Revisiting upper eyelid anatomy: introduction of the septal extension.

abstract：:We report an adult who developed primary malignant melanoma arising in association with residual nevus cells in the pectoralis muscle under an intact skin graft 13 years following the partial excision of a giant congenital nevocellular nevus (GCNN). The case serves to emphasize the malignant potential of GCNN, for whi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rhodes AR,Wood WC,Sober AJ,Mihm MC Jr

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevailing theories on the causation of choanal atresia are presented, with emphasis on some of the embryologic and anatomic abnormalities that are consistently found. The teleologic significance of nose breathing has been emphasized. This neonatal characteristic leads to a tongue-palate seal that can be rapidly fatal...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Theogaraj SD,Hoehn JG,Hagan KF

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an ultrasonic surgical aspirator on the epidermal surface to perform dermabrasion instead of the conventional motor-driven grinder. It was determined on histologic examination that it is possible to fragment the epidermis with greater selectively using the ultrasonic surgical aspirator. Abrasion also can be pe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ito Y,Kondo S,Sumiya N,Yoshii M,Otani K,Wako M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method of covering lower-extremity wounds using a free fascial scalp flap has been described. The flap provides thin, stable wound coverage, with minimal bulk and an inconspicuous donor site. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Smith RA

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In difficult reconstructions, ipsilateral or cross-over nerve grafting is sometimes necessary to achieve reinnervation and motor function. This experimental study in sheep was to answer the question of limitation of elongation of a motor nerve by grafting, the question of the optimal time for suturing the nerve graft ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Frey M,Gruber H,Happak W,Girsch W,Gruber I,Koller R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major difficulty in understanding rare craniofacial clefts arises from the fact that previous reports have focused on a single case or have grouped together different types of rare clefts. Less than 50 Tessier no. 4 clefts have been reported. This paper examines our experience with eight patients treated primarily o...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Resnick JI,Kawamoto HK Jr

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The external ear of the rat is an excellent model for practicing microsurgical dissection and for the refinement of microvascular anastomoses, techniques that are crucial for microvascular en bloc tissue transfer and replantation. Preparation of the rat ear for replantation requires familiarity with the vascular anato...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chiu DT,Chen L,Chen ZW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that altered collagen metabolism is a contributing factor in the apparent delayed wound healing in denervated regions of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, a tissue implant (PVA) was used to directly measure collagen deposition. Sterile PVA implants were placed subcutaneously in the inner aspect...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Diegelmann RF,Lindblad WJ,Hussey RW,Maygarden SJ,Cohen IK

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Greater provider volume is associated with better outcomes. There is, however, a paucity of evidence on volume-outcome associations for surgical complications and 30-day all-cause rehospitalization after free tissue transfer or free flap surgery. Surgical complications and frequent rehospitalization are impo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mahmoudi E,Lu Y,Chang SC,Lin CY,Wang YC,Chang CJ,Cheng MH,Chung KC

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free vascularized bone grafts have revolutionized mandibular reconstruction, yet their use in all mandibulectomy patients is not always necessary. A recently developed alternative to bony reconstruction has been the use of the AO reconstruction plate. We compared the use of the AO reconstruction plate with immediate f...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schusterman MA,Reece GP,Kroll SS,Weldon ME

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of big data and database-driven research, the need for reproducible methods has become especially relevant. Given the rise of evidence-based practice, it is crucial to ensure that findings making use of big data can be consistently replicated by other physician-scientists. A call for transparency and r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ascha M,Ascha MS,Gatherwright J

更新日期：2019-07-01 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:Autologous bone grafts have the disadvantages of donor-site pain and morbidity, finite supply, increased costs, and prolonged hospitalizations. Using a juvenile canine model, the authors hypothesized that recombinant human (rh) bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-4 gene therapy-treated alveolar defects would pr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chen JC,Winn SR,Gong X,Ozaki WH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors retrospectively reviewed their experience over the past 5 years with reconstructions of hypopharyngeal defects using anterolateral thigh flaps. The purpose of the study was to present a modified classification of defects, the method and tips used, and outcomes and morbidities. METHODS:From 2002 ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spyropoulou GC,Lin PY,Chien CY,Kuo YR,Jeng SF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acellular dermal matrix is used in most postmastectomy implant-based breast reconstructions in the United States. It is believed to be safe, despite a slightly increased complication rate. Although never established in a unifying study, the primary advantage of acellular dermal matrix is believed to be an en...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： DeLong MR,Tandon VJ,Farajzadeh M,Berlin NL,MacEachern MP,Rudkin GH,Da Lio AL,Cederna PS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Have a clear understanding of the evolution of concepts of velopharyngeal dysfunction, especially as it relates to patients with a cleft palate. 2. Explain the subjective and objective evaluation of speech in children with velopharyn...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Naran S,Ford M,Losee JE

