Free transfer of expanded parascapular, latissimus dorsi, and expander "capsule" flap for coverage of large lower-extremity soft-tissue defect.

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：:EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 1. Foot infections in patients with diabetes cause substantial morbidity and frequent visits to health care professionals and may lead to amputation of a lower extremity. 2. Diabetic foot infections require attention to local (foot) and systemic (metabolic) issues and coordinated management, prefera...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lipsky BA,Berendt AR,Deery HG,Embil JM,Joseph WS,Karchmer AW,LeFrock JL,Lew DP,Mader JT,Norden C,Tan JS,Infectious Diseases Society of America.

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four patients were referred to the senior author because of presumed velopharyngeal incompetence without cleft palate. As a result of an extensive preoperative evaluation that included assessment of articulation patterns, nasal emission, oronasal resonance, and general speech intelligibility, 57 of the 74 pati...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Stueber K,Wilhelmsen HR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstructive results of 115 burned nipple-areola complexes in 84 female patients were reviewed. Results of nipple reconstruction using local quadrapod flaps (33 percent good, 45 percent fair, 22 percent poor) and composition grafts from the earlobe (20 percent good, 60 percent fair, 20 percent poor) were comparable,...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Pensler JM,Haab RL,Parry SW

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have used cervicopectoral superthin flaps to reconstruct face, chin, and neck scar contractures. In the authors' clinical experience, three types of flaps could be harvested: (1) cutaneous pedicled flaps, (2) musculocutaneous pedicled flaps, and (3) muscle pedicled flaps. In the present study, th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vinh VQ,Ogawa R,Iwakiri I,Hyakusoku H,Tanuma K

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility of performing vascularized musculoskeletal xenografts between mice and rats using immunosuppression. Vascularized musculoskeletal grafts were harvested from the hind limb of C57BL/6J (B6) mice, transplanted heterotopically into Lewis rats, and revascularized by mic...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tanabe YN,Randolph MA,Shimizu A,Butler PE,Lee WP

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:Surgery is a stressful event, with the potential for profound disturbance to the patient's psychological and physiologic homeostasis. Cosmetic surgery is a particularly intense psychological experience because, in addition to the usual concerns about surgical side effects, cosmetic patients bring their hopes and expec...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rankin M,Borah GL

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perforator free flaps from the buttock serve as an alternative to abdominally based flaps in autologous breast reconstruction. Microsurgeons often opt to harvest tissue from the gluteal donor site because of a lack of abdominal volume and/or quality. The authors examined the experience of a single surgeon wi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Mirzabeigi MN,Au A,Jandali S,Natoli N,Sbitany H,Serletti JM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatized lower extremities may present not only composite soft-tissue defects but also flexor and/or extensor loss. Free functioning muscle transfer can provide composite structural and functional restoration. METHODS:From 1996 to 2004, 19 patients with lower extremity injuries whose lesions exhibited co...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lin CH,Lin YT,Yeh JT,Chen CT

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decision analysis allows clinicians to apply evidence-based medicine to guide objective decisions in uncertain scenarios. There is no comprehensive review summarizing the various decision analysis tools used. The authors aimed to appraise and review the decision analytic models used in hand surgery. METHODS...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Safran T,Retrouvey H,Gorsky K,Baltzer HL

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：LEARNING OBJECTIVES:After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Explain the epidemiology of severe burn injury in the context of socioeconomic status, gender, age, and burn cause. 2. Describe challenges with burn depth evaluation and novel methods of adjunctive assessment. 3. Summarize the surviv...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zuo KJ,Medina A,Tredget EE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary melanomas of the skin of the breast are uncommon lesions. Fifty-four patients were surgically treated for this lesion during a 13-year period, accounting for 3.8 percent of a total of 1431 patients with cutaneous melanoma. Nineteen patients were female and 35 were male. Most recently, in patients with high-ris...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Greenberg BM,Hamilton R,Rothkopf DM,Balk M,Clark WH Jr,LaRossa D

