Predesigned breast shaping assisted by multidetector-row computed tomographic angiography in autologous breast reconstruction.

abstract：:We have achieved functional reconstruction for a bilateral upper alveolar bone, gingival, and palatal defect that has various problems originating from instability of the prosthesis using the fibula osteocutaneous flap with osseointegrated implants. The flap had three bone segments and two skin paddles. The combined b...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nakayama B,Matsuura H,Ishihara O,Hasegawa H,Mataga I,Torii S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Online resources for health information are commonly used by many patients. The discrepancy between functional health literacy and available patient information is recognized as an important contributor to health disparities. To provide understandable patient information, the National Institutes of Health an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vargas CR,Koolen PGL,Chuang DJ,Ganor O,Lee BT

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internet was evaluated as a source of information for the layperson on the topic of breast augmentation. Three commonly used search engines (Excite, AOL, and Yahoo) were employed using the term "breast augmentation." These sites were then evaluated by each of three experienced plastic surgeons for their quality an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gordon JB,Barot LR,Fahey AL,Matthews MS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first aim of this study was to determine the rate of revision carpal tunnel release in five urban hospitals over a period of 14 years. The secondary aim was to assess what demographic, condition-related, and treatment-related factors are associated with revision carpal tunnel release. METHODS:Between 20...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Westenberg RF,Oflazoglu K,de Planque CA,Jupiter JB,Eberlin KR,Chen NC

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Dermabrasion debridement is presented as another method for tangential excision of "deep dermal" burns, with immediate or early skin grafting. The advantages in selected cases seem to be: (1) a more rapid healing; (2) a more stable end result, because dermis is present; (3) prevents spontaneous healing with unstable e...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Krant SM,Arons MS

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors evaluated the use of national databases to track surgical complications among abdominoplasty and breast augmentation patients. METHODS:Their study population included all patients with abdominoplasty or breast augmentation in the Tracking Operations and Outcomes for Plastic Surgeons (TOPS) and C...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Alderman AK,Collins ED,Streu R,Grotting JC,Sulkin AL,Neligan P,Haeck PC,Gutowski KA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose tissue-derived stromal cells augment wound healing and skin regeneration. It is unknown whether and how they can also influence dermal scarring. The authors hypothesized that adipose tissue-derived stromal cells inhibit adverse differentiation of dermal fibroblasts induced by the pivotal factor in sc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spiekman M,Przybyt E,Plantinga JA,Gibbs S,van der Lei B,Harmsen MC

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome is a devastating disease, with mortality rates ranging between 20 and 60 percent. This study evaluated an alternative treatment approach using antishear wound care and compared outcomes using the severity of illness score for toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome (SCORTEN) s...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dorafshar AH,Dickie SR,Cohn AB,Aycock JK,O'Connor A,Tung A,Gottlieb LJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the techniques that use the principles of fat grafting to allow them to successfully graft megavolumes (250-ml range) of autologous fat into breasts. The Brava external volume expansion device preoperatively increases the volume and vascularity of the recipient site. Low-pressure liposuction and m...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khouri RK,Rigotti G,Cardoso E,Khouri RK Jr,Biggs TM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pressure garment therapy, used for reduction of postburn scarring, is commonly initiated after complete healing of the wound or autograft. Although some clinicians have suggested that earlier treatment may improve outcomes, the effect of early initiation of therapy has not been studied in a controlled enviro...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： DeBruler DM,Baumann ME,Blackstone BN,Zbinden JC,McFarland KL,Bailey JK,Supp DM,Powell HM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented in whom augmentation of the pyriform aperture of the maxilla was performed with porous hydroxyapatite in concert with a face and brow lift. Basic research has recently shown that remodeling of the facial skeleton continues throughout life and that this remodeling process leads to changes in the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pessa JE,Peterson ML,Thompson JW,Cohran CS,Garza JR

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to report outcomes after initiation of an algorithmic approach (Bethesda protocol) using intracranial free flaps, cranial bone autografts, and dermal/fat grafts to treat warfare-related cranial frontofacial defects after war-related decompressive craniectomy. METHODS:A retros...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kumar AR,Tantawi D,Armonda R,Valerio I

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for preparing concentrated fibrinogen for use in autologous fibrin adhesive is described. The adhesive was used in seven patients with eight chronic leg ulcers. The ulcers were divided into two equal sections, and the adhesive was used to seal split-thickness skin grafts in one section, while no adhesive was ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dahlstrøm KK,Weis-Fogh US,Medgyesi S,Rostgaard J,Sørensen H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perforator flaps based on the integument of the trunk have been well described in the literature; however, the anatomy of many donor sites has yet to be adequately documented. The integument of the lateral lumbar region of the trunk is supplied by a number of source arteries (lower posterior intercostal, lum...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Offman SL,Geddes CR,Tang M,Morris SF

