Reconstructive Microsurgery: The Future Is Today.

abstract：:The author addresses rippling of the breast in patients with breast implants as a result of breast reconstruction or in cases of primary or secondary breast augmentation. The technique consists of rotating a flap of scar tissue from thicker parts of the breast to the thin, affected areas. The technique is simple both ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Massiha H

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tissue expansion to facilitate burn scar reconstruction is described. Twelve patients underwent burn scar reconstruction using a total of 42 expanders. Expansion was carried out at two- to three-day intervals, usually commencing as early as two to three days following insertion of the expander. In 5 of the ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Neligan PC,Peters WJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：:A technique for reconstruction of the bilateral cleft lip nose is described. The literature for bilateral cleft lip nasal repair and the use of autogenous cartilage grafts is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gorney M,Rosenberg HL

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a helical crus reconstruction technique using a postauricular chondrocutaneous flap vascularized by the postauricular vessels. They used this procedure on 7 patients who had developed a large defect on the helical crus following surgery. In each patient the flap design was adjusted to fit the form...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yotsuyanagi T,Urushidate S,Sawada Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of maxillectomy with extensive orbital rim and floor excision defects is a challenging problem. The goal of reconstruction here is to provide adequate orbital support to prevent enophthalmos and diplopia as well as obturation of the palatal defect. The existing methods of the reconstruction fail to simu...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Iyer S,Chatni S,Kuriakose MA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Autologous breast reconstruction with abdominally based free flaps has traditionally been associated with a longer hospital stay and higher initial cost relative to other reconstructive methods. One important component of this course is postoperative pain control. Thoracic epidural anesthesia is considered amon...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Clary Z,Nazir N,Butterworth J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A more direct measurement of implant capsule contracture is needed for the laboratory study of this phenomenon. Most of the previous methods for quantitation of contracture rely on measurements of deformability. Because contraction of an implant capsule is in fact a decrease in the surface area of the capsule, a metho...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Caffee HH

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with fronto-orbito-sphenoidal fibrous dysplasia, aged between 9 and 37 years, half of them male, were radically or nearly radically excised with immediate autogenous bone graft reconstruction. They had had frontal bulging and proptosis on the affected sides for 3 to 20 years. Four had decreased vision o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chen YR,Fairholm D

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human growth hormone, a very potent anabolic hormone, plays a significant role in growth regulation, bone metabolism, and wound healing. This study evaluates its effect on random flap survival. Rats were randomly divided into 2 groups. A dorsal random flap, cephalically based, was used. One group received ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Shalom A,Hollander L,Westreich M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether postoperative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a necessity for patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstruction remains debatable. In August 2012, our institute initiated a policy to care for these patients in the ICU, opposed to the previous policy of care in the ward. Thus, we use...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chen WC,Hung KS,Chen SH,Shieh SJ,Lee JW,Hsiao JR,Lee YC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a complex overgrowth disorder usually recognized at birth. Children diagnosed with BWS, particularly those with hemihypertrophy, experience an increased risk of developing benign and malignant tumors. This case report presents a 12-year-old girl with BWS and hemihypertrophy who rap...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Poh MM,Ballard TN,Wendel JJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, many of the methods reported for the surgical treatment of the inverted nipple include insertion of autologous or heterologous material to provide volume and projection to the nipple, thereby avoiding recurrence. In cases of severely inverted nipple with severe fibrosis and shortening of the lactiferous ducts...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Serra-Renom J,Fontdevila J,Monner J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsular contracture is one of the most common complications resulting from implants placed during mammoplasty and rhinoplasty, and there is no definitive solution or a method for preventing it. Recent reports suggest that botulinum toxin A (BoTA) is effective at reducing keloid scars clinically. Peri-implant capsules...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kim YS,Hong JW,Yoon JH,Hwang YS,Roh TS,Rah DK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with homozygous sickle cell disease pose an enormous challenge to the reconstructive surgeon. Historically, the risk of attempting flap reconstruction was considered prohibitive. A successful case of immediate breast reconstruction with a "supercharged" bipedicled transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hawes AS,Carlson GW

