Arterial supply of the anterior ear.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to assess the long-term efficacy of surgical deactivation of migraine headache trigger sites. METHODS:One hundred twenty-five volunteers were randomly assigned to the treatment (n = 100) or control group (n = 25) after examination by the team neurologist to ensure a diagnosis of migr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Guyuron B,Kriegler JS,Davis J,Amini SB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optogenetics is an emerging technology that enables the expression of light-activated ion channels in mammalian cells. Neurons expressing light-activated ion channels can be depolarized using the appropriate wavelength of light. Optical stimulation of neurons could have important implications for further und...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kapur SK,Richner TJ,Brodnick SK,Williams JC,Poore SO

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with pectus excavatum and two patients with pectus carinatum had their conditions corrected by a partial costal cartilage resection with a sternal osteotomy through a 2.5-cm to 4-cm skin incision located just above the xyphoid process assisted by an endoscope. In addition to the incision, stab wounds of l...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kobayashi S,Yoza S,Komuro Y,Sakai Y,Ohmori K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seventy-five percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers are located in the head and neck area, of which 30 percent occur on the nose (225,000 new cases per year). The aim of this study was to develop a nasal reconstruction algorithm for nasal defects, based on experience with 788 consecutive nasal reconstructions p...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Moolenburgh SE,McLennan L,Levendag PC,Munte K,Scholtemeijer M,Hofer SOP,Mureau MAM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distraction osteogenesis has widespread clinical use in the treatment of congenital and acquired craniofacial deformities. Nonetheless, during the prolonged consolidation period, the newly regenerated bone carries the risk of complications. A known method for enhancing bone healing is extracorporeal shock wa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ginini JG,Maor G,Emodi O,Shilo D,Gabet Y,Aizenbud D,Rachmiel A

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:During breast reconstruction using the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap, the use of mesh for abdominal donor-site closure provides for a technology that potentially offers clinical benefit yet incurs an added cost. The authors' goal was to determine whether it is cost effective to use mes...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chatterjee A,Ramkumar DB,Dawli TB,Nigriny JF,Stotland MA,Ridgway EB

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gracilis functioning free-muscle transplantation for the correction of pure facial paralysis has been a preferred method used by many reconstructive microsurgeons. However, for complex facial paralysis, the deficits include facial paralysis along with soft-tissue, mucosa, and/or skin defects. No adequate solution has ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chuang DC,Mardini S,Lin SH,Chen HC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke, and specifically nicotine, has been shown to reduce skin-flap survival. The purpose of this study was to determine if the preoperative administration of pentoxifylline can counteract the deleterious effects of nicotine on skin-flap survival in the rat. Sixty rats were distributed into four groups (n =...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Aker JS,Mancoll J,Lewis B,Colen LB

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time ultrasonography in pregnancy can accurately detect gestational age, position of the fetus, position of the placenta, sex of the fetus, and many congenital anomalies before birth. To date, however, there has been no report of detection of a cleft lip-palate deformity by ultrasound. Two cases, in approximately...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Christ JE,Meininger MG

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors, a plastic surgeon (Dirnberger) and a neurologist (Becker), conducted this study after reading the article by of Bahman Guyuron et al. in the August 2000 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (106: 429, 2000). Sixty patients were operated on between June of 2001 and June of 2002; postoperative follow...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Dirnberger F,Becker K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subperiosteal endoscopic laser forehead lift is shown to be an effective tool for plastic surgeons. By combining the use of the carbon dioxide laser with the already established technique of endoscopic forehead lift, improved results are achieved. The technique of endoscopic forehead lifting lends itself to new ad...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rosenberg GJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brachioplasty has increased 4059 percent from 2000 to 2008 in the United States, with 14,059 upper arm lift procedures performed in 2008. Numerous variations in the evolution of brachioplasty have been described to improve on complications and outcomes. Liposuction-assisted posterior brachioplasty is the nex...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nguyen AT,Rohrich RJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:The method of abdominal hernia repair known as components separation, described by Ramirez et al. in 1990, has enjoyed widespread popularity because of the sound anatomical principles it uses and most importantly the clinical success of the procedure. Although the authors who described this technique made no pr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Halvorson EG

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion of rat groin flaps after 10 and 11 hours of complete ischemia with superoxide dismutase, an oxygen free-radical scavenger, significantly improved the survival of these flaps. This finding provides further evidence for the important role that oxygen-derived free radicals play in ischemic injury. The study als...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sagi A,Ferder M,Levens D,Strauch B

