Methods and results of rhinophyma treatment.

abstract：:Rising health care costs and quality demands have driven both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the private sector to seek innovations in health system design by placing institutions at financial risk. Novel care models, such as bundled reimbursement, aim to boost value though quality improvement and ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sheckter CC,Razdan SN,Disa JJ,Mehrara BJ,Matros E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative photography has the potential to raise costs and introduce possible contamination but is essential for documentation in plastic surgery. The authors evaluate their use of a waterproof camera immersed in povidone-iodine for taking intraoperative photographs in an efficient manner. A waterproof camera is ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Purnell CA,Alkureishi LWT,Koranda C,Patel PK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited visibility characteristic of cleft palate repair presents both ergonomic and educational challenges to cleft surgeons. Despite widespread recognition and reporting, posture-related spine disorders continue to represent a significant and potentially career-limiting problem for cleft/craniofacial surgeons. In ad...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Levites HA,Sergesketter AR,Sharif-Askary B,Hollenbeck ST,Allori AC,Marcus JR

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:The authors have previously described a model of in vivo tissue generation based on an implanted, microsurgically created vessel loop in a plastic chamber (volume, 0.45 ml) containing a poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) scaffold. Tissue grew spontaneously in association with an intense angiogenic sprouting from ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hofer SO,Knight KM,Cooper-White JJ,O'Connor AJ,Perera JM,Romeo-Meeuw R,Penington AJ,Knight KR,Morrison WA,Messina A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of big data and database-driven research, the need for reproducible methods has become especially relevant. Given the rise of evidence-based practice, it is crucial to ensure that findings making use of big data can be consistently replicated by other physician-scientists. A call for transparency and r...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ascha M,Ascha MS,Gatherwright J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history and current status of suture techniques to correct a broad or bulbous nasal tip are reviewed. General principles for suture techniques to control tip shape are discussed; they include leaving an approximately 6-mm-wide lateral crus. The algorithm presented includes four sutures, all of which are not necess...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gruber RP,Friedman GD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the use of the hyaluronic acid with cohesive polydensified matrix hyaluronic acid has been well explored in subjects with lighter skin (i.e., Fitzpatrick skin types I, II, and III), further exploration in subjects with Fitzpatrick skin types IV, V, and IV is warranted. The primary purpose of the stu...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Downie JB,Grimes PE,Callender VD

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein depletion appears to augment, rather than decrease, the length of a skin flap surviving in rats. We were able to document a lowering of serum viscosity in these animals. The augmentation of flap survival produced by protein depletion may even be greater than that produced by the delay phenomenon. A reduction i...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ruberg RL,Falcone RE

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect on capillary blood flow of surgical mobilization of 15 cm of the rabbit sciatic and tibial nerve. Capillary nerve blood flow was determined with 16-micron radioactive microspheres. Thirty-seven rabbits were divided into six groups. In the control group A (...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Maki Y,Firrell JC,Breidenbach WC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbotox consists of the injection of microdroplets of botulinum toxin into the dermis to improve the different lower face and neck aging components. No clinical trial has evaluated its effect on the different face and neck components and no study has compared it to the "Nefertiti lift" procedure. METHODS...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Awaida CJ,Jabbour SF,Rayess YA,El Khoury JS,Kechichian EG,Nasr MW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the practice patterns of general and plastic surgeons regarding patients with early-stage breast cancer, all general and plastic surgeons in Quebec and Maryland were mailed self-administered questionnaires evaluating surgeon demographics, practice patterns, treatment preferences, and satisfaction with the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thompson TA,Pusic A,Kerrigan CL,Sargeant R,Slezak S,Chang BW,Helzlsouer KJ,Manson P

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous capsules surrounding silicone implants were investigated in a new guinea pig model to delineate some of the factors leading to capsular contracture. Both the implant surfaces and tissue capsules were examined by light and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM + SEM) with x-ray energy spectroscopy (XE...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kossovsky N,Heggers JP,Parsons RW,Robson MC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postpalatoplasty fistulas of the hard palate remain challenging. The reported recurrence rate after surgical correction ranges between 33 and 37 percent. The authors describe a surgical technique for the correction of postpalatoplasty fistulas by total elevation of the palatal gingivoperiosteum starting at the dental ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Denny AD,Amm CA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method for local excision of facial skin lesions adjacent to the esthetic boundaries of the face. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Robbins TH

