Priorities in plastic surgery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep vein thrombosis is a known serious complication of surgical procedures and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Plastic surgeons' management of the risk of deep vein thrombosis and current information regarding deep vein thrombosis incidence rates are limited. A survey was designed and mailed...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Broughton G 2nd,Rios JL,Rohrich RJ,Brown SA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of dura mater in the normal development and regeneration of the cranium and its sutures. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of dura mater on the metabolism of bone during the process of premature suture fusion. Previously, coronal sutures of fetal rats...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Winograd JM,Im MJ,Vander Kolk CA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience using skin expanders in 11 patients with severe bed sores. The expanders, with different volumes, from 250 to 1000 cc, were generally overfilled using the cutaneous tonometer. In fact, with the information revealed by this apparatus on the skin in expansion, the authors were able to...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Esposito G,Di Caprio G,Ziccardi P,Scuderi N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a phenomenon that is integral to development and cellular homeostasis. In the last decade, many of the essential molecules and pathways that control this phenomenon have been elucidated. Because apoptosis is involved in almost all physiologic and pathologic processes, the unders...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gastman BR,Futrell JW,Manders EK

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary mucinous carcinoma of the skin is a slow-growing tumor with a high recurrence rate. To improve the recognition of the clinical entity, two cases of this tumor were reported and were investigated histopathologically and histochemically. Both patients showed no evidence of metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma int ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Abe S,Matsumoto Y,Fujita T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique for orienting cut nerve ends for suturing is presented. A mirror is used to reflect one end, making its image identical to that of the other end--so that proper orientation is greatly facilitated. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vickers DW

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high rate of thrombosis of 1.0-mm polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts has limited their use in microvascular surgery. One possible reason for this is the blood-gas interface due to entrapped air in the interstices. The present study examines the effect on patency rates of elimination of this blood-gas interface ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Demas CP,Vann R,Ritter E,Sepka RS,Klitzman B,Barwick WJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large animal model to assess fetal fracture repair and the ability to close excisional bony defects is presented. Incisional and excisional ulnar fractures were made in 14 midgestation fetal lambs, harvested at serial time points, and subjected to high-resolution low-kilovolt magnification radiographs, magnetic reso...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Longaker MT,Moelleken BR,Cheng JC,Jennings RW,Adzick NS,Mintorovich J,Levinsohn DG,Gordon L,Harrison MR,Simmons DJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: (1) Identify the essential preoperative considerations for patients undergoing blepharoplasty. (2) Describe upper and lower eyelid anatomy and the relevance to blepharoplasty techniques. (3) Discuss a standard approach to upper and lowe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Drolet BC,Sullivan PK

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the carbon dioxide laser for skin deepithelialization in humans was initially demonstrated using reduction mammaplasty as a clinical model. Twenty-two additional successful cases including use of this technique as an adjunct for other flap transpositions and overgrafting of skin grafts are described. T...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hallock GG

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary melanomas of the skin of the breast are uncommon lesions. Fifty-four patients were surgically treated for this lesion during a 13-year period, accounting for 3.8 percent of a total of 1431 patients with cutaneous melanoma. Nineteen patients were female and 35 were male. Most recently, in patients with high-ris...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Greenberg BM,Hamilton R,Rothkopf DM,Balk M,Clark WH Jr,LaRossa D

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of craniofacial surgical techniques and immediate bone grafting in the management of complex craniofacial trauma has been reviewed. Four hundred and one patients with complex facial injuries have been treated. Two hundred and forty-one primary bone and cartilage grafts have been performed in 66 patients. Comp...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gruss JS,Mackinnon SE,Kassel EE,Cooper PW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plagiocephaly is a term commonly used to describe congenital forehead asymmetry. Sixty patients with frontal plagiocephaly were evaluated retrospectively and separated into three types: synostotic (N = 24), compensational (N = 3), and deformational (N = 33). Categorization of frontal plagiocephaly as synostotic or def...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bruneteau RJ,Mulliken JB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbotox consists of the injection of microdroplets of botulinum toxin into the dermis to improve the different lower face and neck aging components. No clinical trial has evaluated its effect on the different face and neck components and no study has compared it to the "Nefertiti lift" procedure. METHODS...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Awaida CJ,Jabbour SF,Rayess YA,El Khoury JS,Kechichian EG,Nasr MW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most frequent muscle hernia of the lower extremities is the anterior tibialis muscle hernia. A number of surgical procedures are available for the treatment of symptomatic anterior tibialis muscle hernias. However, in case of a large fascial defect, their use may be unfeasible or inconvenient. Moreover, current su...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Siliprandi L,Martini G,Chiarelli A,Mazzoleni F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose-derived stem cells and other stromal vascular fraction cells were used more often for stem cell therapy, even though limitations such as poor cell retention rate, complicated and expensive isolation processes, and the use of specific laboratory equipment need to be overcome. METHODS:Here, the author...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yao Y,Dong Z,Liao Y,Zhang P,Ma J,Gao J,Lu F

