Phonology in Swedish-speaking 3-year-olds born with unilateral cleft lip and palate treated with palatal closure in one or two stages.

abstract：:A microvascular coupling system was developed and introduced for clinical application to facilitate fast and safe anastomosis of small vessels. However, operators often encounter some difficulty, particularly in pinning the vascular wall onto the ring-pins. To overcome the difficulty, the authors developed the "push d...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Koyano H,Wako M,Hasegawa M,Manabe M,Sato K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 53-year-old woman who had a huge pleomorphic liposarcoma of the left breast. She had a left Halstead mastectomy, which left a huge defect in the chest wall. We did an immediate reconstruction of the chest wall with combined latissimuss dorsi musculocutaneous (for the upper half of the defect) and vertica...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Shoham Y,Koretz M,Kachko L,Silberstien E,Krieger Y,Bogdanov-Berezovsky A

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Arthrodesis of the thumb metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint exhibits good results in rheumatoid patients but is controversial in post-traumatic conditions. This study evaluated the subjective outcome after thumb MP joint arthrodesis in chronic injuries and non-rheumatoid degenerative disorders. Forty-six patients were eva...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Rigó IZ,Røkkum M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the fibre types of the muscles moving the index fingers in humans. Fifteen forearms of eight adult cadavers were used. The sampled muscles were the first lumbrical (LM), first volar interosseous (VI), first dorsal interosseus (DI), second flexor digitorum profundus (FDP), second ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Hwang K,Huan F,Kim DJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:In our study, we aimed to search and compare the effects of valsartan and enalapril on the pathological scar formation on the basis of histomorphological parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Nine New Zealand albino male rabbits, which were divided into three groups, were included in the study. A previously d...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Kurt M,Akoz Saydam F,Bozkurt M,Serin M,Caglar A

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Premature sagittal synostosis (SS) can be surgically corrected using extensive cranioplasties or using less invasive methods, e.g. spring-assisted surgery (SAS). AIM:The aim of the present study was to perform a proper systematic review of springs in the treatment of SS. METHODS:A literature search was per...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Maltese G,Fischer S,Strandell A,Tarnow P,Kölby L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominoplasty is a well-established operation to remove abdominal tissue excess. The patients' benefits and risks of this surgical treatment are, however, incompletely studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of evidence of benefits and risks for patients having abdominoplasty from massive weight lo...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Staalesen T,Elander A,Strandell A,Bergh C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite current advances in microsurgery, fingertip replantation is still controversial, mainly due to its difficulty and cost. The purpose of this study is to describe a new technique of interposition vein graft guided by polypropylene suture in distal fingertip replantation. METHODS:A total of eight conse...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Dadaci M,Ince B,Altuntas Z,Bitik O,Uzun H,Bilgen F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levator and frontalis muscles lack interior muscle spindles, despite consisting of slow-twitch fibres that involuntarily sustain eyelid-opening and eyebrow-raising against gravity. To compensate for this anatomical defect, this study hypothetically proposes that initial voluntary contraction of the levator fast-tw...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Matsuo K,Osada Y,Ban R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthesis-based techniques are the predominant form of breast reconstruction worldwide, with two-stage tissue expander procedures being the most popular. In the past decade, there has been increasing interest in performing single-stage implant reconstruction immediately following mastectomy as an attempt to simplify ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Davila AA,Mioton LM,Chow G,Wang E,Merkow RP,Bilimoria KY,Fine N,Kim JY

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoadjuvant treatment and surgical resection for sarcoma patients can often leave devastating wounds necessitating soft-tissue coverage in the form of free flaps. There is still debate as to the optimal flap for reconstruction of defects in irradiated fields. We aim to describe our experiences with free fasciocutaneou...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Othman S,Azoury SC,Weber KL,Kovach SJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of margins involvement and the associated recurrence risk in basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) varies widely in published works (7%-25% and 26%-67%, respectively). This study investigated the risk factors associated with incomplete excision and their relevance in surgical management when positive margins occur in ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Codazzi D,Van Der Velden J,Carminati M,Bruschi S,Bocchiotti MA,Di Serio C,Barberis M,Robotti E

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:In "Maria Sklodowska Curie" (MSC) Children's Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, cleft palate repair has been performed according to von Langenbeck since 1984. The speech was good in most patients but wide clefts had a high percentage of fistulas, abnormal speech due to short length and limited mobility of the soft palate. ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Spataru R,Mark H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimally-invasive nature of sclerotherapy makes it one of the first treatment options for venous malformations, although treatment-related complications, such as peripheral nerve paralysis, have been reported in some clinical cases. However, no studies of the aetiology of the detrimental effects of intraluminally...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Fujiki M,Kurita M,Ozaki M,Kawakami H,Kaji N,Takushima A,Harii K

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:In mandibular reconstruction with vascularised free fibula transfer, there are situations where the neck on the operated site lacks recipient vessels for vascular anastomosis due to previous radiological/surgical interventions. METHODS:The present study aims to clarify the availability of neck vessels on th...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Kasai S,Nagasao T,Sakamoto Y,Shimizu Y,Imanishi N,Kishi K

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Y-V or Z-plasties are a useful one-stage technique for skin closure after aponeurotomy. However, we know no details about postoperative improvement, particularly at each joint. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of primary skin closure with Y-V and Z-plasties for Dupuytren's contracture. W...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Uemura T,Kazuki K,Egi T,Yoneda M,Takamatsu K,Nakamura H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present three patients with major defects of the eyelid who subsequently had them reconstructed. They included a defect of the lateral upper lid, a defect of the medial upper and lower lids, and a defect of the medial lower lid, cheek, and nose. ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Ferguson NM,Mathijssen IM,Hofer SO,Mureau MA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degloving injuries of the fingers represent a reconstructive challenge. Even if poorly described in literature, the proximal ulnar perforator flap (PUPF), based on perforator of the anterior ulnar recurrent artery or directly on a perforator branch of the ulnar artery, meets the requested criteria for the ideal covera...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Guiotto M,di Summa PG,Argentino G,Cherubino M

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Crouzon syndrome presents with craniosynostosis, maxillary hypoplasia, exophtalmus, and sometimes hampered neuropsychological development. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the quality of life for adult patients with Crouzon syndrome. Forty patients with Crouzon syndrome born before 1990 could be identified...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Fischer S,Tovetjärn R,Maltese G,Sahlin PE,Tarnow P,Kölby L

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Massive weight loss might lead to excess skin folds causing functional, physical, and psychosocial discomfort. Following bariatric procedures, an increasing number of patients are seeking lower body contouring surgery (LBCS). The proportion of bariatric patients who undergo LBCS is largely unknown. The aim of this cur...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Pajula S,Gissler M,Jyränki J,Tukiainen E,Koljonen V

更新日期：2020-08-10 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：BACKGROUND:The internal mammary artery (IMA) is one of the most popular recipients for microsurgical breast reconstruction. However, it is often separated into sleeve-like layers when it is handled. This study tried to explain this unique behaviour of the IMA through histologic observation. METHODS:Nine pairs of IMAs ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Jeong WS,Yun J,Lee TJ,Eom JS,Kim EK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00