A placebo-controlled surgical trial of the treatment of migraine headaches.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local anesthetic injection is often cited in literature as the most painful part of minor procedures. It is also very possible for all doctors to get better at giving local anesthesia with less pain for patients. The purpose of this article is to illustrate and simplify how to inject local anesthesia in an a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Strazar AR,Leynes PG,Lalonde DH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a postoperative wound infection study in plastic surgery, 315 patients were randomized to either outpatient wound control after 30 days (group I) or self-control by questionnaire (group II). We present a new definition of wound infection based on physiologic wound healing. The surveillance of postoperative wound in...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Andenaes K,Amland PF,Lingaas E,Abyholm F,Samdal F,Giercksky KE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case in which an undelayed cervical myocutaneous flap was used early to cover the denuded cartilage of a burned ear. The ear was saved, and a good result was obtained. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： McGrath MH,Ariyan S

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sweet's syndrome, originally described as an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, belongs to a class of skin lesions that histologically have intense epidermal and/or dermal inflammatory infiltrate of neutrophils without evidence of infection or vasculitis. Skin lesions of Sweet's syndrome most commonly pr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： O'Halloran LE,Bennett LL,Grothaus PC,Lynch DJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three instances of inappropriate ADH syndrome following craniofacial operations are reported. The cornerstone to diagnosis is careful fluid and electrolyte monitoring. Treatment consists of fluid restrictions in the acute phase and demeclocycline for refractory cases. Seizures should be symptomatically treated. Surgeo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brones MF,Kawamoto HK Jr,Renaudin J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep vein thrombosis is a known serious complication of surgical procedures and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Plastic surgeons' management of the risk of deep vein thrombosis and current information regarding deep vein thrombosis incidence rates are limited. A survey was designed and mailed...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Broughton G 2nd,Rios JL,Rohrich RJ,Brown SA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the source of the blood supply to the anterolateral femoral flap was carried out on 42 lower limbs of adult cadavers (among them 35 cadavers with injection of red latex and 1 with india ink into the arteries and 6 vascular cast specimens), and the surface locations of the vascular pedicle were detected on 5...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Xu DC,Zhong SZ,Kong JM,Wang GY,Liu MZ,Luo LS,Gao JH

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plastic surgery has historically been linked to war. Between 2008 and the end of combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014, British military plastic surgeons formed part of the multinational military surgical team at the Role 3 Medical Treatment Facility, Camp Bastion, Helmand Province. The present study aime...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Maitland L,Lawton G,Baden J,Cubison T,Rickard R,Kay A,Hettiaratchy S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Patient satisfaction is a major factor in determining success in aesthetic surgery. To the authors' knowledge, a long-term study measuring patient satisfaction with face-lift surgery has not been published. The authors' study was designed to measure patient satisfaction with the overall experience of a face ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Friel MT,Shaw RE,Trovato MJ,Owsley JQ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enlarged tongue, or macroglossia, may compromise vital function to the point that surgical correction is necessary. Although earlier procedures simply aimed at reducing tongue bulk, contemporary techniques attempt to decrease lingual dimension yet preserve critical neurosensory function. Still, modern approaches a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kaufman Y,Cole P,McKnight A,Hatef DA,Hollier L,Edmonds J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toe-to-hand transfer was performed in 28 patients, involving 33 fingers, using microvascular technique. Of this number, 26 patients (31 fingers) had experienced trauma, and the remaining 2 patients (2 fingers) had a congenital deformity. The toew used for grafting were the great toe (1), the second tow (30), and thir...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yoshimura M

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Facial contour augmentation is an entity often encountered by reconstructive surgeons. To date, very different autologous tissues such as fat, dermofat, dermal fascia, muscle, cartilage, and bone in the manner of grafts or flaps according to the requirements of the defect have been used for facial augmentati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tan O,Atik B,Parmaksizoglu D

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominal donor-site flaps, including the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) and deep inferior epigastric artery (DIEA) perforator flaps, are standard in autologous breast reconstruction. With significant variation in the vascular anatomy of the abdominal wall, preoperative imaging is essent...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rozen WM,Phillips TJ,Ashton MW,Stella DL,Gibson RN,Taylor GI

