Use of tissue expanders with external ports.

abstract：:Pigmented lesions of the nail bed, especially without a history of trauma, represent a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. These lesions are often categorized as melanonychia striata (MS), which refers to any linear tan-brown-black pigmentation of the nail bed. The differential diagnosis of MS includes subungual he...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Glat PM,Spector JA,Roses DF,Shapiro RA,Harris MN,Beasley RW,Grossman JA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasolabial flaps are frequently used for reconstruction of nasal and midfacial defects. The donor site and the quality of the skin provided are excellent, though reconstructive results are sometimes hampered by a dog-ear at the base of the flap. Properly designed rhomboid flaps generally rotate into position without a...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lawrence WT

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory assessment of the skin is essential to document the function of the sensory fibers of the tested nerves. The Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments, disk-criminator, electrodiagnostic testing, and Pressure-Specified Sensory Device (PSSD) have been currently used to assess sensory function of peripheral nerves. None of...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Karagoz H,Ozturk S,Siemionow M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative localization of the perforators allows precise planning of the flap design and improves surgical efficiency. Recently, infrared thermography is introduced as a reliable alternative, where the perforator corresponds to the "hot spot" on the thermogram. This study aims to compare the application o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Xiao W,Li K,Kiu-Huen Ng S,Feng S,Zhou H,Nicoli F,Blondeel P,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compression neuropathies of digital nerves, caused by hypertrophied or anomalous muscles, are rare compared with such occurrences above the wrist. We reported a case of compression neuropathy of the ulnar digital nerves in bilateral thumbs of a massage therapist. Entrapment of the digital nerves by the hypertrophied f...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chen CC,Chien HF,Chen CL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduction gonioplasty is very popular in East Asia. However, there has been little quantitative criteria for mandibular angle classification or aesthetics. The aim of this study was to investigate the quantitative differences of mandibular angle types and determine the morphologic features of mandibular angl...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Mao X,Fu X,Niu F,Chen Y,Jin Q,Qiao J,Gui L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for constructing groin flaps is presented which the author has used successfully. The flap is elevated medial to the sartorius muscle. The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is preserved. The muscular branch is carefully divided to avoid damage to the superficial circumflex iliac artery. Near the femoral artery,...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Schlenker JD

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this trial is to evaluate the flexibility of the cartilaginous component of the cleft nose after diced cartilage rhinoplasty by determining the degree of possible bending in relation to the vertical nasal dorsum axis and to compare with to a control group of the unaffected population. PATIE...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lonic D,Hsiao YC,Huang JJ,Chang CS,Chen JP,Denadai R,Bosselmann T,Kehrer A,Prantl L,Lo LJ,Chen YR

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients, burned at ages 2 and 5, developed scars that required multiple reconstructive operations over a period of several years. Tissue expanders were used as part of their reconstructive procedures. After the expanders were removed, skeletal deformity was encountered in the area underlying the expander in each ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Still JM,Law E,Craft-Coffman B

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Facial contour deformities usually result from congenital abnormalities, trauma, and the aging process. All depressions in the face, including glabella wrinkles and mild retrogression of chins, fall in this category. Local injection of autogenous fat parcels has been introduced for correction of these facial...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hu S,Zhang H,Feng Y,Yang Y,Han X,Han X,Zhong Y,Shi J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have successfully applied a reverse flow island flap of extensor digitorum brevis muscle for coverage of tissue defects in the distal portion of the foot dorsum in 2 patients. This flap covered the metatarsophalangeal area well with cadaver limb dissection and seems useful to cover the defect in the distal foot dor...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kurata S,Hashimoto H,Terashi H,Honda T,Takayasu S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1980 and 1990, 35 patients underwent conservative parotidectomy combining a rhytidectomy incision and a superficial musculoaponeurotic system preservation technique to reduce the postoperative incidence of Frey's syndrome. All patients were evaluated by questionnaire for subjective symptoms of gustatory sweati...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yu LT,Hamilton R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Little debate exists regarding the use of preoperative and perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in the setting of mandibular fracture management; however, employing postoperative prophylactic antibiotics remains an inexact science based on experience rather than evidence. In this systematic review, the aut...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Shridharani SM,Berli J,Manson PN,Tufaro AP,Rodriguez ED

