Development of chemotactic smart scaffold for use in tissue regeneration.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the literature on the epidemiology of cleft lip with or without cleft palate is more than three decades old. The question arose as to whether there has been any recent change or trend in its rate of occurrence. METHODS:The number of live births with cleft lip or other congenital anomalies was solici...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tanaka SA,Mahabir RC,Jupiter DC,Menezes JM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a simple one-stage procedure for nipple reconstruction. The fundamental basis, the technique itself, and the results obtained demonstrate that a single-flap reconstruction achieves a nipple that will keep its shape 15 months later. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bosch G,Ramirez M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the safety and efficacy of the treatment of isolated craniofacial dysostosis (plagiocephaly) in infancy have been demonstrated. Opinions remain divided, however, as to the optimal type of procedure to be undertaken. In an attempt to answer this question, we have retrospectively evaluated a study population of 48 ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bartlett SP,Whitaker LA,Marchac D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue expansion is used for soft-tissue reconstruction in pediatric patients. The expansion process can be complicated by infection and extrusion, leading to premature expander removal. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors associated with premature expander removal caused by infection or extru...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wang HD,Ibrahim Z,Quan A,Bai J,Ostrander BT,Redett RJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The psychological aspects of cosmetic breast augmentation have been the focus of a great deal of empiric study over the past 40 years. METHODS:Studies investigating the preoperative characteristics and psychosocial status of women interested in breast augmentation are reviewed. Investigations of postoperati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sarwer DB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the clinical management of combined tendon and nerve injuries, there are competing treatment strategies. Isolated tendon injuries should be rapidly mobilized after repair to prevent adhesion formation, whereas isolated nerve repairs are usually immobilized to prevent disruption and to allow axon regrowth. Recommend...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chao RP,Braün SA,Ta KT,Palesty JA,Mine R,Syed SA,Chang DJ,Thomson JG

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of the extensor pollicis longus tendon as an extension of the motor unit in an opponens transfer. Its advantages, and its successful application in 4 cases, are illustrated. To the best of our knowledge, this method has not been described before. We believe it to be a satisfactory addition to the o...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kaplan I,Dinner M,Chait L

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding and optimizing psychosocial functioning in children with craniofacial anomalies are essential components of their reconstructive care. This work compared parental perceptions to pediatric self-reported psychosocial functioning in children with craniofacial anomalies. METHODS:Two hundred twenty...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Volpicelli EJ,Pfaff MJ,Potemra HMK,De Leon FS,Lin J,Ayeroff JR,Bradley JP,Wilson L,Lee JC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Evaluate appropriate patients best suited for one- or two-stage alloplastic breast reconstruction. 2. Discuss and apply the unique advantages and disadvantages of scaffold use and different implant types in breast reconstruction to m...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Frey JD,Salibian AA,Karp NS,Choi M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carpal tunnel syndrome is very common. Although surgery is effective in mild and moderate cases, recovery is often incomplete in severe cases. Therefore, adjuvant therapy to improve nerve regeneration in those patients is much needed. Acetyl-L-carnitine has been shown to be effective in other neuropathies. T...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Curran MWT,Morhart MJ,Olson JL,Hachisuka A,Chan KM

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:In 7 patients with cut flexor tendons of the hand, we did an immediate quantitative bacterial analysis of the wounds. These showed fewer than 10(5) bacteria per gram of tissue, so we inserted silicone rubber rods in 10 of these fingers. All healed without infection, and this shortened the reconstruction. In retrospect...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Marshall KA,Wolfort FG,Edlich RF

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipoaspirate centrifugation creates graded density of adipose tissue. High-density fat contains more vasculogenic cytokines and progenitor cells and has greater graft survival than low-density fat. The authors hypothesize that accelerating the bone marrow-derived progenitor cell response to injected low-dens...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Butala P,Hazen A,Szpalski C,Sultan SM,Coleman SR,Warren SM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard photographic technique in plastic surgery is an important topic that has been stressed in the discipline over the past several years. Clinical photographs should always be taken with the same camera lens, lens setting, lighting, film, and patient position to ensure reproducibility and to enable valid pre- and...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： DiBernardo BE,Adams RL,Krause J,Fiorillo MA,Gheradini G

