Changing the convexity and concavity of nasal cartilages and cartilage grafts with horizontal mattress sutures: part II. Clinical results.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Body mass index has been shown to be a predictor of outcomes after subpectoral expander/implant reconstruction, with every unit increase in body mass index increasing the risk of complications by approximately 6 percent. The effect of body mass index on complications after prepectoral reconstruction has not ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gabriel A,Sigalove S,Sigalove NM,Storm-Dickerson TL,Pope N,Rice J,Maxwell GP

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:The purpose of this article is to present the authors' experience with the use of porous polyethylene ultrathin sheets for orbital floor reconstruction. Thirty-two patients with orbital floor fractures were treated with porous polyethylene ultrathin sheets. Sixteen cases corresponded to orbitozygomatic fractures, 11 c...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Villarreal PM,Monje F,Morillo AJ,Junquera LM,González C,Barbón JJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of the great-toe-to-thumb transfer is presented, which includes sculpting the transferred toe with removal of soft-tissue pulp and bone from the lateral side of the toe. This modification provides the aesthetic advantages of the wrap-around flap while avoiding problems of bone graft resorption, pulp mob...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Upton J,Mutimer K

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibroproliferative disorders, such as Dupuytren's contracture of the hand, are characterized by excessive production of collagen. 5-Fluorouracil has been used to treat fibroproliferative disorders of the eye and skin and is thought to inhibit thymidylate synthetase blocking DNA replication. 5-Fluorouracil ha...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bulstrode NW,Mudera V,McGrouther DA,Grobbelaar AO,Cambrey AD

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Historically, the structure of surgical programs discourages women interested in both surgery and motherhood from pursuing a surgical career, and women plastic surgeons have been more likely than men to have no children or to have fewer, later in life. Female plastic surgery trainees now constitute over one-...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Furnas HJ,Li AY,Garza RM,Johnson DJ,Bajaj AK,Kalliainen LK,Weston JS,Song DH,Chung KC,Rohrich RJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the precise anatomy in experimental animals is crucial for correct design of research projects. Rats are commonly used for scientific research in plastic surgery because of their availability in academic institutions, moderate cost, and sizable vessels for microsurgical procedures. In past publ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Suami H,Scaglioni MF

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nearly all medical students pursuing integrated plastic surgery residency participate in elective rotations away from their home medical school, the value and costs of these "away" rotations have not been well studied. METHODS:The authors surveyed all integrated plastic surgery program directors an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Drolet BC,Brower JP,Lifchez SD,Janis JE,Liu PY

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Twenty-one patients with small localized oral cavity hemangiomas of the lips, tongue, and buccal mucosa are reported in this series. Although the lesions were not massive or high-flow/high-pressure vascular tumors, the simultaneous cutting and coagulation capabilities of the CO2 laser were demonstrated, rendering such...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Apfelberg DB,Maser MR,Lash H,White DN

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have significantly expanded the use of a lipectomy procedure which heretofore had been restricted to the removal of strictly localized excess fat deposits by curettage through a small incision. By modifying the suction curette and utilizing it for extensive body contouring, we have been successful in correcting rel...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Teimourian B,Fisher JB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1964, I started using vertical mammaplasty without a submammary scar for all breast reductions. This technique was based on the following principles: a central wedge resection, an upper pedicle for the areola, no undermining, and a vertical scar to finish off. Because of the drawings, there was a pitfall: In large ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lassus C

更新日期：1996-02-01 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: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:The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess changes in overall health-related quality of life and breast-related symptoms in women undergoing reduction mammaplasty, and to compare preoperative and postoperative health-related quality of life with that of the normal population. METHODS:Fifty-six pa...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Miller BJ,Morris SF,Sigurdson LL,Bendor-Samuel RL,Brennan M,Davis G,Paletz JL

