The reminiscences of a plastic surgeon during World War II.

abstract：:During this experiment the authors investigated whether prolonged local use of verapamil or lidocaine prevents vasoconstriction and establishes better blood supply to the rat epigastric skin flap, hence reducing the necrosis that occurs otherwise. Abdominal wall skin flaps of 45 Sprague-Dawley rats, based on a single ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Komorowska-Timek E,Chen SG,Zhang F,Dogan T,Lineaweaver WC,Buncke HJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of maxillectomy with extensive orbital rim and floor excision defects is a challenging problem. The goal of reconstruction here is to provide adequate orbital support to prevent enophthalmos and diplopia as well as obturation of the palatal defect. The existing methods of the reconstruction fail to simu...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Iyer S,Chatni S,Kuriakose MA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data of body image and quality of life are available after panniculectomy. Although it is generally considered a medically necessary procedure, we believe that the benefits of this procedure are many. The Short Form of The Situational Inventory of Body Image Dysphoria Short Form and the Multidimensional Body S...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Singh KA,Losken A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a model of chronic nerve compression in the rat. The sciatic nerve of adult male Sprague Dawley rats was banded with a 1-cm Silastic tube for varying periods of time. Morphometric analysis, electrodiagnostic studies, and histological evaluation were carried out 3, 5, 8, and 12 months after bandi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： O'Brien JP,Mackinnon SE,MacLean AR,Hudson AR,Dellon AL,Hunter DA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstetric brachial plexus palsy is caused by traction during birth. Most patients regain useful function with spontaneous recovery. In some cases, cross reinnervation occurs between the biceps and triceps muscles. In these cases, smooth active motion of the elbow joint is impaired by simultaneous biceps and ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Semaya AE,El-Nakeeb R,Hasan M,Shams A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aims to review the incidence and outcomes for children with superficial spreading melanomas (SSM) using population-based data. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (1974-2009) was analyzed for all patients less than 20 years of age diagnosed with SSM. RESULTS:Overall, 72...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Allan BJ,Ovadia S,Tashiro J,Thaller SR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite their widespread use, there are no evidence-based guidelines on the management of closed-suction drains or antibiotics in postmastectomy breast reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to assess consensus and variation in postoperative care among plastic surgeons. METHODS:The authors designed a...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Phillips BT,Wang ED,Mirrer J,Lanier ST,Khan SU,Dagum AB,Bui DT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most common complications of double eyelid operations is asymmetry. To reduce asymmetry, we fixed the dermis to the tarsal plate at the same level as the skin incision, and objectively evaluated the symmetry of the height using photogrammetry.Of 30 patients who had double eyelid operations by the intratarsa...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Han K,Yeo H,Choi TH,Son D,Kim JH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chain saws may produce devastating facial injuries when the blade kicks back after striking a hard object. A review of experience with 12 male patients indicates that in addition to extensive ragged lacerations of skin and soft tissues, bone and teeth are frequently fractured. Eye injuries are rare, but the eyelids ma...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Riefkohl R,Georgiade GS,Barwick WJ

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangioma of the zygomatic bone is an extreme rarity. Six cases have been reported in the English literature. These reports and the 2 new patients presented here constitute the basis for our data. Clinical, histopathological, therapeutic, and reconstructive considerations are discussed. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Har-El G,Hadar T,Zirkin HY,Sidi J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to the already-known postoperative complications in patients formerly obese, for medial thigh lift, there are many more problematic issues. The main ones are represented as follows: by the frequent downward displacement of the scars that become, in this way, extremely visible; by the distortion o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Bracaglia R,Tambasco D,Gentileschi S,D'Ettorre M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve repair remains one of the most difficult problems in hand surgery; the results of conventional epineurial and fascicular suture repair are a major limitation to the rehabilitation of the patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate a tubulization technique of nerve repair by wrapping a membrane of h...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Rosen JM,Pham HN,Hentz VR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated changes in lip height and length by position in cleft lip nasal deformity patients who underwent treatment with Millard technique. METHODS:A retrospective review of the medical records and an anthropometric analysis of photographs were performed in 209 cases of cleft lip nasal deformity. In the...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Han K,Kim T,Kim J,Choi J,Shin Y,Jeong W

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:After extensive excision of skin cancer on the face, or when skin cancer is located on the 3-dimensional structures of the face, reconstruction with a local flap can be impossible, or clinicians are reluctant to reconstruct defects with a skin graft because of postoperative contraction, hyperpigmentation, or other com...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Park SW,Heo EP,Choi JH,Cho HC,Kim SH,Xu L,Lee Y,Choi TH,Kim S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Textured silicone expanders are alleged to be less painful in the filling process, to have less capsular contracture, and to stay in position better than smooth silicone expanders. To test these three hypotheses, 6 patients undergoing bilateral simultaneous expander implant placement for breast reconstruction after ma...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： May JW Jr,Bucky LP,Sohoni S,Ehrlich HP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The injection of liquid silicone for cosmetic augmentation has a history of both legal as well as illicit practice in the United States and worldwide. Recently, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has launched a public awareness campaign through patient stories and various statements in response to the rise in de...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Leonardi NR,Compoginis JM,Luce EA

