Cantilever nasal bone grafting with miniscrew fixation.

abstract：:We present the first case of complete hemithoracic reconstruction of an irradiated postpneumonectomy recurrent empyema cavity that was unresponsive to multiple conventional treatments. The procedure described used a chain-link of two coupled free flaps consisting of an omental and TRAM flap. A single abdominal donor s...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rand RP,Maser B,Dry G,Vallieres E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limitations in autogenous tissue have inspired the study of alternative materials for repair of complex peripheral nerve injuries. Cadaveric allografts are one potential reconstructive material, but their use requires systemic immunosuppression. Cold preservation (> or =7 weeks) renders allografts devoid of ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hess JR,Brenner MJ,Fox IK,Nichols CM,Myckatyn TM,Hunter DA,Rickman SR,Mackinnon SE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capsular contracture remains a major problem following prosthetic breast implantation, especially in patients undergoing irradiation. Recent studies suggest that such radiation injuries are a cascading process of cytokine activation, with transforming growth factor (TGF)-β acting as the "master switch." Beca...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Katzel EB,Koltz PF,Tierney R,Williams JP,Awad HA,O'Keefe RJ,Langstein HN

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemosurgical peel is a technique that has been used widely by plastic surgeons and dermatologists to remove fine and deep wrinkles of the skin. However, the reaction of elastic tissue to the cutaneous application of commonly used chemical peeling agents has not been defined. This study comparatively assessed the alte...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Giese SY,McKinney P,Roth SI,Zukowski M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of axial pattern skin flaps in pigs was assessed by the use of intravenous fluorescein, intradermal injection of 133Xe in saline, intravenous 51Cr tagged red cells, and angiography. The results were correlated with flap survival at 4 days postoperatively. Intravenous fluorescein provided the most accurat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Prather A,Blackburn JP,Williams TR,Lynn JA

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a phenomenon that is integral to development and cellular homeostasis. In the last decade, many of the essential molecules and pathways that control this phenomenon have been elucidated. Because apoptosis is involved in almost all physiologic and pathologic processes, the unders...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gastman BR,Futrell JW,Manders EK

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Select appropriate local and pedicled flaps for oral cavity reconstruction based on the location and extent of the defect and donor-site characteristics. 2. Understand the functions of the tongue and select the appropriate reconstruc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hanasono MM,Matros E,Disa JJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To plan abdominal perforator-based microsurgical breast reconstruction, duplex ultrasound is often employed to preoperatively identify the location of abdominal wall perforating vessels. Recently, several groups have published the use of computed tomography angiography for preoperative planning in perforator...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Scott JR,Liu D,Said H,Neligan PC,Mathes DW

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of heel damage that were reconstructed with a T-shaped distally based island fasciocutaneous flap in the sural area are presented. This flap is vascularized by the distal sural arterial network. The advantages of this flap are: (1) It does not sacrifice any major arteries of the leg. (2) It covers the whole ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hyakusoku H,Tonegawa H,Fumiiri M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The search for safe and effective tissue fillers has been an ongoing effort in plastic and cosmetic surgery over recent decades. Biocompatibility is a prerequisite for any substance to be used as an implant material, and potential biomaterials need to be characterized by histologic evaluation of tissue respo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fernández-Cossío S,León-Mateos A,Sampedro FG,Oreja MTC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The individual perforating vessels have a high degree of anatomical variation, therefore it is desirable to conduct a careful examination of them before undertaking a perforator flap operation. Because locating the vessels beforehand makes performing the operative procedure much easier, the aim of the present study wa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Giunta RE,Geisweid A,Feller AM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of unusually giant lipomas--weighting 5070 and 4000 gm--are described. Tumors were present for 5 years on the back in a 55-year-old man and for 20 years at the anterior compartment of the thigh in an 80-year-old woman. Difficulty in fitting clothes was the first patient's sole complaint, and social pressure ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hakim E,Kolander Y,Meller Y,Moses M,Sagi A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four patients were referred to the senior author because of presumed velopharyngeal incompetence without cleft palate. As a result of an extensive preoperative evaluation that included assessment of articulation patterns, nasal emission, oronasal resonance, and general speech intelligibility, 57 of the 74 pati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Stueber K,Wilhelmsen HR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orbitofacial dermoids in the pediatric population represent a diverse group of lesions. Because of their variability in both clinical presentation and contiguous structure involvement, a thorough understanding of their surgical-pathologic anatomy is imperative. In this retrospective review of 84 lesions in 84 patients...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bartlett SP,Lin KY,Grossman R,Katowitz J