更新日期：1986-04-01 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：:The distally based radial artery forearm flap has become our workhorse flap for hand and finger coverage, relying on reversed or retrograde venous outflow through the venae comitantes. Free-flap transfer, however, has been used by us only with antegrade venous anastomoses. This study was intended to determine if a sin...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Stewart DH,Puckett CL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical-site infection after implant-based breast reconstruction remains a leading cause of morbidity. Doxycycline is an antibiotic used to treat soft-tissue infections. The authors hypothesize that doxycycline-coated breast implants will significantly reduce biofilm formation, surgical-site infection, and ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Baker JE,Seitz AP,Boudreau RM,Skinner MJ,Beydoun A,Kaval N,Caldwell CC,Gulbins E,Edwards MJ,Gobble RM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Online resources for health information are commonly used by many patients. The discrepancy between functional health literacy and available patient information is recognized as an important contributor to health disparities. To provide understandable patient information, the National Institutes of Health an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vargas CR,Koolen PGL,Chuang DJ,Ganor O,Lee BT

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several randomized controlled trials comparing platelet-rich plasma to standard wound care for chronic wounds have been published. Previous articles have revealed that the role of platelet-rich plasma in promoting chronic wound healing is uncertain. This quantitative meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate w...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Xia Y,Zhao J,Xie J,Lv Y,Cao DS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduction mammaplasty has been shown to be efficacious in reducing the burden of symptoms and improving the quality of life for patients with macromastia. However, most insurance carriers will not reimburse for mammaplasties involving less than 1000 g of total tissue resected. To refute this arbitrary policy...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spector JA,Karp NS

更新日期：2007-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast reconstructions performed with latissimus dorsi and transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flaps in 82 patients with a history of previous chest-wall irradiation were compared with similar reconstructions in 202 nonirradiated patients to determine whether prior irradiation was associated with more freq...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kroll SS,Schusterman MA,Reece GP,Miller MJ,Smith B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients operated on by skin expansion have been contacted after a mean time of 25 months from the last surgery. Two biopsies have been taken from the expanded area of each patient. In 12 patients it has been possible to obtain a similar sampling from the opposite, nonexpanded area of the body. The samples u...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Matturri L,Azzolini A,Riberti C,Lavezzi AM,Cavalca D,Vercesi F,Azzolini C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity has been viewed as a relative contraindication against autologous free flap breast reconstruction because of increased risks of complications, including flap loss. METHODS:The authors conducted a prospective analysis of obese patients undergoing autologous breast reconstruction. RESULTS:Overall, 72...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang EI,Liu J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia-reperfusion injury is the propagation of injury following reintroduction of oxygen to previously ischemic tissue. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether hydrogen sulfide provides protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury in enteric tissue. METHODS:In vitro (enterocyte anoxia-normoxi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Henderson PW,Weinstein AL,Sung J,Singh SP,Nagineni V,Spector JA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible immunologic reactivity of silicone gel remains speculative and controversial. In this laboratory, a quantitative lymphocyte localization assay has been developed and well studied using pure lymphocytes collected by the technique of lymph vessel cannulation in sheep. The kinetics of antigen-specific immune...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Narini PP,Semple JL,Hay JB

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to compare clinical outcomes and 1-year postsurgical stability with three different techniques of Le Fort III midface advancement. METHODS:The records of 212 syndromic craniosynostosis patients were reviewed from the period 1973 to 2006. A total of 60 patients satisfied the inc...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Shetye PR,Davidson EH,Sorkin M,Grayson BH,McCarthy JG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who have undergone upper blepharoplasty occasionally develop anterior lamellar insufficiency, which can result in lagophthalmos, corneal decompensation, and even blindness. Historically, skin grafts in the upper eyelid have been considered a last-resort procedure because of poor cosmetic outcomes. Poor cosmet...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Shorr N,Goldberg RA,McCann JD,Hoenig JA,Li TG

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly unusual method of reconstruction was used to advantage following a massive pectoral chest-wall tumor resection that entailed unavoidable section of the subclavian and axillary vessels and the cords of the brachial plexus, irretrievably encased by tumor in the axilla. Since leaving the defunctionalized upper l...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fuentes CE

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In comparison with other regions of the trunk, defects located in the lumbosacral region are infrequent. However, these particular lesions sometimes present difficulties in reconstruction, arising from the quality of the surrounding tissue and the width of the defects. In this area, the skin adheres strongly to subcut...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Di Benedetto G,Bertani A,Pallua N

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00