Lymphedema after upper limb transplantation: scintigraphic study in 3 patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective in this study was to extend diaphragmatic pacing therapy to include paraplegic patients with high cervical spinal cord injuries between C3 and C5. INTRODUCTION:Diaphragmatic pacing has been used in patients experiencing ventilator-dependent respiratory failure due to spinal cord injury as a mea...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Nandra KS,Harari M,Price TP,Greaney PJ,Weinstein MS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful salvage of the tongue following near or complete traumatic amputation is a rare event. We now report only the second reported successful case of a revascularization of a near or complete amputation of the tongue while in the setting of massive facial trauma. Microscopic revascularization was performed utili...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Egozi E,Faulkner B,Lin KY

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromuscular dysplasia is an uncommon angiopathy that is principally observed in the renal and carotid arteries. Digital ischemia resulting from fibromuscular dysplasia of the forearm arteries is a rare occurrence. This article describes a case of distal radial and ulnar artery fibromuscular dysplasia presenting as p...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Khatri VP,Gaulin JC,Amin AK

更新日期：1994-12-01 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:In addition to the already-known postoperative complications in patients formerly obese, for medial thigh lift, there are many more problematic issues. The main ones are represented as follows: by the frequent downward displacement of the scars that become, in this way, extremely visible; by the distortion o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Bracaglia R,Tambasco D,Gentileschi S,D'Ettorre M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activator protein 1 (AP-1) is thought to play an important role in the expression of genes expressed in response to ischemia-reperfusion injury. In this report, the activation of AP-1 in rat skeletal muscle during reperfusion after a 4-hour ischemic period was studied. AP-1 activation displayed a biphasic pattern, sho...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lefler SR,Lille ST,Huemer GM,Tucker R,Murray T,Schoeller T,Mulligan DC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine our hypotheses that botulinum toxin A (BoTA) protect necrosis of perforator flap from perforator twisting. METHODS:Twenty-four rats were randomly divided into 2 groups. Twelve International Units of BoTA versus 1.2 mL normal saline was injected subdermally 3 days before...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kim SY,Lee SH,Lee B,Park YJ,Park JH,Lee YS,Rah DK,Park TH

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Keloid disease is known to have variable clinical behavior in response to therapy and there is no clinicopathologic classification that predicts such varied behavior. The aim of this study was to study the effect of excision margins and other histopathologic characteristics on keloid prognosis.Seventy-five multiethnic...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Tan KT,Shah N,Pritchard SA,McGrouther DA,Bayat A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High velocity injuries have traditionally been covered with free muscle flaps. We sought to evaluate the utility of the anterolateral thigh flap (ALT) flap as a primary choice in reconstructing traumatic injuries in Western patients.A retrospective chart review was conducted of 122 patients treated at the R Adams Cowl...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lee JC,St-Hilaire H,Christy MR,Wise MW,Rodriguez ED

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive thinning of the muscle from the pedicle of a gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap can change the nature of that pedicle radically. Instead of being bulky and causing contour deformity, the pedicle is reduced to a vascular leash that has virtually no effect on contour at all. Radical thinning of this type was...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kroll SS

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The volar advancement flap of the thumb described by Moberg has been used for pulp defects up to 1 to 1.5 cm since its mobility is quite limited due to the stiff nature and fibrous connections of the regional skin with underlying structures. There have been several attempts to increase the mobility of this u...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Mutaf M,Temel M,Günal E,Işık D

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Mastectomy has traditionally been performed using a transverse elliptical incision. The disadvantages of this approach are a potentially visible scar medially and poor subincisional soft-tissue coverage of implants laterally. A more natural and aesthetic result is obtained with an oblique incision running parallel to ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gronet EM,Halvorson EG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Use of the omentum for poststernotomy mediastinitis is typically viewed as a last resort. Formal debridement and muscle flap coverage is sufficient most of the time; however, there are situations when the omental flap is more appropriate. The purpose of this series is to critically evaluate the outcome in ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ghazi BH,Carlson GW,Losken A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterolateral ankle pain can persist despite the best care of sprains or fractures. It is possible that this pain is related to stretch or traction injuries to the nerves that innervate the subtalar joint. If this were true, identification of these nerve branches by local anesthetic block would provide an indication t...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Rab M,Ebmer J,Dellon AL