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old female diabetic patient was hospitalized because of ketoacidosis and a necrotic wound on the hand. Debridement and antibiotic therapy failed to halt the process. After demonstration of Mucor in cultures from the wound, the patient underwent extensive surgery and amphotericin B was administered. When the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bentur Y,Shupak A,Ramon Y,Abramovich A,Wolfin G,Stein H,Krivoi N

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laboratory approach to measuring neurologic impairment has been developed that is applicable to systemic disease as well as localized nerve injury. This approach compares individual parameters of the experimental rat hind footprint (walking track) with weight- and sex-matched control track parameters; classic mathem...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dellon ES,Dellon AL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microform cleft lip has three major components: (1) a minor defect of the upper vermilion border with loss of the mucocutaneous ridge; (2) a narrow ridge of tissue, resembling an exaggerated philtral column extending to the nostril sill; and (3) a deformity of the nostril. To attain the muscle continuity without an ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cho BC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent experimental work has suggested that increased lip pressure and scar contraction following lip repair with wide soft-tissue undermining may, in part, contribute to midfacial growth inhibition. The present study was designed to test this hypothesis through the application of pharmacologic agents reported to mini...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mooney MP,Siegel MI,Hurwitz DJ,Edington H

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of axial pattern skin flaps in pigs was assessed by the use of intravenous fluorescein, intradermal injection of 133Xe in saline, intravenous 51Cr tagged red cells, and angiography. The results were correlated with flap survival at 4 days postoperatively. Intravenous fluorescein provided the most accurat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Prather A,Blackburn JP,Williams TR,Lynn JA

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genioplasty has been a useful and frequently employed technique. In previous publications, the authors discussed the benefits and versatility of the genioplasty. Here, they briefly examine the entire experience of the senior author, from 1975 to the present. METHODS:The authors examined a series of 580 geni...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wolfe SA,Rivas-Torres MT,Marshall D

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present their experience with 25 hard palate mucosa grafts used as lining material in the reconstruction of full-thickness alar defects. Good "take" was obtained in 22 grafts; the other three grafts incurred necrosis of the overriding skin flaps and postoperative infection. Degree of shrinkage was 11 to 15...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hatoko M,Tanaka A,Kuwahara M,Tada H,Imai K,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liposuction of the neck has an established role in selected patients undergoing cervicoplasty. Some authors have suggested a role for subplatysmal fat removal. Observations in the anatomy laboratory suggested the presence of discrete regions of subplatysmal fat. This information may be useful during surgical...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rohrich RJ,Pessa JE

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:The development of articulation before surgical closure of the hard palate was compared in 75 preschool children with cleft lip and palate and 40 preschool children born without clefts. The children were aged 2 years to 5 years 11 months. The patients had significantly poorer articulation skills than the controls at e...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Noordhoff MS,Kuo J,Wang F,Huang H,Witzel MA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone erosion below silicone rubber implants is a wellknown sequela, occurring in a majority of patients undergoing augmentation genioplasty. It is generally considered to be self-limiting and with minimal adverse consequences. However, if bone erosion progresses to the extent to which teeth are jeopardized or alterati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Matarasso A,Elias AC,Elias RL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free anterolateral thigh flap is becoming one of the most preferred options for soft-tissue reconstruction. Between June of 1996 and August of 2000, 672 anterolateral thigh flaps were used in 660 patients at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Four hundred eighty-four anterolateral thigh flaps were used for head and nec...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wei FC,Jain V,Celik N,Chen HC,Chuang DC,Lin CH

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient soft-tissue coverage following total knee arthroplasty jeopardizes prosthesis retention and may lead to significant complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the natural history of total knee arthroplasty following flap reconstruction of soft-tissue defects. METHODS:A retrospective r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kwiecien GJ,Lamaris G,Gharb BB,Murray T,Hendrickson MF,Zins JE,Isakov R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study in the rabbit, the authors defined the macroscopic growth alterations after unilateral partial facial paralysis. Dry skull measurements revealed a reduced premaxillary, maxillary, mandibular, and anterior corpus length with a simultaneous increase in mandibular ramal height on the paralyzed side. T...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sinsel NK,Opdebeeck H,Guelinckx PJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00