Psychosocial aspects of melanoma.

abstract：:The long-term affects of primary breast augmentation is a topic of controversy. This case report will highlight the long-term outcome in a woman with Ivalon sponge breast implants and the reasons for explantation. The focus of the manuscript will include mammography, capsular contracture, and late hematoma. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Nahabedian MY

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apert syndrome is characterized by craniosynostosis, central nervous system anomalies, midface hypoplasia, and syndactyly. Current research has focused on genetic and neurologic correlates. Cognitive assessment has been primarily limited to global intellectual evaluations, which can fail to detect the diverse cognitiv...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Da Costa AC,Savarirayan R,Wrennall JA,Walters I,Gardiner N,Tucker A,Anderson V,Meara JG

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Placement of suction drainage in submuscular pockets is routinely performed in breast reconstruction. Days of drain permanence (DDP) are associated with hospital stay and related health care costs. The aims of this study are to retrospectively compare data related to DDP and total drainage volume between hig...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Pagliara D,Maxia S,Faenza M,Dessena L,Campus G,Rubino C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipodystrophy is a rare disease characterized by progressive disappearance of the subcutaneous fat of the upper part of the body. Accompanying abnormalities of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, diabetes, nephritis, and low levels of complement are frequent. The most striking clinical features are the extremely hollow...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hurwitz PJ,Sarel R

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sagging of the remaining breast behind the inframammary fold after breast reduction or breast augmentation may necessitate revisional surgery. The authors achieved inframammary fold reconstruction by reconstruction of the inframammary crease ligament through a deepithelialized skin flap that is anchored to the periost...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Wechselberger G,Del Frari B,Pülzl P,Schoeller T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are peptide mediators of inflammation that are being extensively studied in several aspects of disease. I provide an introduction to the general features of cytokine biology. Cytokines may be considered as either proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory compounds, and they also have potent hematopoietic effects....

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Remick DG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish outcome of brow suspension techniques, a reliable and clinically suitable measurement tool is required. Most of the published methods lack statistical validation, and in none of the reviewed studies, the standardized photograph protocols were validated. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES:Fifteen subjects were...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Verduijn PS,Selles RW,Mureau MA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recent rise in medical tourism, especially for cosmetic procedures, has been mirrored by an increase in the incidence of infections with Mycobacterium abscessus, which is an atypical mycobacterium that is ubiquitous in aquatic environments. M. abscessus soft tissue infections arise from the use of improp...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Leto Barone AA,Grzelak MJ,Frost C,Ngaage LM,Ge S,Kolegraff K,Chopra K,Tornheim JA,Caffrey J,Lifchez SD,Rasko Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical correction of chronic mallet finger caused by terminal tendon disruption was carried out in 22 patients. The distal stump of the tendon was fixed to the base of the distal phalanx with a Mitek micro arc bone anchor. In all patients the mallet finger deformity was corrected. There were 15 patients with excelle...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ulkür E,Açikel C,Ergun O,Celiköz B

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous breast augmentation and abdominoplasty through a transverse suprapubic incision offers women the opportunity to undergo body restoration with one operation, one anestheitc, one incision, and no scars on or near the breasts. Prompted by the earlier work of Planas [5] and others, we have performed this comb...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Barrett BM Jr,Kelly MV 2nd

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoaneurysms resulting from vascular impingement by osteochondromas are extremely rare. The authors detail the case of a 19-year-old man who represents the third known report in the English literature of a brachial artery pseudoaneurysm associated with a humeral osteochondroma. In patients presenting with a painful...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Tobias AM,Chang B

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two female patients with vulval skin defects after extramammary Paget's disease were reconstructed using a pedicled, distally based rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap. After the operation, the bulkiness of the flap, which might be a major problem in the application for a vulval skin defect, was improved successful...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hatoko M,Okazaki T,Tada H,Kuwahara M,Shiba A,Muramatsu T,Shirai T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oronasal fistula formation is a recalcitrant complication following palatoplasty, resulting in nasal emission during speech and deglutition. We review our series to identify factors associated with fistula incidence. A retrospective review of all children with nonsyndromic cleft palate who underwent 2-flap palatoplast...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Murthy AS,Parikh PM,Cristion C,Thomassen M,Venturi M,Boyajian MJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pericranial membrane is of great interest in corrective and reconstructive procedures of the craniofacial region. A close look at its ultrastructure reveals that the outer layer is made up of loose areolar tissue and fibroblasts, and the inner layer of osteoblasts. A network of vessels near the inner layer account...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Habal MB,Maniscalco JE

