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At a consensus workshop, the following questions were discussed regarding the preoperative imaging of recipient vessels prior to microsurgical transplantation in the lower extremity: • Is preoperative imaging necessary for patients with cli…

The surgical-oncological treatment of pelvic and perineal malignancies is associated with a high complication rate and morbidity for patients. Modern multimodal treatment modalities, such as neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy for anal or rectal…

[BACKGROUND] Diced cartilage in fascia has become the graft material of choice for dorsal grafts in rhinoplasty. Allogenic fascia lata has not yet been investigated as an isolated fascial graft or as a combined graft with ear and rib cartil…

[BACKGROUND] Aesthetic surgery is an integral component of plastic surgery. Despite its importance, adequate training in aesthetic surgery is met with challenges. Although the educational benefit of resident clinics has been demonstrated, s…

[BACKGROUND] The importance of providing high-quality exposure and training in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery during residency has come to the forefront of plastic surgery education. Adequate training in aesthetic surgery, however, ha…

[BACKGROUND] Wound drainage and seroma formation following abdominoplasty remain significant concerns to both surgeons and patients due to the resulting increased need for patient follow-up and delays in returning to normal function. While …

[BACKGROUND] Microsurgical autologous breast reconstruction has evolved significantly over the last three decades. The muscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM), deep inferior epigastric artery perforator, and super…

Abdominoplasty has become one of the most frequently performed procedures for improving body contour. Numerous reports exist focusing on postoperative complications with even more studies suggesting technical modifications to decrease their…

[INTRODUCTION] Abdominoplasty is one of the most popular body-contouring procedures. However, it is associated with a significant number of complications, the most common being seroma and wound-healing problems. In this study, we analysed p…

Financial and other competing interests have recently received increasing attention. In particular clinical research in plastic surgery attracts for-profit organizations, thus, explaining the increasing number of financial sponsorships. How…

A multitude of studies has been published focusing on different technical aspects of abdominoplasty. However, rarely has attention been drawn to skin closure techniques and its implications on postoperative scar length and complication rate…

Aesthetic surgery is one pillar of plastic surgery. Thus, not surprisingly, journals exist that focus predominantly on advances within this subspecialty. However, rarely has the process of systematic reviewing that identified randomized con…

A 48-year-old patient reported pain in her face and neck. Within 10 years she had undergone three "golden thread lift" suspension procedures, the last one 2 years previously. Skull radiographs showed complete fragmentation of all the implan…

During the last decades breast augmentation has gained worldwide acceptance. In addition to the inframammary and periareolar approach for augmentation mammaplasty, the transaxillary route provides an elegant means of retaining the integrity…

During the last decades, numerous surgical techniques have been described for breast augmentation. In addition to the very popular inframammary and the periareolar approaches, the transaxillary technique provides an elegant means of conduct…

[BACKGROUND] Since its introduction, augmentation mammaplasty has gained widespread popularity, as demonstrated by the fact that an estimated 2 million women in the United States have received implants. During recent decades, several surgic…

Traditionally surgical repair of tissue defects and loss or failure of function has relied on mechanical means, medical (drug) treatment, autologous and allogenic transplantation, and alloplastic/synthetic devices. Tissue engineering repres…