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of patients are treated annually in the United States with either acute or chronic wounds, costing billions of dollars. This is a retrospective study designed to quantify the directed education that medical students receive in their 4 years of training on 3 wound-related topics: physiology of tissue injury, p...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Patel NP,Granick MS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (CLP) deformities commonly develop nasal airway obstruction, necessitating septoplasty at the time of definitive rhinoplasty. We assessed the contribution of the bony septum to airway obstruction using computed tomography (CT) and cone beam CT (CBCT). METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Friel MT,Starbuck JM,Ghoneima AM,Murage K,Kula KS,Tholpady S,Havlik RJ,Flores RL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural and circulatory dynamics of expanded skin in connection with expander fillings were assessed in pigs following 7, 14, and 21 days of expansion by measuring the pressure of te fluid in the expander (Pexp) and the dermal blood flow. The results differed consistently on thoracic and abdominal sites. It was...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Min Z,Svensson H,Svedman P

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has demonstrated that microcrystalline collagen is useful for controlling hemorrhage from an area where microvascular anastomoses are being performed, and that microcrystalline collagen does not adversely affect patency rates of microvascular repairs even when applied directly to the anastomosis itself. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Colen LB,Mathes SJ

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 10 years, there have been extensive developments in both "island" muscle and musculocutaneous flaps and in "free" microvascular transfers. Competition still exists between these two schools of surgical methodology, even though both methods are known to be complementary and have comparable success rates...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Posnick JC,McCraw JB

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new operative procedure involving the combination of 5 flaps to treat little toe polysyndactyly. We applied this procedure to 4 toes of 3 patients who had severe polysyndactyly involving skin fusion of the area from the distal interphalangeal joint to the periphery. In all 3 patients, this procedure all...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Iida N,Kotake A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus syndrome is a rare, congenital hamartomatous syndrome that presents with a wide range of abnormalities. Regardless of different manifestations found in different patients, there exists three mandatory criteria for the diagnosis of this syndrome: a mosaic distribution of the lesions, a progressive course, and s...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yavuzer R,Uluoğlu O,Sari A,Boyacioğlu M,Sarigüney Y,Latifoğlu O,Celebi MC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who sustained frontal sinus fracture and who earlier had undergone an osteoplastic fat obliteration procedure is described. The literature is reviewed and recommendations are made for management of this and other cases of frontal sinus fractures with posterior table involvement. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gerson RM,Friduss M,Schultz RC

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study is to present an anatomic study and a dissection technique to prepare maxilla graft for transplantation. METHODS:Six fixed adult human cadavers were used for dissection of the maxilla grafts. Retrospective reviews of archives of 10 MRI and 5 angiographies of the maxillary region were...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Yazici I,Cavusoglu T,Comert A,Vargel I,Cavusoglu M,Tekdemir I,Siemionow M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To correct atrophy of the nasal ala, combined flaps of the para-ala and the nasal floor were used. The flaps were pedicled on the alar base then slid in a retrograde fashion. Auricular cartilage harvested from the concha was placed in the original ala and between the para-alar and the nasal floor flaps to support the ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Suzuki S,Muneuchi G,Kawai K,Naitoh M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to perform abdominal cosmetic surgery in the ambulatory setting provides a more comfortable environment for the patient, ease of scheduling for the physician, and decreased costs. Avoiding the use of general anesthesia allows for quicker recovery, shorter length of hospital stay, and decreased rate of post...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Rosenberg MH,Palaia DA,Bonanno PC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1979 to 1983, 14 patients were treated at the University of Maryland Hospital for injuries sustained as a result of the injection of crushed pentazocine tablets partially dissolved in water into the arterial system of the upper extremity. Eight patients received intraarterial reserpine within 15 hours of the inju...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Stueber K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An operation to correct "chubby" cheeks is described. The technique is simple and safe and gives predictable results. The buccal lipectomy may be performed by itself or as an adjunct to other facial cosmetic surgery. No permanent complications were experienced in 9 patients over a three and a half-year period. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Epstein LI

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of various risk factors on complications in patients undergoing pedicled transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap breast reconstruction. METHODS:A retrospective review of 224 pedicled TRAMs in 200 patients over a 10-year period was carried o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ducic I,Spear SL,Cuoco F,Hannan C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00