Bauer BS

The ability to increase available local tissue by controlled soft tissue expansion (TE) has led to a rapid increase in the use of TE in clinical practice. This article reviews some general guidelines when using TE in children and addresses …

The fibromatoses are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by proliferation of fibroblasts. Infantile myofibromatosis is a variant that is distinctive because of its multicentric origin, appearance at birth, and cellular composit…

This paper presents a timely coordinated approach to complete excision of congenital giant pigmented nevi in infancy and early childhood based on a review of 78 patients with giant pigmented nevi of the head and neck, trunk, and/or extremit…

Cysts and cyst-like lesions are common occurrences seen in a busy plastic surgical practice. Although many can be treated by surgical excision, they still represent an interesting histologic, etiologic, embryologic, and clinical spectrum. I…

The ability to increase available local tissue by controlled soft tissue expansion has led to a rapid increase in the use of this technique in clinical practice. Our experience in the treatment of children with a wide variety of lesions, in…

Although microtia occurs in only 1:7000 to 8000 births, this major congenital ear deformity can result in significant psychological trauma for the affected child. Reconstruction of this complex deformity represents one of the greatest chall…

A lip repair based on anatomic and electric stimulation studies of the orbicularis muscle in unilateral cleft lip has previously been reported by one of the authors. Following some early modifications, this technique has been used on 125 pr…