Lee YJ

[BACKGROUND] The increasing incidence of breast cancer leads to the increasing number of mastectomies and frequency of immediate breast reconstruction, particularly using direct-to-implant (DTI) methods. Capsular contracture remains a signi…

[BACKGROUND] Implant-based breast reconstruction (IBBR) is a widely adopted technique following mastectomy in breast cancer patients. However, the impact of chemotherapy type and duration on the development of capsular contracture remains u…

The anterolateral thigh (ALT) skin flap provides abundant, thin, pliable skin coverage with adequate pedicle length and calibre, and tolerable donor site morbidity. However, coverage of relatively large defects using the ALT flap alone is l…

[BACKGROUND/AIM] The mechanisms underlying capsular contracture remain unclear. Emerging evidence supports the inflammation hypothesis, according to which bacteria from an adherent biofilm cause chronic inflammation and collagen deposition …

Invasive larynx or pharyngeal fungal infections are rare. We report an invasive fungal laryngopharyngitis patient who complained of a persistent sore throat after an allogenic bone marrow transplant and a haploidentical stem cell transplant…

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States, with surgical options including lumpectomy and mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction. Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is a muscle-sparing perf…

Temporal hollowing is most frequently an acquired deformity and can be caused by volume defects of bone, soft tissue, or both. Recently, surgical reconstruction with autogenous fat or allografts has been introduced, but these materials can …

[BACKGROUND] In Asian women who undergo facelift surgery, satisfying results are achieved for facial rhytides, but there have been complaints concerning malar prominence and mandible angle region postoperatively. Anatomically, compared with…

Post-partum galactocele is a common benign disease among breastfeeding women, whereas retromammary and peri-implant galactocele are relatively rare conditions. Herein, a 34-year-old, 1 month-postpartum female, who had augmentation mammoplas…

[BACKGROUND] Harvesting a DIEP flap based on bipedicled perforators can enhance vascular perfusion, which can reduce complication rates, minimize fat necrosis, and flap failure. This study summarizes our experience with using unipedicled an…

[BACKGROUND] Infrabrow blepharoplasty has become a common surgical method used to rejuvenate aged upper eyelids in Asians. In this paper, we describe the parallel excision method for infrabrow blepharoplasty as a useful alternative to the c…

[BACKGROUND] To resolve nasal obstruction in rhinoplasty, inferior turbinate outfracture is performed widely alone or combined with other procedures. There are conflicting reports on the effect of inferior turbinate outfracture. This study …

Bovine-derived collagen has been used for soft-tissue augmentation since 1977. However, there are issues regarding the possibility of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Researchers discovered that the histologic structure of porcine-de…

[OBJECTIVE] To determine patient-based scar assessment after direct browplasty for correction of brow ptosis between Asian female patients with and without brow tattoos. [DESIGN] A retrospective study with questionnaire via telephone inter…