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Sculpting Success-The TULUANHA: Modified TULUA Lipo-Abdominoplasty in Post-Bariatric Body Contouring.
[UNLABELLED] Abdominoplasty is one of the most popular body contouring procedures. However, complications are common, particularly in post-bariatric patients, and surgical safety is a topic of growing interest. Among the significant steps, …
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Efficacy and safety of intracavernosal incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin) as add-on therapy to sildenafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction insufficiently responsive to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors.
[BACKGROUND] Studies suggest intracavernosal botulinum toxin A (BTX/A) could improve difficult-to-treat erectile dysfunction (ED) ie with an insufficient response to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is). [AIM] To investigate effic…
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Enhancing patient education in breast surgery: artificial intelligence-powered guidance for mastopexy, augmentation, reduction, and reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT have revolutionised patient education by offering accessible, reasonable, and empathetic guidance. This study evaluates ChatGPT's role in supporting patient inquiries regarding four…
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Selective Capsulotomies and Partial Capsulectomy in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction Revision Surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Breast cancer with about 2.3 million diagnoses and 685,000 deaths globally is the most frequent malignancy in the female population. Continuous research has led to oncological and reconstructive advances in the management of br…
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Thighs lift in the post-bariatric patient - A systematic review.
[BACKGROUND] Thigh lift, first described by Lewis in 1957, consists of thigh recontouring by various strategies. In post-bariatric thigh lift (PBTL), the technical details become fundamental due to both patient comorbidities and increased r…
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Flowchart in Post-Bariatric Surgery: A Research for the Appropriate Type and Timing of Plasties Reshaping the Body.
[INTRODUCTION] Obesity is a chronic disease with significant health implications. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity-related conditions. However, the timing of post-bariatric body contouring surgery remains uncertain. …
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Augmentation Rhinoplasty and Centrofacial Lipofilling: Our Experience (ARCL).
Augmentation rhinoplasty traditionally represents a serious challenge for plastic surgeons. The association with centrofacial lipofilling is a great approach to achieve harmonious, aesthetic results. The aim of this article is to describe o…
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Advances on Capsular Contracture-Prevention and Management Strategies: A Narrative Review of the Literature.
[UNLABELLED] Capsular contracture (CC) is the most relevant complication of both aesthetic and reconstructive breast implant surgery. For many years, experimental and clinical trials have attempted to analyze CC risk factors, clinical featu…
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The Regenerative Effects of Botulinum Toxin A: New Perspectives.
Botulinum Toxin A (BTX-A) has been found to improve blood flow perfusion. This study aimed to find in literature the use of BTX-A in Plastic Surgery and in particular its use to improve blood flow perfusion. We read the article "Effects of …
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To Keep or Not to Keep? The Hamletic Umbilical Dilemma: Preservation versus Reconstruction of the Umbilicus in Vertical Abdominoplasty.
(1) Background: The role of the umbilical scar and its repositioning remains one of the most important surgical steps in the execution of any type of abdominoplasty, including those involving "inverted-t" or "fleur de lys" incisions. A cons…
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Ligasure™ Impact and Ligasure™ Small Jaw in Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss: A New Perspective.
[BACKGROUND] The most effective dissection technique for elevating flaps in body contouring is still controversial, particularly in high-risk massive weight loss (MWL) patients. LigaSure (Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland) is an energy device comm…
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Recurrence of breast ptosis after mastopexy - a prospective pilot study.
[BACKGROUND] Breast ptosis is characterized by severe volumetric deficiency of the upper pole, excess of skin in the lower pole and descent of the nipple-areola complex (NAC). Mastopexy, also known as breast lifting, is the surgical operati…
- The Present and the Future of ALT Free Flap: Regeneration Concept in Lower Extremities Reconstruction.
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Umbilical Reconstruction Techniques: A Literature Review.
[BACKGROUND] There are many instances in which sacrificing the umbilicus is unavoidable. Umbilical reconstruction (umbiliconeoplasty) is an important surgical procedure to complete the abdomen's reconstruction and to give again a pleasant c…
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Management of skin damage of health workers' face: the role of plastic surgery in the time of Pandemic.
Background The Sars-Cov-2 virus is characterized by a being highly contagiousness, and this is the reason why massive use of personal protective equipment is required by medical and paramedical staff of the COVID-19 dedicated departments. T…
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Taking care of healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: does plastic surgery have a role?
[BACKGROUND] The massive use of personal protective equipment is required by the medical and paramedical staff of the COVID-19 dedicated departments. This often causes painful pressure injuries. The aim of this study is to value the use of …
- Superior Pedicle Mastopexy with the Three Fat-Glandular Flap Support.
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Superior Pedicle Mammaplasty without Parenchymal Incisions after Massive Weight Loss.
[BACKGROUND] After considerable weight loss, the breast suffers significant deformation. The ptotic breast is characterized by a lack of superior pole, tissue excess in the inferior pole, down-migration of nipple-areola complex (NAC) with r…
- Correction of Nasolabial Folds Using Hyaluronic Acid Filler Plus Subcutaneous Injections of Carbon Dioxide.
- Thoughts about the Name of Our Discipline.
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Abdominoplasty in Mildly Obese Patients (BMI 30-35 kg/m2): Metabolic, Biochemical and Complication Analysis at One Year.
[BACKGROUND/AIM] Dermolipectomy dramatically improves the quality of life of previously obese patients. Fat removal in patients undergoing liposuction and reduction mammoplasty has positive effects, but no data regarding sequelae of abdomin…
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Abdominoplasty as a reconstructive surgical treatment of necrotising fasciitis of the abdominal wall.
[OBJECTIVES] Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a potentially fatal, uncommon infection of the soft tissue with rapid progression. This article presents one case of NF of the abdomen wall, describing the presentation, diagnosis and long-term suc…