Ultrasound: a powerful tool in the diagnosis of ulnar collateral ligament injuries of the thumb.

abstract：:Transverse facial clefts (macrostomia) are rare disorders that result when the embryonic mandibular and maxillary processes of the first branchial arch fail to fuse properly to form the corners of the mouth. Macrostomia may be seen alone or in association with other anomalies. It may be unilateral, extending along a l...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Sowande OA,Anyanwu LJ,Ademuyiwa AO,Talabi AO,Adejuyigbe O

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multiple symmetric lipomatosis in a 61-year-old man is described. The patient had the striking appearance that characterizes multiple symmetric lipomatosis. He had a history of alcohol abuse. Before admission to our institution, he underwent surgical treatment three times at other hospitals. We describe his ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yoshioka N,Suzuki S

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical site infection after breast reconstruction is associated with increased length of hospital stay, readmission rates, cost, morbidity, and mortality. Identifying methods to reduce surgical site infection without the use of antibiotics may be beneficial at reducing antimicrobial resistance, reserving the use of ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Strong AL,Wolfe ET,Shank N,Chaffin AE,Jansen DA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several clinical studies promulgate the concept that some degree of crossover innervation occurs after digital nerve injuries are sustained and that the intact digital nerve might even substitute for the loss of nerve function on the injured side. Other studies strongly dispute the existence of this phenomenon. An exc...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Weinzweig N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old girl sustained full-thickness burns to the anterior chest. Skin grafting was performed after spontaneous eschar separation in 1 breast and after delayed tangential excision after wound demarcation in the other breast. Both breasts developed equally, indicating that careful tangential excision to viable ti...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： al-Qattan MM,Zuker RM

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Scalp melanoma is aggressive and has a proclivity for regional metastasis. We hypothesize that subperiosteal scalp melanoma resection reduces in-transit/satellite recurrence, when compared with subgaleal resection. METHODS:We identified patients with intermediate to deep, primary scalp melanoma referred to ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Pannucci CJ,Collar RM,Johnson TM,Bradford CR,Rees RS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old patient whose left ear was reconstructed using a lateral arm fascia and skin graft had done well until one episode of cold exposure approximately two years after the reconstruction. This thermal injury resulted in a localized area of composite tissue loss demonstrating that the reconstructed ear had a hi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yousif NJ,Denny AD,Forte R,Matloub HS,Sanger JR,Neimat J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The painful, boil-like lesion of furuncular myiasis is a result of the invasion of subcutaneous tissues by larvae of Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly. This arthropod is indigenous to Mexico, and Central and South America, and imported cases to the United States are increasing as travel to these regions continues t...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Sampson CE,MaGuire J,Eriksson E

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bayonet-shaped airway allowing free respiration and undisturbed deglutition was reconstructed in 2 young women who had undergone tracheotomy and radiotherapy for thyroid carcinoma. The laryngeal vestibule, glottis, and subglottis had been destroyed, and the air passages were closed. An external gutter and an anterio...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Meyer R,Rheims D,Attya E

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttraumatic midface pain secondary to injury of the anterior superior alveolar nerve (ASAN) is characterized as pain localized to the central and lateral incisors, canines, and maxilla. This nerve is susceptible to injury and subsequent formation of neuromas after midface trauma. Surgical intervention requ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Olenczak JB,Hui-Chou HG,Aguila DJ 3rd,Shaeffer CA,Dellon AL,Manson PN

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of human acellular dermal matrices (ADM) has become routinely used in implant-based breast surgery. Notwithstanding the many benefits for tissue support, the morbidity associated with its use includes seroma and infection, among other potential complications. Some patients experience a specific complica...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lewis P,Jewell J,Mattison G,Gupta S,Kim H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seroma formation at the donor site of the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap was evaluated in 48 patients who underwent breast reconstruction with either quilting sutures and suction drains (QS+DN group) or quilting sutures alone (QS group) or suction drains alone (DN group). Clinical and ultrasound examina...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Rossetto LA,Garcia EB,Abla LE,Ferreira LM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a 15-year history of management of multiple recurrent neuromas in a patient with an amputated arm. Various surgical modalities were employed, including burying the nerve ends in muscle and bone. In addition, they also treated successfully one of the neuromas in this patient by capping the transected...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chiu DT,Wu J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1993, a total of 41 free osteofasciocutaneous fibular flaps with an extended skin island (average dimensions, 16.9 cm long [range, 12-22 cm] x 10.7 cm wide [range, -16 cm], or 180.8 cm [range, 112-352 cm ]) have been used in by the authors in various clinical applications. To evaluate donor site morbidity, the 4...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Papadopulos NA,Schaff J,Bucher H,Groener R,Geishauser M,Biemer E

