The role of acellular dermal matrices in capsular contracture: a review of the evidence.

abstract：:We present a series of five patients with quadrilateral space syndrome. All patients had the diagnosis made on the basis of (1) tenderness over the quadrilateral space, (2) paresthesia over the lateral shoulder and upper posterior arm, and (3) deltoid weakness associated with decreased shoulder abduction. A history of...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Francel TJ,Dellon AL,Campbell JN

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare several microvascular anastomotic techniques by patency rate using a free flap model in rats. METHODS:A microsurgical transfer model of a pectoral skin flap to the cervical region was used. In experiment 1, 120 rats were divided into four groups (n = 30 in each group) depending o...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Miyamoto S,Okazaki M,Ohura N,Shiraishi T,Takushima A,Harii K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting for plastic surgery consultation after massive weight loss require a thorough preoperative evaluation that takes into account the complex medical and psychosocial issues associated with obesity. A number of factors must be considered, including type of weight loss procedure, nutritional deficiencie...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bossert RP,Rubin JP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history and current status of suture techniques to correct a broad or bulbous nasal tip are reviewed. General principles for suture techniques to control tip shape are discussed; they include leaving an approximately 6-mm-wide lateral crus. The algorithm presented includes four sutures, all of which are not necess...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gruber RP,Friedman GD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal central body contouring may be achieved with a combination of circumferential liposuction and excisional techniques for patients with diffuse lipodystrophy or generalized skin laxity or after massive weight loss. The central body lift has evolved to improve the contour of the trunk and proximal lower...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rohrich RJ,Gosman AA,Conrad MH,Coleman J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acellular dermal matrix is frequently used in implant-based breast reconstruction to cover the inferior aspect of the breast pocket. Its performance profile remains equivocal. The authors studied whether adding it in implant-based immediate breast reconstruction improved outcomes when compared with non-acell...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vardanian AJ,Clayton JL,Roostaeian J,Shirvanian V,Da Lio A,Lipa JE,Crisera C,Festekjian JH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of a porous high-density polyethylene implant for ear reconstruction is gradually gaining acceptance because it allows for a pleasing ear reconstruction in young children before they enter school. In response to this growing interest, the authors decided to write an article clarifying in detail all t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Reinisch J,Tahiri Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical correction of mandibular prognathism has traditionally involved posterior repositioning of the mandibular body. This treatment approach corrects the skeletal disproportion at the expense of reducing facial skeletal volume and can unpredictably result in inadequately supported soft tissues with loss of ske...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rosen HM

更新日期：1991-05-01 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：:A large animal model to assess fetal fracture repair and the ability to close excisional bony defects is presented. Incisional and excisional ulnar fractures were made in 14 midgestation fetal lambs, harvested at serial time points, and subjected to high-resolution low-kilovolt magnification radiographs, magnetic reso...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Longaker MT,Moelleken BR,Cheng JC,Jennings RW,Adzick NS,Mintorovich J,Levinsohn DG,Gordon L,Harrison MR,Simmons DJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prepectoral breast reconstruction carries many benefits to patients, including its minimally invasive (muscle-sparing) nature, and its reduction in symptoms such as pain and animation deformity, relative to subpectoral reconstruction. However, without the traditional use of the pectoralis major muscle to mask the uppe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sbitany H,Lee KR

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：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：:Poorly healing mandibular fractures and osteotomies can be troublesome complications of craniomaxillofacial trauma and reconstructive surgery. Gene therapy may offer ways of enhancing bone formation by altering the expression of desired growth factors and extracellular matrix molecules. The elucidation of suitable can...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Steinbrech DS,Mehrara BJ,Rowe NM,Dudziak ME,Luchs JS,Saadeh PB,Gittes GK,Longaker MT

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with segmental tibial defects whose contralateral fibula could not be used as a donor were treated with ipsilateral island fibular transfer in an antegrade or retrograde fashion. Antegrade-flow pedicled flaps based on the peroneal vessel as in the conventional free flap were used for the proximal or midd...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chung YK,Chung S

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented in which a filleted flap from the unreplantable forearm was used successfully to cover the upper arm amputation stump after 55 hours of cold ischemia. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thoma A

