Advanced cranial reconstruction using intracranial free flaps and cranial bone grafts: an algorithmic approach developed from the modern battlefield.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Free ileocolon flap surgery is an effective technique for voice reconstruction in hypopharyngolaryngectomy defects. A tracheoesophageal fistula is created using an intestinal conduit characterized by secretions and a resident microbial flora. The aim of this study was to investigate the respiratory complicat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rampazzo A,Gharb BB,di Spilimbergo SS,Chung KP,Chen HC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an increased push for plastic surgery units in the United States to become independent departments administered autonomously rather than as divisions of a multispecialty surgery department. The purpose of this research was to determine whether there are any quantifiable differences in the academic p...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Loewenstein SN,Duquette S,Valsangkar N,Avula U,Lad N,Socas J,Flores RL,Sood R,Koniaris LG

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cranial vault remodeling procedures are carried out for both syndromic and nonsyndromic craniosynostosis as well as to correct some acquired deformities of the cranial vault. These procedures improve not only cosmesis but also neurological symptoms. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ghali S,Knox KR,Boutros S,Thorne CH,McCarthy JG

更新日期：2007-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthotopic cartilage transplants are performed in the course of numerous rhinosurgical operations. Precondition of a permanent success of the operation is preservation of vitality of the transplanted cartilage. Although numerous study results of heterotopic cartilage transplants exist, corresponding examinations in or...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gubisch W,Greulich M,Donath K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grafted fat has many attributes of an ideal filler, but the results, like those of any procedure, are technique dependent. Fat grafting remains shrouded in the stigma of variable results experienced by most plastic surgeons when they first graft fat. However, many who originally reported failure eventually report succ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Coleman SR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of oncologic treatment. Skin tolerance is often the limiting factor in radiotherapy. To study these issues and create modalities for intervention, the authors developed a novel murine model of cutaneous radiation injury. METHODS:The dorsal skin was isolated using a low-pre...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thanik VD,Chang CC,Zoumalan RA,Lerman OZ,Allen RJ Jr,Nguyen PD,Warren SM,Coleman SR,Hazen A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the vast majority of burned patients, the injury is limited to the skin and superficial subcutaneous tissue, and the vasculature of the deeper fascia is spared. This fact encouraged me to design a flap in which the burned scar tissue is employed. The island fasciocutaneous flap is based only on the proximal septocu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： el-Khatib HA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nipple-sparing mastectomy has become an accepted treatment for appropriately selected breast cancers. No reports have correlated patient satisfaction following nipple-sparing mastectomy with objective observer assessments. METHODS:From 2001 to 2008, nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction wer...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Djohan R,Gage E,Gatherwright J,Pavri S,Firouz J,Bernard S,Yetman R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition, history, experimental background, surgical technique, and clinical applications of compound gracilis myocutaneous flaps are presented. This flap has been our method of choice for neo-vaginal reconstruction after radical pelvic surgery. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： McCraw JB,Massey FM,Shanklin KD,Horton CE

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tip suture techniques offer a reliable and dramatic method of tip modification without needing to interrupt the alar rim strip or add tip grafts. The present simplified three-stitch technique consists of the following: (1) a strut suture to fix the columella strut between the crura, (2) bilateral domal creation suture...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Daniel RK

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have determined specific factors influencing patients with rheumatoid arthritis to choose to undergo reconstructive hand surgery. However, little is known about how rheumatoid arthritis patients are counseled by physicians regarding surgical options and the concerns that cause patients to de...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mathews AL,Burns PB,Chung KC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on anatomic, dye injection, and angiography observations since 1984, 72 patients with tissue defects of the foot (due to injury or surgery) have been reconstructed using a reverse-flow posterior tibial artery island flap. In the 72 patients, etiology has included extensive crushing (40 patients), burn scars (10 ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Liu K,Li Z,Lin Y,Cao Y

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic factors that determine outcome in patients with necrotizing fasciitis remain poorly understood. The aim of this study was to analyze the variables that affect the mortality and morbidity of patients with necrotizing fasciitis and to create a simple method for estimating the probability of mort...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Golger A,Ching S,Goldsmith CH,Pennie RA,Bain JR

