The question mark ear (congenital auricular cleft): a familial case.

abstract：:Surgical procedures commonly associated with parenteral sedation or general anesthesia were completed in an office operating room with local anesthesia and oral medication. Diazepam and alprazolam were used in combination to produce a relaxed state, allowing local anesthesia to be instilled. Surgery was completed succ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gatti JE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hand trauma call duties at university medical centers are traditionally split among plastic surgeons and orthopedic surgeons, frequently without additional fellowship training in hand and upper-extremity surgery. Differences in operative approach between these groups have never been specifically described. T...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dasari CR,Sandhu M,Wisner DH,Wong MS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by noncaseating granulomatous inflammation of various organs. Isolated nasal cutaneous involvement is very uncommon (0.3%-4.0% of the patients reported) and rarely do sarcoid lesions present as severe nasal deformities and surgical treatment i...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lesavoy MA,Shirvanian VN,Grimes P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International adoptees with cleft lip and palate (CLP) are a growing population in the United States. They represent a clinical challenge, presenting at various ages and stages of cleft repair. METHODS:A retrospective review of patients seen at the CLP Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHO...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Shay PL,Goldstein JA,Wink JD,Paliga JT,Solot CB,Cohen MA,Friedman SA,Low DW,Taylor JA,Jackson OA

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artificial Intelligent Virtual Assistants (AIVA) is a segment of artificial intelligence that is rapidly developing. However, its utilization to address patients' frequently asked questions remains unexplored. METHODS:We developed an AIVA to answer questions related to 10 frequent topics asked by plastic su...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Boczar D,Sisti A,Oliver JD,Helmi H,Restrepo DJ,Huayllani MT,Spaulding AC,Carter R,Rinker BD,Forte AJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The injection of liquid silicone for cosmetic augmentation has a history of both legal as well as illicit practice in the United States and worldwide. Recently, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has launched a public awareness campaign through patient stories and various statements in response to the rise in de...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Leonardi NR,Compoginis JM,Luce EA

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomical variations encountered in the dissection of 50 facial arteries in 25 adult preserved cadavers are presented. The facial artery was symmetrical in 17 of 25 (68%) of the dissections. The facial artery terminated as an angular facial artery in 34 (68%), a lateral nasal vessel in 13 (26%), and a superior la...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Niranjan NS

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to most of the literature, sutures for microarterial repair must include the intima to prevent an "intimal flap" and occlusion of the anastomosis. Some authors have said that vessel diameter affects patency rate. This study was designed to evaluate these two statements. The femoral arteries (about 1.0 mm in ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Wray RC,O'Brien BM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are peptide mediators of inflammation that are being extensively studied in several aspects of disease. I provide an introduction to the general features of cytokine biology. Cytokines may be considered as either proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory compounds, and they also have potent hematopoietic effects....

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Remick DG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Breast cancer in women under 40 years of age is rare, accounting for approximately 5% of cases. The disease tends to be more aggressive in younger women. Younger age has been shown to be an independent predictive of breast reconstruction after total mastectomy. Treatment by total mastectomy and reconstruct...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Vogel JE,Chu C,McCullough M,Anderson E,Losken A,Carlson GW

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Autologous free flaps are the criterion standard for reconstructions of complex soft tissue defects; however, they are limited by donor-site morbidities. The arteriovenous (AV) loop model enables the generation of soft tissue constructs based on acellular dermal matrices with a functional microvasculature ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Schmidt VJ,Wietbrock JO,Leibig N,Gloe T,Henn D,Hernekamp JF,Harhaus L,Kneser U

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we present the first experimental vascularized penile allogenic transplantation model in the rat. In group 1 (n = 6), the vascular anatomy of the male rat perineal region was determined. In 12 Lewis rats of group 2 (n = 24), the penile composite graft was transplanted as isotransplant by microvascular an...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Sonmez E,Nasir S,Siemionow M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A muscle perforator flap is a unique form of fasciocutaneous flap whose circulation is derived from musculocutaneous perforators, but without including any muscle. This anatomic relationship intuitively should readily allow the formation of branch-based chimeric or polyflaps consisting of a cutaneous perforator flap a...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hallock GG

