Single-stage management of 74 consecutive sternal wound complications with pectoralis major myocutaneous advancement flaps.

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to determine whether or not the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap procedure is a practical operation for immediate breast reconstruction. Our series reports 128 consecutive patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction with the TRAM flap from 1985 to 1990....

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Elliott LF,Eskenazi L,Beegle PH Jr,Podres PE,Drazan L

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combined defects of the skin, larynx, pharynx, and esophagus after central compartment exenteration of the neck can be extremely difficult to reconstruct. The objective of this article is to evaluate reconstruction of the central compartment using a combination of free jejunal transfer for pharyngoesophageal...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： McCarthy CM,Kraus DH,Cordeiro PG

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information about silicone gel implant longevity is sparse. Magnetic resonance imaging studies have superseded explantation studies in the search for data on their long-term integrity. Unfortunately, the majority of studies are based predominantly on second-generation implant cohorts. Although magnetic reson...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Collis N,Litherland J,Enion D,Sharpe DT

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six nail deformities secondary to ganglions of the distal interphalangeal joint were retrospectively reviewed to assess the important aspects of their management. The patients' ages ranged from 41 to 79 years. The long and index fingers were most commonly involved. A depression or groove was present in 23 of 26...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brown RE,Zook EG,Russell RC,Kucan JO,Smoot EC

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The preoperative localization of thoracodorsal artery perforators has been a challenge because of their topographic variation. METHODS:From November of 2005 to January of 2007, 25 patients underwent free thoracodorsal artery perforator flap transfer for reconstruction of the lower extremities (22 flaps) and...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mun GH,Kim HJ,Cha MK,Kim WY

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of burnout is increasing among all physicians, including plastic surgeons. Burnout is not simply synonymous with being overworked. It is a complex physical, intellectual, and psychological entity that arises when the expectation and reality of the job do not match. In this article, the authors...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khansa I,Janis JE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oncoplastic reduction mammaplasty offers patients breast conservation with the added benefit of functional improvement in symptoms related to macromastia. The reduction can be performed in the immediate setting with the lumpectomy, in a staged-immediate fashion after final pathology has been confirmed or in ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Patel KM,Hannan CM,Gatti ME,Nahabedian MY

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the treatment of microtia, the search has been for surgical techniques that prevent postoperative complications and realize sufficient and stable projection of the constructed ear. METHODS:Cartilage was fixed with absorbable synthetic thread instead of wire because wire has a high risk of exposure. A sub...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tai Y,Tanaka S,Fukushima J,Kizuka Y,Kiyokawa K,Inoue Y,Yamauchi T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gracilis functioning free-muscle transplantation for the correction of pure facial paralysis has been a preferred method used by many reconstructive microsurgeons. However, for complex facial paralysis, the deficits include facial paralysis along with soft-tissue, mucosa, and/or skin defects. No adequate solution has ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chuang DC,Mardini S,Lin SH,Chen HC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of suction lipectomy aspirates from 15 consecutive patients was undertaken to biochemically quantitate the blood-to-fat ratios of the aspirates. A wide variation in the blood-to-fat ratios (8 to 54 percent) was noted, but the authors failed to demonstrate any relationship between the blood-to-fat ratios and...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Goodpasture JC,Bunkis J

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomy of the inframammary fold has been a subject of controversy. This report describes the anatomic location and the histologic structure of the inframammary fold on the basis of caderveric dissections and microscopic examination. Ten breast cadaver dissections were performed on female cadavers (ages 35 to 72)....

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Boutros S,Kattash M,Wienfeld A,Yuksel E,Baer S,Shenaq S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditional nonoperative management of stenosing tenosynovitis is limited to one corticosteroid injection, followed by surgery in the case of failure. Recently, nonoperative strategies have been extended to include two or three injections despite the absence of large prospective studies supporting this pract...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Golas AR,Marcus LR,Reiffel RS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal skin and soft tissue management in complex open abdominal wall reconstruction is an integral element of the operation to achieve optimal outcomes. Failure to provide stable, well-vascularized soft tissue coverage over the hernia repair can jeopardize the reconstruction through association with nonhealing wound...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khansa I,Janis JE

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The debate over the legitimacy of silicone as a safe tool for soft-tissue augmentation has spanned well over half a century. Proponents concede that injections of questionable purity and/or of massive quantities have produced unfavorable outcomes. They assert that in experienced hands with "injectable-grade"...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chasan PE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of infected median sternotomy wounds using muscle and omental flaps has been shown to result in significantly reduced morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stay. Despite these benefits, very little is known about the potential long-term sequelae of such procedures. The purpose of this study was t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ringelman PR,Vander Kolk CA,Cameron D,Baumgartner WA,Manson PN