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xeroradiography, because of its unique phenomenon of "edge enhancement," has some advantages for assessing facial fractures. In 17 of the 19 patients in our pilot study group, this technique was as valuable as, or more so than, plain films. The xerogram done prior to laminagraphy is a useful "map" for the radiologist ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Marshall KA,Sadowsky NL,Sigman D

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by abscesses and scars. The axillary region is predominantly affected, leading to limited mobility of the arm due to scar retraction. This prospective study aimed to analyze the surgical treatment of severe lesion...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Busnardo FF,Coltro PS,Olivan MV,Busnardo APV,Ferreira MC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominally based free tissue transfer (FTT) and latissimus dorsi and immediate fat transfer (LIFT) procedures are both fully autologous options for breast reconstruction. The former is specialized and requires comfort with microsurgical technique, whereas LIFT combines a common set of techniques familiar to...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Black CK,Zolper EG,Economides JM,Abadeer A,Fan KL,Song DH

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve male cadaver specimens were injected with a latex solution to define the cutaneous blood supply of the penis. The cutaneous blood supply of the penile shaft is derived solely from a pair of axial arteries running in the dartos layer. Additional deep perforating arteries from the dorsal penile artery and corpora...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Grossman JA,Caldamone A,Khouri R,Kenna DM

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very rare case of congenital skin tube pedicle with congenital constriction band syndrome was presented. Only one report concerning this bizarre abnormality could be found in the available literature, and no consideration of its etiology has previously been published. In our case, the skin tube was accompanied by th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nakamura K,Nanjyo B

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout history, demands for restoration of the prepuce after circumcision were most commonly related to the political or religious persecution of the Jewish people. The first evidence for such a procedure is mentioned in the Bible: Under the reign of Antiochus IV (168 BC) Hellenistic ideals, such as public nakedne...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schultheiss D,Truss MC,Stief CG,Jonas U

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When the results of breast augmentation surgery are evaluated, the respective points of view of the surgeon and the patient can differ. Because of the nature of plastic surgery, evaluation of the results puts more emphasis on the patient's satisfaction than on medical knowledge. Among the patients who are sa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Youn ES

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The pharyngeal flap is one of the oldest and most popular techniques for correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency. The authors describe a large series using a technique that combines a pharyngeal flap with a palate pushback to avoid common causes of operative failure while restoring the velopharyngeal mech...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rochlin DH,Mittermiller PA,Sheckter CC,Menard RM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of diced cartilage grafts in rhinoplasty surgery was recently revived by Erol with the publication of his technique for "Turkish delight" grafts (i.e., diced cartilage grafts wrapped in Surgicel). The present study details the authors' experience with 50 consecutive diced cartilage grafts used in three configu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Daniel RK,Calvert JW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Botulinum toxin A (BTA) is one of the most diversely used medications of the 21st century and is now being researched as a treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). METHODS:The authors performed a literature search of PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials. The primary i...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Magid M,Keeling BH,Reichenberg JS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe biofilm pathogenesis as it relates to problem wounds. 2. Understand the preclinical and clinical evidence implicating biofilm in problem wounds. 3. Explain the diagnostic and treatment challenges that biofilms create for prob...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Barker JC,Khansa I,Gordillo GM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing the techniques of biostereometric photography and current state-of-the-art computergraphics, topographic contourgrams have been generated in a series of patients with complex craniofacial malformations. These contourgrams are considered useful in diagnosis and treatment planning and as an aid in postoperativ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sen Savara B,Miller SH,Demuth RJ,Kawamoto HK

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein malnutrition, with reduction of serum albumin from a normal level of 3.3 gm/dl to a 6-week depleted value of 2.1 gm/dl, does not appear to adversely affect the "take" of rat full-thickness skin grafts. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Falcone RE,Ruberg RL

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six nail deformities secondary to ganglions of the distal interphalangeal joint were retrospectively reviewed to assess the important aspects of their management. The patients' ages ranged from 41 to 79 years. The long and index fingers were most commonly involved. A depression or groove was present in 23 of 26...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brown RE,Zook EG,Russell RC,Kucan JO,Smoot EC

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to decrease a 10 to 15 percent vascular thrombosis rate leading to graft occlusion, low-dose human-grade heparin was studied to determine if carefully monitored intravenous therapy would increase 7-day patency in a known potent thrombosis model. In New Zealand white rabbits, the type of infusate administ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Greenberg BM,Masem M,May JW Jr

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00