Self-citation rate and impact factor in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

abstract：:Dog bites to the hand and forearm are common. Although bites are usually minor, aggressive dogs may cause extensive bites developing to a public health problem. In a database review of dog bites to the hand applied to Emergency Department or to the Department of Hand Surgery in Malmö, Sweden 2008-2009, we found 81 cas...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Nygaard M,Dahlin LB

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) combined with post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) is associated with an increased risk for complications. Here, we analyse whether IBR combined with PMRT is ethically acceptable. We employ normative analysis following reflective equilibrium and the principles of Beauchamp and Chil...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Hansson E,Elander A,Hallberg H,Sandman L

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Emergency replantation and revascularization operations of upper extremity injuries demand considerable resources, but their actual occurrence is unknown. This study evaluated all emergency replantations and revascularizations in the upper extremity in Finland from 1998 to 2016. A total of 2,434 operations were identi...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Pyörny J,Huttunen TT,Mattila VM,Jokihaara J

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap has become the gold standard in autologous breast reconstruction. Attention is now being focused on the impact of DIEP flap harvest technique on abdominal hernia rates. The aim of this study was to evaluate DIEP abdominal wall morbidity in relation to flap harvest...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Butler DP,Plonczak AM,Reissis D,Henry FP,Hunter JE,Wood SH,Jallali N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A slow-involuting segmental haemangioma was initially treated conventionally. Proliferation recurred when treatment was stopped. When the effect of propranolol on haemangiomas was published, we treated this 2.5- year- old girl with it. The haemangioma finally regressed recorded on magnetic resonance imaging and at cli...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Engberg Damsgaard T,Vandborg Bjerre J

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Breast ptosis commonly develops in response to ageing and breastfeeding. Clinical studies now focus on both filling the upper pole of the breast with parenchymal flaps and long-term maintenance of the breast projection without recurrence of upper pole concavity and a significant change in breast shape over time. This ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Gümüş N

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：: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：:Septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint (SC) is rare. The most accepted technique for reconstruction of the defect after SC joint resection is the use of muscle flaps. We hypothesized that resection of ribs with the SC joint impacts timing, type and outcomes of reconstruction. This is a retrospective review of ...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Ali B,Petersen TR,Shetty A,Demas C,Schwartz JD

更新日期：2020-12-16 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：:Experimental results have previously been reported for a new biological dressing consisting of concentrated plasma proteins and platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which is named Platelet-Protein film (PPF). This study reports clinical experience using PPF produced from the patients' own blood by the original technique. Ten p...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Sano H,Ichioka S,Minamimura A,Tanaka R,Ikebuchi K,Suzuki M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous fat grafting (lipofilling) enables repair and augmentation of soft tissues and is increasingly used both in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Autologous fat has several advantages, including biocompatibility, versatility, natural appearance, and low donor site morbidity. The main limitation is unpredict...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Trojahn Kølle SF,Oliveri RS,Glovinski PV,Elberg JJ,Fischer-Nielsen A,Drzewiecki KT

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：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：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：:Intra-wound continuous negative pressure irrigation treatment (IW-CONPIT) was administered to cases of mediastinitis as the therapy of choice, with satisfactory results being obtained in terms of improved survival rates and quick healing of wounds. Accordingly, these treatment results and efficacy were evaluated. Afte...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Morinaga K,Kiyokawa K,Rikimaru H,Aoyagi S,Tayama K,Akashi H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a left-handed man who had a giant periosteal chondroma of the proximal phalanx of the left third finger with compression of the digital neurovascular structures, and the flexor and extensor tendons. Cutaneous pressure thresholds of the digital nerves were tested, showing complete sensory recovery 24 months...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Santanelli F,Paolini G,Longo B,Laporta R,Pagnoni M

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of suction-assisted liposuction (SAL) in Simon grade 2b gynecomastia and its effect on sternal notch to nipple areola (SNN) distance. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed on 21 patients with grade 2b gynecomastia who underwent SAL. Preoperative and p...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Özalp B,Berköz Ö,Aydınol M

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：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：: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：: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：:Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (ECCL) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome that include skin, ocular, and neurological disorders. This study describes the case of a 16-year-old girl that came to observation for the treatment of a congenital alopecia causing great psychological distress. After two expansion procedur...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Borgognoni L,Brandani P,Reali F,Gerlini G,Sestini S,Maio V,Reali UM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Toe-to-hand transplantation is a reliable procedure that replaces like-with-like in cases of a lost thumb or finger. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of toe transplantation on patients from the perspectives of quality of life (QOL) and disability. METHODS:Ten patients with traumatic amputa...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Nakanishi A,Kawamura K,Omokawa S,Shimizu T,Iida A,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00