Assessment of skin flaps using optically based methods for measuring blood flow and oxygenation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to compare the local recurrence and distant metastasis of postmastectomy radiotherapy for breast cancer patients with and without immediate transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction. METHODS:Between March of 1997 and October of 2001, 191 breast can...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Huang CJ,Hou MF,Lin SD,Chuang HY,Huang MY,Fu OY,Lian SL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When selecting flaps for coverage of pressure ulcers of the sacrum and perineal region in paraplegic patients, long-term high recurrence rates should be considered. Therefore, the authors developed an infragluteal perforator flap to avoid "burning bridges" for future reconstruction. METHODS:Infragluteal per...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Scheufler O,Farhadi J,Kovach SJ,Kukies S,Pierer G,Levin LS,Erdmann D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors studied residency applicant attitudes toward rank list creation, communication with programs, and the impact of these factors on their performance in the Match. METHODS:An anonymous, 26-question, multiple-choice, online survey was distributed to the program coordinators of every Accreditation Co...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Nagarkar PA,Janis JE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial colonization of mammary implants is a prelude to clinical infection and has been implicated in the etiology of capsular contracture. Antimicrobial impregnation of a variety of medical devices with the combination of minocycline and rifampin has recently emerged as a potentially effective method for preventin...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Darouiche RO,Meade R,Mansouri MD,Netscher DT

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a very cautious dissection, the crossing of cartilages is going to produce a "spring effect" which, in pushing them to the right position, will consequently correct the pinch. This is a simple procedure, indicated only for nose tips or, if associated with other techniques, to correct secondary rhinoplasty patien...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ribeiro L

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restoration of sensibility in the paraplegic patient is the optimal therapy for the management and prevention of debilitating pressure sores. In patients with an absence of sensibility below the L3 spinal level, a locally transposed arterialized neuromyocutaneous gracilis flap may be uniquely utilized for ischial rest...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lesavoy MA,Dubrow TJ,Korn HN,Cedars MG,Castro DJ

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a congenital nasal deformity consisting of a midline nasal muscle, alar cartilage defect, and partially obstructed nostril. The embryology of nasal development is reviewed, and an attempt is made to explain this unique anomaly. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bauer BS,Kernahan DA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution and present criteria for early soft palate closure are reviewed. A definitive group of patients (operated on at 3 to 7 months of age) is reviewed at least 2 years following their surgery. They are compared with our general clinic population (operated on at 12 to 18 months of age) and had significantly fe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Randall P,LaRossa DD,Fakhraee SM,Cohen MA

更新日期：1983-05-01 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:There is an increasing trend for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, but studies focusing on bilateral free flap breast reconstruction are lacking. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed of all bilateral free flap breast reconstructions performed from 2000 to 2010. RESULTS:Overall, 488 patients un...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chang EI,Chang EI,Soto-Miranda MA,Zhang H,Nosrati N,Ghali S,Chang DW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The field of scar assessment lacks a standard methodology. Previous methods have focused on a wide range of scar types, resulting in poorer sensitivity and diminishing their discriminatory effectiveness. METHODS:As part of a clinical trial investigating the scar-improving efficacy of transforming growth fac...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Duncan JAL,Bond JS,Mason T,Ludlow A,Cridland P,O'Kane S,Ferguson MWJ

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the tumor with the highest prevalence and incidence in women. Reduction mammaplasty is one of the most common procedures performed in Brazil by the plastic surgeon, and it is not uncommon for the surgeon to find a breast tumor during the operation or afterward, when the histopathological report is rec...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pitanguy I,Torres E,Salgado F,Pires Viana GA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dexmedetomidine is an alpha2-agonist anesthetic with several properties that are advantageous in aesthetic facial surgery. By attenuating sympathetic nervous system activity, it induces sedation and analgesia while lowering blood pressure and preventing pain-induced hemodynamic fluctuations. It spares the re...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Taghinia AH,Shapiro FE,Slavin SA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alar rim contour and alar rim grafts have become essential components of rhinoplasty. Ideally, grafts of the nose should be anatomical in shape. So doing might make grafts of the alar rim more robust. The authors considered doing that by applying the graft as a continuous extension of the lateral crus. METH...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gruber RP,Fox P,Peled A,Belek KA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of raising the cutaneous island of the latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap without muscle based on only one cutaneous perforator is presented in this paper. An anatomic study performed in 40 fresh cadaver specimens injected with colored latex demonstrated that the vertical intramuscular branch of th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Angrigiani C,Grilli D,Siebert J

