Median sternotomy wound complication: the effect of reconstruction on lung function.

abstract：:Early complications following aortofemoral bypass grafting include acute limb ischemia, renal failure, bowel and spinal cord ischemia, and myocardial infarction. Although the literature recognizes these more common complications, we have found very few reports that raised the possibility of an anatomically determined,...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ho PR,Yim K,Hui K,Lineaweaver WC

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical correction of chronic mallet finger caused by terminal tendon disruption was carried out in 22 patients. The distal stump of the tendon was fixed to the base of the distal phalanx with a Mitek micro arc bone anchor. In all patients the mallet finger deformity was corrected. There were 15 patients with excelle...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ulkür E,Açikel C,Ergun O,Celiköz B

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The narrowness of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can cause difficulty in open reduction and fixation of condylar fracture. The authors designed a silicone block that acts as a fulcrum to create more space around the TMJ. The block is made of high-quality silicone that is firm, elastic, nontoxic, autoclave tolerant,...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Tung TC,Chen YR,Hung CC,Tsai TR

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction mammaplasty is usually accomplished under general anesthesia, often with an overnight stay. With cost-containment pressures, the ability to perform this surgery in an outpatient setting would have obvious benefits. We present a series of 338 patients who have undergone bilateral reduction mammaplasty over a ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Buenaventura S,Severinac R,Mullis W,Beasley M,Jacobs W,Wood D

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstetric brachial plexus palsy is caused by traction during birth. Most patients regain useful function with spontaneous recovery. In some cases, cross reinnervation occurs between the biceps and triceps muscles. In these cases, smooth active motion of the elbow joint is impaired by simultaneous biceps and ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Semaya AE,El-Nakeeb R,Hasan M,Shams A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:Repair for the soft tissue defects of hand has been a major challenge of hand or reconstructive surgery. A lot of flaps are used, free or pedicle flap, but there are no comprehensive description of these flaps. In this article, we retrospectively reviewed the repair technique of the fingertip defect, palmar or...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Zhao F

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty cases of constriction band syndrome diagnosed and treated with surgery at Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, during 1973 to 1986 are reported. The incidence of this congenital anomaly could not be verified in this series because the number of cases was limited and the cause could not be concluded. The less frequent...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Visuthikosol V,Hompuem T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of the Zyderm II, Zyplast, Vicryl, and chromic gut was histologically examined up to 1 year following subcutaneous implantation into rats. Our data demonstrated both Zyderm II and Zyplast to be inert materials without inflammatory response; there was no difference in long-term persistence between these two co...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ozgentaş HE,Pindur A,Spira M,Liu B,Shenaq S

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper thoracic wounds with exposed hardware from spinal instrumentation and previous radiation presents a subset of back wound coverage problems that lend themselves to a unique opportunity to use the distal trapezius musculocutaneous flap. The unradiated, healthy skin paddle can be transposed between the radiated ski...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Chun JK,Lynch MJ,Poultsides GA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who sustained frontal sinus fracture and who earlier had undergone an osteoplastic fat obliteration procedure is described. The literature is reviewed and recommendations are made for management of this and other cases of frontal sinus fractures with posterior table involvement. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gerson RM,Friduss M,Schultz RC

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 16 years' experience with approximately 1,000 cases of Peyronie's disease and a review of 110 patients evaluated more than 1 year postoperatively are presented. Peyronie's disease is difficult to treat. There is no known etiological agent, and because occasional spontaneous disappearance of the lesion occurs...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Horton CE,Sadove RC,Devine CJ Jr

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For thin women with little subcutaneous fat and micromastia, they could not obtain ideal results by choosing autologous fat breast augmentation or prosthesis-only breast augmentation. To address these problems, we combined autologous fat and prosthesis for breast augmentation, and the clinical results were sa...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Shi Y,Sun H,Fang J,Yang Z,Jiang P,Tan X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic graft material is often used for the repair of abdominal wall defects that result from trauma, infection, neoplastic, or congenital deformities. A new material, porcine small intestinal submucosa, has been successfully used as an arterial and venous graft material in both canine and primate animal models wi...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Prevel CD,Eppley BL,Summerlin DJ,Jackson JR,McCarty M,Badylak SF

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study of stage III (locally advanced) breast cancer patients evaluated the survival improvement conferred by immediate breast reconstruction by transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction after modified radical mastectomy (MRM) in comparison with MRM alone. METHODS:This retr...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Hsieh TY,Lin YN,Lin SD,Lai CS,Chang KP,Lee SS,Huang SH,Hou MF,Chen FM,Ou-Yang F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with breast cancer frequently opt to undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy. The timing and aesthetic outcome of the breast reconstruction may be affected by the need for radiation therapy (RT). Delayed-immediate autologous reconstruction (DIAR) is a novel surgical approach for patients in w...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Huis in 't Veld EA,Long C,Sue GR,Chattopadhyay A,Lee GK

