Fetal fracture healing in a lamb model.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevention of recurrent eyebrow ptosis is the greatest challenge in brow lift surgery today. In this article, the author describes a new surgical procedure to provide long-lasting results in brow lift surgery. METHODS:Over 7 years, this new technique was used in 37 patients. Except for four, all patients we...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mutaf M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plagiocephaly is a term commonly used to describe congenital forehead asymmetry. Sixty patients with frontal plagiocephaly were evaluated retrospectively and separated into three types: synostotic (N = 24), compensational (N = 3), and deformational (N = 33). Categorization of frontal plagiocephaly as synostotic or def...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bruneteau RJ,Mulliken JB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine whether the type of capsulectomy, anterior or total, affects the recurrence of capsular contracture around subglandular silicone-gel breast implants. A retrospective analysis was performed of patients who underwent either anterior or total capsulectomy for Baker grade 3 or ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Collis N,Sharpe DT

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtual surgical planning and computer-aided design and computer-aided modeling are promising technologies with a growing trend in contemporary head and neck reconstruction. Segmental mandibular reconstruction with the osteoseptocutaneous fibula flap is one of the fields in which these technologies are increasingly us...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Deek NFAL,Wei FC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pretreatment of pigs with isoxsuprine for two weeks resulted in a significant increase in the surviving length of sartorius muscle flaps when compared with untreated flaps on the same animal. However, there was no improvement in the surviving length of neurovascular island skin flaps when these animals were treate...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cherry GW

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-energy trauma or peripheral arteriopathy may render recipient vessels unsuitable for free tissue transfer. Vein grafts can be used to lengthen the vascular pedicles to reach healthy distant vessels but with an increased complication rate. METHODS:From 1995 to 2006, 56 arteriovenous loops were construct...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cavadas PC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone grafts are used to lengthen the dorsum and elevate the tip of the nose in patients with Binder's syndrome. Disappointing long-term results in some patients generally have been assumed to be a result of resorption and/or displacement of the grafts. Treatment outcome was studied in 11 patients with the use of seria...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rune B,Aberg M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up study was made of 77 hands for 6 months or more after operation for bifid thumb. Repair of detached thenar muscles and capsule is the most important procedure at the initial ablation of the extra digit. After reinsertion of the thenar muscles, the remaining problems are deformity of bones themselves, adduc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Miura T

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of glucose and lactate within skin flaps was determined in full-thickness guinea pig skin (excluding the panniculus carnosus). The distal end of the flaps had a low glucose content (less than 50 percent of normal) but high lactate level (2 to 3 times normal) during the 3 days after flap elevation. Pro...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hoopes JE,Im MJ

更新日期：1978-05-01 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：:The viability of the rabbit epigastric flap was investigated after a period of cold ischemia of 3, 4, or 5 days. Groups of flaps were either perfused with Ross's solution before ischemia (early perfusion), after ischemia (late perfusion), or not at all (control). Significantly more flap necrosis was formed at explorat...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gould JS,Sully L,O'Brien BM,Das SK,Knight KR,Hurley JV

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:Prophylactic bilateral mastectomy is an option for women who are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. Prophylactic mastectomy is often performed with immediate reconstruction (i.e., at the same time and under the same anesthetic as the mastectomy). Satisfaction with reconstruction has been described previ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Metcalfe KA,Semple JL,Narod SA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensor digitorum brevis muscle flap, which has already been suggested as a local flap for the foot, has been applied by us in 2 cases with excellent results. This flap, as with other muscle flaps, provides an excellent bed for the skin graft. Furthermore, because of its width, it allows for covering an area of s...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Landi A,Soragni O,Monteleone M

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nasolabial angle is the angle between the line drawn through the midpoint of the nostril aperture and a line drawn perpendicular to the Frankfort horizontal plane while intersecting subnasale. Previous analysis by the authors' department yielded closer ranges between men and women of 96 and 98 degrees, r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brown M,Guyuron B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Velopharyngeal insufficiency occurs in 5 to 20 percent of children following repair of a cleft palate. The pharyngeal flap is the traditional secondary procedure for correcting velopharyngeal insufficiency; however, because of perceived complications, alternative techniques have become popular. The authors' ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sullivan SR,Marrinan EM,Mulliken JB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an effort to reduce risk, some surgeons promote a limited dissection abdominoplasty technique. They believe that preserving musculocutaneous perforators improves blood supply to the overlying abdominal tissue and that improved vascularity avoids seromas and reduces wound healing problems. Laser fluorescen...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Swanson E

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segmental Le Fort I osteotomy, a complex procedure with many mobile parts, has traditionally required presurgical orthodontics with conventional braces, composed of metal brackets, bands, and archwires. These appliances are not always accepted by patients, particularly older teenagers and professional adults who previ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kankam HKN,Gupta H,Sawh-Martinez R,Steinbacher DM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term durability of a standard vertical plication of the anterior rectus sheath. For this purpose, 70 women who had undergone this procedure as part of an abdominoplasty were sent a questionnaire, their records were studied, and they were invited back to the clinic for a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： van Uchelen JH,Kon M,Werker PM

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：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：:Some new variations are described for partial and total ear reconstructions, eyebrow reconstructions, and sideburn reconstructions in burned patients. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brent B

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, whatever the etiology, is a serious and life-threatening problem. We present a case following rhinoplasty. To our knowledge, this specific complication has not been reported, most likely because it has gone unrecognized, since most cerebrospinal fluid leaks cease spontaneously. Surgeons...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hallock GG,Trier WC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicenter clinical trials are important research tools. Planning a multicenter clinical trial is a long and arduous task that requires substantial preparation time. In this guide, the authors discuss the steps used to plan a multicenter clinical trial. A preplanning phase, which involves formulating and refining a r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chung KC,Song JW,WRIST Study Group.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perforator free flaps from the buttock serve as an alternative to abdominally based flaps in autologous breast reconstruction. Microsurgeons often opt to harvest tissue from the gluteal donor site because of a lack of abdominal volume and/or quality. The authors examined the experience of a single surgeon wi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mirzabeigi MN,Au A,Jandali S,Natoli N,Sbitany H,Serletti JM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal management of the cleft lip and palate patient from birth to completion of treatment presents a formidable challenge to the plastic surgeon and the associated health care system. The multidisciplinary team approach for the management of these patients is widely accepted. However, a paucity of literature ex...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schnitt DE,Agir H,David DJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rapid and inexpensive staining method for identification of motor and sensory fibers within 1 hour (intraoperatively). This method should be easy to use in any hospital where frozen histologic sectioning is available. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kanaya F,Jevans AW

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:The psychosocial benefits of postmastectomy breast reconstruction are well established; however, health care barriers persist. The authors evaluated statewide patient population to further identify obstacles to reconstruction. METHODS:A linked data set combining the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry wi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Roughton MC,DiEgidio P,Zhou L,Stitzenberg K,Meyer AM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common complication in flap surgery is of a circulatory nature. Impeded blood flow leads to altered metabolism in the tissue. Possible metabolic differences between different zones of the transverse rectus abdominis muscle (TRAM) flap were studied and the metabolism of pedicled and free TRAM flaps was compare...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Edsander-Nord A,Röjdmark J,Wickman M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00