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The Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Surgery Residency Training.
Nowadays didactic and surgical activities for residents in the surgery field are less and less due to an increasing burden of documentation and "non-educational work." Considering the current lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has ne…
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Smooth Prosthesis: Our Experience and Current State of Art in the Use of Smooth Sub-muscular Silicone Gel Breast Implants.
[BACKGROUND] The objective of this clinical review is to provide an overview of the use of silicone gel-filled breast implants placed in the sub-muscular position, with a focus on complication rates reported for both smooth and textured imp…
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An efficient method for the correction of iatrogenic symmastia: A case series.
[BACKGROUND] Symmastia is a medial confluence of the breasts, produced by a web of skin and fat merged across the midline, that generates the disappearance of the intermammary sulcus. Apart from the rare congenital cases, this condition is …
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The Use of Meshed Dermal Autograft in Breast Reconstruction.
The advantages and disadvantages of acellular dermal matrix (ADM) in breast reconstruction have been well documented. ADM is commonly used in breast reconstruction, but it adds cost to the procedure and has been associated with an increased…
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An Efficient Method for Hair Containment During Head and Neck Surgery.
The authors present a simple technique for operations around hair-bearing areas such as during a rhytidectomy. Hair surrounding the surgical field is twisted into bundles and clipped with duckbill clips. The authors repeat the procedure for…
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A case of gestational gigantomastia in a 37-years-old woman associated with elevated ANA: a casual linkage?
Hypertrophy of the breast (macromastia and gigantomastia) is a rare medical condition of the breast connective tissues. The etiology of this condition is still not clear; rarely, gigantomastia has been reported to develop in the setting of …
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Reduction Mammaplasty for Breast Symmetrisation in Implant-Based Reconstructions.
[BACKGROUND] Healthy breast surgery constitutes an important step to achieve symmetry in unilateral implant-based reconstructions. We analysed long-term results of breast symmetry obtained with reduction mammaplasties, and we evaluated whet…
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Necrotizing Fasciitis in Aesthetic Surgery: A Review of the Literature.
[INTRODUCTION] Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare, potentially fatal, infective complication that can occur after surgery. Diagnosis is still difficult and mainly based on clinical data. Only a prompt pharmacological and surgical therapy …
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The Use of "Precapsular Space" in Secondary Breast Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Periprosthetic capsule formation is a physiological phenomenon occurring around breast implants. In case of capsular contracture, several surgical techniques are described; among them, total capsulectomy is considered the gold …
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The Collection of Adipose Derived Stem Cells using Water-Jet Assisted Lipoplasty for their Use in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: A Preliminary Study.
The graft of autologous fat for the augmentation of soft tissue is a common practice frequently used in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. In addition, the presence of adipose derived stem cells (ASCs) in adipose tissue stimul…
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Suspension sutures in facial reconstruction: surgical techniques and medium-term outcomes.
The purpose of this study was to assess the medium-term results of using thread-lift sutures as a means to support soft tissues in facial reconstructive surgery. The rationale for the introduction of this method was to provide support for t…
- A simple and economical method for performing subcutaneous infusions in plastic surgery.