Comparison of polydioxanone and polyglactin 910 in intradermal repair.

abstract：BACKGROUND:With health reform increasingly focused on readmission rates as an indicator of quality of care, providers have a duty to identify patients at risk of readmission. The authors assessed the incidence and risk factors for readmission following immediate breast reconstruction. METHODS:Patients who underwent im...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nelson JA,Fischer JP,Chung C,Wu LC,Serletti JM,Kovach SJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients with small localized oral cavity hemangiomas of the lips, tongue, and buccal mucosa are reported in this series. Although the lesions were not massive or high-flow/high-pressure vascular tumors, the simultaneous cutting and coagulation capabilities of the CO2 laser were demonstrated, rendering such...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Apfelberg DB,Maser MR,Lash H,White DN

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preservation of the scroll area is essential when performing rhinoplasty to achieve a good functional outcome. This is of particular concern with tip-plasty procedures. The objectives of this study were (1) to describe a novel tip-plasty procedure consisting of sliding the cephalic portion of the alar cartil...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Racy E,Fanous A,Pressat-Laffouilhere T,Benmoussa N

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate deepening of the nasofrontal junction remains one of the most difficult parts of rhinoplasty. A guarded burr is introduced that provides a safe and effective means of deepening or creating a shallow nasofrontal groove. The burr has a special guard that prevents the cutting of soft tissue. The guarded burr ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Guyuron B

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology to quantify osseous, ocular, and periocular fat changes caused by correction of orbital hypertelorism to test the hypothesis that there is a quantitatively predictable relationship between the movement of the osseous orbit and that of the ocular globe. A retrospec...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Panchal J,Kim YO,Stelnicki E,Pilgram T,Marsh JL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe orbital soft-tissue loss and contracted eye sockets often present in patients who have had enucleation, exenteration, or other ocular diseases. In this article, the authors report a novel contracted eye socket reconstruction technique using lateral upper arm free flaps and review the surgical outcome ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Li Y,Song H,Liu J,Li D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of adequate preoperative evaluation, lagophthalmos may appear during a brow lift procedure if the patient has had a prior upper lid blepharoplasty. Relief of this condition may be obtained by incising the upper lid scar and spreading the wound. Subsequent granulation results in an acceptable scar. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： McKinney P,Zuckerbraun BS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly healing mandibular fractures and osteotomies can be troublesome complications of craniomaxillofacial trauma and reconstructive surgery. Gene therapy may offer ways of enhancing bone formation by altering the expression of desired growth factors and extracellular matrix molecules. The elucidation of suitable can...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Steinbrech DS,Mehrara BJ,Rowe NM,Dudziak ME,Luchs JS,Saadeh PB,Gittes GK,Longaker MT

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess trends in technique and philosophy of face lifting, associated procedures, and the incidence and management of complications. Surveys were sent to 3800 members of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS); 570 surveys (15 percent) were returned. Numerou...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Matarasso A,Elkwood A,Rankin M,Elkowitz M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After reading this article and watching the accompanying videos, the participant should be able to: 1. Assess patients seeking facial volumization and correlate volume deficiencies anatomically. 2. Identify appropriate fillers based on rheologic properties and anatomical needs. 3. Recognize poor can...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wilson AJ,Taglienti AJ,Chang CS,Low DW,Percec I

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presented here are six examples of potentially life-threatening propranolol-epinephrine interactions. The only report found that warns of a deleterious clinical interaction between propranolol and epinephrine appeared in 1980. With widespread use of propranolol for approved and unapproved conditions, the population at...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Foster CA,Aston SJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the inception of the integrated model, educational leaders have predicted its ongoing evolution, as the optimal plastic surgery curriculum remains a source of debate. With the now complete elimination of the "coordinated" pathway, the total number of integrated programs has arguably reached a plateau. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rifkin WJ,Cammarata MJ,Kantar RS,DeMitchell-Rodriguez E,Navarro CM,Diaz-Siso JR,Ceradini DJ,Stranix JT,Saadeh PB

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The psychological aspects of cosmetic breast augmentation have been the focus of a great deal of empiric study over the past 40 years. METHODS:Studies investigating the preoperative characteristics and psychosocial status of women interested in breast augmentation are reviewed. Investigations of postoperati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sarwer DB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehydrated freeze-dried microarterial allografts were implanted to bridge arterial defects using New Zealand White rabbits as the experimental model. Segments of artery from the rabbit ear and thigh were harvested and preserved for a minimum of 2 weeks after freeze-drying. These allografts, approximately 1 mm in diame...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Raman J,Hargrave JC

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disharmonies of the upper lip aesthetic unit generally stem from tall ergotrids and/or thin lips. Comprehension and correction of such defects has been stifled by a lack of metrics and organized systems of diagnosis and treatment. METHODS:The philtral-labial score was devised to better analyze the upper lip...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Raphael P,Harris R,Harris SW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Body mass index has been shown to be a predictor of outcomes after subpectoral expander/implant reconstruction, with every unit increase in body mass index increasing the risk of complications by approximately 6 percent. The effect of body mass index on complications after prepectoral reconstruction has not ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gabriel A,Sigalove S,Sigalove NM,Storm-Dickerson TL,Pope N,Rice J,Maxwell GP