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrocnemius muscle flap has gained wide acceptance as a reconstructive technique for management of wounds of the knee and proximal tibia. The use of the muscle as a pedicle flap to the distal and middle femur has not been well quantified, and the proximal rotation arc has been underestimated. We report the use o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Whitney TM,Heckler FR,White MJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most head and neck melanomas occur on the face, with the cheek being the most frequently affected site. So far, small numbers of researches on cheek melanomas have yielded insufficient and controversial results. In this trial, we aimed to define the histopathological and clinical features specific to cheek m...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Tas F,Erturk K

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current approaches for the treatment of gingival exposure are often time- and cost-consuming and/or rather invasive. We previously observed a strong correlation between the presence of gingival excess and midfacial depression and here propose an easy 1-step correction technique as a new strategy to improve g...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Wei J,Herrler T,Xu H,Deng N,Li S,Li Q,Dai C

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of malignant fibrous histiocytomas arising in a burn scar is described. Burn scar sarcomas are exceedingly rare tumors whose precise behavior, pathogenesis, and treatment remain to be elucidated. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gargan TJ,Mitchell L,Plaus W

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several experimental studies have demonstrated that granulocytes have an important role in causing the necrosis of ischemic tissue by capillary plugging and superoxide radical formation. Adenosine is spontaneously released by ischemic cells and inhibits the granulocytic superoxide radical formation. 5-Aminoimidazole-4...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Salerno GM,McBride DM,Bleicher JN

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:The first reports on gender-confirming surgery had been published in Germany in the 1920s, but it took some 30 years before sex reassignment surgery for transsexuals became generally known. Initially, such surgery was performed mostly in Europe and Casablanca. In 1956, the gynecologist Dr Georges Burou (1910-1987) ind...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hage JJ,Karim RB,Laub DR Sr

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of clinically positive regional nodes, any value of prophylactic dissection in malignant melanomas depends on accurate preoperative determination of the pathway of lymphatic drainage. We report on the use of noninvasive radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy in the determination of regional patterns of lymph n...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Fisher EB,Lewis VL Jr,Griffith BH,Spies W

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incomplete unilateral cleft lips show a wide range of deformities, ranging from microform to near-complete clefts. Because there are different amounts and qualities of tissue present on the cleft and non-cleft sides, surgical approaches should make distinctions based on the remnant tissue. A new procedure using an upp...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Koh KS,Oh TS,Song JW

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the dorsum of the hand, managed with irradiation and wide local excision, is presented. Biopsy technique, the rationale for preoperative irradiation, and the details of extensor tendon reconstruction are discussed. Tendon grafts, rather than transfers, were used to reco...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lohman R,Evans GR

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in breast sensation after reconstruction are expected. Return of breast sensation after reconstruction and whether nipple-sparing mastectomy offers a substantial benefit in terms of sensation has been inconsistently documented in the literature. We conducted the current study using the pressure-speci...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Rodriguez-Unda NA,Bello RJ,Clarke-Pearson EM,Sanyal A,Cooney CM,Manahan MA,Rosson GD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of lidocaine as a local anesthetic has been limited to 7 mg/kg. The authors question whether amounts of lidocaine greater than the recommended dosage may be safely used in the patient undergoing lipoplasty of the torso and knees. Six patients were used as a sample and a wetting solution of 750 mg or 1,000 mg o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lewis CM,Hepper T

更新日期：1989-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Plastic surgeons are often asked to assist with the reconstruction of lower extremity wounds. These patients many times require free tissue transfer for coverage given paucity of soft tissue. Anecdotally, many orthopedic surgeons prefer muscle coverage--particularly in the setting of potentially infected b...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Paro J,Chiou G,Sen SK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a model of chronic nerve compression in the rat. The sciatic nerve of adult male Sprague Dawley rats was banded with a 1-cm Silastic tube for varying periods of time. Morphometric analysis, electrodiagnostic studies, and histological evaluation were carried out 3, 5, 8, and 12 months after bandi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： O'Brien JP,Mackinnon SE,MacLean AR,Hudson AR,Dellon AL,Hunter DA

更新日期：1987-11-01 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