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a method for passing a cerclage suture around the nasal tip complex to narrow it. The method does not require elevation of the skin from the lower lateral cartilages. The method requires a double-pointed straight needle with the suture swaged on in the center. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cutting CB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sepsis on neovascularization in fractures that follows open fractures is important to the understanding of bone and soft-tissue healing. An animal model was designed that mimics the open fracture and the clinical repair of the human, high-energy open fracture. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mR...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Khodaparast O,Coberly DM,Mathey J,Rohrich RJ,Levin LS,Brown SA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 8 years, short-scar cervicofacial rhytidectomy has been used with great success and a high level of patient satisfaction. The operation involves limited incisions in the sideburn and preauricular areas, extending just around the fold of the ear lobule. Extensive undermining of the superficial musculoaponeu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Massiha H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old girl who was unable to flex her left thumb at the interphalangeal joint proved to have an extremely hypoplastic flexor pollicis longus with normal thenar muscles, which is very rare. The flexor digitorum superficialis of the ring finger was transferred to the inserting portion of the flexor pollicis longu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Uchida M,Kojima T,Sakurai N

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentofacial deformities are traditionally treated by maxillary and mandibular osteotomies conducted separately or simultaneously. Recently, distraction osteogenesis has become an irreplaceable part of the surgical armamentarium, for its ability to induce new bone formation between the surfaces of bone segments that ar...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Schendel SA,Hazan-Molina H,Aizenbud D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure is described in which a direct approach to the underlying pathology of the inverted nipple is undertaken. The inverted nipple is raised as desired by freeing it from the surrounding tissue by vertical and horizontal undermining and then is stabilized by purse-string suture. It can be performed as an office...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hauben DJ,Mahler D

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous "pocketing" is proposed as a simple and convenient method to nourish a denuded, replanted end of a finger, when the amputation is between the lunule and the DIP joint. The investigation of a laboratory model is presented, and our initial clinical experience is reported. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brent B

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In obstetrical brachial plexus palsy, suprascapular nerve reinnervation is a priority. For the most favorable outcomes in shoulder function, it is the authors' policy to also reconstruct the axillary nerve with intraplexus donors to the posterior cord (early cases) or directly with intraplexus or extraplexus...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Terzis JK,Kokkalis ZT

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been stated that height of the lateral lip is difficult to obtain with the rotation advancement repair only when the lateral lip is short in both its vertical and horizontal dimensions. The authors studied preoperative cleft lip anthropometry to determine the frequency of the "geometrically unfavorabl...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Boorer CJ,Cho DC,Vijayasekaran VS,Fisher DM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Diced cartilage grafts are useful for dorsal nasal augmentation; however, long-term resorption usually occurs. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of adipose-derived stem cells on the viability of diced cartilage grafts. METHODS:Twenty Fischer rats were divided into four groups with diced carti...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Orbay H,Tobita M,Hyakusoku H,Mizuno H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Congenital melanocytic nevi remain a subject of controversy with respect to risk of malignant transformation and recommended management. Recent studies indicate a lower malignant risk (0.7 to 2.9 percent) than had previously been estimated. Surgery has not been proven to reduce malignant risk or improve quality...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Arad E,Zuker RM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent recommendations by the American Cancer Society have focused attention on the value of screening mammography in the detection of occult breast cancers. This has resulted in a proliferation of "walk in" and mobile mammography screening clinics and a barrage of publicity aimed at women aged 40 and over. Among thes...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hayes H Jr,Vandergrift J,Diner WC

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Madame Butterfly procedure of lower eyelid reconstruction addresses lower eyelid retraction after blepharoplasty caused by middle lamellar tethering. After scar lysis and subperiosteal midface lift, the surgical procedure uses a lower eyelid spacer graft to prevent further postoperative contraction of th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Li TG,Shorr N,Goldberg RA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the literature on the epidemiology of cleft lip with or without cleft palate is more than three decades old. The question arose as to whether there has been any recent change or trend in its rate of occurrence. METHODS:The number of live births with cleft lip or other congenital anomalies was solici...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tanaka SA,Mahabir RC,Jupiter DC,Menezes JM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00