Objective monitoring for safe tissue expansion.

abstract：:The zygomatic ligaments (McGregor's patch) anchor the skin of the cheek to the inferior border of the zygoma just posterior to the origin of the zygomaticus minor muscle. The mandibular ligaments tether the overlying skin to the anterior mandible. Both these ligaments are obstacles to surgical maneuvers intended to ad...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Furnas DW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractures of the orbital roof require high-energy trauma and have been linked to high rates of neurologic and ocular complications. However, there is a paucity of literature exploring the association between injury, management, and visual prognosis. METHODS:The authors performed a 3-year retrospective revie...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gebran SG,Lopez J,Wasicek PJ,Elegbede A,Rasko YM,Liang F,Nam AJ,Manson PN,Grant MP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular complications resulting from intravascular filler injection and embolism are major safety concerns for facial filler injection. It is essential to systematically screen full-face arterial variations and help design evidence-based safe filler injection protocols. METHODS:The carotid arteries of 22 c...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zhu GZ,Zhao WR,Luo CE,Cai B,Kong XX,Zhan WF,Sun ZS,Luo SK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic bilateral mastectomy is an option for women who are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. Prophylactic mastectomy is often performed with immediate reconstruction (i.e., at the same time and under the same anesthetic as the mastectomy). Satisfaction with reconstruction has been described previ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Metcalfe KA,Semple JL,Narod SA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent controversy encountered with silicone breast implants has increased the use of autogenous tissue for breast reconstruction following mastectomy. Surveillance of patients who have undergone autogenous tissue reconstruction is important in the evaluation of recurrent or new cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ahn CY,Narayanan K,Gorczyca DP,DeBruhl ND,Shaw WW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was proposed to evaluate the facial contour and electrophysiologic changes of the masseter and temporalis muscles before and after botulinum toxin A injection in the wide lower face (square face). METHODS:The botulinum toxin A injections were performed on 10 patients for the treatment of square f...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lee CJ,Kim SG,Kim YJ,Han JY,Choi SH,Lee SI

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether the application of antithrombotic therapies affects the success rate of digit replantation. METHODS:A total 477 digits of 319 patients who received dextran with low-molecular-weight heparin, dextran with prostaglandin E1, or no antithrombotic th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zhu H,Zhu X,Zheng X

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcome of arterialized venous flaps is quite varied. The authors' initial experiments showed that a good vascular bed contributes significantly to survival of the flap. In continuation of these experiments, this study aimed to understand the influence of architectural variations on flap outcome. METHODS:Fa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pittet B,Quinodoz P,Alizadeh N,Schlaudraff KU,Mahajan AL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertical mammaplasty was evaluated after 10 years of experience and the study of 250 personal consecutive cases, and a few minor technical modifications are presented. In the beginning, the main advantage of the technique seemed to be the reduced amount of scarring, as this technique avoids submammary scars. With more...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lejour M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model simulating intraosseous wire fixation was used to assess different methods of securing wire loops. Square knotting, twisting, and a new method, the "knot twist," were assessed. The importance of anchoring the butt ends of twisted wire is emphasized. A new, convenient technique of wire fixation is described. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Green RA,Zins JE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six representative patients with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) were studied for craniofacial and oral anomalies, dental development, and long-term bodily growth patterns. The craniofacial features observed were reduction of total head size, increased head-body ratio, the existence of upper and middle craniofacial asymm...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Jackson IT,Hussain K

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used dacryoscintigraphy to study the efficiency of the lacrimal system following the repair of a divided lower canaliculus in 4 children. This test has been reliable in evaluating lacrimal function and suggests that a canaliculus can be repaired and splinted satisfactorily. Our experience with dacryoscintigrap...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hoehn JG,Vitale P,Elliott RA Jr

