Speech prosthesis versus pharyngeal flap: a randomized evaluation of the management of velopharyngeal incompetency.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although studies have analyzed quality of life in children with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis, to date nobody has investigated long-term quality of life in adults with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. The purpose of this study was to compare quality of life in adult nonsyndromic craniosynostosis patients with ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mazzaferro DM,Naran S,Wes AM,Magee L,Taylor JA,Bartlett SP

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 14 patients undergoing functional cleft lip repair, changes in the lengths of the key lip segments were measured preoperatively, after the muscle layer was repaired, and after the skin was repaired using pieces of wire bent to follow the curves of the lip in three dimensions. The cleft side of the lip was shorter t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dado DV

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The main drawback of autologous fat grafting, which is commonly used for soft-tissue augmentation, is the high resorption rate. Cell-assisted lipotransfer has been used to improve fat graft survival; however, evidence for its efficacy and safety is still lacking. METHODS:The authors searched PubMed, Cochran...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zhou Y,Wang J,Li H,Liang X,Bae J,Huang X,Li Q

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellular energy is required for the healing cascade to occur. A combination of cells, cytokines, chemokines, tissue perfusion, an extracellular matrix, and local forces are also required to allow for human tissue repair to proceed. Although there are many examples of treatment options, energy-based therapies...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ennis WJ,Lee C,Gellada K,Corbiere TF,Koh TJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plastic surgery demographics are transforming, with a greater proportion of women and younger physicians who desire balance between their career and personal lives compared with previous generations. The authors' purpose was to describe the patterns and correlates of satisfaction with work-life balance among...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Streu R,McGrath MH,Gay A,Salem B,Abrahamse P,Alderman AK

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial nerve injury is one of the most feared complications in surgical rejuvenation of the aging face. Understanding the three-dimensional architecture of the facial soft tissue, the fascial planes that exist within this architectural arrangement, and the danger zones where the facial nerve is situated superficial an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Stuzin JM,Rohrich RJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Lymphedema remains a challenging clinical problem that often lacks curative treatment options. Recent reports have shown that microvascular lymph node transfer from the groin area into axillas of lymphedematous patients may improve lymphatic drainage, but the effect on donor-site lymphatic flow has not been ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Viitanen TP,Mäki MT,Seppänen MP,Suominen EA,Saaristo AM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The thoracodorsal artery perforator flap was described mainly for partial breast reconstruction by Hamdi. The purpose of this article is to describe the use of the pedicled thoracodorsal artery perforator flap for total autologous breast reconstruction without using an implant. METHODS:Between January of 20...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Santanelli F,Longo B,Germano S,Rubino C,Laporta R,Hamdi M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated patients who underwent primary breast surgery within a single group practice from 1994 to 2009. Reoperations were divided by reoperation reason into total reoperations and implant-specific reoperations. The authors hypothesized that the implant-specific reoperation rate will provide the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Codner MA,Mejia JD,Locke MB,Mahoney A,Thiels C,Nahai FR,Hester TR,Nahai F

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of systemic prophylactic antibiotics to reduce surgical-site infection in aesthetic breast surgery remains controversial. The aim of this review is to weigh the available evidence with respect to reducing surgical-site infection. METHODS:Two literature searches were performed to analyze the availabl...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hardwicke JT,Bechar J,Skillman JM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work on critical ischemia time suggested (1) a greater susceptibility of myocutaneous flaps over skin flaps to the ischemia reperfusion injury and (2) that duration of ischemia may affect the survival area of a flap. Using a pig model, 55 animals were operated on and the critical ischemia times and survival p...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Picard-Ami LA Jr,Thomson JG,Kerrigan CL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of vaginal reconstruction is reported. In the procedure, the left inferior abdominal wall flap with the subcutaneous pedicle containing epigastric superficial blood vessels and/or the circumflex iliac superficial vessel and the external pudendal vessel and their branches is raised and passed through an im...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chen ZJ,Chen MY,Chen C,Wu N

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, fat transplantation occurs immediately after harvesting procedures. Because low rates of fat graft take are well reported in the literature, many patients require multiple surgical procedures for fat graft harvest. These subsequent procedures lead to increased cost, donor-site morbidity, and patient discomf...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gal S,Pu LLQ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in normal cranial suture development and fusion as well as in the pathophysiology of craniosyostosis are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of several cytokines--transforming growth factor-beta-1 (TGF-beta1), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Most D,Levine JP,Chang J,Sung J,McCarthy JG,Schendel SA,Longaker MT

