Optimizing Outcomes in 2-Stage Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction Utilizing Round Form-Stable Implants.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both one- and two-stage approaches have been widely used for patients with asymmetric bilateral cleft lip. There are insufficient long-term outcome data for comparison of these two methods. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the clinical outcome over the past 20 years. METHODS:The senior...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chung KH,Lo LJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Design and preoperative planning of microsurgical flaps are fundamental steps for successful surgery. Currently, computed tomographic angiography is considered the gold standard, and new technologies such as thermography could complement its usefulness. The aim of this study was to determine the concordance between th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pereira N,Valenzuela D,Mangelsdorff G,Kufeke M,Roa R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tibial resection in children presents a unique reconstructive challenge because of technical demands, future growth potential, and repetitive loading of the lower extremity. Positioned in a tibial defect, the free fibula undergoes primary bone healing while maintaining intrinsic resistance to infection and t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schwarz GS,Disa JJ,Mehrara BJ,Healey JH,Cordeiro PG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reduced 68 breasts in 34 women, transposing the nipple-areolar complex on a single superiorly-based pedicle. The complication rate was 4.4 percent. The method appears to be safe, and it produces better shaped breasts than we obtained by operations using double pedicles. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hugo NE,McClellan RM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shared medical appointments combine individual patient-physician encounters with a group educational segment. This allows for patients' needs to be addressed individually and for patients to benefit from shared learning. Shared medical appointments enhance knowledge, understanding, and management of disease ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Giladi AM,Brown DL,Alderman AK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human face is a highly specialized organ for receiving the sensory information from the environment and for its transmission to the cortex. The advent of facial transplantation has shown that excellent reconstruction of disfiguring defects can be achieved; thus, the expectations are now focused on functi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Siemionow M,Gharb BB,Rampazzo A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To achieve the desired refinements in Asian patients, sufficient septal cartilage is needed for ideal tip projection and lengthening of the nose by the septal extension supported by the stable septum. There are many cases of insufficient septal cartilage in Asian patients. For optimal outcome, the author pro...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kim CH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships between physicians and industry, whether it be pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, or purveyors of medical technology, contain both an element of potential for good and a potential for harm. Certainly, the potential for good is realized when the collaboration results in improved plast...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Luce EA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal management of the cleft lip and palate patient from birth to completion of treatment presents a formidable challenge to the plastic surgeon and the associated health care system. The multidisciplinary team approach for the management of these patients is widely accepted. However, a paucity of literature ex...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schnitt DE,Agir H,David DJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The choice between internal and external distraction osteogenesis for midface advancement in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis is based primarily on surgeon preference and expertise. However, differences in outcomes between the two techniques have been sparingly compared. In this work, the authors per...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bertrand AA,Lipman KJ,Bradley JP,Reidhead J,Lee JC

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to define the role of reconstruction plates as bone replacement in oromandibular reconstruction. From 1987 through 1991, 71 consecutive oral cancer patients underwent composite resection and reconstruction and were entered into one of two studies. In the first study of 31 patients, 15 und...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Boyd JB,Mulholland RS,Davidson J,Gullane PJ,Rotstein LE,Brown DH,Freeman JE,Irish JC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microsurgical anastomosis of the dorsal artery of the penis either with or without anastomosis of the cavernosal artery is the preferred technique for penile replantation. However, postoperative penile skin necrosis is commonly reported with this technique. This study aimed to characterize the anatomy of the...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lohasammakul S,Turbpaiboon C,Ratanalekha R,Ungprasert P,Yodrabum N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skeletal muscle denervation is a complex clinical problem that still lacks a comprehensive solution. Previous studies have suggested that prolonged periods of denervation lead to a decline in the muscle stem cell population, negatively affecting the ability of muscle to regenerate following reinnervation. Re...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wong A,Pomerantz JH

