Progressive tension sutures to prevent seroma formation after latissimus dorsi harvest.

abstract：:The authors report their experience using skin expanders in 11 patients with severe bed sores. The expanders, with different volumes, from 250 to 1000 cc, were generally overfilled using the cutaneous tonometer. In fact, with the information revealed by this apparatus on the skin in expansion, the authors were able to...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Esposito G,Di Caprio G,Ziccardi P,Scuderi N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of head growth, obstructive sleep apnea, and intracranial hypertension in patients with syndromic or complex craniosynostosis, and to evaluate the authors' standardized treatment protocol for the management of intracranial hypertension in these patien...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spruijt B,Joosten KFM,Driessen C,Rizopoulos D,Naus NC,van der Schroeff MP,Wolvius EB,van Veelen MC,Tasker RC,Mathijssen IMJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three children with Down's syndrome, aged between 3.7 and 17.5 years, underwent partial glossectomy for improvement of cosmetic appearance. Improved speech was also expected. Preoperative and postoperative audiotaped samples of spoken words and connected speech on a standardized articulation test were rated by ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Margar-Bacal F,Witzel MA,Munro IR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to understand the control mechanisms differentiating circulation to normal skin and acute skin flaps. The approach was to compare the effects of systemic vasoactive drugs on skin blood flow in rats in acute skin flaps and identical areas of control skin. With this model it was felt that syste...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hendel PM,Lilien DL,Buncke HJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 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：:The purpose of this paper is an assessment of clinically evident systemic health problems associated with failed silicone gel breast implants. A computer search of the medical records of 2033 patients receiving implants in the years 1962-1992 revealed that between 1970 and 1992, 200 women 14 to 75 years of age underwe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Duffy MJ,Woods JE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1835, Serre performed an operation to correct a cicatricial displacement of the right mouth commissure, which he described in his 1842 book. The drawings shown in a plate in the book (Fig. 2) and the description of the technique in the legend depicted the technique he had planned to perform (excision of tissue with...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Borges AF

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：:Currently, spinal cord stimulation is used to treat ischemia and ischemic pain, with the best results observed in vasospastic cases. It was earlier demonstrated that spinal cord stimulation may attenuate experimentally induced vasospasm in an island flap in the rat. The present study was designed to investigate whethe...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gherardini G,Lundeberg T,Cui JG,Eriksson SV,Trubek S,Linderoth B

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue expansion can be characterized as a unique reconstructive procedure that takes advantage of the intrinsic ability of tissues to stretch and, in some instances, to grow in response to expansive forces. The efficacy of combined intraoperative expansion to obtain sufficient expanded tissue more rapidly was tested ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Iwahira Y,Maruyama Yu

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug effect on flap blood flow is most commonly determined in anesthetized animals, yet the effect of the anesthetic is often poorly understood. Halothane and nitrous oxide cause profound changes in skin blood flow and thus provide an unsuitable anesthetic technique for use in measuring drug effects on skin and myocut...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thomson JG,Kerrigan CL,Abrahamowicz M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wound complications after perineal and groin obliterative procedures are a significant cause of morbidity, particularly following chemoradiation therapy. Vertical and, increasingly, oblique rectus abdominis myocutaneous flaps have been used to fill potential dead space and bring healthy, vascularized tissue ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Combs PD,Sousa JD,Louie O,Said HK,Neligan PC,Mathes DW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular transfer of the omentum has several unique advantages for the reconstruction and revascularization of extremity wounds. The omentum provides well-vascularized, malleable tissue for reconstruction of extensive soft-tissue defects and has a long vascular pedicle (35 to 40 cm) with sizable vessels, which re...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Maloney CT Jr,Wages D,Upton J,Lee WP

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The desired shape and position of the nipple-areola complex may be difficult to achieve in vertical scar reduction mammaplasty when using the standard technique of preoperative marking of the so-called mosque-shaped areolar pattern of excision. We describe our modified approach of intraoperative final positioning of t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vogt PM,Mühlberger T,Torres A,Peter FW,Steinau HU