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic infections affect 17 million people yearly, and approximately 550,000 people die each year from, or with, their chronic infections. Acute and chornic infection differences are well known to clinicians, but the role of bacteria in producing these clinical differences remains poorly understood. METHOD...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wolcott R,Dowd S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new approach to total rhinoplasty, using a free dorsalis pedis flap containing part of the second metatarsal bone, is reported. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ohmori K,Sekiguchi J,Ohmori S

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone erosion below silicone rubber implants is a wellknown sequela, occurring in a majority of patients undergoing augmentation genioplasty. It is generally considered to be self-limiting and with minimal adverse consequences. However, if bone erosion progresses to the extent to which teeth are jeopardized or alterati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Matarasso A,Elias AC,Elias RL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified surgeon's knot is proposed. Tying is based on twisting the throws instead of laying them down flat. The second (granny) throw is snugged against the first in a locking manner. The knot is tied rapidly by needleholder and is particularly useful for skin sutures with monofilament thread. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Meiss L

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap is widely used for breast reconstruction, but it does not have a rich blood supply. A previous article described the inclusion of superficial epigastric vessels and superficial circumflex iliac vessels to "supercharge" the flap. Subsequent experience has shown that...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Takayanagi S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rule of thumb criteria for tongue-lip adhesion in the Pierre Robin anomalad have been formulated on the basis of a review of 38 cases. Babies with this anomalad who do not show a progressive gain in strength and weight after 7 days of nonoperative intensive care or who cannot be successfully extubated after 3 days sho...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Parsons RW,Smith DJ

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stable reduction of fractures of the zygomatic complex is essential to avoid long-term aesthetic, sensory, and ocular consequences. Delayed collapse or relapse after reduction of fractures of the zygomatic complex is attributed to muscle forces, when there has been no additional trauma. A number of studies h...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Barry CP,Ryan WJ,Stassen LF

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors prospectively evaluated the effect of isolated abdominoplasty with or without rectus fascia plication on the physical, functional, and psychosocial dimensions of health-related quality of life in post-bariatric surgery patients. They also evaluated whether the objectively measured amount of abdom...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Staalesen T,Olsén MF,Elander A

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:An 18-year-old girl had a cyst excised from the left buttock in 1988. The cyst was diagnosed to be a cutaneous ciliated cyst, since histologic examination using special stains demonstrated its lining to be similar to fallopian tube epithelium. Only 20 such cases have been published to date, and this report is probably...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Varma SK,Rayner SS,Brown LJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Augmentation gluteoplasty has been performed more frequently in the past decade, with over 21,000 procedures performed in the past year alone. The most popular methods for buttock augmentation involve silicone prostheses and autologous fat grafting. A comparison of complications of these two techniques does ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sinno S,Chang JB,Brownstone ND,Saadeh PB,Wall S Jr

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors involving the submandibular gland are rare. However, the incidence of malignancy is much higher than in the parotid (approaching 50 percent). In addition, the 5-year survival rate in patients with malignant tumors of the submandibular gland is much poorer in our series--28 percent versus 71.8 percent for the pa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hanna DC,Clairmont AA

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe the alternatives for auricular reconstruction. 2. Discuss the pros and cons of autogenous reconstruction of total or subtotal auricular defects. 3. Enumerate the indications for prosthetic reconstruction of total or subtotal...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thorne CH,Brecht LE,Bradley JP,Levine JP,Hammerschlag P,Longaker MT

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of materials, both biologic and alloplastic, have been used for nasal augmentation. Although biologic bone and cartilage grafts are associated with lower infection rates, they are also associated with long-term resorption and donor-site morbidity. Alloplastic materials, in particular silicone, have been assoc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Deva AK,Merten S,Chang L

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2004, the senior author (S.L.S.) published an algorithm for the management of breast device infection and/or exposure. The purpose of this study was to build on the authors' prior experience by expanding the cohort of patients and to identify risk factors for failed breast device salvage and recurrent inf...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spear SL,Seruya M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue expansion, while a mainstay of reconstruction for pediatric cutaneous lesions, has significant complication rates. The authors review the complications in a single-surgeon series of tissue expansion to identify risk factors for complications and guide subsequent therapy so that reconstructive goals in...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gosain AK,Turin SY,Chim H,LoGiudice JA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00