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma presents a difficult problem for clinicians. Published guidelines recommend a 5-mm excision margin for lentigo maligna and a 1-cm margin for lentigo maligna melanoma, yet these are often inadequate. The authors' purpose is to report their 10-year ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bosbous MW,Dzwierzynski WW,Neuburg M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coverage of defects of the Achilles tendon, malleoli, and heel remains a challenge to reconstructive surgeons. The distally based superficial sural artery island flap is vascularized by the median superficial sural artery, posterolateral septal perforators originating from the peroneal artery, neurovascular arteri...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yilmaz M,Karatas O,Barutcu A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominally based free tissue transfer (FTT) and latissimus dorsi and immediate fat transfer (LIFT) procedures are both fully autologous options for breast reconstruction. The former is specialized and requires comfort with microsurgical technique, whereas LIFT combines a common set of techniques familiar to...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Black CK,Zolper EG,Economides JM,Abadeer A,Fan KL,Song DH

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bionic limbs require sensitive, durable, and physiologically relevant bidirectional control interfaces. Modern central nervous system interfacing is high risk, low fidelity, and failure prone. Peripheral nervous system interfaces will mitigate this risk and increase fidelity by greatly simplifying signal int...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Egeland BM,Urbanchek MG,Peramo A,Richardson-Burns SM,Martin DC,Kipke DR,Kuzon WM Jr,Cederna PS

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cranial vault remodeling procedures are carried out for both syndromic and nonsyndromic craniosynostosis as well as to correct some acquired deformities of the cranial vault. These procedures improve not only cosmesis but also neurological symptoms. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ghali S,Knox KR,Boutros S,Thorne CH,McCarthy JG

更新日期：2007-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:None of the paresis scoring systems used satisfies an adequate description of all the details necessary to document the degree of facial paresis before and after any treatment. We developed a new documentation system considering all details of the history of the patient and of the treatment that could have any influen...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Frey M,Jenny A,Giovanoli P,Stüssi E

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle transplantation has become an indispensable tool to restore the smile in patients with long-standing or congenital facial paralysis. However, little is known of the effect of this surgical intervention on craniofacial growth and development or of the adaptation of the transplant to its recipient site under circ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sinsel NK,Guelinckx PJ,Opdebeeck H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have achieved functional reconstruction for a bilateral upper alveolar bone, gingival, and palatal defect that has various problems originating from instability of the prosthesis using the fibula osteocutaneous flap with osseointegrated implants. The flap had three bone segments and two skin paddles. The combined b...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nakayama B,Matsuura H,Ishihara O,Hasegawa H,Mataga I,Torii S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some modified surgical techniques are described for constructing a deep conchal cavity and pseudomeatus and obtaining high auricular projection in congenital microtia. At the primary operation, a rather small portion of the microtic vestige is utilized for the lobule by switching, sparing the skin for the concha, with...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Isshiki N,Koyama H,Suzuki S,Taira T

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little literature currently exists on reconstructive strategies following successful upper extremity replantation. The authors hypothesized that the type of secondary surgery would vary predictably depending on mechanism and amputation level. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective review of upper ext...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fufa D,Lin CH,Lin YT,Hsu CC,Chuang CC,Lin CH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet-rich plasma contains high concentrations of growth factors that stimulate proliferation and migration of various cell types. Earlier experiments demonstrated that local platelet-rich plasma administration activates Schwann cells to improve axonal regeneration at a transected peripheral nerve lesion....

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sowa Y,Kishida T,Tomita K,Adachi T,Numajiri T,Mazda O

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The scratch collapse test is a recently described provocative test for diagnosis of peripheral nerve compression. METHODS:The scratch collapse test was studied prospectively in 24 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of common peroneal nerve compression neuropathy. The diagnosis was confirmed by history, p...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gillenwater J,Cheng J,Mackinnon SE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composite tissue defects may involve skin, mucosa, muscle, and bone together or in combinations of two or three of these tissues. Defects involving bone and skin are frequently encountered. Osteocutaneous flaps may be used to reconstruct these composite tissue defects. Sometimes, it is not possible to obtain a vascula...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Top H,Mavi A,Barutcu A,Yilmaz O

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominal wall vascularized composite allotransplantation is the second most common form of vascularized composite allotransplantation. Sensory and functional recovery are expected in other forms but have never been demonstrated in abdominal wall vascularized composite allotransplantation. The authors hypoth...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Broyles JM,Sarhane KA,Tuffaha SH,Cooney DS,Lee WPA,Brandacher G,Sacks JM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modified Dingman forceps provides several advantages over currently designed plate-holding forceps. The rubber tubing prevents metal-to-metal contact of the forceps on the plate and provides increased stability to the plate. The long lingual jaws of the Dingman forceps are applied to the lingual bone at a point re...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schmitz JP,Hollinger JO

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00