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the techniques of cranial flap fixation (suture, stainless steel wire, and rivetlike titanium clamp) on biomechanics. METHODS:Twenty-four cadaver craniotomy flaps were reattached with either suture, stainless steel wire, or rivetlike titanium clamp. Cranial flap fixation was timed and measured for t...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Wang YR,Su ZP,Yang SX,Guo BY,Zeng YJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 25-year-old woman who suffered traumatic damage to the medial malleolar area. Arteriography revealed a posterior tibial artery occlusion at the ankle. The predominant pattern of medial soleus vascularization was revealed during surgery. A reverse medial soleus flap including the posterior tibial pedicle wa...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dumont CE,Masquelet AC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pedicled flaps and microsurgical free tissue transfers are increasingly being used for reconstruction in the elderly and poorer risk patient. The use of systemically administered vasoactive agents to date has been avoided because of the fear that systemic levels of these agents perioperatively (particularly the vasopr...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Cordeiro PG,Santamaria E,Hu QY,Heerdt P

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:Superficial temporal artery (STA) aneurysms are a medical rarity. There are less than 200 patients reported in the literature. The majority of cases are of traumatic etiology and occur in young men. The senior authors reported a case of STA aneurysm in 1978. We now review the literature and report on three additional ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Cheng CA,Southwick EG,Lewis EC 2nd

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:A patient who sustained frontal sinus fracture and who earlier had undergone an osteoplastic fat obliteration procedure is described. The literature is reviewed and recommendations are made for management of this and other cases of frontal sinus fractures with posterior table involvement. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gerson RM,Friduss M,Schultz RC

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of the damaged nasal vault is challenging. Limited available autologous tissue has lead surgeons to pursue alloplastic alternatives. A retrospective review comparing 18 patients who underwent secondary rhinoplasty with internal nasal valve reconstruction with spreader graft (SG) implants using either au...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Reiffel AJ,Cross KJ,Spinelli HM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Massive defects of the abdominal wall are commonly repaired with the component separation technique (CST) when insufficient tissue exists to close the defect primarily. Although the utility of CST has been documented in cases of large ventral hernias in adults, its application to congenital and acquired defe...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Vargo JD,Larsen MT,Pearson GD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blepharoptosis surgery is one of the most common oculoplastic procedures, and the aim is to clear the visual axis. Many surgical techniques for the correction of ptosis have been described and performed, but the operative approach is based on the extent of eyelid excursion, the amount of levator function, and the degr...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Benlier E,Bozkurt M,Kulahci Y,Kapi E,Sahin C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether remote ischemic preconditioning can be induced by a late mechanism. The rat cremaster flap model was used for assessment of ischemia-reperfusion injury. In the control group (N = 9), 2 hours of flap ischemia was induced after preparation of the cremaster muscle. Ten m...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Küntscher MV,Kastell T,Engel H,Gebhard MM,Heitmann C,Germann G

更新日期：2003-07-01 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:The epicanthal fold (Mongolian fold) in Asians reduces the aesthetic results of eyelid surgery, and thus, medial epicanthoplasty is commonly performed in combination with a double fold operation or blepharoptosis correction. Epicanthoplasty is one of the most popular cosmetic operations conducted in Asia, bu...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Park DH,Park SU,Lee BK,Lee YB,Do ER,Han DG,Shim JS,Lee YJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the current tendency of increasing minimally invasive cosmetic surgeries, some rare but disastrous complications of facial filler injections come into sight, such as visual loss. The study aims to investigate the possible route that the injected droplet accesses the ophthalmic artery to explain and prevent such d...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Li X,Du L,Lu JJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00