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abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increasing trend for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, but studies focusing on bilateral free flap breast reconstruction are lacking. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed of all bilateral free flap breast reconstructions performed from 2000 to 2010. RESULTS:Overall, 488 patients un...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang EI,Chang EI,Soto-Miranda MA,Zhang H,Nosrati N,Ghali S,Chang DW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery has come to be regarded as an achievable treatment option to improve patients' quality of life. Although it has been pointed out that surgeons' information-giving behaviors affect women's decision to undergo breast reconstruction surgery, little is known abou...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Takahashi M,Kai I,Hisata M,Higashi Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the safety and efficacy of the treatment of isolated craniofacial dysostosis (plagiocephaly) in infancy have been demonstrated. Opinions remain divided, however, as to the optimal type of procedure to be undertaken. In an attempt to answer this question, we have retrospectively evaluated a study population of 48 ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bartlett SP,Whitaker LA,Marchac D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin adhesives have become standard in wound closure as alternatives to traditional sutures or as sterile occlusive dressings after surgery of all types. The literature is replete with case reports of contact dermatitis following exposure to cyanoacrylate-based adhesives, such as 2-octyl cyanoacrylate. Nonetheless, it...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nigro LC,Parkerson J,Nunley J,Blanchet N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity results in massive weight loss and improvement of health and quality of life. A downside of the major weight loss is the excess of overstretched skin, which may influence the patient's quality of life by causing functional and aesthetic problems. The purpose of the curren...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： van der Beek ESJ,Geenen R,de Heer FAG,van der Molen ABM,van Ramshorst B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior mandibulectomy defects can be reconstructed using either soft tissue or vascularized bone. The authors hypothesize that advances in computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD-CAM) have resulted in osteocutaneous free flaps now proving superior to soft-tissue flaps. METHODS:The authors conducted ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang EI,Boukovalas S,Liu J,Largo RD,Hanasono MM,Garvey PB

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of hypertonic and hyperoncotic saline solutions on ischemia-reperfusion injury after free tissue transfer. METHODS:Twenty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats were used to design an inferior epigastric flap. After skin incision, microcirculation was investigated ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Scholz T,Evans GRD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper arm deformities secondary to massive weight loss or senile elastosis have led to an increased demand for aesthetic contouring procedures such as brachioplasty. METHODS:The records of all patients who underwent a brachioplasty procedure from a multipractice medical center were reviewed. Outcomes measur...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zomerlei TA,Neaman KC,Armstrong SD,Aitken ME,Cullen WT,Ford RD,Renucci JD,VanderWoude DL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Closed-suction drains are widely used to reduce the incidence of seroma whenever potential spaces are surgically created. However, few studies have examined the parameters that affect drain efficacy. METHODS:An in vitro model was created to assess the effects of tubing length, tubing size, tubing type, flui...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khansa I,Khansa L,Meyerson J,Janis JE

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The major intrinsic cause of facial skin degeneration is age, associated with extrinsic factors such as exposure to sun. Its major pathologic causes are degeneration of the elastin matrix, with loss of oxytalan and elaunin fibers in the subepidermal region, and actinic degeneration of elastin fibers that los...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Charles-de-Sá L,Gontijo-de-Amorim NF,Rigotti G,Sbarbati A,Bernardi P,Benati D,Bizon Vieira Carias R,Maeda Takiya C,Borojevic R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irreversible facial paralysis can be surgically treated by importing both a new neural and a new motor muscle supply. Various donor nerves can be used. If a nerve supply other than the facial nerve is used, the patient has to adapt to generate a smile. If branches of the fifth cranial nerve are used, the pat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Romeo M,Vizioli L,Breukink M,Aganloo K,Lao J,Cotrufo S,Caldara R,Morley S

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Breast augmentation techniques using the submuscular and subglandular planes to introduce the implant are well known and widely used procedures. The authors have been using the subfascial dissection plane, a new concept for breast augmentation. From October of 1998 to September of 2001, 263 patients underwent breast a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Graf RM,Bernardes A,Rippel R,Araujo LR,Damasio RC,Auersvald A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe the differential diagnosis of breast tumors in adolescent girls. 2. Compare and contrast surgical options for the management of adolescent breast tumors. 3. Recognize the utility of a reduction mammaplasty technique when res...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang DS,McGrath MH

