Salvaging the Unavoidable: A Review of Complications in Pediatric Tissue Expansion.

abstract：:We have significantly expanded the use of a lipectomy procedure which heretofore had been restricted to the removal of strictly localized excess fat deposits by curettage through a small incision. By modifying the suction curette and utilizing it for extensive body contouring, we have been successful in correcting rel...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Teimourian B,Fisher JB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reducing postoperative pain following abdominoplasty is essential for shortening the length of recovery time, reducing the use of narcotics, promoting quicker return to normal activities, and maximizing overall patient satisfaction. The extended use of narcotics and pain pumps is often unacceptable because o...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Feng LJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of the authors' study was to determine whether an autologous tissue flap, when combined with an implant for breast reconstruction, reduces the incidence of implant-related complications in previously irradiated breasts. METHODS:The authors reviewed 1000 consecutive cases of implant-based breast rec...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang DW,Barnea Y,Robb GL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three white Leghorn chickens were used in a two-stage tendon grafting into the deep flexor of the third toe. In the first stage, a 4- or 8-week-old pseudosheath was created around the Silastic rod. In the second stage, the grafting was carried out: in 33 birds the new sheath covered the entire tendon graft and i...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Farkas LG,Lindsay WK

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonsurgical rhinoplasty using filler injections has become a common procedure in cosmetic practices. This is offered to patients that prefer a temporary outcome or would like to avoid general anesthesia. In addition, it can be used in postrhinoplasty patients to correct nasal deformities or irregularities. T...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Williams LC,Kidwai SM,Mehta K,Kamel G,Tepper OM,Rosenberg JD

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are useful alternatives to narcotics for analgesia. However, concerns remain regarding their safety. The authors evaluated ketorolac use and complications. We hypothesized that no association between ketorolac and morbidity exists in patients undergoing body contouring. M...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kelley BP,Chung KC,Chung TT,Bennett KG,Sacks G,Sears ED,Waljee JF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensor digitorum brevis muscle flap, which has already been suggested as a local flap for the foot, has been applied by us in 2 cases with excellent results. This flap, as with other muscle flaps, provides an excellent bed for the skin graft. Furthermore, because of its width, it allows for covering an area of s...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Landi A,Soragni O,Monteleone M

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：:We have studied the chemomigration activity of an epithelial carcinoma cell line using a modified 96-well Boyden chamber apparatus consisting of upper and lower wells separated by an 8-microns pore polycarbonate filter. Cells from the malignant squamous carcinoma cell line A-431 were plated in the upper wells over a c...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ricciardelli EJ,Persing JA,Romano JA,Morgan RF,Ogle RC

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:Deep mechanical massage has been advocated as an alternative or adjunctive therapy for the contouring of subcutaneous fat and as a treatment for cellulite. We evaluated the effects of deep mechanical massage using two pig models. Yucatan pigs were divided into three groups (n = 4). One side of each body received 4, 10...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Adcock D,Paulsen S,Jabour K,Davis S,Nanney LB,Shack RB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe crush to the hand is associated with a poor prognosis. The authors investigated the hypothesis that compartment syndrome complicates such injuries. From 1996 to 2000, the authors retrospectively identified 11 patients who, after sustaining a closed crush injury, developed acute hand compartment syndrome. Diagno...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Del Piñal F,Herrero F,Jado E,García-Bernal FJ,Cerezal L

更新日期：2002-10-01 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:Prevention of recurrent eyebrow ptosis is the greatest challenge in brow lift surgery today. In this article, the author describes a new surgical procedure to provide long-lasting results in brow lift surgery. METHODS:Over 7 years, this new technique was used in 37 patients. Except for four, all patients we...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mutaf M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A venous skin graft for the treatment of skin defects in a finger is described. This procedure involves taking a flap from the forearm together with the subcutaneous vein and anastomosing both ends of this vein to the digital artery and vein, respectively. Thirteen difficult finger wounds were resurfaced with such a v...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yoshimura M,Shimada T,Imura S,Shimamura K,Yamauchi S