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel decompression (CTD) is the most commonly performed surgical procedure within a hand unit. We have analyzed data on outcomes after carpal decompression performed by both open and closed techniques to assess whether outcomes differed between the 2 procedures. Data were jointly gathered from 2 units. The ai...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Akhtar S,Bradley MJ,Burke FD,Dubin NH,Wilgis EF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) breast reconstruction in patients with advanced breast cancer is controversial. Management of these patients is often complex and consists of surgical extirpation, postoperative radiation, chemotherapy, and in some cases bone marrow transplantation. Few studies have ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Behnam AB,Nguyen D,Moran SL,Serletti JM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of anatomic variations of the median nerve and its relationship to the surrounding structures was performed of 354 consecutive operations in 192 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome at Korea University Anam Hospital from July 1995 to September 1997. A total of 184 patients were women and 8 patients...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ahn DS,Yoon ES,Koo SH,Park SH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen free radicals are implicated to cause tissue injury during ischemia and reperfusion and may play a central role in the no-reflow phenomena. Modulation of these substances has been suggested as a means of decreasing the amount of tissue loss due to ischemia and subsequent reperfusion. Pretreatment of tissues wit...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Izquierdo R,Swartz WM,Sutker KB,Boydell CL,Almand J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soft tissue and bony tumors of the pelvis are rare, but when they occur, treatment presents both an oncologic surgical and a reconstructive challenge. After reconstruction, soft tissue defects can be large and there is usually exposed bone and/or joint. A retroperitoneal abdominal wall defect may also be pre...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Knox K,Bitzos I,Granick M,Datiashvili R,Benevenia J,Patterson F

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mesh infection after abdominal hernia repair is a devastating complication that affects general and plastic surgeons alike. The purpose of this study was 3-fold: (1) to determine current evidence for treatment of infected abdominal wall mesh via systematic review of literature, (2) to analyze our single-inst...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Shubinets V,Carney MJ,Colen DL,Mirzabeigi MN,Weissler JM,Lanni MA,Braslow BM,Fischer JP,Kovach SJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prophylactic use of antibiotic for pediatric burns has been suggested as a possible means of reduction of toxic shock syndrome. In our study, we review 1250 burn cases during a 16-year period (1983-1999). There was a change in protocol during this period (after 1991, all pediatric burn received prophylactic antibi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Mulgrew S,Khoo A,Cartwright R,Reynolds N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correction of major saddle nose deformities is one of the greatest challenges in nasal surgery. Here, a new approach for the correction of major saddle nose deformities in which the missing parts of the nasal skeleton are replaced with their anatomic replicas sculptured from an autogenous osteocartilagineous rib graft...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Mutaf M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to characterize airway problems, speech outcomes, and facial growth in patients with Stickler syndrome undergoing cleft palate repair. METHODS:A retrospective, longitudinal study was performed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on 25 patients with Stickler syndrome and 53 ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Jackson OA,Kaye AE,Lee A,Minugh-Purvis N,Cohen MA,Solot CB,McDonald-McGinn D,Jawad AF,Zackai EH,Kirschner RE

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful release of severe contracture of the first web space depends on addition of a sufficient amount of skin. Because local skin is limited, skin grafts tend to contract, and free and pedicle flaps are bulky, further procedures are often obligatory. Expansion of the tissues of the dorsum of the hand offers a...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Borenstein A,Yaffe B,Seidman DS,Engel J

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have successfully applied a reverse flow island flap of extensor digitorum brevis muscle for coverage of tissue defects in the distal portion of the foot dorsum in 2 patients. This flap covered the metatarsophalangeal area well with cadaver limb dissection and seems useful to cover the defect in the distal foot dor...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kurata S,Hashimoto H,Terashi H,Honda T,Takayasu S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a hereditary, autosomal dominant, slowly progressive disorder with onset that occurs during middle age. Major symptoms are ptosis and dysphagia resulting primarily from selectively involved levator palpebrae and the pharyngeal muscles. Progressive, usually symmetrical blepharoptos...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kang DH,Koo SH,Ahn DS,Park SH,Yoon ES

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bayonet-shaped airway allowing free respiration and undisturbed deglutition was reconstructed in 2 young women who had undergone tracheotomy and radiotherapy for thyroid carcinoma. The laryngeal vestibule, glottis, and subglottis had been destroyed, and the air passages were closed. An external gutter and an anterio...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Meyer R,Rheims D,Attya E

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients each with grade IIIB or IIIC distal tibial injuries are presented. All patients were treated initially by multiple debridements and external fixation of the tibial fracture. After failure of the primary treatment, each patient underwent microsurgical free muscle transfer and bone transport of the proxima...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Spiro SA,Oppenheim W,Boss WK,Schneider AI,Hutter AM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial surgical techniques have yielded better methods of treating severe craniofacial trauma. In this paper surgical techniques are discussed in principle and specifically presented through case reports. We conclude that the most important factors for successful reconstruction after craniofacial trauma are to d...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lauritzen C,Lilja J,Vällfors B

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chronic ulcer of the posterior heel or lateral ankle can be a large problem for the patient. The lateral calcaneal artery flap is a reliable neurovascular local skin flap that can cover the defect after excision of the ulcer in this area. The flap includes the lateral calcaneal artery, sural nerve, and lesser saphen...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hovius SE,Hofman A,van der Meulen JC

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the ability of the gracilis muscle to provide multiple tissue components- skin, muscle, nerve, and tendonin the reconstruction of a complex dorsal foot wound resulting from a sarcoma resection. The deficits of skin, deep peroneal nerve, anterior tibialis tendon, and dorsal extensor retinaculum wer...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Deune EG,Tufaro AP,Manson PN

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00