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modern breast reconstruction often involves microvascular reconstruction. The most common recipient vessels are the internal mammary artery and vein. Recently, there has been great focus on efficiency, but much of this emphasis has been directed to faster flap harvest or recovery protocols for expeditious di...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Haddock NT,Teotia SS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience using skin expanders in 11 patients with severe bed sores. The expanders, with different volumes, from 250 to 1000 cc, were generally overfilled using the cutaneous tonometer. In fact, with the information revealed by this apparatus on the skin in expansion, the authors were able to...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Esposito G,Di Caprio G,Ziccardi P,Scuderi N

更新日期：1991-03-01 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: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:An insidious risk with the use of muscle perforator flaps is the possibility of venous outflow compromise. Congestion in deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flaps in particular is not infrequent. On an empiric basis, their salvage has been accomplished by augmenting venous drainage through alternative...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hallock GG,Rice DC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 708 parotidectomies (partial or total), we found 23 cystic lesions. Of these, 16 met the criteria for so-called "branchial cysts"; five were retention cysts of duct origin, and the remaining two were epidermal inclusion cysts. The principles of diagnosis and treatment of parotid cysts are presented. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Richardson GS,Clairmont AA,Erickson ER

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scar tissue, obtained from humans, was stained for elastin fibers by a new staining method. Elastin fibers were noted at sites where they must have been formed de novo. The morphology and the distribution of elastin in various types of scars are described. Practically no elastin was found in keloids. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bhangoo KS,Quinlivan JK,Connelly JR

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of cleft palatal fistula in a series of nonsyndromic children treated at the authors' institution. This retrospective analysis of 103 patients with cleft palate treated by five surgeons between 1982 and 1995 includes 60 boys and 33 girls, whose median age was 18...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Muzaffar AR,Byrd HS,Rohrich RJ,Johns DF,LeBlanc D,Beran SJ,Anderson C,Papaioannou aA A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have detailed our experience with abdominoplasty. The technique is based on undermining of the rectus abdominis muscle, treatment of the posterior sheath, and limited resection of the medial edge of the rectus muscle. The fatty and muscular redundancy in the epigastric region has been eliminated by resection of the...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： de Pina DP

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the treatment of microtia, the search has been for surgical techniques that prevent postoperative complications and realize sufficient and stable projection of the constructed ear. METHODS:Cartilage was fixed with absorbable synthetic thread instead of wire because wire has a high risk of exposure. A sub...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tai Y,Tanaka S,Fukushima J,Kizuka Y,Kiyokawa K,Inoue Y,Yamauchi T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Biplanar oncoplastic surgery represents a novel technique with which to address partial breast reconstruction defects in small to medium sized breasts. Traditional oncoplastic volume displacement techniques may correct contour irregularities but do not address volumetric asymmetries. Volume replacement techn...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nahabedian MY,Patel KM,Kaminsky AJ,Cocilovo C,Miraliakbari R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated where leprosy affects the posterior tibial nerve and whether neurolysis is beneficial. Nine patients with bilateral posterior tibial leprous neuropathy with no sensorimotor recovery were studied. Preoperative sensory-muscle and nerve conduction velocity testing revealed the tarsal tunnel to be ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Richard B,Khatri B,Knolle E,Lucas S,Turkof E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although reconstruction of anterior mandibular oncologic defects with bony free flaps is considered the standard method of treatment, the optimal reconstruction of posterior defects is controversial. The authors' goal was to compare outcomes using either a vascularized bone flap or a soft-tissue free flap fo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hanasono MM,Zevallos JP,Skoracki RJ,Yu P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic amputation of the lip is a rare yet devastating event affecting both form and function. Considering the available methods for reconstruction, replantation may offer a reasonable solution. We sought to characterize the variables associated with lip replantation and to assess the outcome in a retrospective rev...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Walton RL,Beahm EK,Brown RE,Upton J,Reinke K,Fudem G,Banis J,Davidson J,Dabb R,Kalimuthu R,Kitzmiller WJ,Gottlieb LJ,Buncke HJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00