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prepectoral breast reconstruction following mastectomy has become a more widely performed technique in recent years because of its numerous benefits for women. These include full pectoralis muscle preservation, reduced loss of strength, reduced pain, and elimination of animation deformity. As with any breast...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sbitany H,Gomez-Sanchez C,Piper M,Lentz R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage structures from the head and neck possess a certain but limited capacity to heal after injury. This capacity is accredited to the perichondrium. In this study, the role of the inner (cambium) and the outer (fibrous) layers of the perichondrium in cartilage wound healing in vitro is investigated. For the firs...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Duynstee ML,Verwoerd-Verhoef HL,Verwoerd CD,Van Osch GJ

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermabrasion debridement is presented as another method for tangential excision of "deep dermal" burns, with immediate or early skin grafting. The advantages in selected cases seem to be: (1) a more rapid healing; (2) a more stable end result, because dermis is present; (3) prevents spontaneous healing with unstable e...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Krant SM,Arons MS

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental, anatomical, and clinical study has confirmed the feasibility of free neurovascular flaps. The interrelationship between the cutaneous vascular and neural supply has been defined and demonstrated electrophysiologically, both in man and in experimental animals. A potential donor site in man has been e...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Daniel RK,Terzis J,Schwarz G

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plastic surgery demographics are transforming, with a greater proportion of women and younger physicians who desire balance between their career and personal lives compared with previous generations. The authors' purpose was to describe the patterns and correlates of satisfaction with work-life balance among...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Streu R,McGrath MH,Gay A,Salem B,Abrahamse P,Alderman AK

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:There has been considerable disagreement in descriptions of the SMAS. Fresh cadaver dissection, combining anatomic dissection done with the aid of the operating microscope and histologic cross section of facial tissues, was performed in 24 facial halves. Histologic preparation was made on tissue macrosections, each 10...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gosain AK,Yousif NJ,Madiedo G,Larson DL,Matloub HS,Sanger JR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors performed a comprehensive literature review regarding functional impairment after latissimus dorsi muscle transfer, to investigate functional changes in the donor site and the potential impact on patients' daily lives. METHODS:The PubMed database was searched for articles regarding functional do...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lee KT,Mun GH

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique for orienting cut nerve ends for suturing is presented. A mirror is used to reflect one end, making its image identical to that of the other end--so that proper orientation is greatly facilitated. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vickers DW

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of late infection following aesthetic malar augmentation with Proplast implants are described. The etiology appears to be contamination because of erosion of the implants through the thin wall of the anterior maxilla. This problem might be avoided by confining placement of the implant over the thick portion ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Adams JR,Kawamoto HK

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstructions, a free tissue flap from the abdomen is shaped into a breast and transferred to the thorax. Survival of this free flap relies on minuscule blood vessels, so-called perforators, providing blood supply to this newly molded breast. Preope...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hummelink S,Hoogeveen YL,Schultze Kool LJ,Ulrich DJO

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the clinical management of combined tendon and nerve injuries, there are competing treatment strategies. Isolated tendon injuries should be rapidly mobilized after repair to prevent adhesion formation, whereas isolated nerve repairs are usually immobilized to prevent disruption and to allow axon regrowth. Recommend...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chao RP,Braün SA,Ta KT,Palesty JA,Mine R,Syed SA,Chang DJ,Thomson JG

更新日期：2001-08-01 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: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：:Clinical application of composite tissue allograft transplants opened discussion on the restoration of facial deformities by allotransplantation. The authors introduce a hemifacial allograft transplant model to investigate the rationale for the development of functional tolerance across the major histocompatibility co...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Demir Y,Ozmen S,Klimczak A,Mukherjee AL,Siemionow M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autologous fat transplantation (or lipofilling) is an excellent technique for correction of cosmetic defects. The success of the procedure relies strongly on the techniques of harvesting and transferring viable adipocytes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of two harvesting methods and coenzy...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Witort EJ,Pattarino J,Papucci L,Schiavone N,Donnini M,Lapucci A,Lulli M,Lo Russo G,Mori A,Dini M,Capaccioli S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00