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a fascial flap for covering the framework in ear reconstruction. When covered in turn with a skin graft, this fascial flap provides an abundant amount of a thin, tough, vascular, hairless cover of good quality in all cases except those where injuries in the auricular area have been deep enough t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tegtmeier RE,Gooding RA

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A more rapid healing of skin graft donor sites has often been observed during ultimoratio therapies with growth hormone in adults who have suffered extremely severe burns. The purpose of this animal experimental study was to examine the influence of systemic growth hormone administration on the healing time of skin gr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ghofrani A,Höller D,Schuhmann K,Saldern S,Messmer BJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reviews 21 microvascular free flaps to the diabetic foot in 19 patients over a 65-month period. All flaps were either to the plantar surface of the foot or to cover exposed Achilles tendon. Twenty of the flaps survived. The operations required a long, costly hospitalization with frequent recipient- and dono...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Karp NS,Kasabian AK,Siebert JW,Eidelman Y,Colen S

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The maxillary artery is recognized as the main vascular supply of the facial bones; nonetheless, clinical evidence supports a codominant role for the facial artery. This study explores the extent of the facial skeleton within a facial allograft that can be harvested based on the facial artery. METHODS:Twent...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gharb BB,Rampazzo A,Kutz JE,Bright L,Doumit G,Harter TB

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：UNLABELLED:Breast animation may be an unfortunate result of subpectoral implant-based reconstruction following mastectomy. This article reviews a novel approach to the treatment of animation deformity in cases of reconstruction, whereby the pectoralis major muscle is sutured down to the chest wall and the implant is tr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hammond DC,Schmitt WP,O'Connor EA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphedema remains a challenging clinical problem that often lacks curative treatment options. Recent reports have shown that microvascular lymph node transfer from the groin area into axillas of lymphedematous patients may improve lymphatic drainage, but the effect on donor-site lymphatic flow has not been ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Viitanen TP,Mäki MT,Seppänen MP,Suominen EA,Saaristo AM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internationally, plastic surgery societies have placed an increasing emphasis on the importance of evidence-based medicine. The authors aimed to categorize levels of evidence of podium presentations at three major North American plastic surgical meetings, and to assess the factors associated with a higher le...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chuback JE,Varley TL,Yarascavitch BA,Eaves F 3rd,Thoma A,Bhandari M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient soft-tissue coverage following total knee arthroplasty jeopardizes prosthesis retention and may lead to significant complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the natural history of total knee arthroplasty following flap reconstruction of soft-tissue defects. METHODS:A retrospective r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kwiecien GJ,Lamaris G,Gharb BB,Murray T,Hendrickson MF,Zins JE,Isakov R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited follow-up data on aesthetic outcome and survival after microsurgical reconstruction of complex scalp and forehead defects are available. These data are important to improve reconstruction quality and patient counseling. The purpose of this study was to evaluate surgical, aesthetic, and oncologic outc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： van Driel AA,Mureau MAM,Goldstein DP,Gilbert RW,Irish JC,Gullane PJ,Neligan PC,Hofer SOP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of burnout is increasing among all physicians, including plastic surgeons. Burnout is not simply synonymous with being overworked. It is a complex physical, intellectual, and psychological entity that arises when the expectation and reality of the job do not match. In this article, the authors...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khansa I,Janis JE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a suitable approach to the correction of subcoronal meatus for any variants and report our experience with this method. An eccentric circummeatal-based flap was used to treat 42 patients with hypospadias during a 4-year period. The position of the meatus was coronal in 18 patients (43 percent) and subcoronal...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Türken A,Senocak ME,Büyükpamukçu N,Hiçsönmez A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upper airway narrowing has been a concern of mandibular setback. The aims of this study were (1) to evaluate the effect of bimaxillary rotational setback surgery on upper airway structure in patients with skeletal class III deformities, and (2) to compare the preoperative and postoperative upper airways of c...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hsieh YJ,Chen YC,Chen YA,Liao YF,Chen YR

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00