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scalp defects can be reconstructed either with skin graft, local flaps, free flaps, or tissue expansion. Tissue expanders have been proved to be fruitful in the pediatric population. Scalp expansion has proved to be useful in the reconstruction of posttraumatic and postburn alopecic defects. Selective nerve ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Abo-Zeid MA,Elmaddawy AEA,El-Fahar MH,El-Sabbagh AH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During this experiment the authors investigated whether prolonged local use of verapamil or lidocaine prevents vasoconstriction and establishes better blood supply to the rat epigastric skin flap, hence reducing the necrosis that occurs otherwise. Abdominal wall skin flaps of 45 Sprague-Dawley rats, based on a single ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Komorowska-Timek E,Chen SG,Zhang F,Dogan T,Lineaweaver WC,Buncke HJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new homodigital neurovascular island flap for fingertip reconstruction, called a volar digital island flap, is described. The flap is perfused from the proper digital artery through the transverse palmar branch, and is drained through the tiny venules and capillaries contained in the perivascular soft tissue. Betwee...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kim KS,Yoo SI,Kim DY,Lee SY,Cho BH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the complications in a series of 126 fasciocutaneous flaps. The overall complication rate was 40%, which included both early and late complications. The early complications were divided into major and minor groups. The main avoidable causes of major complications were poor design; the presence of orthopedi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dickson WA,Dickson MG,Roberts AH

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tissue expansion to facilitate burn scar reconstruction is described. Twelve patients underwent burn scar reconstruction using a total of 42 expanders. Expansion was carried out at two- to three-day intervals, usually commencing as early as two to three days following insertion of the expander. In 5 of the ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Neligan PC,Peters WJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Application of collagen products to wounds has been shown to improve wound healing. Using a collagen-based hydrogel (cHG) capable of cellular support previously developed by our laboratory, we hypothesize that our hydrogel will increase the speed of wound healing by providing a 3-dimensional framework for ce...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Williams T,Sotelo Leon D,Kaizawa Y,Wang Z,Leyden J,Chang J,Fox PM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel decompression (CTD) is the most commonly performed surgical procedure within a hand unit. We have analyzed data on outcomes after carpal decompression performed by both open and closed techniques to assess whether outcomes differed between the 2 procedures. Data were jointly gathered from 2 units. The ai...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Akhtar S,Bradley MJ,Burke FD,Dubin NH,Wilgis EF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous ostemyelitis is infrequently seen in adults and primary involvement of the hand skeleton is extremely rare. Little has been reported about the foci of hematogenously spread infections. Two cases of hematogenous osteomyelitis of the hand originating from dental maxillary infections were reported. The first...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Germann G,Petracic A,Wittemann M,Raff T

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatments for prominent ears are on the basis of the approach over the basics of the deformity decrease the concha-mastoid angle and create a new antihelical fold. The author describes a new retroauricular flap to be used in the recreation of the antihelical fold and critically analyzes the cosmetic resu...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Frascino LF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five patients with melanoma were surveyed for recent history of major stress, coping styles, and psychiatric disturbance. Recurrence of disease was strongly related to biological variables (stage and Breslow depths) but not to psychological measures. Major life stress was not related to stage, Breslow, Clark l...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gibertini M,Reintgen DS,Baile WF

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ketorolac tromethamine (Toradol) is an effective a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and a powerful analgesic for patients undergoing breast surgery. However, the potential for postoperative bleeding has not yet been explored specifically in women undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction. There is co...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Mikhaylov Y,Weinstein B,Schrank TP,Swartz JD,Ulm JP,Armstrong MB,Delaney KO

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of abnormal insertions of orbicularis oris muscle from the columella and ala base, and from their inferior attachments along the labial margin, provides muscle flaps for a double-breasted suture in cleft lip repair. Using the muscle flaps for double-breasted sutures realigns the orbicularis oris muscle fib...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Abramo AC,Povedano A

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen free radicals are implicated to cause tissue injury during ischemia and reperfusion and may play a central role in the no-reflow phenomena. Modulation of these substances has been suggested as a means of decreasing the amount of tissue loss due to ischemia and subsequent reperfusion. Pretreatment of tissues wit...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Izquierdo R,Swartz WM,Sutker KB,Boydell CL,Almand J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In select cases, to prevent any functional loss and to initiate early function during the early burn period, the reconstructive procedure of choice may be flap coverage. In these circumstances, when the ideal flap donor site is burned, the clinician may be hesitant to raise this flap because of questionable flap survi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Borman H,Maral T,Demirhan B,Haberal M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic surgeons have traditionally perceived male patients as more psychologically disturbed than female patients. This study employed a matched sample design to explore the psychosocial experiences of 50 male and 50 female elective cosmetic surgery and cosmetic dentistry patients. It also aimed to compare male and f...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dowling NA,Honigman RJ,Jackson AC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated the impact of a newly implemented protocol for superficial to mid-dermal partial thickness burns which involves early surgery and rapid coverage with biosynthetic dressing in a specialized national burns center in Singapore. METHODS:Consecutive patients with 5% or greater total body surf...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Tay KS,Chong SJ,Tan BK

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRs) are involved in gene expression and function, but little is known of their function in ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), which plays a critical role in flap compromise during microvascular flap surgeries. This article aimed to determine the expression profiles of miRs in rat flap surgeries ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chang KP,Lee HC,Huang SH,Lee SS,Lai CS,Lin SD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00