更新日期：2002-08-01 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:Prophylactic mastectomy is more common, with many patients seeking reconstruction. Bilateral free flap reconstructions subject patients to 2 flaps and longer operations, potentially increasing their risk for complications. We hypothesized that bilateral abdomen-based free flap reconstruction patients are a u...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lin IC,Nelson JA,Wu LC,Kovach SJ 3rd,Serletti JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen breast reconstructions in 11 patients, averaging 58 years of age, underwent mastectomies. The technique uses a saline implant either totally or partially covered with a human acellular dermal matrix. The mean postoperative follow-up time was 14 months. Ninety percent of the patients were considered high risk;...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gamboa-Bobadilla GM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether postoperative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a necessity for patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstruction remains debatable. In August 2012, our institute initiated a policy to care for these patients in the ICU, opposed to the previous policy of care in the ward. Thus, we use...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chen WC,Hung KS,Chen SH,Shieh SJ,Lee JW,Hsiao JR,Lee YC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1979 to 1983, 14 patients were treated at the University of Maryland Hospital for injuries sustained as a result of the injection of crushed pentazocine tablets partially dissolved in water into the arterial system of the upper extremity. Eight patients received intraarterial reserpine within 15 hours of the inju...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Stueber K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic surgeons with a practice that includes breast augmentation, breast reduction, and breast reconstruction should have a working knowledge of both genetic and environmental breast cancer risk factors and of risk stratification of these patients. Specific tests to determine genetic susceptibility to certain cancer...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gronau KA,Semple JL

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present their successful experience with an attractive alternative to the latissimus dorsi and gracilis muscle flaps for lower extremity reconstruction--the free rectus abdominis muscle flap. The muscle flap has a dual blood supply, but the longer pedicle length and larger vessel diameter of the inferior e...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Bunkis J,Walton RL,Mathes SJ

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with craniofacial anomalies can have hard and soft tissue deficiencies. In some cases, distraction osteogenesis can restore the bony deficiencies, but the soft tissue contour defect remains problematic. For these patients, the union of distraction osteogenesis and microvascular free flaps (MVFF) can...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Spector JA,Warren SM,Singh SP,McCarthy JG,Siebert JW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1998, 13 patients were treated in the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center for complex facial soft-tissue injuries caused by passing through large, clear glass doors. All epidemiological details were gathered and analyzed. Of 1,100 soft-tissue facial injury admissions in 1 year, 13 patients had a substantial soft-t...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gur E,Barnea Y,Leshem D,Zaretski A,Amir A,Weiss J,Shpitzer T,Shafir R

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of muscle, fascia, and skin flap physiology is based largely on data obtained from rodent, rabbit, or canine models. The presence of a well-developed panniculus carnosus confounds the extrapolation of data from these animals to humans. This study attempted to define microsurgically applicable musculo...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Murphy RX Jr,Sonntag BV

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A more direct measurement of implant capsule contracture is needed for the laboratory study of this phenomenon. Most of the previous methods for quantitation of contracture rely on measurements of deformability. Because contraction of an implant capsule is in fact a decrease in the surface area of the capsule, a metho...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Caffee HH

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 5 years, as the failure properties of silicone gel breast implants have emerged, there has been considerable interest in measuring the levels of silicone and silicon in blood, serum, breast milk, and body tissues. Assays have been done in control patients without implant exposure, and in patients with ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Peters W,Smith D,Lugowski S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of minimally invasive surgery continues to evolve in all fields of surgery with new developments in techniques and instrumentation. One instrument that has evolved and become useful in the field of plastic surgery is the balloon dissector. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the balloon dissect...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ip TY,Aponte R,Koger KE,German G,Zobrist R,Levin LS

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether patients with congenital lower lid epiblepharon treated with a modified Hotz procedure combined with epicanthoplasty have a decreased recurrence rate. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients with epiblepharon of the lower eyelid corrected using a modified Hotz method between 2007 and 2017 were evaluated...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Nemoto H,Nakae S,Miyabe K,Kuroki T,Ito Y,Sumiya N

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients underwent percutaneous pin placement, 17 intraoral corticotomies, and application of an Orthofix lengthening device to facilitate complex multiplanar distraction as mandated by the patient's specific deformity. The patients underwent gradual bony and soft-tissue distraction at the rate of .25 mm four time...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Pensler JM,Goldberg DP,Lindell B,Carroll NC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00