DIEP and pedicled TRAM flaps: a comparison of outcomes.

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：:Seventy-four patients were referred to the senior author because of presumed velopharyngeal incompetence without cleft palate. As a result of an extensive preoperative evaluation that included assessment of articulation patterns, nasal emission, oronasal resonance, and general speech intelligibility, 57 of the 74 pati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Stueber K,Wilhelmsen HR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly healing mandibular fractures and osteotomies can be troublesome complications of craniomaxillofacial trauma and reconstructive surgery. Gene therapy may offer ways of enhancing bone formation by altering the expression of desired growth factors and extracellular matrix molecules. The elucidation of suitable can...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Steinbrech DS,Mehrara BJ,Rowe NM,Dudziak ME,Luchs JS,Saadeh PB,Gittes GK,Longaker MT

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described with disabling palpebral edema. Primary hypothyroidism had been previously diagnosed and treated. Testing of thyroid function revealed persistence of the hypothyroidism. Treatment with L-thyroxine produced normalization of the biochemical parameters and resolution of palpebral edema. The search ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wortsman J,Wavak P

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast reduction is a very common procedure within the field of plastic surgery, with many techniques. These techniques include differences in the location of the pedicles and of the scars. Another variation on the technique for breast reduction relates to preoperative infiltration of an epinephrine solution...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kaplan JL,Rotemberg S,Yetman R,Boggs O,Bena JF,Tang AS,Meisler E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery has come to be regarded as an achievable treatment option to improve patients' quality of life. Although it has been pointed out that surgeons' information-giving behaviors affect women's decision to undergo breast reconstruction surgery, little is known abou...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Takahashi M,Kai I,Hisata M,Higashi Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular complications resulting from intravascular filler injection and embolism are major safety concerns for facial filler injection. It is essential to systematically screen full-face arterial variations and help design evidence-based safe filler injection protocols. METHODS:The carotid arteries of 22 c...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zhu GZ,Zhao WR,Luo CE,Cai B,Kong XX,Zhan WF,Sun ZS,Luo SK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complete corrugator supercilii muscle resection is important for the surgical treatment of migraine headaches and may help prevent postoperative abnormalities in surgical forehead rejuvenation. Specific topographic analysis of corrugator supercilii muscle dimensions and its detailed association with the supr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Janis JE,Ghavami A,Lemmon JA,Leedy JE,Guyuron B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Videos on YouTube can be posted without regulation or content oversight. Unfortunately, many patients use YouTube as a resource on aesthetic surgery, leading to misinformation. Currently, there are no objective assessments of the quality of information on YouTube about aesthetic surgery. METHODS:YouTube was...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gray MC,Gemmiti A,Ata A,Jun B,Johnson PK,Ricci JA,Patel A

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Women with mammary hypertrophy who present for reduction mammaplasty have several well-described musculoskeletal complaints, but a high prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome has not been reported. We identified 151 patients from a plastic surgery practice who underwent reduction mammaplasty from 1994 to 1996. To this g...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pernia LR,Ronel DN,Leeper JD,Miller HL

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Periorbital volume loss creates a shadow frame, and traditional excisional blepharoplasties may aggravate the situation. Divergence in filling treatments establishes a demand for simple and reproducible techniques to achieve consistent results. Here, the author's hollow upper eyelid evaluation and treatment ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ramil ME

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children with global obstetric brachial plexus palsy, prioritization should be first focused on hand reinnervation and then directed to shoulder and elbow function. In this study, the surgical strategy for restoration of hand function and the methods and outcomes are analyzed. METHODS:Between 1979 and 20...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Terzis JK,Kokkalis ZT

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supraperiosteal-subSMAS lifting technique, which has been performed since 1985, for the rejuvenation of the upper two-thirds of the face is described, and the results obtained in a series of 128 cases treated, emphasizing the attainment of an effective rejuvenation together with a minimum of complications and unde...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： de la Plaza R,de la Cruz L

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe crush to the hand is associated with a poor prognosis. The authors investigated the hypothesis that compartment syndrome complicates such injuries. From 1996 to 2000, the authors retrospectively identified 11 patients who, after sustaining a closed crush injury, developed acute hand compartment syndrome. Diagno...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Del Piñal F,Herrero F,Jado E,García-Bernal FJ,Cerezal L

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept and technique of the use of resorbable synthetic material for nasal spreader grafts are presented. The material is felt to be particularly useful in revision rhinoplasty, in which the likelihood of internal valve collapse is high and the septum (the most common source of material for spreader grafts) often...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Stal S,Hollier L

