Giant plexiform neurofibroma of the back.

abstract：:The gold standard for mandibular defect reconstruction is the fibular free flap. Nevertheless, the pedicled osteomuscular dorsal scapular flap as a reconstructive tool offers promise for mandibular defect reconstruction and could be the first choice in certain circumstances. Its use in resource-limited settings offers...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Nthumba PM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here 2 patients with question mark ears in one family. They had the peculiar auricular deformities bilaterally. Both patients had a cleft between the helix and earlobe respectively. The upper portion of the auricle showed marked prominence. The mother also showed notching between the helix and earlobe. The...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Takato T,Takeda H,Kamei M,Uchiyama K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large cutaneous horn was excised from the left side of the nose and cheek of a 68-year-old woman. Reconstruction was performed with a split-thickness skin graft. Histologically the lesion represented squamous cell carcinoma. The nature of malignant degeneration in cutaneous horns is discussed. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Korkut T,Tan NB,Oztan Y

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of diabetic wounds is a considerable clinical challenge. In this study, mouse dermal fibroblasts retrovirally transduced with the human platelet-derived growth factor B (PDGF-B) gene were used to treat diabetic mouse wounds. The PDGF-B gene was obtained from human umbilical vein endothelial cells, cloned...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Breitbart AS,Laser J,Parrett B,Porti D,Grant RT,Grande DA,Mason JM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual vascular pedicle of a deltopectoral flap is reported and the case is discussed. We suggest noting any anomalies in the flap's vascularization during its dissection. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Marconi F,Poppi V,Farese P

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, brow lifting with botulinum A toxin was performed on patients whose ptosis was corrected using the frontal sling technique, and the effects of this application on ptosis were investigated. Seven patients (with 12 eyelids) on whom the frontal sling procedure was performed using a tensor fascia lata graft...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Isik D,Tekin H,Karadag R,Bilgili SG,Atik B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several techniques for vaginal reconstruction after pelvic exenteration such as myocutaneous and myoperitoneal flaps are available. However, the use of a myofascial flap has not been previously described. Thus, the objective of this article is to present our experience of vaginal reconstruction with rectus a...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Cortinovis U,Sala L,Bonomi S,Gallino G,Belli F,Ditto A,Martinelli F,Bogani G,Leone Roberti Maggiore U,Raspagliesi F

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Extensive orbital floor and medial wall fractures compared with isolated orbital wall fractures are more likely to require surgical correction because of a higher possibility of complications like diplopia, enophthalmos, or numbness. The unique and complex contours of the orbital anatomy limit th...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yang JR,Liao HT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal and external diameters of sections of radial and ulnar arteries obtained from fresh cadavers were measured. Statistical analysis of the results obtained shows significant correlation (p less than 0.05). The wide range of values obtained suggests that, despite this degree of correlation, the internal diameter ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： McGregor AD

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incisional hernias develop in 2% to 11% of patients who undergo laparotomy. Prosthetic mesh repair provides more strength, tension-free closure, and decreased recurrence rates as compared to primary tissue repairs. Complications-fistula formation, adhesions, skin erosion, and seroma/abscess formation-however, include ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Maman D,Greenwald D,Kreniske J,Royston A,Powers S,Bauer J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary or delayed primary repair of flexor tendon lacerations in the digital sheath has become the accepted practice among surgeons expert in the treatment of hand injuries. The youngest patient reported in the literature we reviewed was 3 months old. We report a case of flexor tendon laceration at the time of delive...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kavouksorian CA,Noone RB

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma excision requires wide margins, leaving large defects. Surgical dogma has taught that definitive reconstruction of melanoma defects be performed after permanent pathology results, with skin grafts favored. However, this results in an open wound and the need for a second operation. The advantages of immediate ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Parrett BM,Kashani-Sabet M,Leong SP,Buncke N,Singer MI

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranioplasty using a synthetic material is less than ideal, especially if there is a history of infection at the defect site. Split-rib cranioplasty is a practical approach even in patients with a positive history of infection at or around the defect. We briefly review the historical background of split-rib cranioplas...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Munro IR,Guyuron B

