Hematogenous osteomyelitis of the hand skeleton in adults after dental maxillary infections.

abstract：:This article describes a model of chronic nerve compression in the rat. The sciatic nerve of adult male Sprague Dawley rats was banded with a 1-cm Silastic tube for varying periods of time. Morphometric analysis, electrodiagnostic studies, and histological evaluation were carried out 3, 5, 8, and 12 months after bandi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： O'Brien JP,Mackinnon SE,MacLean AR,Hudson AR,Dellon AL,Hunter DA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several clinical studies promulgate the concept that some degree of crossover innervation occurs after digital nerve injuries are sustained and that the intact digital nerve might even substitute for the loss of nerve function on the injured side. Other studies strongly dispute the existence of this phenomenon. An exc...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Weinzweig N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the surgical goals of phalloplasty is to obtain sufficient rigidity for sexual penetration. This is also important for patients with erectile dysfunction. Different kinds of techniques have described phalloplasty and obtaining rigidity in patients with erectile dysfunction, but there is no good substitute for t...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Aköz T,Kargi E,Cakir B

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Allograft use has increased recently with the rising use of allograft materials in breast surgery. There are few data that compare the performance of the various allograft materials in this application, despite marketing efforts by the manufacturers to present one allograft material as superior to another....

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Solomon MP,Komlo C,Defrain M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measurement of extremity volume is the most commonly used method for evaluation of lymphedema. However, volumetry would be inappropriate for comparing patients with different physiques, because body-type significantly affects extremity volume. Thus, we cannot evaluate using absolute values. To overcome this ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hattori Y,Hayashi K,Sakamoto S,Doi K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory assessment of the skin is essential to document the function of the sensory fibers of the tested nerves. The Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments, disk-criminator, electrodiagnostic testing, and Pressure-Specified Sensory Device (PSSD) have been currently used to assess sensory function of peripheral nerves. None of...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Karagoz H,Ozturk S,Siemionow M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, full-thickness skin ulcers of the heel of the foot are still difficult wounds to cover. Many choices of coverage are available, but few provide long-term coverage due to bone exposure, deficient sensibility, and subsequent breakdown. An advancement flap based on the medial plantar artery with sensory nerve br...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Narsete TA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to the already-known postoperative complications in patients formerly obese, for medial thigh lift, there are many more problematic issues. The main ones are represented as follows: by the frequent downward displacement of the scars that become, in this way, extremely visible; by the distortion o...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Bracaglia R,Tambasco D,Gentileschi S,D'Ettorre M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ideal acellular dermal matrices (ADM) for breast reconstruction exhibit native extracellular matrix (ECM) structure to allow rapid biointegration and appropriate mechanical properties for desired clinical outcomes. In a novel in vivo model of irradiated breast reconstruction, we describe the cellular and vas...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Cottler PS,Sun N,Thuman JM,Bielak KMH,Salopek LS,Piñeros-Fernandez A,Hu S,Campbell CA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of neuroma-in-continuity involves neurolysis or resection with interposition nerve grafting of the involved segment. These techniques may be complicated by loss of remaining conduction through axons that were intact prior to surgical neurolysis or grafting. The authors have shown previously that axonal regen...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kasabian A,Karp N,Margiotta M

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite their widespread use, there are no evidence-based guidelines on the management of closed-suction drains or antibiotics in postmastectomy breast reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to assess consensus and variation in postoperative care among plastic surgeons. METHODS:The authors designed a...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Phillips BT,Wang ED,Mirrer J,Lanier ST,Khan SU,Dagum AB,Bui DT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disciplines using human body surface dimensions require accurate, repeatable measurements. This study presents a design for the analysis of repeatability, precision, and validation of a new anthropometric device. This model enables estimation of the proportion of the total variation attributable to each level of data ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kohn LA,Cheverud JM,Bhatia G,Commean P,Smith K,Vannier MW

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a 44-year-old man with inadequate penile girth that caused psychological problems. Using microvascular temporalis fascia transfer, they achieved satisfactory penile girth enhancement based on reliable vascularity in a single stage. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Küçükçelebi A,Ertaş NM,Aydin A,Eroğlu A,Ozmen E,Velidedeoğlu H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight abdominal closures, as can be seen during transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap breast reconstruction, have been shown to increase intra-abdominal pressure, thereby decreasing thoracopulmonary compliance and increasing the workload of breathing. The purpose of this article was to quantitate pu...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Shultz KJ,Don S,Mahabir RC,Verheyden CN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper airway obstruction after superiorly based pharyngeal flap procedures for the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency is described in this series of 32 flaps performed in 29 patients at our institution between 1979 and 1993. A high incidence of upper airway obstruction symptoms (38%) occurred in the early posto...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lesavoy MA,Borud LJ,Thorson T,Riegelhuth ME,Berkowitz CD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a long-term evaluation of sural nerve donor-site morbidity in patients with at least 15 years' follow-up (mean 26 years) after sural nerve harvesting for peripheral nerve repair. Twenty-nine patients (mean age 30 years at time of surgery) participated in a retrospective analysis using a questionnai...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： IJpma FF,Nicolai JP,Meek MF