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Negative-pressure wound therapy with instillation is a novel wound therapy that combines negative pressure with instillation of a topical solution. METHODS:This retrospective, historical, cohort-control study examined the impact of negative-pressure wound therapy with and without instillation. RESULTS:One ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kim PJ,Attinger CE,Steinberg JS,Evans KK,Powers KA,Hung RW,Smith JR,Rocha ZM,Lavery L

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Masseteric and hypoglossal nerve transfers are reliable alternatives for reanimating short-term facial paralysis. To date, few studies exist in the literature comparing these techniques. This work presents a quantitative comparison of masseter-facial transposition versus hemihypoglossal facial transposition ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hontanilla B,Marré D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injectable bovine collagen has proven to be safe and effective for the treatment of contour defects for more than 20 years. After intradermal exposure to bovine collagen, the most commonly reported side effect is hypersensitivity (incidence of approximately 3 percent to test and approximately 1 to 2 percent to subsequ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Toman PD,Egbert BM,Thomas JA,DeLustro FA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noncontact three-dimensional measuring system (liquid crystal range finder system) is described. Three-dimensional facial surface data (more than 30,000 points) could be obtained in 1 second, and the resolution was approximately 0.4 mm. The reliability and repeatability of the results were validated with a calibrati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yamada T,Sugahara T,Mori Y,Sakuda M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three children with Down's syndrome, aged between 3.7 and 17.5 years, underwent partial glossectomy for improvement of cosmetic appearance. Improved speech was also expected. Preoperative and postoperative audiotaped samples of spoken words and connected speech on a standardized articulation test were rated by ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Margar-Bacal F,Witzel MA,Munro IR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perforator flap nomenclature continues to evolve, with many classification schemes reported. Each of them focuses on the fascial penetration pattern of perforators, which has no impact on flap perfusion. With the advent of advanced imaging technologies, the subcutaneous course of perforators can be highlight...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rozen WM,Paddle AM,Chubb D,Wilson J,Grinsell D,Ashton MW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of late infection following aesthetic malar augmentation with Proplast implants are described. The etiology appears to be contamination because of erosion of the implants through the thin wall of the anterior maxilla. This problem might be avoided by confining placement of the implant over the thick portion ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Adams JR,Kawamoto HK

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method of umbilical repositioning by incising the anterior rectus sheath and rectus abdominis muscle is reported for cases of unilateral abdominal wall plication during the TRAM flap operation. This method keeps the umbilicus stable and nonstenotic, and it avoids hypertrophic scars, which result from other te...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Raveh T,Gordon CB,del Campo AF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent publications have implicated computed tomographic scans in the genesis of cancer and developmental delay. To determine whether the imaging protocols used in the authors' craniofacial practice could be harmful, they reviewed patient radiation exposure data for 77 patients. They then reviewed the litera...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Jaffurs D,Denny A

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:The development of articulation before surgical closure of the hard palate was compared in 75 preschool children with cleft lip and palate and 40 preschool children born without clefts. The children were aged 2 years to 5 years 11 months. The patients had significantly poorer articulation skills than the controls at e...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Noordhoff MS,Kuo J,Wang F,Huang H,Witzel MA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of the pharynx and esophagus with revascularized segments of jejunum remains a time-proven entity. Most thromboses and subsequent flap failures have occurred within the first 24 hours after revascularization of the flap. What would therefore be desirable is a safe, proven monitoring system to assess the...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bafitis H,Stallings JO,Ban J

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented for the closure of a circular defect without altering its shape. It employs semicircular rotational flaps and Z-plasties. Its use in 178 patients with malignant skin neoplasms is presented. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Golomb FM

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the concept of plasmatic imbibition is generally accepted. That is, observation of weight change or pigmentation methods of the grafts were established to support it. In the present study, we investigated plasmatic imbibition in rat musculocutaneous grafts histologically using peroxidase, which is one of t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fukui A,Maeda M,Tamai S,Inada Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care reforms aimed at bundling payments attempt to contain costs. Uncovering variation in spending provides one strategy for decreasing expenditure. This study aims to investigate interhospital cost variation for thumb replantation. METHODS:A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients undergo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Billig JI,Zhong L,Chung KC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00