Suction curettage to remove excess fat for body contouring.

abstract：:Thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis is a congenital malposition of the heart and abdominal viscera, which are externally situated, carrying an extremely poor prognosis. We report a case of a complete thoracoabdominal ectopia cordis that had undergone successful coverage over the exposed heart and abdominal contents. A few...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hochberg J,Ardenghy MF,Gustafson RA,Murray GF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients presented who needed reconstruction of the entire esophagus. Because the stomach and colon were not available in these patients, a posterior tibial artery flap was employed for reconstruction. In the first stage, the long and wide skin flap was elaborated into a skin tube to create the major portion of ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chen HC,Tang YB,Noordhoff MS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution and present criteria for early soft palate closure are reviewed. A definitive group of patients (operated on at 3 to 7 months of age) is reviewed at least 2 years following their surgery. They are compared with our general clinic population (operated on at 12 to 18 months of age) and had significantly fe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Randall P,LaRossa DD,Fakhraee SM,Cohen MA

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients operated on by skin expansion have been contacted after a mean time of 25 months from the last surgery. Two biopsies have been taken from the expanded area of each patient. In 12 patients it has been possible to obtain a similar sampling from the opposite, nonexpanded area of the body. The samples u...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Matturri L,Azzolini A,Riberti C,Lavezzi AM,Cavalca D,Vercesi F,Azzolini C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap can be employed successfully in head and neck reconstruction when the size or nature of the defect precludes the use of local or regional flaps. Generous amounts of hairless skin and muscle may be transferred in one operative procedure while producing an acceptable donor defect. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Barton FE Jr,Spicer TE,Byrd HS

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients who had undergone ablative surgery for advanced squamous cell carcinoma in which more than half of the tongue had been resected underwent reconstruction in which the cutaneous nerve of a free flap was anastomosed to the stump of the transected lingual nerve. Eight of the patients underwent reconstruc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kimata Y,Uchiyama K,Ebihara S,Kishimoto S,Asai M,Saikawa M,Ohyama W,Haneda T,Hayashi R,Onitsuka T,Nakatsuka T,Harii K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial reconstructive procedures are frequently associated with some dissection or transposition of the temporalis muscle. During active growth, such muscle manipulations may influence craniofacial development. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of surgical manipulation of the temporalis musc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brennan M,Antonyshyn O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The latissimus dorsi has been used extensively and dependably in reconstruction surgery. The major complications involve donor-site infections, seromas, and poor cosmesis. Minimally invasive surgery has been used in abdominal, thoracic, and urologic surgeries with favorable results. To date, flap harvesting and other ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Friedlander L,Sundin J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional and aesthetic mandibular reconstruction can be achieved in a single operation by means of a double-barreled fibula osteoseptocutaneous free flap with dental implants loaded simultaneously into the upper barrel. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality and result of such reconstruction. M...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang YM,Wallace CG,Tsai CY,Shen YF,Hsu YM,Wei FC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 5-year period, 232 microvascular composite-tissue transfers to the head and neck, trunk, and extremities were monitored using the laser Doppler flowmeter. Thirteen free flaps (5.6 percent) developed vascular complications, all within 4 days after surgery. The laser Doppler flowmeter detected vascular compromise...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yuen JC,Feng Z

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Le Fort I osteotomy is a versatile operation for correction of developmental, congenital, and posttraumatic deformities of the lower midface. One of the challenges of the osteotomy is pterygomaxillary separation, with the potential for unfavorable fractures to the orbit/skull base or vascular injury. A modified te...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Susarla SM,Ettinger RE,Egbert MA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cessation of cervical nerve root pain following modified SMAS rhytidectomy is reported. CAT scans and radiographs demonstrating substantial changes in the intervertebral relationships are documented. No previous report exists demonstrating the biomechanical response to platysma muscle surgery. The potential for al...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Toranto IR

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Displaced subcondylar fractures of the mandible are difficult to treat. Open reduction with internal fixation carries significant risks including devascularization of the condylar segment, facial nerve injury, and scarring. Closed treatment with mandibular-maxillary fixation alone accepts a misaligned fractu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Boutros SG

