Sagittal craniosynostosis outcome assessment for two methods and timings of intervention.

abstract：:Costochondral grafts have gained increasing popularity in reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint and condyle in children. This is a report on the long-term follow-up of eight adolescent patients who underwent reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint and ramus for correction of hemifacial microsomia or trau...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Guyuron B,Lasa CI Jr

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:This paper reports 11 cases of recurrence 10 years or more after primary treatment of clinically local cutaneous melanoma at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute. Using the product-limit method for estimating recurrence-free survival, two late recurrence rates have been calculated. The estimated late recurrence rate a...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： McEwan L,Smith JG,Matthews JP

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the use of free flaps has become a major option for head and neck reconstruction, the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap still plays an important role because of its advantages and its convenience as a pedicle flap located adjacent to head and neck lesions. However, there remain two problems with th...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Rikimaru H,Kiyokawa K,Watanabe K,Koga N,Nishi Y,Sakamoto A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular complications resulting from intravascular filler injection and embolism are major safety concerns for facial filler injection. It is essential to systematically screen full-face arterial variations and help design evidence-based safe filler injection protocols. METHODS:The carotid arteries of 22 c...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Zhu GZ,Zhao WR,Luo CE,Cai B,Kong XX,Zhan WF,Sun ZS,Luo SK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple perforator flap breast reconstruction is an option that avoids implants in selected patients with minimal donor tissue. The technique addresses the need for additional skin to help create a breast envelope with more natural ptosis and additional volume to help create a body-appropriate breast mound ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Haddock NT,Suszynski TM,Teotia SS

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 47-kDa heat shock protein (HSP47) is a molecular chaperone specifically targeting the processing and quality control of collagen molecules. This study was performed to investigate whether antisense therapy preventing HSP47 expression might affect the scar formation occurring during wound healing of skin. In wound ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Wang Z,Inokuchi T,Nemoto TK,Uehara M,Baba TT

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications after a median sternotomy incision, which is used currently in most cardiac and mediastinal surgical procedures, although infrequent, are serious. If sternal dehiscence follows median sternotomy, infection extends to vital underlying structures, exposing the anterior part of the heart and ascending aorta...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tizian C,Borst HG,Berger A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports the use of end-to-side neurorrhaphy for the treatment of certain peripheral nerve disorders. However, the mechanism by which nerves regenerate following this procedure is still unclear. To address this question, the authors designed a new end-to-side coaptation model in rats in which the donor...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Hayashi A,Yanai A,Komuro Y,Nishida M,Inoue M,Seki T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe open tibial fractures may have a low rate of reemployment after reconstruction. Sixty-five limb-salvage patients were followed for at least 2 years to determine the factors that influence future employment. The preinjury conditions found to influence reemployment included age less than 40, higher ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Francel TJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cost-utility studies, common in medicine, are rare within plastic surgery despite their capability of measuring the value of procedures by considering the societal costs of improving quality of life. The objectives of this study were to analyze the design quality of the plastic surgery cost-utility literatur...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Tessler O,Mattos D,Vorstenbosch J,Jones D,Winograd JM,Liao EC,Austen WG Jr

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implant-based reconstruction is the predominant form of breast reconstruction, with the two-stage tissue expander/implant approach being the most popular. Recently, the direct-to-implant, one-stage breast reconstruction procedure has gained momentum. In this study, national and regional trends across the Uni...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Kamali P,Koolen PGL,Ibrahim AMS,Paul MA,Dikmans RE,Schermerhorn ML,Lee BT,Lin SJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dupuytren disease affects fingers in a variable fashion. Knowledge about specific disease patterns (phenotype) based on location and severity of the disease is lacking. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, 344 primary affected hands with Dupuytren disease were physically examined. The Pearson correlation ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lanting R,Nooraee N,Werker PMN,van den Heuvel ER

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a rare variation of the vascular pedicle of the latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap is described. Its main vascular pedicle was the circumflex scapular vessel. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Satoh K,Ohkubo F,Tojima Y

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:The method of abdominal hernia repair known as components separation, described by Ramirez et al. in 1990, has enjoyed widespread popularity because of the sound anatomical principles it uses and most importantly the clinical success of the procedure. Although the authors who described this technique made no pr...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Halvorson EG

