Combination of ischemic preconditioning and postconditioning can minimise skin flap loss: experimental study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast reduction is a procedure with a high rate of patient satisfaction. Many techniques can be used for this type of surgery; patient satisfaction can vary from one technique to another. The main aim of this study was to use Breast-Q for initial evaluation of patient satisfaction after breast reduction by ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Menéndez-Cardo A,Guillen-Grima F,Hontanilla B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies assessing the costs associated with two stage expander/implant (E/I) reconstruction rarely include the cost of complications. The purpose of this study is to analyze the complication costs associated with a single institution experience with immediate E/I reconstruction. All immediate two stage E/I re...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Yan C,Fischer JP,Wes AM,Basta MN,Rohrbach JI,Kovach SJ,Serletti JM,Wu LC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine the effect of aspiration periods following liposuction procedure on vascular structures, fibrocollagenous tissues and viability of adipose cells at different minutes, respectively in UAL and SAL. Abdominoplasty materials were divided into two equal parts from middle following excusion during the ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Ince B,Oltulu P,Yildirim MEC,Ismayilzade M,Dadaci M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who sustain facial injury and who require an operation may be at greater risk for developing psychological distress and maladaptive coping. The purpose of this study was to examine psychological responses in adult victims of facial trauma after operation. A consecutive group of adult patients attending specia...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Islam S,Cole JL,Walton GM,Dinan TG,Hoffman GR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An ability to reliably assess excess skin after massive weight loss using well-described and transferrable methods is important. The aim of this trial was to evaluate inter-rater reliability of ptosis and circumference measurements in patients with excess skin after bariatric surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Biörserud C,Fagevik Olsén M,Elander A,Wiklund M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Possible factors associated with failure of free gracilis flaps were studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All gracilis free flaps used to reconstruct acute traumatic leg defects in a 5 year period were collected. This included open fractures of the tibia and/or fibula in which a gracilis free flap was used for re...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Wong JZ,Lahiri A,Sebastin SJ,Chong AK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphagia is an important postoperative problem in patients with oral cancer. We evaluated the usefulness of a technique to modify the flap and scar for the alleviation of swallowing disorders. The modifications were made while tongue pressure was being measured to improve excursion of the residual tongue in nine pati...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Namaki S,Tanaka T,Hara Y,Ohki H,Shinohara M,Yonhehara Y

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While Realdo Colombo from Cremona, Italy has, to date, been acknowledged to be the first to describe the possible absence of the palmaris longus muscle in men in 1559, the authors found this absence to be recorded in the first edition of "De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septum" by Andreas Vesalius, publishe...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Brinkman RJ,Hage JJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare anatomical variant of the thenar branch of the median nerve during open release of the carpal tunnel. The thenar branch originated from the ulnar side of the median nerve and traversed supraligamentously close to the top of the transverse ligament. A high resolution clinical photograph shows the rel...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Vinding MT,Tarnowski JR,Benyahia M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Journal ranking based on the impact factor (IF) can be distorted by self-citation. The aim of this study is to investigate the present status of self-citation in the plastic surgery journals and its effect on the journals' IFs. METHODS:IF, IF without self-citations (corrected IF), self-cited rate, and self-...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Miyamoto S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper extremity body reshaping is a very frequent surgical procedure in massive weight loss patients. Many surgeons have presented different patterns of brachioplasty skin excision and a variety of adjunctive techniques, each of them claiming improvements in scar aesthetic, arm shape or overall safety of the procedure...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Bocchiotti MA,Ruka E,Spaziante L,Morozzo U,Baglioni EA,Bruschi S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared an uncemented joint replacement (Elektra) with trapeziectomy (with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition, LRTI) for the treatment of primary osteoarthritis in the first carpometacarpal joint (CMC1) in a randomised controlled trial. Forty patients were included (20 in each group) and followed for...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Thorkildsen RD,Røkkum M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the 1980s, prenatal detection of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CLP) is possible with a transabdominal ultrasound. The improvement of prenatal detection has resulted in an increased demand for prenatal information and counselling. The aim of this study was to, by means of a questionnaire, evaluate how f...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Berggren H,Hansson E,Uvemark A,Svensson H,Becker M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report about reconstruction of the foot with an innervated distally-based superficial sural artery flap using the lateral sural cutaneous nerve. The sensation of the lateral part of the leg depends on the sural nerve (SN), and the medial part of the leg on the saphenous nerve. The border of the area between the SN ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Nuri T,Ueda K,Maeda S,Otsuki Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is difficult to determine if women with severe abdominal burn scar contractures can have uneventful pregnancies and births. There are few reports involving the relationship between severe abdominal scar contractures and pregnancy/childbirth. Furthermore, all of these reports are based on retrospective studies. The ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Mitsukawa N,Saiga A,Satoh K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-operative complications pose a significant set-back for patients undergoing breast reconstruction. This study aims to characterize factors associated with postoperative complications following breast reconstruction using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database from 2005-2010. The 20...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Fischer JP,Nelson JA,Au A,Tuggle CT 3rd,Serletti JM,Wu LC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand is rare. We report the case of a 39-year-old man with M marinum infection that resulted in a chronic soft tissue infection, extensor tendon synovitis, and arthritis of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints. The cause was probably tropical freshwater fishes. ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Flondell M,Ornstein K,Björkman A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of repair of a cleft lip continues to be debated. One of the reasons for delaying operation has been the belief that there is an increased risk of anaesthesia during the neonatal period. As a contribution to this debate we have analysed the anaesthetic and surgical complications of neonatal cleft lip repair...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Harris PA,Oliver NK,Slater P,Murdoch L,Moss AL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Split-thickness skin grafts are routine in the treatment of deep dermal burns and various other wounds. Healing of the donor site of the graft has an impact on the total recovery of the patient. We conducted a prospective clinical study at Tampere University Hospital to compare the effect of two adhesive wound dressin...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Kaartinen IS,Kuokkanen HO

