Limb salvage of infected knee reconstructions for cancer with staged revision and free tissue transfer.

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：:A rare case of congenital midline sinus of the upper lip is presented. The patient had recurrent cellulitis with swelling at the base of the medial crus of the right lower lateral cartilage. Excision was performed using the intraoral approach. Theories concerning the etiology of the midline sinus of the upper lip are ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Al-Qattan MM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cutaneous and soft tissue angiosarcoma is a rare but highly aggressive malignancy. To date, surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment, but poor prognosis is expected. To investigate whether there are factors associated with poor prognosis after surgical resection and to develop a treatment guideline for ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lee BL,Chen CF,Chen PC,Lee HC,Liao WC,Perng CK,Ma H,Lin CH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reconstruction of scalp defects presents a clinical challenge. Free tissue transfer has played an increasingly important role in the reconstruction of complex scalp defects. In many cases, patient medical comorbidities along with the length of the operative procedures incurs significant patient risk. Artificial de...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Momoh AO,Lypka MA,Echo A,Rizvi M,Klebuc M,Friedman JD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various procedures have been described for the management of mandibular condylar head fracture, but a standard treatment is not yet conclusive. This report describes our experience with osteosynthesis of condylar head fracture at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. METHODS:Sixteen patients with unilateral ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lai BR,Liao HT

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare skin disorder of unknown etiology that is believed to be part of the spectrum of neutrophilic dermatoses. Although 25% to 50% of cases are idiopathic, PG is associated with systemic disease in up to 70% of patients, most notably inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Momeni A,Satterwhite T,Eggleston JM 3rd

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to objectively evaluate donor-site morbidity of the inferior gluteal musculocutaneous flap in teenagers. All cases of breast reconstruction performed between 1996 and 2005 using an inferior gluteal flap were reviewed. Flap size, weight, and pedicle origin were noted. Donor-site morbidity w...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dupéré S,Bergeron L,Bortoluzzi P,Del-Duca T,Caouette-Laberge L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery bypass grafting is a common surgical procedure for myocardial revascularization. This operation usually involves the use of the left internal mammary artery to bypass the left anterior descending coronary artery. The internal mammary artery and its perforators are also an important blood supply to the ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gonyon DL Jr,Zenn MR,Milano CA,Levin LS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noma is primarily affecting children in underprivileged countries and results in disfiguring facial defects, loss of mandibular movement, and subsequent social disintegration. Plastic surgery in West Africa traditionally uses pedicled flaps. In large, complex, or central facial defects, though, pedicled flaps are apt ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Giessler GA,Fieger A,Cornelius CP,Schmidt AB

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the recent surge in rates of immediate breast reconstruction, there is a paucity of large multicenter studies to compare differences in morbidity after immediate versus delayed breast reconstruction. This study used the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) to study the association be...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Saheb-Al-Zamani M,Cordeiro E,OʼNeill AC,Hofer SOP,Cil TD,Zhong T

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tattooing is increasingly common in Western society. The aim of the study was to create an overview of the surgical options when a tattoo is present in the operative site and to present an algorithm for the surgical plan.A literature-based study was conducted, using the Pubmed database. The following search terms have...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Smit JM,Scheele K,Lapid O,Hoogbergen MM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random-pattern cutaneous flap with its base at the highly vascularized dorsal web space has been designed to decrease donor site deformity and to increase securely flap mobilization in contractures involving more than 1 adjacent proximal phalanx base. Rectangular flaps facing each other on the lateral sides of adjac...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gözü A,Genç B,Ozsoy Z,Baç L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bites of the face are common in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Twenty-four such patients with tissue losses seen over a period of two years (1983-1985) at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital were studied. Women in their third decade of life seem to be most at risk; the lips and ears are most frequently bi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Datubo-Brown DD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of keloids and hypertrophic scars continues to challenge health-care providers. Though both forms of pathologic scarring are distinct entities at the macro and microscopic level, their etiologies and treatment are often similar. Potential treatment approaches are progressing, and combinations of treatme...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Shridharani SM,Magarakis M,Manson PN,Singh NK,Basdag B,Rosson GD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative merit of cartilage scoring versus suturing in otoplasty remains a subject of debate among leading plastic surgeons. We compared a variety of otoplasty techniques in 42 rabbit ears using anterior or posterior scoring, horizontal or vertical mattress sutures, and combinations of scoring and suturing. The ea...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Rohrich RJ,Friedman RM,Liland DL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-immolation constitutes a rare form of suicide in developed countries, though it accounts for unique injury characteristics in the burn intensive care unit. The aim of this study was to present the epidemiological and clinical features of patients burned during a suicidal attempt seen in a North Rhine-Westphalia b...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Theodorou P,Phan VT,Weinand C,Maegele M,Maurer CA,Perbix W,Leitsch S,Lefering R,Spilker G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terror attacks have been progressively increasing worldwide through the present era. The management of the consequences of terrorism events is under debate in almost every scientific area. The organization and advancement of health services constitute important components of the crisis management. Similar to other spe...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： İğde M,Kaplan A

