Stevenson TR

[INTRODUCTION] Plastic surgeons endure years of training yet remain poorly equipped to negotiate first employment contracts. Our aims were to evaluate typical plastic surgeon employment contracts and assess contract comprehensiveness. We so…

As the technique of autologous fat grafting is being refined and perfected, its clinical applications are expanding. The use of autologous fat grafting for primary breast augmentation is controversial due to a lack of clarity regarding its …

[BACKGROUND] Integrated plastic surgery residency training is growing in popularity, bringing new challenges to program directors and applicants. The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of successful applicants and to obta…

[BACKGROUND] The purpose of this study was to determine whether seroma formation following abdominoplasty is associated with simultaneous liposuction of the flanks and to stratify the risk of developing seromas according to body mass index.…

[BACKGROUND] Pneumothorax is a recognized complication of breast augmentation which, until now, was thought to be rare. The authors hypothesize that it is more common than generally appreciated. [METHODS] A fax survey was sent to 363 membe…

The purpose of this study was to compare the arterial blood supply of the lateral face lift flap when the flap is elevated either above or below the SMAS. The transverse facial artery supplies blood to a large portion of the lateral face li…

The quality of a breast reconstruction is gauged by the symmetry achieved when the reconstructed and opposite breasts are compared. In order to produce a symmetrical appearance, it is often necessary to revise the contralateral, previously …

Closure of the meningomyelocele wound requires stable coverage of the dural repair. In the case presented, multiple conventional attempts at reconstruction failed. A modification of the "reverse" latissimus dorsi flap is presented that succ…

A cutaneous leiomyosarcoma arose in the upper lip skin of a 22-year-old patient. This unusual tumor was diagnosed clinically as a basal cell carcinoma although histological studies confirmed a leiomyosarcoma. The tumor was excised using Moh…

A patient with a past history of breast augmentation, fibrous capsule formation, and repeated closed capsulotomies is described. Deformity of the breast occurred in conjunction with radiographic evidence of implant rupture. This rupture was…

Patients requiring reconstruction by muscle or musculocutaneous flaps often have an associated area of skin anesthesia. This skin is susceptible to trauma because of its insensibility. This study reports 3 cases in which patients sustained …

A 4-year-old girl with an extensive soft tissue loss of the left heel is presented. Management by debridement followed by coverage with an innervated flexor digitorum superficialis musculocutaneous flap resulted in primary healing. Full wei…

Large wounds of the hand and upper extremity require secure closure for protection of the underlying structures. The skin of the lower abdomen can be raised in a lenticular fashion, supported by the superficial inferior epigastric artery an…

[UNLABELLED] Major complications of radiation directed to the breast, axilla, and mediastinum were treated in 54 patients from 1974 to 1983. A classification of these complications facilitates both an understanding of the pattern of injury …