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oncologic defects resulting from extremity amputations are often extensive and require substantial soft tissue for reconstruction. METHODS:A review of all patients, who underwent an external hemipelvectomy, forequarter amputation, or hindquarter amputation from 2001 to 2010 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center,...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Samant M,Chang EI,Petrungaro J,Ver Halen JP,Yu P,Skoracki RJ,Chang DW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since its introduction, the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap has become the mainstay of autologous breast reconstruction. However, concerns regarding donor site morbidity due to the breach of abdominal wall musculature integrity soon followed. Muscle-sparing techniques, eventually eliminating the mus...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Tessone A,Nava M,Blondeel P,Spano A

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue-expander (TE) placement followed by implant exchange is currently the most popular method of breast reconstruction. There is a relative paucity of data demonstrating patient factors that predict complications specifically by stage of surgery. The present study attempts to determine what complications ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lovecchio F,Jordan SW,Lim S,Fine NA,Kim JY

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aims to determine the relationship between race and ischemic complications in women undergoing breast reconstruction with pedicled TRAM (pTRAM) and perforator flaps (DIEP). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective, cross-sectional study of women who underwent breast reconstruction utilizing either pTRAM...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Wu C,Clayton JL,Halvorson EG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsular contracture is one of the most common complications resulting from implants placed during mammoplasty and rhinoplasty, and there is no definitive solution or a method for preventing it. Recent reports suggest that botulinum toxin A (BoTA) is effective at reducing keloid scars clinically. Peri-implant capsules...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kim YS,Hong JW,Yoon JH,Hwang YS,Roh TS,Rah DK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital segmental amputations are difficult to correct. Free interposition bone grafts with growth centers were tried experimentally by many investigators even at the beginning of this century. Attempts at clinical application of this principle, however, were mostly failures. More recently, with the advent of micro...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Teot L,Souyris F,Bosse JP

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients, ages 2 to 5 years, were successfully treated for cervical lymphadenitis caused by the avium intercellulari complex of atypical bacteria. Preoperative treatment with standard antituberculosis therapy had been unsuccessful. Extensive surgery requiring a conservative radical neck dissection was sometimes r...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lesesne CB,Kaplan EN,Pearl RM,Yeager AS,Crosson FJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized, prospective, double-blind study designed to compare the effectiveness of the use of cloxacillin with the result of nontreatment in patients undergoing surgical intervention of axillary hyperhidrosis was conducted from August 1987 to October 1987 at the Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Forty-two...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ma S,Chiang SS,Fang RH

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired defects involving exposed bone in the central forehead can be challenging to reconstruct. We present a simple technique in which two superiorly based flaps of galea frontalis and skin are transposed medially, like the shutter of a camera. Full-thickness grafts are used to close the donor site. This is a remar...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Levine NS,Sahl WJ,Stewart JB

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:Chain saws may produce devastating facial injuries when the blade kicks back after striking a hard object. A review of experience with 12 male patients indicates that in addition to extensive ragged lacerations of skin and soft tissues, bone and teeth are frequently fractured. Eye injuries are rare, but the eyelids ma...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Riefkohl R,Georgiade GS,Barwick WJ

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ingredients of substances implanted for breast augmentation sometimes remain unknown due to lack of information from patients. Significant clinical problems sometimes necessitate removal and reconstruction. Thus, preoperative diagnostic imaging to identify the ingredients of implants may improve the trea...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kawahara S,Hyakusoku H,Ogawa R,Ohkubo S,Igarashi H,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Post-burn cicatricle contractures of neck pose a challenge for plastic and reconstructive surgeons. To improve functional and cosmetic results, and to minimize the donor-site morbidity, we use pre-expanded cervico-acromial fasciocutaneous flap based on the supraclavicular artery as a feasible choice for resur...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yang Z,Hu C,Li Y,Tang Y,Zhao M,Chen W,Xu L,Liu Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:There has recently been an increase in the usage of the Internet as a source of patient information. It is very difficult for laypersons to establish the accuracy and validity of these medical websites. Although many website assessment tools exist, most of these are not practical.A combination of consumer- and clinici...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Parikh AR,Kok K,Redfern B,Clarke A,Withey S,Butler PE

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:Microvascular reconstruction at the lower extremity for complex composite wounds has traditionally been predicated upon performance of the microanastamosis beyond the so-called "zone of injury." Failure to do so was believed to account for increased rates of vessel thrombosis and transplant loss. Extensive vessel diss...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Isenberg JS,Sherman R

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00