Macroscopic and microangiographic anatomy of the teres major muscle: a new free functional muscle flap?

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is proven therapeutic benefit in bariatric surgery for obese patients. Successful bariatric surgery will result in massive weight loss and ptotic skin, which can cause significant functional and psychological problems. As the incidence of bariatric surgery increases, so will the demand for plastic surg...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Al-Hadithy N,Aditya H,Stewart K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implicit to any surgeon's abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) practice should be the review of results after operations have been performed. This allows surgeons to ensure they are delivering high-quality care to patients. In addition, systematic collection of data centered around AWR greatly facilitates research and ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Poulose BK,Rosen MJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia-reperfusion injury occurs when tissue is reperfused following a prolonged period of ischemia. It is a subject of interest to plastic surgeons involved in replantation, free tissue transfer, and composite tissue allotransplantation, as it can have a significant impact on the overall success of these procedures...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wang WZ,Baynosa RC,Zamboni WA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is an economic comparison of various methods of breast reconstruction after mastectomy. The hospital bills of 287 patients undergoing breast reconstruction at three institutions from June of 1988 to March of 1991 were analyzed. The procedures examined included mastectomy, implant and tissue-expander reconst...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Elkowitz A,Colen S,Slavin S,Seibert J,Weinstein M,Shaw W

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive composite defects of the oromandibular area are usually created after the surgical treatment of T3 and T4 cancers, requiring complex reconstructive plastic surgical procedures. The preferred treatment method for this type of defect is reconstruction with two free flaps. The use of the vascularized fibula ost...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wei FC,Celik N,Chen HC,Cheng MH,Huang WC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the efficacy of newer skin substitute scaffolds to reconstruct complex lower extremity wounds. The investigators present a multihospital experience of reconstructive surgeons utilizing collagen-GAG bilayer wound matrix in lower extremity soft-tissue reconstruction with the goals to (1) ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Shakir S,Messa CA 4th,Broach RB,Rhemtulla IA,Chatman B,D'Angelantonio A,Levin LS,Kovach SJ 3rd,Serletti JM,Fischer JP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although helmet therapy is widely accepted in the treatment of severe positional plagiocephaly, treatment regimens, especially regarding starting age, are controversial. This study investigated the importance of starting age to optimize the management of helmet therapy. METHODS:Sixty-two infants with severe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kluba S,Kraut W,Reinert S,Krimmel M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser scar revision was studied to measure the effects of targeting extracellular matrix protein versus tissue water on scar revision. We compared the free electron laser used at 7.7 microm (the amide III protein absorption band) to the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser and dermabrasion.Nude mice (n = 40) that had rejected s...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chen JS,Shack RB,Reinisch L,Spector N,Zinsser JW,Weisberg NK,Stricklin GP,Ellis DL

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been relatively few articles in the English language on secondary Middle Eastern rhinoplasty. This article analyzes the cause and treatment of secondary Middle Eastern rhinoplasty. METHODS:A prospective study of 40 consecutive female secondary Middle Eastern rhinoplasty patients was completed. R...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Daniel RK

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our understanding of breast shape and size changes after surgery is limited by a lack of measurement studies that evaluate and compare changes in breast dimensions after cosmetic breast procedures. This study was undertaken to remedy this deficiency. METHODS:Women undergoing primary vertical mastopexy, augm...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Swanson E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The timing of reconstruction following melanoma extirpation remains controversial, with some advocating definitive reconstruction only when the results of permanent pathologic evaluation are available. The authors evaluated oncologic safety and cost benefit of single-stage neoplasm extirpation with immediate...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Karanetz I,Stanley S,Knobel D,Smith BD,Bastidas N,Beg M,Kasabian AK,Tanna N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I didactically compared the breast as a glandular cone with an envelope of skin and subcutaneous tissue. The aesthetic alterations of the breast are classified in four groups related to form, to volume, to grams, and to ptosis in centimeters. An imaginary plane that passes by the mammary sulcus (plane A) will determin...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bozola AR

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of systemic prophylactic antibiotics to reduce surgical-site infection in aesthetic breast surgery remains controversial. The aim of this review is to weigh the available evidence with respect to reducing surgical-site infection. METHODS:Two literature searches were performed to analyze the availabl...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hardwicke JT,Bechar J,Skillman JM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although externally exposed ventricular assist devices are associated with extremely high mortality rates, salvage may be accomplished by early aggressive wound debridement, transposition of a well-perfused autologous tissue (such as omentum), dead space obliteration, and adequate external coverage using vascularized ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Turowski GA,Orgill DP,Pribaz JJ,Eriksson E,Couper GS

