Radiographic analysis of the midface of a stillborn infant with a unilateral cleft lip and palate.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect on capillary blood flow of surgical mobilization of 15 cm of the rabbit sciatic and tibial nerve. Capillary nerve blood flow was determined with 16-micron radioactive microspheres. Thirty-seven rabbits were divided into six groups. In the control group A (...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Maki Y,Firrell JC,Breidenbach WC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new operative technique for treatment of xanthelasma or xanthoma palpebrarum was introduced. The merits of this technique are (1) no skin excision with the tumor, (2) making the flap from the skin covering the tumor, (3) no need for donor site, (4) no significant cosmetic problem, and (5) reoperation performed by sa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Doi H,Ogawa Y

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The teres major can be seen as an additional head of the latissimus dorsi muscle for three-dimensional movement of the arm. It gained importance in pedicled muscle transfers for the treatment of plexus palsies and shoulder instability. Its supplying vessels belong to the subscapular system. According to the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Giessler GA,Doll S,Germann G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last two decades, virtual reality, haptics, simulators, robotics, and other "advanced technologies" have emerged as important innovations in medical learning and practice. Reports on simulator applications in medicine now appear regularly in the medical, computer science, engineering, and popular literature. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Grunwald T,Krummel T,Sherman R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 18 months, 60 tissue expanders were utilized in the reconstruction of 42 children with burn alopecia of the scalp not amenable to a single excision and primary closure at the Shriners Burns Institute in Galveston, Texas. The children were grouped according to the degree of alopecia. All patients with d...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Buhrer DP,Huang TT,Yee HW,Blackwell SJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 8 years, short-scar cervicofacial rhytidectomy has been used with great success and a high level of patient satisfaction. The operation involves limited incisions in the sideburn and preauricular areas, extending just around the fold of the ear lobule. Extensive undermining of the superficial musculoaponeu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Massiha H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a series of 70 patients who have had bilateral subcutaneous mastectomies with immediate placement of implants under the intact pectoralis major and upper part of the serratus anterior. Twenty-two of these patients have had a simultaneous mastopexy, with a free nipple graft. All 70 patients have both of thei...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Jarrett JR,Cutler RG,Teal DF

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental, anatomical, and clinical study has confirmed the feasibility of free neurovascular flaps. The interrelationship between the cutaneous vascular and neural supply has been defined and demonstrated electrophysiologically, both in man and in experimental animals. A potential donor site in man has been e...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Daniel RK,Terzis J,Schwarz G

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Free abdominal flaps are the first option in autologous breast reconstruction using the multidetector-row computed tomographic angiography for mapping the abdominal perforators. The authors aim to evaluate the impact of using a preoperative design for shaping the new breast symmetrical to the contralateral b...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dionyssiou D,Demiri E,Tsimponis A,Boorman J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients requesting nipple or areolar reduction often desire simultaneous breast augmentation. A technique is described for implant placement by means of a nipple base incision with either nipple reduction or intraareolar reduction. Nipple reduction is accomplished by removing a ring of skin from the base of the nippl...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Baxter RA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scholarly output has typically been measured by citation-based metrics such as the Hirsch index (h-index). The Altmetric Attention Score has emerged as a substitute to measure digital attention given to a project. This study aims to determine whether there is any correlation between h-index and the Altmetric...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Shiah E,Heiman AJ,Ricci JA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human amniotic fluid inhibits the contraction of fibroblast-populated collagen lattices. Amniotic fluid of 21 weeks' gestation was previously reported to have peak inhibiting activity. An attempt to isolate the inhibitory factor(s) from human amniotic fluid employing a molecular sieving column demonstrated an inhibito...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yager JS,Hugo NE,Ehrlich HP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibroproliferative disorders, such as Dupuytren's contracture of the hand, are characterized by excessive production of collagen. 5-Fluorouracil has been used to treat fibroproliferative disorders of the eye and skin and is thought to inhibit thymidylate synthetase blocking DNA replication. 5-Fluorouracil ha...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bulstrode NW,Mudera V,McGrouther DA,Grobbelaar AO,Cambrey AD