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acellular dermal matrix is frequently used in implant-based breast reconstruction to cover the inferior aspect of the breast pocket. Its performance profile remains equivocal. The authors studied whether adding it in implant-based immediate breast reconstruction improved outcomes when compared with non-acell...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vardanian AJ,Clayton JL,Roostaeian J,Shirvanian V,Da Lio A,Lipa JE,Crisera C,Festekjian JH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthotopic cartilage transplants are performed in the course of numerous rhinosurgical operations. Precondition of a permanent success of the operation is preservation of vitality of the transplanted cartilage. Although numerous study results of heterotopic cartilage transplants exist, corresponding examinations in or...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Gubisch W,Greulich M,Donath K

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The deficient abdominal wall musculature associated with prune belly syndrome often results in numerous functional disabilities, including diminished cough, impaired bladder and bowel function, and poor posture and balance. Traditional abdominoplasties focus on static fascial excisions or plications. The aut...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Fearon JA,Varkarakis G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration silicone gel breast implant moratorium occurred 25 years ago. The immediate and long-term consequences of the moratorium are reviewed and assessed. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cole NM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author classifies ear deformities into 3 major groups and two sub-groups. The surgical procedures used to correct the deformity in each group are described. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tanzer RC

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local anesthetic injection is often cited in literature as the most painful part of minor procedures. It is also very possible for all doctors to get better at giving local anesthesia with less pain for patients. The purpose of this article is to illustrate and simplify how to inject local anesthesia in an a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Strazar AR,Leynes PG,Lalonde DH

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:During the past 18 months, 60 tissue expanders were utilized in the reconstruction of 42 children with burn alopecia of the scalp not amenable to a single excision and primary closure at the Shriners Burns Institute in Galveston, Texas. The children were grouped according to the degree of alopecia. All patients with d...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Buhrer DP,Huang TT,Yee HW,Blackwell SJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shared medical appointments combine individual patient-physician encounters with a group educational segment. This allows for patients' needs to be addressed individually and for patients to benefit from shared learning. Shared medical appointments enhance knowledge, understanding, and management of disease ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Giladi AM,Brown DL,Alderman AK

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:A retrospective quantitative analysis of 40 infants who underwent surgery for sagittal craniosynostosis was conducted to determine whether any difference in outcome, with respect to cranial index (cranial width/cranial length x 100), could be associated with either the age at surgery or the extent of the operation. Ch...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Panchal J,Marsh JL,Park TS,Kaufman B,Pilgram T,Huang SH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effects of continuous passive motion (CPM) and cast immobilization on postoperative wound healing. Medical parapatellar skin incisions and arthrotomies were performed on both knees of 10 mature New Zealand rabbits. After closure of the incisions, one knee was immobi...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： van Royen BJ,O'Driscoll SW,Dhert WJ,Salter RB

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Online resources for health information are commonly used by many patients. The discrepancy between functional health literacy and available patient information is recognized as an important contributor to health disparities. To provide understandable patient information, the National Institutes of Health an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Vargas CR,Koolen PGL,Chuang DJ,Ganor O,Lee BT

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the case mix of plastic surgeons in their early years of practice by examining candidate case logs submitted for the oral examination. METHODS:Deidentified data from 2000 to 2009 consisting of case logs submitted by young plastic surgery candidates for the oral exam...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Chung KC,Song JW,Shauver MJ,Cullison TM,Noone RB,Directors of the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The teres major can be seen as an additional head of the latissimus dorsi muscle for three-dimensional movement of the arm. It gained importance in pedicled muscle transfers for the treatment of plexus palsies and shoulder instability. Its supplying vessels belong to the subscapular system. According to the ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Giessler GA,Doll S,Germann G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a 12 to 82 percent pressure ulcer recurrence rate, no standard protocol exists for postoperative management. The authors reviewed a single surgeon's experience using a standard protocol: surgery and immediate reconstruction regardless of nutrition, intraoperative bone culture guiding postoperative an...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Larson DL,Hudak KA,Waring WP,Orr MR,Simonelic K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although reduction mammaplasty is a well-described technique for aesthetic purposes, there are few previous reports regarding its application and clinical outcome following conservative breast surgery reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to analyze the feasibility of the technique and its outcome fo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Munhoz AM,Montag E,Arruda EG,Aldrighi C,Gemperli R,Aldrighi JM,Ferreira MC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00