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:In 1965, the cleft palate team at Children's Memorial Hospital embarked on a new surgical-orthodontic protocol in the habilitation of newborn complete cleft lip and palate cases. It brought the orthodontic effort into focus at birth and in planned sequence to correspond with the surgical procedures of lip closure, max...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rosenstein SW,Grasseschi M,Dado DV

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke, and specifically nicotine, has been shown to reduce skin-flap survival. The purpose of this study was to determine if the preoperative administration of pentoxifylline can counteract the deleterious effects of nicotine on skin-flap survival in the rat. Sixty rats were distributed into four groups (n =...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Aker JS,Mancoll J,Lewis B,Colen LB

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast reconstruction after a radical mastectomy using the temporary subcutaneous tissue expander is described. The main principle of this method is recovery of the amount of lost tissue through expansion of the remaining chest skin to large proportions and filling of the breast envelope with a smaller permanent mamma...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Radovan C

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restoration of sensibility in the paraplegic patient is the optimal therapy for the management and prevention of debilitating pressure sores. In patients with an absence of sensibility below the L3 spinal level, a locally transposed arterialized neuromyocutaneous gracilis flap may be uniquely utilized for ischial rest...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lesavoy MA,Dubrow TJ,Korn HN,Cedars MG,Castro DJ

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial reconstructive procedures are frequently associated with some dissection or transposition of the temporalis muscle. During active growth, such muscle manipulations may influence craniofacial development. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of surgical manipulation of the temporalis musc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brennan M,Antonyshyn O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemicorporectomy involves amputation of the pelvis and lower extremities by disarticulation through the lumbar spine with concomitant transection of the aorta, inferior vena cava, and spinal cord. In addition, conduits are constructed for diversion of both the urinary and fecal streams. Of 57 cases reported ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Janis JE,Ahmad J,Lemmon JA,Barnett CC Jr,Morrill KC,McClelland RN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of alopecia due to radiation of the scalp are presented in which it has been possible to achieve a technically and cosmetically satisfactory reconstruction by punch hair grafting. This does not mean that every case is suitable, but it does mean that those without contraindications should at least be given a ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nordström RE,Holsti LR

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 25 patients with periorbital hemangiomas was treated with intralesional corticosteroid injection. This resulted in a marked involution of the tumor in 16 patients, a moderate involution in 5 patients, and a minimal response in 4. No local or systemic complications were noted. The overall incidence of ocula...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kushner BJ

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sweet's syndrome, originally described as an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, belongs to a class of skin lesions that histologically have intense epidermal and/or dermal inflammatory infiltrate of neutrophils without evidence of infection or vasculitis. Skin lesions of Sweet's syndrome most commonly pr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： O'Halloran LE,Bennett LL,Grothaus PC,Lynch DJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With health reform increasingly focused on readmission rates as an indicator of quality of care, providers have a duty to identify patients at risk of readmission. The authors assessed the incidence and risk factors for readmission following immediate breast reconstruction. METHODS:Patients who underwent im...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nelson JA,Fischer JP,Chung C,Wu LC,Serletti JM,Kovach SJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microsurgical lymphaticovenous implantation in lymphedema is done to create a lymphaticovenous shunt by an implantation of collecting lymphatics into the small vein, as reported previously. The authors have recently introduced ultrasonograpy and indocyanine green fluorescence lymphography into this procedure...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Furukawa H,Osawa M,Saito A,Hayashi T,Funayama E,Oyama A,Sekido M,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Pierre Robin sequence is characterized by mandibular retrognathia and glossoptosis resulting in airway obstruction and feeding difficulties. When conservative management fails, mandibular distraction osteogenesis or tongue-lip adhesion may be required to avoid tracheostomy. The authors' goal was to prospecti...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khansa I,Hall C,Madhoun LL,Splaingard M,Baylis A,Kirschner RE,Pearson GD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Contracture of the antecubital fossa is a common occurrence following thermal burn injury to the upper extremity. Scarring of the superficial tissues can be treated with a variety of surgical methods to provide release and coverage. However, complex scarring of the elbow, which involves the deeper structures...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kung TA,Jebson PJL,Cederna PS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellular energy is required for the healing cascade to occur. A combination of cells, cytokines, chemokines, tissue perfusion, an extracellular matrix, and local forces are also required to allow for human tissue repair to proceed. Although there are many examples of treatment options, energy-based therapies...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ennis WJ,Lee C,Gellada K,Corbiere TF,Koh TJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00