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertical mammaplasty was evaluated after 10 years of experience and the study of 250 personal consecutive cases, and a few minor technical modifications are presented. In the beginning, the main advantage of the technique seemed to be the reduced amount of scarring, as this technique avoids submammary scars. With more...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lejour M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical study was undertaken to demonstrate the feasibility of free transfer of undescended human testes with microvascular anastomoses. We have performed 4 microvascular free transfers of such testes in children aged 5, 6, and 8 years, with follow-up periods of one to three years. All 4 testes have remained cli...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Janecka IP,Romas NA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, several autogenous graft materials and biomaterials are available for soft-tissue augmentation, but none has all the properties of the ideal filler material. The common problem is that heterogeneous material is reactive, and the problem for the autogenous grafts is re...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sarifakioglu N,Gökrem S,Bingul F,Ustun H,Aslan G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with pyoderma gangrenosum were treated with hyperbaric oxygen to prepare the wounds for skin grafting. Each wound responded to a course of daily hyperbaric oxygen with reduction of infection and increased capillary angiogenesis. During follow-up periods of 12 to 30 months, all wounds remained healed. Alt...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Davis JC,Landeen JM,Levine RA

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess changes in overall health-related quality of life and breast-related symptoms in women undergoing reduction mammaplasty, and to compare preoperative and postoperative health-related quality of life with that of the normal population. METHODS:Fifty-six pa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Miller BJ,Morris SF,Sigurdson LL,Bendor-Samuel RL,Brennan M,Davis G,Paletz JL

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laboratory approach to measuring neurologic impairment has been developed that is applicable to systemic disease as well as localized nerve injury. This approach compares individual parameters of the experimental rat hind footprint (walking track) with weight- and sex-matched control track parameters; classic mathem...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dellon ES,Dellon AL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the introduction of acellular dermal matrices is considered one of the most important advancements in alloplastic breast reconstruction, costs and local policy limit their use in Italy. The purpose of this study was to assess short-term outcomes following Surgimesh-PET-based breast reconstruction. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Baldelli I,Cardoni G,Franchelli S,Fregatti P,Friedman D,Pesce M,Ponte E,Santori G,Santi P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nerve transfer surgery has revolutionized the management of traumatic brachial plexus injures. However, the optimal size ratio of donor to recipient nerve has yet to be elucidated. The authors investigated the axon count ratios of ulnar and median fascicular transfers to restore elbow flexion. The authors hy...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schreiber JJ,Byun DJ,Khair MM,Rosenblatt L,Lee SK,Wolfe SW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1964, I started using vertical mammaplasty without a submammary scar for all breast reductions. This technique was based on the following principles: a central wedge resection, an upper pedicle for the areola, no undermining, and a vertical scar to finish off. Because of the drawings, there was a pitfall: In large ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lassus C

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the complex and challenging treatment of a mutilating hand injury, any available resources need to be primarily recruited. Besides direct digital replantation, the tissue of the nonreplantable "spare parts" could often be "recycled," and also some replantable or injured structures could be "redistributed"...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kokkoli E,Spyropoulou GA,Shih HS,Feng GM,Jeng SF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New upper pedicle reduction mammaplasty and mastopexy techniques are presented. The surgical steps are described point by point. An analysis is made of the results obtained in 25 patients who underwent surgery between November of 1987 and November of 1988 and were examined in December of 1990 with a mean follow-up of ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Marconi F,Cavina C

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with Apert, Crouzon, and Pfeiffer syndromes who have severe midfacial hypoplasia are treated by Le Fort III midface advancement. The purpose of this study was to examine long-term (10-year) midface skeletal stability and growth following Le Fort III midface advancement in growing children. METHODS:...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Shetye PR,Kapadia H,Grayson BH,McCarthy JG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduction mammaplasty has both a reconstructive and an aesthetic component. Relief of neck, back, and shoulder pain, as well as psychosocial improvement, is the main indication for intervention. Patient satisfaction is high, with early improvement in most cases. Preoperative planning confirms the anatomical ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Abramson DL,Pap S,Shifteh S,Glasberg SB

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The titanium hollow screw reconstruction plate (THORP) system for reconstruction of lower jaw defects provides a functional stable fixation and is used as a long-term or permanent implant in tumor surgery and in traumatology. The rigid fixation of the head of the screw to the plate, avoiding unphysiologic loads to the...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vuillemin T,Raveh J,Sutter F

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco use remains a persistent risk factor in elective plastic surgery. Although nicotine is thought to increase complications, which procedures are affected and the reliability of patient-provided histories remain poorly defined. The authors sought to examine nicotine use and its impact on outcomes. METH...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Coon D,Tuffaha S,Christensen J,Bonawitz SC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today, minimally invasive procedures are becoming more popular because of the fast recovery. Rhinoplasty is a common facial plastic surgery procedure that can be associated with significant postoperative morbidities, especially periorbital edema and ecchymosis. The aim of this review is to summarize the resu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ong AA,Farhood Z,Kyle AR,Patel KG

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00