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the English medical literature over the last 20 years reporting on flexor profundus lacerations revealed only 55 reported cases of zone I flexor profundus lacerations in children. The standard repair technique in young children (5-10 years of age) has been either tendon reinsertion into bone (usually Bunne...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Al-Qattan MM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction involving seven venous flaps on six patients was performed. One saphenous venous flap demonstrated partial dermal necrosis; the remaining six survived completely. The largest flap to survive was 5 x 15 cm. Three technical requirements are emphasized; (1) a healthy recipient bed, (2) a donor site with a ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Xiu ZF,Chen ZJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of sophisticated bariatric surgery techniques has led to an increasing number of patients demanding a complexity of body contouring procedures that can be achieved either with a step-by-step approach or by combining dermolipectomy in various regions. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis tha...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Gmür RU,Banic A,Erni D

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to objectively evaluate donor-site morbidity of the inferior gluteal musculocutaneous flap in teenagers. All cases of breast reconstruction performed between 1996 and 2005 using an inferior gluteal flap were reviewed. Flap size, weight, and pedicle origin were noted. Donor-site morbidity w...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dupéré S,Bergeron L,Bortoluzzi P,Del-Duca T,Caouette-Laberge L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of clinically positive regional nodes, any value of prophylactic dissection in malignant melanomas depends on accurate preoperative determination of the pathway of lymphatic drainage. We report on the use of noninvasive radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy in the determination of regional patterns of lymph n...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Fisher EB,Lewis VL Jr,Griffith BH,Spies W

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipedema is a condition characterized by abnormal deposition of adipose tissue in the lower extremities leading to circumferential bilateral lower extremity enlargement typically seen extending from the hips to the ankles. Diagnosis of the condition is often challenging, and patients frequently undergo a variety of un...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Peled AW,Slavin SA,Brorson H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we present the first experimental vascularized penile allogenic transplantation model in the rat. In group 1 (n = 6), the vascular anatomy of the male rat perineal region was determined. In 12 Lewis rats of group 2 (n = 24), the penile composite graft was transplanted as isotransplant by microvascular an...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Sonmez E,Nasir S,Siemionow M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 patients with paraspinous sarcoma treated with omental transposition tunneled through a defect in the lumbar fascia that resurfaced in the soft tissues of the lower back. Traditional reconstruction with skin flaps was unsatisfactory because of prior irradiation to the area. In 1 patient the omentum obliter...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Ladin D,Rees R,Wilkins E,Sondak V,McGillicuddy J

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Construction of male genitalia in biological female transsexual patients is problematic. We report 3 transsexuals with scrotal construction by tissue expansion of the labia majora. In each patient, tissue expanders were inserted into the labia majora several months before free flap phalloplasty. In 2 patients, the tis...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Sengezer M,Sadove RC

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated three sheathing materials (autogenous vein, silastic, and polyglycolic acid fine mesh) using the rat model. Forty rats were divided into five groups of eight animals each. Group A animals underwent transection of the sciatic nerve but had no repair. In Group B, a standard epineural repair was performed...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lolley RD,Bose WJ,Bastian F,Bassam B,Meyer FN,Anderson LD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 25-year-old woman who suffered traumatic damage to the medial malleolar area. Arteriography revealed a posterior tibial artery occlusion at the ankle. The predominant pattern of medial soleus vascularization was revealed during surgery. A reverse medial soleus flap including the posterior tibial pedicle wa...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Dumont CE,Masquelet AC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rectus abdominis transposition (RAT) flap is a well-accepted alternative to pectoralis muscle flaps for sternal reconstruction after debridement in poststernotomy mediastinitis. Use of this flap based on an intercostal artery pedicle, after division of the ipsilateral internal mammary artery (IMA), is a less-recog...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Jacobs B,Ghersi MM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangioma of the zygomatic bone is an extreme rarity. Six cases have been reported in the English literature. These reports and the 2 new patients presented here constitute the basis for our data. Clinical, histopathological, therapeutic, and reconstructive considerations are discussed. ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Har-El G,Hadar T,Zirkin HY,Sidi J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The reconstruction of complicated defects with 3-dimensional deficits remains challenging. The reconstruction of these defects requires not only coverage of surface but also appropriate obliteration of dead space, and muscle-chimeric perforator flaps can be a valuable option. Here, we present our experience wit...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Lee KT,Wiraatmadja ES,Mun GH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roentgenograms of 26 bone grafts from 21 patients ranging in age from 8 to 64 were reviewed to study the osseous regeneration of the donor area. They were followed from six to seventy-two months--most about twenty-four months. Complete regeneration occurred only in patients under 30 and did not occur in those over 30 ...

journal_title：Annals of plastic surgery

authors： Psillakis JM,Woisky R

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00