Updating the epidemiology of cleft lip with or without cleft palate.

abstract：:Thirty-nine children with moderate-to-severe velopharyngeal incompetency were randomly assigned to either prosthetic or surgical palatal management. A classification for evaluating velopharyngeal incompetency was designed. The prosthetic speech appliance, when obtained and tolerated, corrected velopharyngeal incompete...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Marsh JL,Wray RC

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was undertaken to determine contemporary surgical management of bilateral cleft lip. METHODS:A survey was sent to North American cleft surgeons. Variables included number of bilateral cleft lip repairs per year, surgical specialty, and methods of nasolabial correction. The authors analyzed possib...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tan SPK,Greene AK,Mulliken JB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mandibular distraction osteogenesis has proven to be an effective treatment for upper airway obstruction related to micrognathia. Changes in the aerodigestive space can help facilitate tracheostomy removal in children and prevent tracheostomy in newborns. However, this may also precipitate changes in the abi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spring MA,Mount DL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 1. Foot infections in patients with diabetes cause substantial morbidity and frequent visits to health care professionals and may lead to amputation of a lower extremity. 2. Diabetic foot infections require attention to local (foot) and systemic (metabolic) issues and coordinated management, prefera...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lipsky BA,Berendt AR,Deery HG,Embil JM,Joseph WS,Karchmer AW,LeFrock JL,Lew DP,Mader JT,Norden C,Tan JS,Infectious Diseases Society of America.

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors show a way of reconstruction of scalp defects with excellent results using a tissue expander. This method creates "new" scalp tissue for coverage of defects with normal hair-bearing skin having a dense and even growth of hair. The hairs grow in the correct direction. The authors also show that almost all o...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nordström RE,Devine JW

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：:A new surgical technique with a set of instruments has been developed for the release of carpal tunnel. The technique allows division of the transverse carpal ligament through a short transverse skin incision (1.5 to 2 cm) of the wrist flexion crease under direct visualization. The technique has been used on 237 patie...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lee H,Jackson TA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 8 years, short-scar cervicofacial rhytidectomy has been used with great success and a high level of patient satisfaction. The operation involves limited incisions in the sideburn and preauricular areas, extending just around the fold of the ear lobule. Extensive undermining of the superficial musculoaponeu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Massiha H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method of umbilical repositioning by incising the anterior rectus sheath and rectus abdominis muscle is reported for cases of unilateral abdominal wall plication during the TRAM flap operation. This method keeps the umbilicus stable and nonstenotic, and it avoids hypertrophic scars, which result from other te...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Raveh T,Gordon CB,del Campo AF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The double-opposing Z-plasty palatal repair, as reported by Dr. Furlow, is one of the most popular methods of primary cleft palate repair. However, the repair as originally described is difficult to perform on wide palatal clefts. The authors have modified the original repair by altering the hard palatal fla...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bindingnavele VK,Bresnick SD,Urata MM,Huang G,Leland HA,Wong D,Hammoudeh J,Reinisch J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rapid and inexpensive staining method for identification of motor and sensory fibers within 1 hour (intraoperatively). This method should be easy to use in any hospital where frozen histologic sectioning is available. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kanaya F,Jevans AW

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound and CT scans have been used to examine 12 patients with suspected medial orbital wall fractures. A good correlation between ultrasound and CT scanning was demonstrated, and the authors believe that either investigation is a suitable alternative to conventional radiology when this type of injury is suspected...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ord RA,Le May M,Duncan JG,Moos KF

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reinfections following implant-based cranioplasty, in the setting of previous bone flap osteomyelitis, are common and associated with significant morbidity. The timing of reconstruction following initial osteomyelitic bone flap removal remains controversial; most advocate for prolonged time intervals of appr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lopez J,Zhong SS,Sankey EW,Swanson EW,Susarla H,Jusue-Torres I,Huang J,Brem H,Auwaerter PG,Gordon CR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although face lifting and skin resurfacing both produce dramatic facial rejuvenations, the simultaneous combination has never been popularized. The development of new methods of lifting and resurfacing may now allow a reevaluation of this combination. The objective was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this combi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fulton JE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five patients with major ear deformities were reconstructed during the period 1982-1993 with autogenous tissue. Fourteen patients were reconstructed with osseointegrated auricular prostheses during the period 1989-1993. Both procedures were done at the same institution by the same surgeon. The advantages and dis...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wilkes GH,Wolfaardt JF