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microform cleft lip has three major components: (1) a minor defect of the upper vermilion border with loss of the mucocutaneous ridge; (2) a narrow ridge of tissue, resembling an exaggerated philtral column extending to the nostril sill; and (3) a deformity of the nostril. To attain the muscle continuity without an ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cho BC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug effect on flap blood flow is most commonly determined in anesthetized animals, yet the effect of the anesthetic is often poorly understood. Halothane and nitrous oxide cause profound changes in skin blood flow and thus provide an unsuitable anesthetic technique for use in measuring drug effects on skin and myocut...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thomson JG,Kerrigan CL,Abrahamowicz M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arteriovenous loops are an indispensable tool in free flap surgery when appropriate recipient vessels are missing. In this study, the authors analyzed whether the outcome differs when flaps were transferred simultaneously or subsequently after construction of arteriovenous loops. METHODS:Twenty-seven patien...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vogt PM,Steinau HU,Spies M,Kall S,Steiert A,Boorboor P,Vaske B,Jokuszies A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coverage of defects of the Achilles tendon, malleoli, and heel remains a challenge to reconstructive surgeons. The distally based superficial sural artery island flap is vascularized by the median superficial sural artery, posterolateral septal perforators originating from the peroneal artery, neurovascular arteri...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Yilmaz M,Karatas O,Barutcu A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lateral canthoplasty is a useful method to restore eyelid function and to protect the ocular surfaces. The success of the procedure depends on the proper analysis of periorbital anatomy as it relates to the specific indication for lateral canthoplasty. We report the experience with 1565 lateral canthoplasties with emp...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Glat PM,Jelks GW,Jelks EB,Wood M,Gadangi P,Longaker MT

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many of the nearly 30 million Americans suffering with migraine headaches are not helped by standard therapies, a proportion of which can harbor undesirable side effects. The present study demonstrates the efficacy of independent surgical deactivation of three common migraine headache trigger sites through a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Guyuron B,Reed D,Kriegler JS,Davis J,Pashmini N,Amini S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the techniques that use the principles of fat grafting to allow them to successfully graft megavolumes (250-ml range) of autologous fat into breasts. The Brava external volume expansion device preoperatively increases the volume and vascularity of the recipient site. Low-pressure liposuction and m...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khouri RK,Rigotti G,Cardoso E,Khouri RK Jr,Biggs TM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 37 cadavers of average age 75.5 years, the calvarium was studied. In all, the diploe and outer and inner tables were found to be definite layers. Although the parietal bone thickness did decrease with age in this study, there was no correlation between age and the outer table or diploe thickness. No significant cha...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sullivan WG,Smith AA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few studies that compare the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap to the pedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (pTRAM) flap for use in reconstructive breast surgery. The authors examined four factors that aid in decision-making: donor-site morbidity, need for surgery r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Knox ADC,Ho AL,Leung L,Tashakkor AY,Lennox PA,Van Laeken N,Macadam SA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Why do some surgeons retire (or not), and perhaps more importantly, when should some surgeons retire? Interviews were conducted with 21 senior plastic surgeons to determine why plastic surgeons choose not to retire. In an effort to answer the second question (When should surgeons retire?), an analogy is constructed be...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Luce EA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the best method for treating deep second- and third-degree burned hands in our institution, a prospective study comparing early excision and grafting with nonsurgical treatment was undertaken. The patients were randomly assigned to two groups, and the hands in the first group were excised and grafted with...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Salisbury RE,Wright P

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the study was to investigate the morphologic changes of distraction osteogenesis performed on the mandible in growing minipigs. METHODS:Eighteen piglets were divided into four groups. In group A (n = 6), animals received unilateral osteotomy and the distractor device was activated for 2 weeks...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang HH,Tseng H,Hsieh TM,Huang CY,Chen YH,Hsu CY,Cheng WM,Chen MH,Chen SR,Yao CC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the factors associated with primary and secondary amputation in patients with limb-threatening trauma to the upper extremity, describe the incidence of these injuries, and describe the procedures involved in the treatment of these difficult injuries. METHODS:A retrospecti...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nawijn F,Westenberg RF,Langhammer CG,Chen NC,Eberlin KR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipofilling is a treatment modality to restore tissue volume, but it may also rejuvenate the aging skin. Platelet-rich plasma has been reported to augment the efficacy of lipofilling, both on graft take and rejuvenation, by altering the adipose-derived stem cells. The authors hypothesized that addition of pl...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Willemsen JCN,Van Dongen J,Spiekman M,Vermeulen KM,Harmsen MC,van der Lei B,Stevens HPJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00