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pinwheel flap with a snug barrier areola graft appears to be an efficacious modification of Little's quadripod flap for nipple reconstruction. Further, long-term evaluation is needed to test the validity of these observations over several years. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cohen IK,Ward JA,Chandrasekhar B

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective methods to identify novel genes in complicated dynamic tissue processes are needed in molecular biology research. Traditional techniques primarily target known genes and are inefficient in the pursuit of unknown genes. Here we describe the use of a modified differential display polymerase chain reaction (DD-...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Soo C,Sayah DN,Zhang X,Beanes SR,Nishimura I,Dang C,Freymiller E,Ting K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is one of the most commonly occurring craniofacial congenital disabilities, craniosynostosis (the premature fusion of cranial sutures) is nearly impossible to prevent because the molecular mechanisms that regulate the process of cranial suture fusion remain largely unknown. Recent studies have implicated t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spector JA,Mehrara BJ,Greenwald JA,Saadeh PB,Steinbrech DS,Smith LP,Longaker MT

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Free tissue transfer has not been fully adopted as the primary mode of treating foot and ankle defects in potentially indicated patients, partly because of the lack of sizable vessels and the potential in the long term of differential growth in the flap and the recipient site. Also lacking are long-term outc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lin CH,Mardini S,Wei FC,Lin YT,Chen CT

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of wounds has been the cornerstone of plastic surgery since its inception. Vacuum-assisted closure provides a new paradigm that can be used in concert with a wide variety of standard existing plastic surgery techniques. It was originally developed as an alternative treatment for debilitated patients with chr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Argenta LC,Morykwas MJ,Marks MW,DeFranzo AJ,Molnar JA,David LR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is a frequent consideration for surgical timing in pediatric craniofacial surgery for optimal psychosocial development. However, systematic evaluations of the effects of age in children under active treatment have not been thoroughly evaluated. METHODS:Ninety-nine patients (age, 8 to 17 years; 46.5 perc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Volpicelli EJ,Pfaff MJ,Hakimi K,Bradley JP,Solem RC,Lee JC

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the goals of lip augmentation is to recreate the natural shape and contour of the lips. The literature describes numerous fillers and multiple techniques for this procedure. However, there is a paucity of information regarding the anatomy of the fat layers of the upper and lower lips. While prosecting...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rohrich RJ,Pessa JE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 1. Foot infections in patients with diabetes cause substantial morbidity and frequent visits to health care professionals and may lead to amputation of a lower extremity. 2. Diabetic foot infections require attention to local (foot) and systemic (metabolic) issues and coordinated management, prefera...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lipsky BA,Berendt AR,Deery HG,Embil JM,Joseph WS,Karchmer AW,LeFrock JL,Lew DP,Mader JT,Norden C,Tan JS,Infectious Diseases Society of America.

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient who sustained bilateral below-knee amputations that were treated with skin grafts as initial coverage. A latissimus dorsi free flap was later used as definitive coverage of one stump. Then at a subsequent operation a portion of the same latissimus dorsi free flap was reharvested, again as a free f...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Valauri FA,Alpert BS,Buncke HJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reconstruction of large full-thickness defects of the upper eyelids is challenging because of their complex anatomy and specialized functions. The authors present and discuss a new, simple surgical technique for upper eyelid reconstruction. This is a single-stage procedure and has produced satisfactory to ex...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Demir Z,Yüce S,Karamürsel S,Çelebioğlu S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with segmental tibial defects whose contralateral fibula could not be used as a donor were treated with ipsilateral island fibular transfer in an antegrade or retrograde fashion. Antegrade-flow pedicled flaps based on the peroneal vessel as in the conventional free flap were used for the proximal or midd...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chung YK,Chung S

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-thickness cranial (membranous) and split-thickness iliac crest (endochondral) onlay bone grafts were placed subperiosteally without fixation onto the snout (membranous) and tibia (endochondral) in 30 rats. The animals had been divided into three equal groups in which the bone grafts had been demineralized, autocl...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sullivan WG,Szwajkun PR

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomic distribution and potential arterial flow patterns of the circumflex scapular artery were investigated by Microfil injection. These studies demonstrated that the circumflex scapular artery lies within the dorsal thoracic fascia, which plays a significant role in the circulation of the overlying skin and su...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kim PS,Gottlieb JR,Harris GD,Nagle DJ,Lewis VL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular reconstruction of the nose was pioneered in China in the early 1970s using the radial forearm flap. Since then, different flaps, methods, and flap designs have been used to improve outcomes. Microvascular tissue transfer has become the first step of multistage reconstruction, which includes reb...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Salibian AH,Menick FJ,Talley J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00