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual giant pigmented nevus, containing lymphocytic infiltrates and apparent muscle invasion, but without the presence of melanoma, is described in detail--including its related immunological parameters. The controversy concerning the malignant potential of giant pigmented nevi, and the paradoxes that are encount...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dellon AL,Edelson RL,Chretien PB

更新日期：1976-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Large facial tissue defects are traditionally treated with staged conventional reconstruction. Facial allograft transplantation has emerged as a treatment modality. Facial allografts are procured from a dead donor and transplanted to the recipient. Recipients are then subjected to lifelong global immunosuppr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nguyen LL,Naunheim MR,Hevelone ND,Diaz-Siso JR,Hogan JP,Bueno EM,Caterson EJ,Pomahac B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractures of the orbital roof require high-energy trauma and have been linked to high rates of neurologic and ocular complications. However, there is a paucity of literature exploring the association between injury, management, and visual prognosis. METHODS:The authors performed a 3-year retrospective revie...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gebran SG,Lopez J,Wasicek PJ,Elegbede A,Rasko YM,Liang F,Nam AJ,Manson PN,Grant MP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The occipitocervicopectoral flap has a local skin pedicle in the occipital region, with the distal portion of the flap in the pectoral region. One disadvantage of the occipitocervicopectoral flap is its limited flap length. To overcome this disadvantage, a perforator supercharging technique was applied to en...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ono S,Chung KC,Takami Y,Chin T,Ogawa R,Gao JH,Hyakusoku H

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：UNLABELLED:When choosing a thigh lift operation, the surgeon also chooses which complications he/she will be managing, and the most dreaded after conventional thigh lifting are those of lymphatic origin such as lymphocele or lymphedema. The authors describe avulsion thighplasty, a technique that spares lymphatics by us...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hunstad JP,Kortesis BG,Knotts CD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing a retrospective study design and a study sample of 284 consecutive patients, we measured the association between five different risk factors and the development of infection following the operative management of mandibular fractures. The five risk factors analyzed were age, sex, number of fractures per patie...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Stone IE,Dodson TB,Bays RA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the carbon dioxide laser for skin deepithelialization in humans was initially demonstrated using reduction mammaplasty as a clinical model. Twenty-two additional successful cases including use of this technique as an adjunct for other flap transpositions and overgrafting of skin grafts are described. T...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hallock GG

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many plastic surgeons perform autologous fat grafting (lipofilling) for breast reconstruction after oncologic surgery, it has not been established whether postoncologic lipofilling increases the risk of breast cancer recurrence. The authors assessed the risk of locoregional and systemic recurrence i...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kronowitz SJ,Mandujano CC,Liu J,Kuerer HM,Smith B,Garvey P,Jagsi R,Hsu L,Hanson S,Valero V

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical dose of dextran 70 had significant antithrombotic effects in small, severely traumatized veins, and the effect was enhanced by the addition of low-molecular-weight heparin. These effects were achieved without bleeding problems in this model. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zhang B,Wieslander JB

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term neuropsychological and cognitive outcomes in patients with nonsyndromic craniosynostosis have proven difficult to evaluate objectively because of methodologic problems with published studies based on their small and biased samples of patients, wide age ranges, and testing with unacceptable psychome...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kljajić M,Maltese G,Tarnow P,Sand P,Kölby L

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Surgical treatment of lymphatic malformations in the nasolabial region of children has produced disappointing results. Attempts to remove them through a preauricular incision have generally required a synchronous superficial parotidectomy in an attempt to prevent facial nerve injury. However, incomplete removal with t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Witt PD,Martin DS,Marsh JL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In academic institutions, residents make substantial contributions to clinical productivity. However, billing cannot be generated unless there is direct attending physician supervision of these services. The purpose of this study was to quantify clinical services provided by residents at a large academic med...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Drolet BC,Tandon VJ,Sargent R,Loor K,Schmidt ST,Liu PY

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00