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The debate on how to create ideal facial proportions--once the remit of artists and sculptors--has been reignited during the past 5 decades, with the emergence of aesthetic facial surgery. Classic ideals exist, but few individuals actually satisfy these criteria. Aesthetic ideals are culturally and temporall...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： McArdle A,Young R,Kelly MH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRs) are involved in gene expression and function, but little is known of their function in ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), which plays a critical role in flap compromise during microvascular flap surgeries. This article aimed to determine the expression profiles of miRs in rat flap surgeries ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chang KP,Lee HC,Huang SH,Lee SS,Lai CS,Lin SD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:: Gynecomastia is defined as benign proliferation of glandular breast tissue in men. Gynecomastia causes considerable emotional discomfort because of limitation of everyday activity especially in young men. Surgical treatment of gynecomastia significantly contributes to an increase in social activity and an ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ibrahiem SM

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial contours are thought to depend on the appropriate balance of hard and soft tissue. To obtain aesthetically good results in head and neck reconstruction, surgeons should know the exact three-dimensional shape and volume of both hard and soft tissue to be reconstructed. The authors used computer-assisted three-di...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ueda K,Tajima S,Oba S,Omiya Y,Byun SI,Okada M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical photography of body contouring patients often requires complete nudity, placing patients in a vulnerable situation. We investigated patient perspectives on full body photography in an effort to better protect the patients and enhance comfort with the photography process. Sixty-five massive weight loss patients...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Wasicek P,Kaswan S,Messing S,Gusenoff JA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although compartment syndromes of the forearm are infrequently encountered, they are well described in the literature. Forearm compartment syndrome uncommonly occurs after percutaneous arterial blood sampling and is usually associated with anticoagulant therapy. Our review of the English literature revealed no other c...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Safran MR,Bernstein A,Lesavoy MA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the 2 patients introduced here had osteoradionecrosis, which has been difficult to reconstruct. The other had a massive adamantinoma that required replacement of the mandible from the midportion of the right ramus to the left angle with the iliac bone using the conventional method. The grafted iliac bone was se...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Miyamoto Y,Tani T

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avoidance of complications in tissue expansion requires careful outpatient observation and consistent follow-up-two factors that are difficult to manage in a city hospital-based population. To determine the complication rate of tissue expanders in a given population, the authors reviewed retrospectively 34 tissue expa...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Youm T,Margiotta M,Kasabian A,Karp N

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulomatous mastitis is an inflammatory breast condition of unknown etiology. Management remains controversial and treatment algorithms are lacking from the literature. Few resources exist that discuss breast reconstruction following extirpation. This descriptive case series reviews the clinicopathologic features of...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yau FM,Macadam SA,Kuusk U,Nimmo M,Van Laeken N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various techniques and modifications have been introduced in the treatment of mandibular prognathism. However, there are still few reports concerning long-term stability, especially using the intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) method. The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term stability for corr...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chen CM,Lee HE,Yang CF,Shen YS,Huang IY,Tseng YC,Lai ST

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We had reported the surgical outcome of reverse skin redraping technique for restoration of previously performed epicanthoplasty. In this study, we introduce a modified reverse skin redraping technique that added mini-epicanthoplasty in patients with unsatisfactory results after epicanthoplasty. METHODS:Three ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chung YJ,Han KE,Park BY

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant omphalocele is a rare, large abdominal wall defect in which the intra-abdominal organs herniate through the umbilical cord and are covered by a sac. Surgical management of giant omphalocele is challenging, and optimal treatment remains controversial. Two generally accepted treatment options are staged closure an...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kruit AS,Al-Ani SA,Jester I,Jester A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The buccal mucosa has begun to be used as a free graft in complex hypospadias repair gradually and successfully in recent years. However, there are limited experiences regarding use of the buccal mucosa in adult patients. In this study, the authors describe their experience using buccal mucosal grafts in hypospadias-c...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Sahin C,Seyhan T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Due to the importance of hand functions, fingertip injuries should be reconstructed by flap coverage. Although reverse homodigital island flap is an option that is widely used, the classical homodigital flap, which includes a skin graft for the donor site, leads to many donor-site problems such as maceration...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Karamese M,Akatekin A,Abac M,Koplay TG,Tosun Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite their widespread use, there are no evidence-based guidelines on the management of closed-suction drains or antibiotics in postmastectomy breast reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to assess consensus and variation in postoperative care among plastic surgeons. METHODS:The authors designed a...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Phillips BT,Wang ED,Mirrer J,Lanier ST,Khan SU,Dagum AB,Bui DT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00