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a 12 to 82 percent pressure ulcer recurrence rate, no standard protocol exists for postoperative management. The authors reviewed a single surgeon's experience using a standard protocol: surgery and immediate reconstruction regardless of nutrition, intraoperative bone culture guiding postoperative an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Larson DL,Hudak KA,Waring WP,Orr MR,Simonelic K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pierre Robin sequence is characterized by mandibular retrognathia and glossoptosis resulting in airway obstruction and feeding difficulties. When conservative management fails, mandibular distraction osteogenesis or tongue-lip adhesion may be required to avoid tracheostomy. The authors' goal was to prospecti...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khansa I,Hall C,Madhoun LL,Splaingard M,Baylis A,Kirschner RE,Pearson GD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of total reconstruction of skull and scalp in a patient with a large defect from aplasia cutis congenita is reported. Tissue expansion was successfully employed on two occasions: first to construct a well-vascularized space to sustain multiple rib grafts for cranial reconstruction and then to develop adequate q...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Argenta LC,Dingman RO

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Speech production and age at palatal repair were investigated in 80 cleft palate children. Children whose palates were repaired prior to the onset of speech production demonstrated significantly better speech than those whose palates were repaired between 12 and 27 months of age. The supposition that earlier palatal r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dorf DS,Curtin JW

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composite mandibulectomy for carcinoma can create an "oral invalid," with difficulty in mastication. Functional reconstruction has fallen short of ideal. Three patients were seen with significant anatomic deficits and functional debilitations resulting from large composite mandibulectomies for oral carcinoma. Each pat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lukash FN,Sachs SA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In difficult reconstructions, ipsilateral or cross-over nerve grafting is sometimes necessary to achieve reinnervation and motor function. This experimental study in sheep was to answer the question of limitation of elongation of a motor nerve by grafting, the question of the optimal time for suturing the nerve graft ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Frey M,Gruber H,Happak W,Girsch W,Gruber I,Koller R

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Aesthetic facial contouring procedures, particularly forehead augmentation, continue to increase in popularity in the Asian population. However, there are very few reports in the literature specifically examining the long-term outcomes of forehead fat grafting. In the present study, the authors aimed to obje...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Li X,Kubiak CA,Yang X,Kemp SWP,Cederna PS,Ma J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enlarged tongue, or macroglossia, may compromise vital function to the point that surgical correction is necessary. Although earlier procedures simply aimed at reducing tongue bulk, contemporary techniques attempt to decrease lingual dimension yet preserve critical neurosensory function. Still, modern approaches a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kaufman Y,Cole P,McKnight A,Hatef DA,Hollier L,Edmonds J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous modifications have been successfully applied in microtia reconstruction over the past several decades, and lobular transposition has become a routine technique in a two-stage operation. However, it is still a demanding challenge to manipulate the remnant ear with various quantities or positions in l...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Xu Z,Zhang R,Zhang Q,Xu F,Li D,Li Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amputated rat hindlimbs were subjected to either normothermic (26 degrees C) or hypothermic (4 degrees C) ischemia. Experimental limbs had their microcirculation washed out (either before or after the ischemic insult) with a physiologic acellular plasma substitute previously reported to enhance flap survival following...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rosen HM,Slivjak MJ,McBrearty FX

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were (1) to determine the extent of sensory recovery on hemitongues reconstructed with innervated radial forearm flaps and (2) to assess the influence of various clinical and surgical factors over the return of sensation, including the use of different recipient nerves for neurorrhaphy. Tw...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Santamaria E,Wei FC,Chen IH,Chuang DC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique for coverage of periolecranon (elbow) defects is presented. The technique uses the local tissues of the lateral upper arm as an axial flap and minimizes the donor defect for this type of reconstruction by obviating the need for a skin graft. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lazarou SA,Kaplan IB

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1835, Serre performed an operation to correct a cicatricial displacement of the right mouth commissure, which he described in his 1842 book. The drawings shown in a plate in the book (Fig. 2) and the description of the technique in the legend depicted the technique he had planned to perform (excision of tissue with...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Borges AF

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have demonstrated low levels of National Institutes of Health funding for surgical research. The authors compared the funding in plastic surgery with the funding for other surgical specialties. METHODS:A query of National Institutes of Health grants awarded to departments of surgical specialt...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Silvestre J,Abbatematteo JM,Chang B,Serletti JM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major difficulty in understanding rare craniofacial clefts arises from the fact that previous reports have focused on a single case or have grouped together different types of rare clefts. Less than 50 Tessier no. 4 clefts have been reported. This paper examines our experience with eight patients treated primarily o...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Resnick JI,Kawamoto HK Jr

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00