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangioma is a primary tumor of microvasculature. Its development typically exhibits a proliferative phase followed by an involuting phase that continues into the involuted phase. Although apoptosis has been reported, the mechanisms regulating the spontaneous regression of hemangioma are largely unknown. The authors ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hasan Q,Tan ST,Gush J,Davis PF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a rat model designed to simulate clinical angiography, preoperative angiography had no effect on free-flap survival. Only when a large dose of RCM was delivered directly into a surgically isolated circulation did significant free-flap loss ensue. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yaremchuk MJ,Bartlett SP,Sedacca T,May JW Jr

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Practitioners in other surgical specialties have increasingly advanced their volume of reconstructive procedures traditionally served by plastic surgeons. Because there has not been a previous specialty training comparison, the average operative reconstructive volume of graduating plastic surgery residents w...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tanna N,Boyd JB,Kawamoto HK,Miller TA,Da Lio AL,Azhar H,Bradley JP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The deficient abdominal wall musculature associated with prune belly syndrome often results in numerous functional disabilities, including diminished cough, impaired bladder and bowel function, and poor posture and balance. Traditional abdominoplasties focus on static fascial excisions or plications. The aut...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fearon JA,Varkarakis G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Along with technical advancements in perforator flap surgery, great interest has been recently focused on the accuracy of preoperative perforator location through the assessment of the donor-site vascular network. The goal of the present study was to investigate the usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Su W,Lu L,Lazzeri D,Zhang YX,Wang D,Innocenti M,Qian Y,Agostini T,Levin LS,Messmer C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, the structure of surgical programs discourages women interested in both surgery and motherhood from pursuing a surgical career, and women plastic surgeons have been more likely than men to have no children or to have fewer, later in life. Female plastic surgery trainees now constitute over one-...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Furnas HJ,Li AY,Garza RM,Johnson DJ,Bajaj AK,Kalliainen LK,Weston JS,Song DH,Chung KC,Rohrich RJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a series of 24 consecutive cleft lip and palate patients aged 16 to 46 years (mean age 27 years) who underwent Le Fort I maxillary advancement by the senior author over the past 8 years. Two groups, one of 12 patients with wire fixation and one of 12 patients with miniplate fixation, were evaluated. Each gr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Eskenazi LB,Schendel SA

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from large-scale studies of breast reconstruction surgery outcomes and downstream costs are lacking. The authors assessed outcomes, patient return rates, and costs across a large, geographically diverse patient population undergoing autologous breast reconstruction. METHODS:Insurance claims for patient...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Israeli R,Funk S,Reaven NL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians await the availability of synthetic bioimplants that will replace the need for autogeneic bone grafts in bone reconstructive surgery. For more than a decade, researchers have evaluated delivery vehicles for the tissue morphogen bone morphogenetic protein. The object of this investigation was to measure indu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Clokie CM,Urist MR

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular complications resulting from intravascular filler injection and embolism are major safety concerns for facial filler injection. It is essential to systematically screen full-face arterial variations and help design evidence-based safe filler injection protocols. METHODS:The carotid arteries of 22 c...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zhu GZ,Zhao WR,Luo CE,Cai B,Kong XX,Zhan WF,Sun ZS,Luo SK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate prosthetic reconstruction is routinely performed because of excellent aesthetic results and safe oncologic outcomes. Typically, subpectoral expanders are placed, but in select patients, this can lead to significant postoperative pain and animation deformity, caused by...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sbitany H,Piper M,Lentz R

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the short recovery and immediate results, facial fillers have become a popular alternative to surgical rejuvenation of the face. Reported complications arising from facial filler injections include erythema, tissue loss, blindness, stroke, and even death. In this article, the authors describe their anatomically ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Scheuer JF 3rd,Sieber DA,Pezeshk RA,Gassman AA,Campbell CF,Rohrich RJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug effect on flap blood flow is most commonly determined in anesthetized animals, yet the effect of the anesthetic is often poorly understood. Halothane and nitrous oxide cause profound changes in skin blood flow and thus provide an unsuitable anesthetic technique for use in measuring drug effects on skin and myocut...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thomson JG,Kerrigan CL,Abrahamowicz M

更新日期：1991-08-01 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