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21건 · 최신순- An alternative model for teaching basic principles and surgical skills in plastic surgery.
- A plastic surgeon retires--due to illness.
- Face reconstruction after a major burn using tube pedicles: a 46-year follow-up.
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Is there still a place for free nipple areolar grafting in breast reduction surgery? A review of cases over a three year period.
Breast reduction using the technique of free nipple areolar grafting still has a place in selected cases. The surgical technique used by the senior author is described together with an analysis of the 22 cases operated on including the resu…
- Plastic surgery waiting lists--is anyone listening? The static work activity profile (SWAP).
- The dynamic activity work profile (DAWP): a simple way to illustrate waiting-list numbers, work load and clinic priorities for the disbelievers or the uninformed.
- Can assessment of a surgeon's performance ever be made in a meaningful and fair way? A plastic surgeon's personal view.
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Skin cancer referrals--could prioritization be a reasonable approach in the new millennium?
With the increasing and ageing population and concomitant increased referral of skin lesions and skin cancer in particular, problems with regard to waiting times to be seen as well as waiting lists currently face us. While several other spe…
- Breast reduction--rationed or rational?
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Polaroid photographic referral for skin cancer--a potentially useful method of reducing time to surgery.
A prospective trial was conducted on twenty-five patients referred by dermatologists during 1998 using a referral letter and an accompanying polaroid photograph for prospective plastic surgical management of skin cancers. Using the descript…
- Bodily disfigurement and its relevance in the care of patients in the NHS.
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Polaroid photography as an alternative method of recording clinical material in plastic surgery.
Polaroid photography has been used as a method for assessing and recording certain plastic surgery cases. It has the advantage of being easily and immediately available. Photocopies, in black and white or in colour, can be obtained and can …
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Can operating time be used as a method of planning a plastic surgeon's operating list and assessing performance?
Analysis of a consultant plastic surgeons elective theatre list over a 1-year period with a view to estimating case number, case work load and operating times indicated that the latter cannot be reliably used as a performance indicator. Whi…
- The value of Polaroid photography in a burn unit.
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Can a workload coding system be used to assess and monitor a plastic surgery waiting list?
Analysis of a waiting list based solely on the number of patients rather than the type and degree of difficulty can never give an accurate assessment of the work involved. It does not take account of the continued additions which occur from…
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The changing scene in breast surgery in a plastic surgery unit (1966-94).
A review of the increasing numbers and problems concerning breast surgery over almost 30 years is related. The current controversies and changing techniques are discussed. Breast reduction is confirmed to be a very useful operation, being a…
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An audit of case-load and work-load in a regional plastic surgery unit using intermediate equivalents: a one-year study.
Until March 1992, when it was transferred to St John's Hospital, Livingston, the Regional Plastic Surgery Service for Adults in the Lothians was based at Bangour, West Lothian. Plastic surgery for children continues to be provided by the sa…
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A retrospective review of the Bangour Plastic Surgery Unit, 1941-1991.
Bangour has been the home of the Lothian Regional Plastic Surgery Service since 1941. It was originally constructed to be part of the emergency medical service hospitals during the Second World War. The lifetime of the Plastic Surgery Unit …
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Audit of pressure sores treated in a regional plastic surgery unit (1971-1990).
The results of a previous study of pressure sores over the 10-year period 1971-1980 in this unit were compared with those of the subsequent 10 years, 1981-1990. Factors reviewed included the source of referral, underlying aetiological probl…
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Bone grafting of the secondary cleft lip and palate deformity.
A series of 112 cases of bone grafting in secondary cleft lip and palate deformities is presented with a follow-up averaging 7.5 years. The orthodontic management of these patients is described. The advantages of this procedure, in terms of…
- Musculocutaneous flaps in reconstructive surgery.