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Evaluate patients seeking breast augmentation using key variables to assist in selection from the choices for incision, implant type and size, and plane of dissection. 2. Minimize the need for revisionary surgery to factors beyond th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Alpert BS,Lalonde DH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microtia is a congenital ear hypoplasia associated with auricular defects. Conventional treatment involves implanted costal cartilage. The impact of surgical invasion and donor-site morbidity can be particularly severe in pediatric patients, and the collectable volume of autologous cartilage is limited. The ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yanaga H,Imai K,Fujimoto T,Yanaga K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a method for passing a cerclage suture around the nasal tip complex to narrow it. The method does not require elevation of the skin from the lower lateral cartilages. The method requires a double-pointed straight needle with the suture swaged on in the center. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cutting CB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent report of a transforming growth factor-beta 3 (TGF-beta 3) knock-out mouse in which 100 percent of the homozygous pups have cleft palate raised the question as to the potential usefulness of these animals as a model for cleft palate research. The specific aim in this study was to carefully document the anat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Koo SH,Cunningham MC,Arabshahi B,Gruss JS,Grant JH 3rd

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of sedative and analgesic drugs is increasingly being used during minimally invasive surgery. The authors compared the clinical efficacy of two different fentanyl regimens, in combination with midazolam, for sedation analgesia in patients undergoing office-based plastic surgery procedures und...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cinnella G,Meola S,Portincasa A,Parisi D,Morgese F,Pavone G,Dambrosio M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The external ear of the rat is an excellent model for practicing microsurgical dissection and for the refinement of microvascular anastomoses, techniques that are crucial for microvascular en bloc tissue transfer and replantation. Preparation of the rat ear for replantation requires familiarity with the vascular anato...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chiu DT,Chen L,Chen ZW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the complex and challenging treatment of a mutilating hand injury, any available resources need to be primarily recruited. Besides direct digital replantation, the tissue of the nonreplantable "spare parts" could often be "recycled," and also some replantable or injured structures could be "redistributed"...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kokkoli E,Spyropoulou GA,Shih HS,Feng GM,Jeng SF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:"Disruptive physician" is a term appearing more frequently in many hospital bylaws. It has significant negative implications that can lead to loss of privileges for plastic surgeons. METHODS:Exploring the various definitions of disruptive physician reveals palpable differences between those of the Joint Com...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zbar RIS,Taylor LD,Canady JW

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:This patient is the only reported case of concomitant mixed tumors of the parotid and contralateral submaxillary gland. Each lesion had histologic changes consistent with different stages in the transformation of a benign to a malignant mixed tumor. Identifying premalignant disease in the parotid tumor and early prein...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： McGrath MH

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The median facial dysplasia group of patients is a unique, distinct, definable group characterized by mid-line facial deficiencies in the presence of a unilateral or bilateral cleft lip with or without cleft palate and without clinically detectable anomalies of the brain. This group of patients comprised 2 percent of ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Noordhoff MS,Huang CS,Lo LJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The spheno-occipital synchondrosis is an important growth center of the craniofacial skeleton and a primary site of malformation in syndromic forms of craniosynostosis. Clinical and laboratory investigations have demonstrated that premature closure of cranial vault sutures in nonsyndromic craniosynostosis is...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Smartt JM Jr,Karmacharya J,Gannon FH,Teixeira C,Mansfield K,Hunenko O,Shapiro IM,Kirschner RE

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review 97 cases of SMCP, 79 of which were operated. The comparative results are presented. For those requiring surgery (i.e. those having hypernasality), it has been our experience that the use of a pharyngeal flap, alone or combined with a palatoplasty, is productive of better speech results than is a palatoplasty...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Porterfield HW,Mohler LR,Sandel A

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of toxic shock syndrome following chemical face peel are reported. Toxic shock syndrome is a severe toxin-mediated multisystem disease. The major signs are fever, rash, desquamation, and hypotension. It can occur in males as well as females and is not necessarily related to menstruation. The surgical wound d...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： LoVerme WE,Drapkin MS,Courtiss EH,Wilson RM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of vaginal reconstruction is reported. In the procedure, the left inferior abdominal wall flap with the subcutaneous pedicle containing epigastric superficial blood vessels and/or the circumflex iliac superficial vessel and the external pudendal vessel and their branches is raised and passed through an im...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chen ZJ,Chen MY,Chen C,Wu N

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roots of the working hours mandate and controversy are outlined, the effect on resident education is described, and the service versus education equation is defined. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Luce EA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reconstructive procedures have been described for the complete defect of the distal radius that is created after a wide excision of a giant-cell tumor of bone, including hemiarthroplasty using the vascularized fibular head and partial wrist arthrodesis between a vascularized fibula and the scapholunate portion...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Minami A,Kato H,Iwasaki N

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00