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Fat Grafting to the Breast for Aesthetic Indications: Techniques and Outcomes in 165 Consecutive Patients.
[PURPOSE] Fat grafting to the breast for aesthetic indications has become increasingly popular. Herein, methods, aesthetic outcomes, and complications are reviewed in a retrospective case series. [METHODS] Female patients (n=165) with an a…
- Commentary on: Fat Grafting to Improve Results of Facelift: Systematic Review of Safety and Effectiveness of Current Treatment Paradigms.
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Facelift With Power-Assisted Dissection: A Preliminary Report.
[BACKGROUND] Subcutaneous elevation of the skin has remained a key component in all facelift techniques. [OBJECTIVES] The aim of this preliminary report was to introduce the ABC facelift as a 3-step method addressing photodamage, soft tiss…
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Progressive Improvement in Midfacial Volume 18 to 24 Months After Simultaneous Fat Grafting and Facelift: An Insight to Fat Graft Remodeling.
[BACKGROUND] Although many facelift techniques incorporate fat grafting with tissue repositioning and removal, the intermediate and long-term changes in facial volume after these techniques is unknown. Whereas fillers for facial volume have…
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A 3-step Mechanical Digestion Method to Harvest Adipose-derived Stromal Vascular Fraction.
[BACKGROUND] Adipose stromal vascular fraction (SVF) isolation with enzymatic digestion is the gold standard, but is expensive, having practical and legal concerns. The alternative mechanical SVF isolation methods provide lower cell yields …
- Commentary on: Enhancing Facelift With Simultaneous Submalar Implant Augmentation.
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Fluid Cartilage as New Autologous Biomaterial in the Treatment of Minor Nose Defects: Clinical and Microscopic Difference Amongst Diced, Crushed, and Fluid Cartilage.
Developing cartilage constructs with injectability, appropriate matrix composition, and persistent cartilaginous phenotype remains an enduring challenge in cartilage repair. Fourteen patients with minor contour deformity were treated with f…
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A preoperative cotininury test for abdominoplasty reduces peri-operative complications.
[BACKGROUND] Smoking induces complications in plastic surgery, in particular wound healing delays. Despite a 4-weeks' abstinence asking before and after surgery, some patients denied or hid their consumption. The aim of this study was to ev…
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Ethnic Rhinoplasty in Female Patients: The Neoclassical Canons Revisited.
[BACKGROUND] Despite the substantial amount of research devoted to objectively defining facial attractiveness, the canons have remained a paradigm of aesthetic facial analysis, yet their omnipresence in clinical assessments revealed their l…
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Evaluation of Facial Volume Changes after Rejuvenation Surgery Using a 3-Dimensional Camera.
[BACKGROUND] Surgical rejuvenation alters facial volume distribution to achieve more youthful aesthetic contours. These changes are routinely compared subjectively. The introduction of 3-dimensional (3D) stereophotogrammetry provides a nove…
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Orbitomalar suspension during high SMAS facelift.
[BACKGROUND] Traditional facelift techniques have some limitations: superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS) dissection may be incomplete in the superior medial orbitomalar region, and the centrofacial approach does not incorporate SMA…
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An overview of permanent and semipermanent fillers.
The demand for safe, effective, long-lasting, biocompatible dermal filler materials is increasing. Many products that include synthetic polymers and autologous tissue have emerged that attempt to meet these criteria. An overview of injectab…
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ArteFill: a long-lasting injectable wrinkle filler material--summary of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration trials and a progress report on 4- to 5-year outcomes.
ArteFill, the successor product to Artecoll, is an injectable wrinkle filler composed of polymethylmethacrylate microspheres and bovine collagen, which offers long-lasting and probably permanent augmentation of wrinkles and skin contour def…
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Artecoll: a long-lasting injectable wrinkle filler material: Report of a controlled, randomized, multicenter clinical trial of 251 subjects.
Artecoll, an injectable wrinkle filler composed of polymethylmethacrylate microspheres and bovine collagen, is widely available outside the United States. For domestic availability, a multicenter Investigational Device Exemption study was r…
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Endoscopic pediatric plastic surgery.
Although the advent of endoscopic technology is expanding the fields of reconstructive and aesthetic surgery in adults, there have been to date no reports of its use in the pediatric population. Because of its minimally invasive nature, yet…
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Secondary management of congenital and acquired craniomaxillofacial deformities. Individualized treatment planning.
Late treatment of craniofacial disorders with concomitant abnormalities of the jaw are the most challenging cases a craniofacial surgeon faces. This article details the principles of preoperative, individualized treatment planning using ant…
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Cumulative operative procedures in patients aged 14 years and older with unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and palate.
Sixty-seven consecutive patients over the age of 14 with either unilateral (n = 38) cleft lip and palate or bilateral (n = 29) cleft lip and palate seen over a 15-month period at the University of Michigan Craniofacial Program were reviewed…
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Decision making in primary surgical repair of myelomeningoceles.
A 5-year review of 43 consecutive patients presenting to Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center with an open myelomeningocele defect was undertaken. The aim of the present study was to analyze the myelomeningocele defects, dimensions, and …
- Three-dimensional imaging and computer-generated models.
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Surgical correction of severe scaphocephalic deformities.
Sagittal synostosis may result in severe skull deformities. Characteristic components of the deformity include extreme elongation, frontal and occipital bossing, temporal pinching, and angulatory apical skull deformation. Conventional strip…
- Molded polymethylmethacrylate external retention bolsters for soft-tissue support following medial canthopexy.
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A modification of the transcoronal flap that enhances orbital exposure and cosmesis.
The transcoronal surgical approach for the treatment of orbital disease has become increasingly popular since it affords excellent surgical exposure through a cosmetically acceptable incision. Exposure of the inferior orbit, however, can be…
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Acrylic splints for dental alignment in complex facial injuries.
Twenty-four patients with complex facial injuries were managed by wide subperiosteal exposure, precise anatomical reduction, rigid internal fixation, and immediate bone grafting when indicated, in conjunction with dental impressions, model …
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Infection of proplast malar implants following dental injections.
Two cases of late infections of malar implants are reported following dental work. Inadvertent inoculation of the implants by mouth organisms during injections for local dental anesthesia is implicated as the causative factor. Patients shou…
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Analysis and results of treatment of established posttraumatic facial deformities.
The clinical records of 125 patients undergoing treatment for posttraumatic facial deformities (PTFD) from 1979 to 1990 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with complex fractures had a combination of at least three of the major fracture…
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Cleft palate fistulas: a multivariate statistical analysis of prevalence, etiology, and surgical management.
A retrospective, multivariate statistical analysis of 129 consecutive nonsyndromic patients undergoing cleft palate repair was performed to document the incidence of postoperative fistulas, to determine their cause, and to review methods of…
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Chin disfigurement following removal of alloplastic chin implants.
Insertion and subsequent removal of alloplastic chin implants is not an innocuous procedure, as commonly believed. Ten women, aged 23 to 62 years of age (mean 45 years) are reported in whom severe soft-tissue deformities were observed 6 mon…
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Mammographic changes following reduction mammaplasty.
Mammographic findings after reduction mammaplasty may be similar to those seen with carcinoma. A knowledge of the expected mammographic alterations would be helpful in differentiating postoperative changes from those seen with carcinoma of …
- "How I do it"--head and neck and plastic surgery. A targeted problem and its solution. Primary rhytidectomy--complications of the procedure and anesthetic.