논문 목록
11건 · 최신순-
Adjustable Single-Osteotomy Fibular Free Flap for Anterior Mandibular Defects in Irradiated Head and Neck Cancers-A Case Series.
: Reconstructing the anterior mandible in patients with irradiated and contracted soft tissues remains challenging despite advances in computer-assisted design and three-dimensional printing. Unpredictable soft-tissue changes reduce the eff…
-
Token-splitting improves GPT-4.1 performance on plastic surgery exams: implications for AI-Assisted medical education.
Large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, have demonstrated impressive performance on general medical examinations; however, their effectiveness significantly declines in specialized board examinations due to limited domain-specific tr…
-
Modified Stair-Step Flap With Turnover Flap for Drooling Correction After Lower Lip Composite Defect Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Oral commissure and buccal complex defects are commonly seen after cancer ablation. Free flap reconstruction can offer adequate soft tissue volume and outer skin lining. However, oral incompetence often occurs when an oral comm…
-
Interventional Treatments for Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Systematic Review.
[BACKGROUND] Postherpetic neuralgia, a persistent pain condition often characterized by allodynia and hyperalgesia, is a deleterious consequence experienced by patients after an acute herpes zoster vesicular eruption has healed. The pain as…
- Initial experience of endoscopic clips and intrapyloric botulinum toxin injection for sleeve gastrectomy leaks.
-
High levels of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with diabetic retinopathy are positively associated with ARHGAP22 expression.
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common microvascular complication of diabetes. Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are derived from bone marrow and are characterized by pathological retinal neovascularization. () is a DR suscept…
-
Chen's Double Eyelid Fold Illusion: An Eye Size Assimilation Illusion Induced by a Supratarsal Fold in the Brow-Eye Unit, A Preliminary Report.
[BACKGROUND] Double eyelidplasty can enhance the eye size and facial attractiveness of Asian individuals with single eyelids. The authors hypothesize that a supratarsal fold can induce an eye size assimilation illusion to enhance eye dimens…
-
Potential media influence on the high incidence of medical disputes from the perspective of plastic surgeons.
[BACKGROUND/PURPOSE] The main purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of medical disputes among plastic surgeons in Taiwan and to elucidate their perspectives regarding the influence of medical litigation media coverage on th…
-
Nonantimuscarinic treatment for overactive bladder: a systematic review.
The purpose of the study was to determine the efficacy and safety of nonantimuscarinic treatments for overactive bladder. Medline, Cochrane, and other databases (inception to April 2, 2014) were used. We included any study design in which t…
-
Increased morbidity in combined abdominal sacrocolpopexy and abdominoplasty procedures.
[INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS] This study was performed to determine whether abdominoplasty combined with abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASC + A) increases perioperative morbidity compared with ASC alone. We hypothesized that patients undergoing …
-
Treatment of recurrent intractable periauricular fistula using temporoparietal fascia.
The temporoparietal fascia has been used extensively for vascularized tissue coverage, augmentation, and facial contouring. The temporoparietal fascial graft provides thin, broad, pliable, easily neovascularized, adequate coverage, contour,…