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast-conserving therapy is widely accepted as an appropriate method of primary treatment of T1 and T2 breast cancers that measure up to 5 cm. For safe and cosmetically acceptable breast-conserving therapy in patients with larger breast cancers, the tumor volume has to be reduced preoperatively, and lost tissue volum...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Woerdeman LA,Hage JJ,Thio EA,Zoetmulder FA,Rutgers EJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-stage reconstruction of the nasal tip using frontonasal flaps yields variable results. Variations in flap design were used to optimize outcome. METHODS:Consecutive nasal tip reconstructions using frontonasal flaps performed by the author during a 6-year period were studied retrospectively. Patients w...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Scheufler O

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An operative technique is described for the treatment of large lesions of erythroplasia of the penis. The defect on the glans and on the coronary sulcus is covered by a flap prepared from the external part of the prepuce. This therapy has been effective and has given a good functional result. ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Happle R

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restoration with sufficient functional recovery after long-gap peripheral nerve damage remains a clinical challenge. In vitro, keratins, which are derived from human hair, enhance activity and gene expression of Schwann cells. The specific aim of the authors' study was to examine keratin gel as conduit fille...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Lin YC,Ramadan M,Van Dyke M,Kokai LE,Philips BJ,Rubin JP,Marra KG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to determine whether or not the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap procedure is a practical operation for immediate breast reconstruction. Our series reports 128 consecutive patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction with the TRAM flap from 1985 to 1990....

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Elliott LF,Eskenazi L,Beegle PH Jr,Podres PE,Drazan L

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microform cleft lip has three major components: (1) a minor defect of the upper vermilion border with loss of the mucocutaneous ridge; (2) a narrow ridge of tissue, resembling an exaggerated philtral column extending to the nostril sill; and (3) a deformity of the nostril. To attain the muscle continuity without an ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cho BC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the development of smooth silicone breast implants in 1962, more than 1 million women throughout the world have opted for breast augmentation surgery. Although initially successful, smooth implants are prone to develop surrounding scar capsules that may harden and contract, resulting in discomfort, weakening of ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Ersek RA,Salisbury AV

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this experimental study, venous end-to-end and end-to-side microvascular anastomoses in similar and diameter-discrepant vessels were compared. In 50 rats, end-to-end microvascular repair of the divided epigastric vein and end-to-side repair of the epigastric vein into the femoral vein showed 5-day patency rates of ...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bas L,May JW Jr,Handren J,Fallon J

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disharmonies of the upper lip aesthetic unit generally stem from tall ergotrids and/or thin lips. Comprehension and correction of such defects has been stifled by a lack of metrics and organized systems of diagnosis and treatment. METHODS:The philtral-labial score was devised to better analyze the upper lip...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Raphael P,Harris R,Harris SW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some modified surgical techniques are described for constructing a deep conchal cavity and pseudomeatus and obtaining high auricular projection in congenital microtia. At the primary operation, a rather small portion of the microtic vestige is utilized for the lobule by switching, sparing the skin for the concha, with...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Isshiki N,Koyama H,Suzuki S,Taira T

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large animal model to assess fetal fracture repair and the ability to close excisional bony defects is presented. Incisional and excisional ulnar fractures were made in 14 midgestation fetal lambs, harvested at serial time points, and subjected to high-resolution low-kilovolt magnification radiographs, magnetic reso...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Longaker MT,Moelleken BR,Cheng JC,Jennings RW,Adzick NS,Mintorovich J,Levinsohn DG,Gordon L,Harrison MR,Simmons DJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a cohort of 21 consecutive patients who had congenital pigmented nevi covering 15 to 65 percent of the forehead and adjacent scalp and who were treated at their institution within the last 12 years. All patients were treated with an expansion of the adjacent texture- and color-matched skin as the p...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Bauer BS,Few JW,Chavez CD,Galiano RD

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:End-to-end nerve coaptation is the preferred surgical technique for peripheral nerve reconstruction after injury or tumor extirpation. However, if the proximal nerve stump is not available for primary repair, then end-to-side neurorrhaphy may be a reasonable alternative. Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiv...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Cederna PS,Kalliainen LK,Urbanchek MG,Rovak JM,Kuzon WM Jr

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion of rat groin flaps after 10 and 11 hours of complete ischemia with superoxide dismutase, an oxygen free-radical scavenger, significantly improved the survival of these flaps. This finding provides further evidence for the important role that oxygen-derived free radicals play in ischemic injury. The study als...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Sagi A,Ferder M,Levens D,Strauch B

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic surgery patients span the nutritional spectrum from generally healthy, nutritionally competent patients to inherently catabolic, nutritionally deficient, and chronic wound patients. Therefore, plastic and reconstructive surgery affords the opportunity to investigate the impact of nutrition across a heterogeneo...

journal_title：Plastic and reconstructive surgery

authors： Knackstedt R,Oliver J,Gatherwright J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00