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most commonly used technique in the treatment of contracture bands is Z-plasty. The subcutaneous pedicle rhomboid flap is a relatively new flap whose efficiency in the treatment of wide or linear contractures with two or more contracture bands has been demonstrated. This experimental study was planned to...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ertaş NM,Küçükçelebi A,Erbaş O,Bozdoğan N,Celebioğlu S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to obtain more insight into the morphologic and functional performance of microvascular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) prostheses. Therefore, both the cellular events of healing (n = 30) and the prostacyclin production (n = 18) of microvascular polytetrafluoroethylene prostheses (length 10 mm...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： van der Lei B,Wildevuur CR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Gynecomastia, or persistent enlargement of the male breast, is a common occurrence during early sexual development. Typically, two types of tissue can be identified during this period of growth. Initially, a dense fibrous growth of supporting stroma and breast tissue forms directly under the areola, creating a ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hammond DC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to evaluate quality-of-life benefits of ablative head and neck cancer surgery and microvascular reconstruction, a longitudinal study was undertaken in which patients with T3 or T4 oropharyngeal cancers without systemic metastases at presentation were administered both general and disease-specific quality-...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Netscher DT,Meade RA,Goodman CM,Alford EL,Stewart MG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A thin skin flap is often required for optimal resurfacing of particular areas of the body. An anterolateral thigh perforator flap can be thinned to an extent to which it is vascularized by the subdermal plexus only. This study presents a novel flap thinning technique and its application for resurfacing the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yang WG,Chiang YC,Wei FC,Feng GM,Chen KT

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentofacial deformities are traditionally treated by maxillary and mandibular osteotomies conducted separately or simultaneously. Recently, distraction osteogenesis has become an irreplaceable part of the surgical armamentarium, for its ability to induce new bone formation between the surfaces of bone segments that ar...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schendel SA,Hazan-Molina H,Aizenbud D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigations have demonstrated the superior strength and toughness of the MGH four-strand tendon repair technique and shown that it neither weakens during maximum tendon softening nor interferes with healing in an in vivo rabbit model. In the current study, the biomechanical performance of the modified Beck...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wassermann RJ,Howard R,Markee B,Payne W,Ondrovic L,Lee W,Greenwald DP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with pectus excavatum and two patients with pectus carinatum had their conditions corrected by a partial costal cartilage resection with a sternal osteotomy through a 2.5-cm to 4-cm skin incision located just above the xyphoid process assisted by an endoscope. In addition to the incision, stab wounds of l...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kobayashi S,Yoza S,Komuro Y,Sakai Y,Ohmori K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study radiation effect separate from the microcirculation, fibroblasts were cultured from four patients with radiation wounds. Cells could be grown from irradiated tissue near the ulcer and from control normal tissue, but no cells could be cultured from the ulcers. The ability of radiation-treated fibroblasts to at...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rudolph R,Vande Berg J,Schneider JA,Fisher JC,Poolman WL

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new surgical technique with a set of instruments has been developed for the release of carpal tunnel. The technique allows division of the transverse carpal ligament through a short transverse skin incision (1.5 to 2 cm) of the wrist flexion crease under direct visualization. The technique has been used on 237 patie...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lee H,Jackson TA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic and ubiquitous disease, with an estimated incidence of one in 3000 live births. Neurofibromas, defined as various benign tumors, are hallmarks of the disease. Facial plexiform or diffuse neurofibromas usually occur unilaterally and can induce facial hemihypertrophy. Surg...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hivelin M,Wolkenstein P,Lepage C,Valeyrie-Allanore L,Meningaud JP,Lantieri L

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The field of scar assessment lacks a standard methodology. Previous methods have focused on a wide range of scar types, resulting in poorer sensitivity and diminishing their discriminatory effectiveness. METHODS:As part of a clinical trial investigating the scar-improving efficacy of transforming growth fac...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Duncan JAL,Bond JS,Mason T,Ludlow A,Cridland P,O'Kane S,Ferguson MWJ

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anterolateral thigh perforator flap is a common workhorse flap for head and neck reconstruction. The authors present an alternative method using the posteromedial thigh profunda artery perforator flap and compare its characteristics, outcomes, donor-site morbidity, and donor-site cosmesis with those of t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wu JC,Huang JJ,Tsao CK,Abdelrahman M,Kolios G,Cheng MH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty female face-lift patients were evaluated preoperatively with psychological tests and psychiatric interviews. Their postoperative psychological courses were studied for up to 6 months. Approximately 30% had postoperative depressive reactions. These reactions were primarily correlated with a preexisting, clinicall...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Goin MK,Burgoyne RW,Goin JM,Staples FR

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00