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new use is described for the CO2 laser--that of deepithelialization. Deepithelialization is a technique used in a myriad of plastic surgical procedures. This paper introduces the use of the laser for deepithelialization and illustrates its advantages in 44 consecutive patients undergoing reduction mammaplasty. Advan...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Becker DW Jr,Bunn JC

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venous thromboembolism, including deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a morbid and costly complication following surgical procedures. The authors aim to assess the added risk of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing immediate breast reconstruction. METHODS:The 2005 to 2011 American Col...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fischer JP,Wes AM,Tuggle CT,Wu LC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omentum was transplanted and covered with a split-skin graft, for repair of a denuding injury of the scalp in a 5-year-old girl. With the many successful recent reports of free skin flaps, the indications for omental transplantation have decreased somewhat, but some peculiar situations may require it. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ikuta Y

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the inception of microvascular free tissue transfer, flap monitoring has been based on clinical signs. Color, capillary refill, and handheld Doppler have been used for monitoring in the postoperative period; however, subjective clinical examination may delay recognition of flap compromise. Tissue oxime...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lin SJ,Nguyen MD,Chen C,Colakoglu S,Curtis MS,Tobias AM,Lee BT

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects of the heel and sole represent difficult reconstructive problems in terms of tissue availability and postoperative morbidity. Although local flaps offer the optimal type of coverage, their application has been restricted to defects of limited size. A study of the plantar skin and fascia, as well as its neurova...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Reiffel RS,McCarthy JG

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1965, the cleft palate team at Children's Memorial Hospital embarked on a new surgical-orthodontic protocol in the habilitation of newborn complete cleft lip and palate cases. It brought the orthodontic effort into focus at birth and in planned sequence to correspond with the surgical procedures of lip closure, max...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rosenstein SW,Grasseschi M,Dado DV

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nasolabial flap remains the favored technique for alar and lateral nasal reconstruction. Results with currently popular techniques tend to be inartistic and aesthetically disappointing. Improved results can be achieved, however, by a technique using a medially based nasolabial turnover flap for lining with a dista...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Spear SL,Kroll SS,Romm S

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple occurrences of pilomatrixoma are rare. Although it has been known as a benign lesion, there are reports of some tumors that have histopathologic features of malignancy. A case of a 68-year-old Caucasian women with multiple pilomatrixoma is presented. She was operated on to remove three other pilomatrixomas on...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Aslan G,Erdoğan B,Aköz T,Görgü M,Seçkin S,Terzioğlu A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A free skin graft about 12 cm in diameter transplanted after excision of a Bowen's carcinoma on the back totally survived for a long period on seroma and was confirmed to have revascularization from the host skin margin. Repeated evacuations of the fluid and subsequent pressure dressings failed to cause adherence of t...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Koyama H,Isshiki N,Noda R,Nishimura R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this survey was to evaluate the current trends in the care of facial trauma. Data were obtained through the responses of a survey mailed to all those members and candidates listed in the 1989 American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Directory. A total of 2777 questionnaires were sent, wit...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Thaller SR,Kawamoto HK

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of botulinum toxin in reducing the frequency of migraine headaches. METHODS:The MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched to identify randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials that compared patients receiving botulinum toxin ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bruloy E,Sinna R,Grolleau M D JL,Bout-Roumazeilles A,Berard E,Chaput B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many plastic surgeons perform autologous fat grafting (lipofilling) for breast reconstruction after oncologic surgery, it has not been established whether postoncologic lipofilling increases the risk of breast cancer recurrence. The authors assessed the risk of locoregional and systemic recurrence i...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kronowitz SJ,Mandujano CC,Liu J,Kuerer HM,Smith B,Garvey P,Jagsi R,Hsu L,Hanson S,Valero V

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transition zone between cheek superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) and malar SMAS is difficult to raise because of proximity of zygomatic nerve branches. The authors attempted to clarify the three-dimensional anatomy of the retaining ligaments in relation to nerve branches in this area. METHODS:...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Alghoul M,Bitik O,McBride J,Zins JE

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meniscus of serosanguineous fluid may persist for weeks at the inferior pole of the periprosthetic space after submuscular augmentation mammaplasty. Subsequent tissue accommodation may allow the prosthesis to become displaced into the space kept patent by the fluid meniscus. Implant malpositions of this etiology can...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Brink RR

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mesh materials for reinforcement of the abdominal wall has revolutionized the approaches to hernia repair. Whether it's a permanent, synthetic mesh, a biologically derived collagen graft, or a synthetic, bioresorbable construct, data demonstrate improved outcomes with respect to recurrence with their use. N...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cobb WS

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00