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of both benign and malignant bone tumors arising in the hand is relatively low in comparison with other locations. Although the overwhelming majority of these tumors are benign, even benign tumors can be locally destructive and compromise hand function. Intralesional tumor excision is the most appropriat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Henderson M,Neumeister MW,Bueno RA Jr

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Several reconstructive procedures have been described for the complete defect of the distal radius that is created after a wide excision of a giant-cell tumor of bone, including hemiarthroplasty using the vascularized fibular head and partial wrist arthrodesis between a vascularized fibula and the scapholunate portion...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Minami A,Kato H,Iwasaki N

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orbitofacial dermoids in the pediatric population represent a diverse group of lesions. Because of their variability in both clinical presentation and contiguous structure involvement, a thorough understanding of their surgical-pathologic anatomy is imperative. In this retrospective review of 84 lesions in 84 patients...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bartlett SP,Lin KY,Grossman R,Katowitz J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to present a set of preliminary cases from an ongoing program of reconstructive procedures using a new technique in the treatment of severe enophthalmos and diplopia after the primary treatment of orbital floor fractures had rendered insufficient results. METHODS:Glass-bioceramic im...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Klein M,Glatzer C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have used pectoral intercostal perforator flaps to reconstruct burned or injured hands by staged transfer. This flap is designed with a narrow skin pedicle that includes intercostal perforators from the fifth to eighth intercostal spaces, with a wide flap area that lies on the upper abdomen. The ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Oki K,Murakami M,Tanuma K,Ogawa R,Ozawa H,Hyakusoku H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transconjunctival blepharoplasty remains a popular and safe technique to treat periorbital aging. In the lower lid, it can be used successfully for orbital fat excision, redistribution, or septal tightening. In the upper lid, transconjunctival blepharoplasty has a role in removal of the nasal fat pad via an ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pacella SJ,Nahai FR,Nahai F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arteries adjacent to the lesser saphenous vein and sural nerve were investigated in 10 fresh cadavers that had been systemically injected with a lead oxide-gelatin mixture. The accompanying arteries were found to lie along the lesser saphenous vein and sural nerve and to nourish the skin through venocutaneous and ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nakajima H,Imanishi N,Fukuzumi S,Minabe T,Fukui Y,Miyasaka T,Kodama T,Aiso S,Fujino T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical-site infection is a common postoperative nosocomial infection. Surgeons frequently treat operative patients with protective antibiotics and often choose cefazolin as the drug. Treatment schemes include both preoperative intravenous dosing and intraoperative dosing by irrigation. This study was desig...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： White RR 4th,Pitzer KD,Fader RC,Rajab MH,Song J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old girl had a cyst excised from the left buttock in 1988. The cyst was diagnosed to be a cutaneous ciliated cyst, since histologic examination using special stains demonstrated its lining to be similar to fallopian tube epithelium. Only 20 such cases have been published to date, and this report is probably...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Varma SK,Rayner SS,Brown LJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suitability of the thigh as a donor site for a new free flap was examined in 100 cadavers. It was found that the vastus lateralis muscle can be used to form a myocutaneous or fasciomuscular flap, the raising of which causes no technical problems and leads to no functional and only minor aesthetic impairments. Depe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wolff KD,Grundmann A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Capsular contracture remains the most common complication following breast augmentation surgery, and evidence suggests that bacterial biofilm on the implant surface is responsible. The authors investigated whether the interaction of bacterial biofilm with implants independently determines progression to caps...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Jacombs A,Tahir S,Hu H,Deva AK,Almatroudi A,Wessels WLF,Bradshaw DA,Vickery K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The submental artery island flap is a versatile option in head and neck reconstruction. This flap may be used for the coverage of perioral, intraoral, and other facial defects, leaving a relatively acceptable donor-site scar. In this study, the submental region of 13 formalin-fixed cadavers was dissected bilaterally. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Magden O,Edizer M,Tayfur V,Atabey A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contoured cohesive gel breast implants have been recently approved in the United States. These implants have been available for premarket approval studies for selected surgeons. The purpose of this study was to assess a single surgeon's outcomes in three specific clinical situations-breast augmentation, seco...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Doren EL,Pierpont YN,Shivers SC,Berger LH

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model simulating intraosseous wire fixation was used to assess different methods of securing wire loops. Square knotting, twisting, and a new method, the "knot twist," were assessed. The importance of anchoring the butt ends of twisted wire is emphasized. A new, convenient technique of wire fixation is described. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Green RA,Zins JE

更新日期：1988-06-01 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