Coincidence or complication? A systematic review of trigger digit after carpal tunnel release.

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：:We present a case of post-traumatic osteonecrosis of the lunate after fracture of the distal radius. Post-traumatic osteonecrosis of the carpal lunate after a fracture of the distal radius has, to our knowledge, not been reported previously. We treated the patient with vascularised bone graft from the distal radius, w...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Nakanishi A,Yajima H,Kisanuki O

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：: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：: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：: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：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：:Because of the lack of agreement on when rectus diastasis (RD) is pathologic, the aim was to investigate indications for surgical repair. This study presents classifications of RD, current knowledge on the relation to pregnancy, and conservative and surgical management. A systematic search in Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane,...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Akram J,Matzen SH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phonological disorders are common in 3-year-olds born with cleft palate compared to non-cleft peers. However, published results have been based on small samples. The purpose was to expand the knowledge on phonology of Swedish-speaking 3-year-olds with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), treated with prim...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Klintö K,Lohmander A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of an infusion pain pump with local wound catheters has increased among different surgical specialities. Autologous breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) and transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flaps may cause severe abdominal donor site morbidity, and infusion devic...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Giordano S,Veräjänkorva E,Koskivuo I,Suominen E

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:This was a prospective study designed to determine what effect poor tolerance to tourniquet application and local anaesthesia infiltration in open carpal tunnel decompression has on overall patient satisfaction with the surgical procedure. Fifty patients were recruited into the study. Visual analogue scores (VAS) were...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Bidwai AS,Benjamin-Laing HE,Shaw DA,Iqbal S,Jones WA,Brown DJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：: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：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：: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：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：:We reconstructed an extensive soft tissue defect of the dorsum of the left wrist after an injury using a free anterolateral thigh flap and a tendon graft, and intending to substitute the extensor retinaculum for the fascia in this flap. As a result, maximum function of the extension mechanism was restored to the recon...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Kawakatsu M,Ishikawa K,Terai T

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：: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：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：: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

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：:Congenital giant benign tumours of the back are rarely seen or reported. They pose two challenges to plastic surgeons: copious intraoperative bleeding, and an extensive raw area left after removal of the tumour. We have treated five cases of congenital giant benign tumour of the back. The largest was a neurofibroma in...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Wang D,Zhang Y,Qian Y,Yang Q,Wang X,Guan W

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Abdominal wall hernias are often diagnosed on clinical examination or encountered intraoperatively during an abdominoplasty. The aim of this study is to evaluate the long-term results of the use of dermal automesh for the repair of incidental hernias during abdominoplasty operations, and to perform a comparative analy...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Özkaya Mutlu Ö,Egemen O,Akan A,Akan M,Karahangil M,Filinte G,Bozdağ E,Sünbüloğlu E,Kurtul H

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is being considered as the current "gold standard" for the preoperative planning of DIEP flaps. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the concordance between the preoperative choice of the best perforator vessel by the radiologist using CTA and the surgeon using the V...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Suffee T,Pigneur F,Rahmouni A,Bosc R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microanastomosis might tolerate a torsion up to 360°, but the effects of arterial microanastomosis torsion on the survival of the flap it supplies are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the consequences of microarterial anastomosis torsion on the groin flap in rats. Forty Sprague-Dawley rats were divi...

journal_title：Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery

authors： Güven E,Aydin HU,Kuvat SV,Berkoz O,Topalan M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00