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Although combined suction-assisted lipectomy (SAL) and surgical abdominoplasties have been described, the surgical excisions have in general been small and limited to the lower portion of the lower abdomen (i.e., just above the pubis). For the obese patient this is an insufficient lipectomy. SAL alone is unsatisfactor...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ousterhout DK

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deeply invading tumors of the scalp present numerous extirpative and reconstructive problems requiring the combined expertise and skills of both medical and surgical disciplines. We have employed a combined multidisciplinary approach to recurrent tumors of the scalp and calvarium. Intraoperatively, a fresh-tissue mapp...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Peters CR,Dinner MI,Dolsky RL,Bailin PL,Hardy RW Jr

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How and why aponeurotic blepharoptosis develops was investigated in terms of the relationship between the levator aponeurosis and Mueller's muscle functioning as the muscle spindle of the levator muscle. A total of 200 consecutive patients with moderate to severe acquired blepharoptosis completed questionnaires regard...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Fujiwara T,Matsuo K,Kondoh S,Yuzuriha S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomus tumors develop from a thermoregulatory unit called the glomus body which is found in high density within the digits of both the hands and feet. To note, even though less frequently, these tumors can present in extradigital locations. Usually it presents as a small, 1-cm bluish nodule. Glomangioma (multiple glom...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Myers RS,Lo AK,Pawel BR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rectus abdominis transposition (RAT) flap is a well-accepted alternative to pectoralis muscle flaps for sternal reconstruction after debridement in poststernotomy mediastinitis. Use of this flap based on an intercostal artery pedicle, after division of the ipsilateral internal mammary artery (IMA), is a less-recog...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Jacobs B,Ghersi MM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swallowing and communication are occasionally impaired after free jejunal transfer. Here, the relationship between surgical procedure and functional outcome was analyzed in 236 patients undergoing free jejunal transfer after total laryngopharyngectomy from 1992 through 2003. Swallowing and communication functions were...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yasumura T,Sakuraba M,Kimata Y,Nakatsuka T,Hayashi R,Ebihara S,Hata Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with multiple keratoacanthomas association with a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma is presented. Incomplete excision of a keratoacanthoma deprives the pathologist of his main criteria in differentiating this lesion from a squamous cell carcinoma. Wide excision appears to be the treatment of choic...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Pickrell K,Villarreal-Rios A,Neale H

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is generally believed that increasing obesity is a predictor of postoperative complications after abdominal contouring procedures such as abdominoplasty and panniculectomy. The purpose of this study is to review the complication rate for abdominal contouring in the level 3 obesity category (body mass inde...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Mericli AF,Drake DB

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic, nonhealing wounds place an enormous burden on both the health care system and patients, with no definitive treatments available. There has been increasing evidence that the microbial composition of wounds may play an important role in wound healing. Culture-independent methods for bacterial detection and anal...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Xu Z,Hsia HC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologic prostheses have emerged to address the limitations of synthetic materials for ventral hernia repairs; however, they lack experimental comparative data. Fifteen swine were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 bioprosthetic groups (DermaMatrix, AlloDerm, and Permacol) after creation of a full thickness ventral fascial d...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Stanwix MG,Nam AJ,Hui-Chou HG,Ferrari JP,Aberman HM,Hawes ML,Keledjian KM,Jones LS,Rodriguez ED

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to characterize airway problems, speech outcomes, and facial growth in patients with Stickler syndrome undergoing cleft palate repair. METHODS:A retrospective, longitudinal study was performed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on 25 patients with Stickler syndrome and 53 ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Jackson OA,Kaye AE,Lee A,Minugh-Purvis N,Cohen MA,Solot CB,McDonald-McGinn D,Jawad AF,Zackai EH,Kirschner RE

更新日期：2020-06-01 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