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial osteotomies have by convention been bilamellar translocations of the entire substance of the dysmorphic bone. This approach limits the surgeon by reducing the stable bone mass available for fixation, creating dependence on concave surfaces. Most important, it changes the bony topography that determines th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Salyer KE,Hall CD,Joganic EF

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of acellular dermal matrix in implant-based breast reconstruction has been described for improving inferolateral prosthesis coverage and support and inframammary fold reconstruction. Recommended guidelines for infection prophylaxis are the same as for any clean procedure-antibiotic administration onl...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Avashia YJ,Mohan R,Berhane C,Oeltjen JC

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:In 7 patients with cut flexor tendons of the hand, we did an immediate quantitative bacterial analysis of the wounds. These showed fewer than 10(5) bacteria per gram of tissue, so we inserted silicone rubber rods in 10 of these fingers. All healed without infection, and this shortened the reconstruction. In retrospect...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Marshall KA,Wolfort FG,Edlich RF

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perforator flaps are increasingly used in reconstructive surgery. However, the microvascular perfusion pattern within these flaps remains essentially unknown. In perforator flaps, the importance of preserving the skin bridge at the base is still an object of debate. The authors hypothesized that dividing the...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mešić H,Kirkebøen KA,Bains R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful reconstructive surgery with muscle flaps depends on adequate arterial supply and undisturbed venous drainage. Combining such surgery with reconstructive vascular surgery of a large-caliber vein that is responsible for the venous drainage of the flap poses an additional challenge--the repaired vein's suscept...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Har-Shai Y,Karmeli R,Saute M,Mayblum S,Taran A,Barak A,Loberman Z,Naveh U,Eyal A,Schramek A

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to develop a methodology to quantify osseous, ocular, and periocular fat changes caused by correction of orbital hypertelorism to test the hypothesis that there is a quantitatively predictable relationship between the movement of the osseous orbit and that of the ocular globe. A retrospec...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Panchal J,Kim YO,Stelnicki E,Pilgram T,Marsh JL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:When choosing a thigh lift operation, the surgeon also chooses which complications he/she will be managing, and the most dreaded after conventional thigh lifting are those of lymphatic origin such as lymphocele or lymphedema. The authors describe avulsion thighplasty, a technique that spares lymphatics by us...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hunstad JP,Kortesis BG,Knotts CD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcomes for a continuously applied alveolar bone grafting protocol, established in 1982, are reported and compared to previously published outcomes from the authors' unit and elsewhere. METHODS:A descriptive, retrospective cohort study of alveolar bone grafting outcomes at a tertiary referral cleft center ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Keribin P,Nicholls W,Walters M,Tan A,McAlpine M,Gillett D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmoplastic fibroma is an exceedingly rare primary bone tumor. Previous reports have not included the presentation of this tumor associated with the zygoma. This report describes the unusual presentation and surgical management of a desmoplastic fibroma of the zygoma. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Smith ML,Williams JK,Gruss JS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors present their experience using an established chemotherapeutic agent as a scarless treatment for vascular birthmarks. One hundred sixty-four of more than 600 patients seen in the authors' center received intralesional bleomycin injection over 5 years. METHODS:Patient demographics, clinical respo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sainsbury DCG,Kessell G,Fall AJ,Hampton FJ,Guhan A,Muir T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco use remains a persistent risk factor in elective plastic surgery. Although nicotine is thought to increase complications, which procedures are affected and the reliability of patient-provided histories remain poorly defined. The authors sought to examine nicotine use and its impact on outcomes. METH...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Coon D,Tuffaha S,Christensen J,Bonawitz SC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this retrospective follow-up study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with soft-tissue sarcoma treated by the authors' protocol, which consists of a selective combination of conservative surgery and radiotherapy. Patients who relapsed were especially evaluated to improve treatment results. The au...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Popov P,Tukiainen E,Asko-Seljavaara S,Huuhtanen R,Virolainen M,Virkkunen P,Blomqvist C

更新日期：2004-01-01 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