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous authors have used either a grasping or a locking technique for flexor tendon repair in zone II. A combined (grasping and locking) 10-strand repair was used by the author in 22 adults (n = 28 fingers) with lacerations of both flexor tendons in zone II. The combined repair is known to be strong (mean tensile st...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Al-Qattan MM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several authors have indicated that there are specific poor prognostic factors which may affect the outcome of management of phalangeal neck fractures. In the authors' centre, phalangeal neck fractures with any of these poor prognostic factors are labelled "troublesome". Any of the following five criteria wi...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Al-Qattan MM,Al-Munif DS,AlHammad AK,AlFayez DI,Hanouneh S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioulnar synostosis is rare, and exists in two forms: congenital and post-traumatic. The congenital form presents only in the proximal forearm, and the post-traumatic form may present anywhere along the radius and ulna. The only known aetiology for distal radioulnar synostosis is post-traumatic. We present a rare ca...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Shoham Y,Gurfinkel R,Sagi A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interposition arthroplasty with bioreplaceable poly-L-D-lactic acid (PLDLA) implants has yielded promising results in reconstruction of rheumatoid hands. In this prospective clinical study we compared the PLDLA implant arthroplasty (n = 17) with that of tendon interposition (n = 12) for destruction of the trapeziometa...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Tiihonen RP,Skyttä ET,Kaarela K,Ikävalko M,Belt EA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Island flaps are more mobile than local flaps in-continuity and rely on the laxity of the adjacent tissues. We present a new island flap design, called the inverted love-heart flap, used to reconstruct cutaneous defects of the limbs.Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients who underwent inverted l...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Sreedharan S,Zhou J,Morsi A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate diagnosis of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries of the thumb is important in identifying patients requiring surgery. Stener lesion, the most severe form of such injuries, is debilitating and leads to chronic instability if misdiagnosed. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography (USS) i...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Raheman FJ,Rojoa DM,Dhingra M,Siddiqui S,Macdonald CR

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal vascularisation of the graft site is significant for improving the outcome of fat grafting. Adipose tissue, specifically the stromal vascular fraction (SVF), is known to regulate its own vascular network. In order to assess the production of angiogenetic growth factors, this study investigated the content of i...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Pallua N,Serin M,Wolter TP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three patients with an unusual pattern of rupture of the extensor tendon. All were found to have previously undiagnosed Kienböck disease. Radiographic study of the wrist is essential before treating any closed rupture of an extensor tendon. Lesions may be progressive and extend to adjacent tendons and should...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Hernández-Cortés P,Pajares-López M,Gómez-Sánchez R,Garrido-Gómez J,Lara-García F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many authors have advocated early surgical intervention to avoid muscle degeneration in patients with blowout fractures with evidence of extraocular muscle entrapment imaged under computed tomography. However, there is still no golden standard with regard to the target timing of operations for releasing extraocular mu...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Sugamata A,Yoshizawa N,Shimanaka K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scaphoid and lunate mobility has been suggested to be minimal during the dart-throwing motion in studies based on serial computed tomography (CT) scans and cadaver studies. This study analyzes the direct motion between the scaphoid and the lunate during the dart-throwing motion in vivo. We examined nine individuals wi...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Schriever T,Olivecrona H,Wilcke M

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum (CCH) is a non-surgical, efficacious therapy for Dupuytren's contracture (DC). This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of CCH in patients with previous DC surgery. Data from 12 CCH clinical trials were pooled. At screening, patients provided details about the type/date of prev...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Bainbridge C,Gerber RA,Szczypa PP,Smith T,Kushner H,Cohen B,Hellio Le Graverand-Gastineau MP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00