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first reports on gender-confirming surgery had been published in Germany in the 1920s, but it took some 30 years before sex reassignment surgery for transsexuals became generally known. Initially, such surgery was performed mostly in Europe and Casablanca. In 1956, the gynecologist Dr Georges Burou (1910-1987) ind...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hage JJ,Karim RB,Laub DR Sr

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superiorly based pharyngeal flaps (PFs) are commonly used for the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) in patients with cleft palate. However, failure may occur with recurrence of hypernasality and surgical revision may be necessary. Hemisphincter pharyngoplasty using either unilateral or bilateral posterio...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lin WN,Wang R,Cheong EC,Lo LJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined regeneration of Meissner corpuscles in palm skin grafts. In only one of the specimens (split-thickness skin graft from the sole of the foot), numerous regenerated Meissner corpuscles were found in the dermal papilla. This suggests that the nerve pattern of the graft depends on reinnervation from the recipi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Wada H,Mihara K

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing use of distraction osteogenesis (DO) of the mandible, the molecular mechanisms regulating new bone formation during DO remain poorly understood. The purposes of this study were (1) to establish a unique rodent model of DO capable of outlining parameters for new bone formation at the distraction ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Buchman SR,Ignelzi MA Jr,Radu C,Wilensky J,Rosenthal AH,Tong L,Rhee ST,Goldstein SA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel decompression (CTD) is the most commonly performed surgical procedure within a hand unit. We have analyzed data on outcomes after carpal decompression performed by both open and closed techniques to assess whether outcomes differed between the 2 procedures. Data were jointly gathered from 2 units. The ai...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Akhtar S,Bradley MJ,Burke FD,Dubin NH,Wilgis EF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term follow-up of free flaps used for skull coverage in this experience has revealed that serious sequela are more likely after muscle-only free flaps. Over the past 2 decades, 8 muscle and 6 composite free flaps have been used in 12 patients. Debulking was the only secondary procedure necessary in 1 composite fl...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hallock GG

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Madelung disease is an uncommon disease characterized by large subcutaneous adipose masses. Mediterranean countries show higher disease incidence. We review the current concepts concerning this pathology, including etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Madelung disease usually affects the upper half of the body, but we ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： da Costa JN,Gomes T,Matias J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semiautomatic anthropometric caliper was developed to accelerate and simplify anthropometric data acquisition. A technical slide caliper, connected via optical data cable interface to a standard PC, was amended with a data-input switch. A data sheet was filled in with consecutive measurements in 30 volunteers and co...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Landes CA,Trolle M,Sader R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients with significant weight loss after vertical banded gastroplasty were studied prospectively while undergoing abdominal dermolipectomy to determine if the current intensity used during electrosurgical dissection influenced wound complication rates after this surgery. Patients were assigned randomly...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kuzon WM Jr,Crawford R,Binhammer P,Fielding C,Knowlton R,Levine R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hand trauma call duties at university medical centers are traditionally split among plastic surgeons and orthopedic surgeons, frequently without additional fellowship training in hand and upper-extremity surgery. Differences in operative approach between these groups have never been specifically described. T...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dasari CR,Sandhu M,Wisner DH,Wong MS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finger pulp loss is often observed in daily practice. When the lateral and dorsal surfaces of the injured digit remain intact, a neurovascular island flap can be designed and raised from that part of the finger for pulp reconstruction. Two types of homodigital lateral-dorsal neurovascular island flaps were used in 17 ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chen CT,Wei FC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an unusual soft-tissue tumor with a propensity for local recurrence and occasional metastatic spread. Given its indolent course, it may be mistaken for atypical scarring or a keloid growth. Most lesions are trunkal or on the proximal extremities with digital lesions being extremely r...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Kraemer BA,Fremling M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norian CRS, Bone Cement (Synthes CMF), and Mimix (Lorenz) have been used to reconstruct large cranio-orbital defects in 85 patients. Resorbable mesh (Macropore), used in combination in selected patients, obviates dura pulsations that have been postulated to cause fragmentation of alloplastic material. Norian is compos...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Greenberg BM,Schneider SJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because myelomeningocele defects vary in size, shape, and location, no single procedure applies to all. A large number of techniques have been described for closing the back defects occurring after excision of the meningocele sac, but new studies focus more on simple, reliable, and versatile alternatives because large...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gümüş N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00