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the prevalent use of hyaluronic acid-based filling materials for facial soft-tissue augmentation and favorable reports of durability in the infraorbital region, no quantitative data exist on the long-term durability of these products following injection. This study represents the first attempt to use...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Donath AS,Glasgold RA,Meier J,Glasgold MJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the maximum amount of orbicularis oculi muscle that may safely be resected from the upper eyelid without causing functional abnormalities. Measured amounts of that muscle were surgically excised from both upper eyelids in six cynomolgus monkeys. All the eyelids were photograp...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Craig DM,Sullivan PK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internationally, plastic surgery societies have placed an increasing emphasis on the importance of evidence-based medicine. The authors aimed to categorize levels of evidence of podium presentations at three major North American plastic surgical meetings, and to assess the factors associated with a higher le...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chuback JE,Varley TL,Yarascavitch BA,Eaves F 3rd,Thoma A,Bhandari M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carpal tunnel syndrome is very common. Although surgery is effective in mild and moderate cases, recovery is often incomplete in severe cases. Therefore, adjuvant therapy to improve nerve regeneration in those patients is much needed. Acetyl-L-carnitine has been shown to be effective in other neuropathies. T...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Curran MWT,Morhart MJ,Olson JL,Hachisuka A,Chan KM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the experience acquired using the depressor anguli oris flap for lateral lower lip reconstruction, the authors in this paper present their own technique to reconstruct large deficits of the lower lateral lip, involving the commissure and the mental region, by means of a platysma muscle cutaneous flap with a t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Moschella F,Cordova A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most common complications of the use of foreign material, in both reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery, is capsular contracture. Historically, research on capsular contracture has focused mainly on reducing bacterial contamination through antibiotic solutions. Only secondary studies have foc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lombardo GAG,Tamburino S,Magano K,Fagone P,Mammana S,Cavalli E,Basile MS,Salvatorelli L,Catalano F,Magro G,Nicoletti F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of acquired ptosis is almost always disinsertion of the levator aponeurosis from the tarsal plate. As opposed to congenital ptosis, where levator resection is required to compensate for muscle weakness, acquired ptosis can be consistently treated with simple levator reattachment. This study examines both ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pearl RM

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-flap failure is in the order of 4 to 10 percent. Heparin is more effective at preventing venous thrombosis than arterial thrombosis. This study was undertaken to investigate the efficacy of delivering heparin at a high dose locally but low dose systemically (heparin infusion via a catheter placed proximal to the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hudson DA,Engelbrecht G,Duminy FJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two patients with a variety of vascular and nonvascular lesions have been resected over a 3-year period with the neodymium:YAG laser utilizing sapphire peripheral scalpel devices. These innovative peripheral devices concentrate the YAG laser energy to a small area at the end of the scalpel, providing precise in...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

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

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two adjunctive or primary surgical procedures, partial resection and electrofulguration, are popular today for reducing offending inferior turbinates. Both are relatively successful. However, there seems to be a growing consensus that judicious partial resection of the inferior turbinates is associated with a higher l...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Meredith GM 2nd

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new approach to total rhinoplasty, using a free dorsalis pedis flap containing part of the second metatarsal bone, is reported. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ohmori K,Sekiguchi J,Ohmori S

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sharing and storing digital patient photographs occur daily in plastic surgery. Two major risks associated with the practice, data theft and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations, have been dramatically amplified by high-speed data connections and digital camera ubiquity. The...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thomas VA,Rugeley PB,Lau FH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous "overnight" deflation of inflatable prostheses is rather uncommon, but we have had a 5.7% incidence of it in a 24-month period in which we used implants with a suturable tab and fastened them to the subjacent fascia. At exploration we found these tabs had torn the bag of the implant, usually at the vulcani...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rubin LR,Speace G

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among advanced therapeutic interventions for wounds, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has the unique ability to ameliorate tissue hypoxia, reduce pathologic inflammation, and mitigate ischemia reperfusion injury. Most of the conditions for which it is utilized have few successful alternative treatments, and ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fife CE,Eckert KA,Carter MJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The occipitocervicopectoral flap has a local skin pedicle in the occipital region, with the distal portion of the flap in the pectoral region. One disadvantage of the occipitocervicopectoral flap is its limited flap length. To overcome this disadvantage, a perforator supercharging technique was applied to en...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ono S,Chung KC,Takami Y,Chin T,Ogawa R,Gao JH,Hyakusoku H

更新日期：2012-04-01 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

abstract：:The possible immunologic reactivity of silicone gel remains speculative and controversial. In this laboratory, a quantitative lymphocyte localization assay has been developed and well studied using pure lymphocytes collected by the technique of lymph vessel cannulation in sheep. The kinetics of antigen-specific immune...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Narini PP,Semple JL,Hay JB

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00