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In extended upper-type lesions of the brachial plexus, nerve transfers and root grafting have improved the results of shoulder and elbow reconstruction. However, wrist extension reconstruction has received little attention. METHODS:In 20 cadaveric upper limbs, we dissected the anterior interosseous nerve an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bertelli JA,Tacca CP,Winkelmann Duarte EC,Ghizoni MF,Duarte H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several factors may increase a patient's risk for perioperative pulmonary complications. This practice advisory provides an overview of the preoperative steps that should be performed to ensure appropriate patient selection and patient safety with regard to pulmonary complications. Procedural and patient-related risk ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Haeck PC,Swanson JA,Iverson RE,Lynch DJ,ASPS Patient Safety Committee.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish the viable storage time of human skin stored by refrigeration at 4 degrees C in McCoy's 5A medium and to establish whether oxygenating the medium improves the viable storage time, the following experiment was conducted. Eighty discs of human split-thickness skin graft, each 3 mm in diameter, were stored i...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： DeBono R,Rao GS,Berry RB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postbariatric body contouring surgery has grown in prevalence, mirroring the ascent of weight loss surgery. With the rise in prevalence of this subset of plastic surgery procedures, we are gaining wisdom about technique, safety, and outcomes associated with this patient population. The pearls of patient management inc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Shermak MA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic surgery patients span the nutritional spectrum from generally healthy, nutritionally competent patients to inherently catabolic, nutritionally deficient, and chronic wound patients. Therefore, plastic and reconstructive surgery affords the opportunity to investigate the impact of nutrition across a heterogeneo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Knackstedt R,Oliver J,Gatherwright J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The establishment of an effective clinical and academic culture within an institution is a multifactorial process. This process is cultivated by dynamic elements such as recruitment of an accomplished and diverse faculty, patient geographic outreach, clinical outcomes research, and fundamental support from a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Carney MJ,Weissler JM,Tecce MG,Mirzabeigi MN,Wes AM,Koltz PF,Kanchwala SK,Low DW,Kovach SJ,Wu LC,Serletti JM,Fosnot J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue expansion can be characterized as a unique reconstructive procedure that takes advantage of the intrinsic ability of tissues to stretch and, in some instances, to grow in response to expansive forces. The efficacy of combined intraoperative expansion to obtain sufficient expanded tissue more rapidly was tested ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Iwahira Y,Maruyama Yu

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of distraction osteogenesis to craniofacial surgery has altered the approach and treatment of congenital and acquired craniofacial defects. Although the histologic and ultrastructural changes associated with distraction osteogenesis have been described extensively, relatively little is known about the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rowe NM,Mehrara BJ,Dudziak ME,Steinbreck DS,Mackool RJ,Gittes GK,McCarthy JG,Longaker MT

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:De novo or rare transmitted mutations in the SMAD6 gene affect 7 percent of midline nonsyndromic synostosis patients. This study aimed to determine the neurocognitive sequelae of SMAD6 synostosis. METHODS:Nonsyndromic synostosis patients 6 years or older with SMAD6 mutations and non-SMAD6 nonsyndromic synos...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wu RT,Timberlake AT,Abraham PF,Gabrick KS,Lu X,Peck CJ,Sawh-Martinez RF,Steinbacher DM,Alperovich MA,Persing JA

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Patients who have undergone upper blepharoplasty occasionally develop anterior lamellar insufficiency, which can result in lagophthalmos, corneal decompensation, and even blindness. Historically, skin grafts in the upper eyelid have been considered a last-resort procedure because of poor cosmetic outcomes. Poor cosmet...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Shorr N,Goldberg RA,McCann JD,Hoenig JA,Li TG

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:The inframammary incision is the most versatile and popular approach in breast augmentation. For an optimal aesthetic result, the incision site should be chosen in such a way that the scar is carefully hidden in the (new) inframammary fold. Based on an assumption of the senior author (B.v.d.L.) that the Pythago...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bouwer LR,Tielemans HJP,van der Lei B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Classic abdominoplasty leads to disappointing aesthetic results in patients with preexisting supraumbilical scars. Various techniques involving vertical and horizontal incisions have been described. The authors point out the validity of the "anchor-line" approach. METHODS:In a retrospective study, the autho...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Persichetti P,Simone P,Scuderi N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate tissue perfusion is essential to minimize postoperative complications following microsurgery. Intraoperative knowledge of tissue perfusion could aid surgical decision-making and result in reduced complications. Laser speckle imaging is a new, noninvasive technique for mapping tissue perfusion. This article di...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： To C,Rees-Lee JE,Gush RJ,Gooding KM,Cawrse NH,Shore AC,Wilson ADH

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Patients with severe maxillary hypoplasia secondary to congenital facial clefting present numerous challenging problems for the reconstructive surgeon. Traditional surgical/orthodontic approaches for these patients often fall short of expectations, especially for achieving normal facial aesthetics and proportions. The...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Polley JW,Figueroa AA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The submental artery island flap is a versatile option in head and neck reconstruction. This flap may be used for the coverage of perioral, intraoral, and other facial defects, leaving a relatively acceptable donor-site scar. In this study, the submental region of 13 formalin-fixed cadavers was dissected bilaterally. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Magden O,Edizer M,Tayfur V,Atabey A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00