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue engineering of patient-specific adipose tissue has the potential to revolutionize reconstructive surgery. Numerous models have been described for the production of adipose tissue with success in the short term, but little has been reported on the stability of this tissue-engineered fat beyond 4 months...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Findlay MW,Messina A,Thompson EW,Morrison WA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Explain the epidemiology of severe burn injury in the context of socioeconomic status, gender, age, and burn cause. 2. Describe challenges with burn depth evaluation and novel methods of adjunctive assessment. 3. Summarize the surviv...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zuo KJ,Medina A,Tredget EE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reconstruction of a neck with a defect caused by radionecrosis sequelae using two rotation-advancement platysma myocutaneous flaps is presented. The thinness of the flaps, their accessibility, the lack of bulk, and the primary closure of the donor site, without functional or aesthetic problems, all render this techn...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zimman OA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this retrospective follow-up study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with soft-tissue sarcoma treated by the authors' protocol, which consists of a selective combination of conservative surgery and radiotherapy. Patients who relapsed were especially evaluated to improve treatment results. The au...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Popov P,Tukiainen E,Asko-Seljavaara S,Huuhtanen R,Virolainen M,Virkkunen P,Blomqvist C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of bilateral cleft lip nose deformity is difficult and the outcome is inconsistent. This study was conducted to evaluate the gross outcome and the difference in the assessment of nasal appearance as judged by two groups of raters, cleft surgeons and laypersons. Sixty-four patients with bilateral cleft l...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lo LJ,Wong FH,Mardini S,Chen YR,Noordhoff MS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method to measure gel bleed from intact silicone gel-filled breast implants was developed. This nondestructive technique permits accurate and reproducible serial measurements of silicone bleed from smooth wall breast implants (n=10) under simulated physiologic conditions in vitro. Gel bleed rates from new low bleed ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yu LT,Latorre G,Marotta J,Batich C,Hardt NS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the fibula free flap is preferred for bony head and neck reconstruction, donor-site morbidity remains a concern. The authors' goal was to evaluate potential risk factors for complications and whether the type of wound closure and timing of postoperative ambulation had an effect on the development of...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Momoh AO,Yu P,Skoracki RJ,Liu S,Feng L,Hanasono MM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control and maintenance of nasal tip position are critical in rhinoplasty. Two frequent methods of exerting tip control are columellar strut and caudal septal extension graft. However, no quantitative data exist comparing the two methods over time. The purpose of this study was to analyze maintenance of tip ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sawh-Martinez R,Perkins K,Madari S,Steinbacher DM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rotary device for dermabrasion is presented that allows a superficial dermabrasion to be performed quickly with low risk of contour defects. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schetrumpf JR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle regeneration is a powerful, naturally occurring process of tissue reconstruction that follows myofiber damage secondary to myotoxic injury that does not normally affect the tissue circulation and scaffold. The ablated tissue, in traumatology and free muscle grafts, is frequently replaced by scars. The ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vindigni V,Mazzoleni F,Rossini K,Fabbian M,Zanin ME,Bassetto F,Carraro U

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience with the use of cartilage grafts in 430 primary rhinoplasties is presented. We find grafts indicated when operating on small noses with thick skin to increase and define the dorsum, to add projection and angularity to the tip, to project the columella, and to correct the acute nasolabial angle. The proc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ortiz-Monasterio F,Olmedo A,Oscoy LO

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stage at diagnosis and the survival experience of 41 women who developed breast cancer after cosmetic breast augmentation were compared with those of all other patients with breast cancer (n = 13,246) diagnosed in Alberta from 1973 to 1990 (inclusive). The tumors in women with breast implants were smaller (65.9 pe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Birdsell DC,Jenkins H,Berkel H

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap is a safe and reliable technique for breast reconstruction, its versatility is limited when large cutaneous units are needed to resurface a heavily irradiated or scarred breast and chest wall. The thick back skin, in particular, may be unsuitable for reconstruction oppos...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Slavin SA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autologous bone grafts have the disadvantages of donor-site pain and morbidity, finite supply, increased costs, and prolonged hospitalizations. Using a juvenile canine model, the authors hypothesized that recombinant human (rh) bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-4 gene therapy-treated alveolar defects would pr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chen JC,Winn SR,Gong X,Ozaki WH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of acellular dermal matrix in breast reconstruction has been associated with increased complications. However, existing studies are generally small, from single centers, and underpowered to control for confounding using regression techniques. Here, the Tracking Outcomes and Operations in Plastic Surgery ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pannucci CJ,Antony AK,Wilkins EG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many of the nearly 30 million Americans suffering with migraine headaches are not helped by standard therapies, a proportion of which can harbor undesirable side effects. The present study demonstrates the efficacy of independent surgical deactivation of three common migraine headache trigger sites through a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Guyuron B,Reed D,Kriegler JS,Davis J,Pashmini N,Amini S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00