch¹, Volker J. Schmidt¹ — Hospital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Case 21 2026: Reconstructing the Challenging Eyelid: Hard Palate Graft and Radial Forearm Free Flap Reconstruction in Gorlin–Goltz Syndrome
Miss Ketki Kaushal, Mr Oliver Bassett
Case 13 2026: Fillet Flap Reconstruction Following Hemicorporectomy for Recurrent High-Grade Gluteal Sarcoma
Authors: Isha Joshi, Zachary Erlichman, Nia Nikkhahmanesh, Christina Chopra, Jason Ganz — Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York
Top 3 Danish Cases 2026
Case 08 2026: A Hella Lamella: A Three-Flap, Full-Thickness Lower Eyelid Reconstruction
Sondre F. Koren (MD), Jette B. Løvenwald (MD). Roskilde, SUH, Denmark
Case 12 2026: Closure of defect on ala nasi with modified shark island flap
Mickie Bang Christensen (MD), Magnus Avnstorp (MD) — Department of Plastic- & Breast Surgery, Zealand University Hospital Roskilde, Denmark
Case 16 2026: Severe Foot Degloving Injury Following a Forklift Crush: A Limb-Salvage Case
Cecilie Jansen, Emil Villiam Holm-Rasmussen, Mette Stueland Wolthers — University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Top 3 Trauma Cases 2026
Case 03 2026: Emergency limb salvage with combined free vastus lateralis and anterolateral thigh flap after post-traumatic brachial artery graft thrombosis in a 16-year-old patient
Dr. Ibrahim Güler — Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
Case 24 2026: Ipsilateral Myocutaneous Latissimus Dorsi Flap for Traumatic Upper Limb Soft Tissue and Vascular Injury Following Road Traffic Accident
Sumaira Sattar — SMBB Institute of Trauma, Karachi, Pakistan
Case 10 2026: Propeller Flap Based on Two Perforators of the Scapular Artery for the Management of a Severely Traumatized Upper Extremity
Nelson Ramirez Lozano, Oncólogos de Occidente Manizales — Hospital de Santa Sofía Manizales, Colombia. Alejandro Angelillis Osorio. Surgical Assistant, Oncologos de Occidente, Manizales, Colombia