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36건 · 최신순- Controversy of Breast Reduction in Adolescent Patients: An Overview of a Sometimes-Challenging Proposition.
- A Suitable Indication for Crescent Mastopexy: Achieving Optimal Nipple Position in Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies.
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Accurate Plane Fat Grafting in Gluteal Augmentation: An Anatomic Study.
[BACKGROUND] The safety of gluteal fat grafting is a global concern in plastic surgery. [OBJECTIVE] The goal of this study was to test whether fat grafting to the buttocks with Auto Stop Reach (ASR) technology prevents penetration from the…
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Centralizing the Umbilicus in Abdominoplasty: Eccentric versus Concentric Fascial Plication in Addition to Medializing at the Skin.
[BACKGROUND] The umbilicus is often not a midline structure. Centralization of the umbilicus during an abdominoplasty is routinely performed at the level of the skin; however, this is associated with a high rate of postoperative reversion. …
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Does Size Really Matter? A Review on How to Determine the Optimal Umbilical Size During an Abdominoplasty.
[BACKGROUND] The umbilicus has historical significance regarding health and beauty principles. The visually pleasing aesthetic of the umbilicus has become a vital standard for the perceived success of an abdominoplasty procedure. While the …
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Breast Implants Save Lives: Gunshot Wound to a Silicone Gel Implant.
What is the incidence of gunshot injuries involving breast implants?What are the considerations for managing a patient with a gunshot wound to a breast implant?Can a breast implant alter the trajectory of a bullet to the chest?What are the …
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The 5 D's to Dunk the Dog: A Retrospective Clinical Review to Prevent Dog-Ear Contour Abnormalities in Vertical Breast Reductions and Breast Lifts.
[BACKGROUND] In 2020, reduction mammoplasties and mastopexies comprised 34.2% of all breast surgeries performed by plastic surgeons. Various approaches for the skin incision of these procedures have been described. The vertical pattern has …
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Earplug Umbilicoplasty: A Simple Method to Prevent Umbilical Stenosis in a Tummy Tuck.
An aesthetically pleasing umbilicus is a vital component of patient satisfaction following an abdominoplasty. An umbilicus that is moderate to small is desired to achieve the best aesthetic result, but a small umbilicus has potential for st…
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Optimal Inframammary Fold Incision Length Based on Implant Volume for Breast Enlargement: A Cadaveric Study.
Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed aesthetic operation in the Unites States annually. With the increasing popularity of gel implants, optimal incisional length for specific implant volumes becomes a factor to consider. Our s…
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Understanding Why Lateral Osteotomy During Rhinoplasty Can Be Performed Safely.
Lateral osteotomy is a mainstay of rhinoplasty surgery and involves fracture of the nasal and maxillary bones to narrow or widen the nasal dorsal bridge and base. To avoid nasal midvault collapse following rhinoplasty, the accepted "high-lo…
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The Danger Zone in the Anterior Neck: Anatomical Landmarks to Avoid Injury to Anterior Jugular Vein During Face-Lift and Neck-Lift.
: An estimated 125,711 face-lifts and 54,281 neck-lifts were performed in 2015. Regardless of the technique employed, facial and neck flap elevation carries with it anatomical risk of which any surgeon performing these procedures should be …
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Oncoplastic Reduction Pattern Technique Following Removal of Giant Fibroadenoma.
Oncoplastic surgery was developed to allow for large tumor excision and immediate breast reconstruction with the goal of optimal breast shape and symmetry. Although initially used in women who underwent lumpectomy for breast malignancy, the…
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Upper Vault Septal Anatomy and Short Nasal Bone Syndrome: Implications for Rhinoplasty.
This is a diagnostic study that investigates the clinical significance between patients with short and long nasal bones and the variation in upper septal composition that would delineate propensity for middle vault collapse. Computed tomog…
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Champagne Groove Lipectomy: A Safe Technique to Contour the Upper Abdomen in Abdominoplasty.
Combined liposuction and abdominoplasty, or lipoabdominoplasty, is particularly helpful in sculpting a more aesthetically pleasing abdominal contour, particularly in the supraumbilical midline groove. This groove, coined the "champagne groo…
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Immediate Breast Reconstruction of a Nipple Areolar Lumpectomy Defect With the L-Flap Skin Paddle Breast Reduction Design and Contralateral Reduction Mammoplasty Symmetry Procedure: Optimizing the Oncoplastic Surgery Multispecialty Approach.
We describe a modification of the inferior pedicle reduction mammoplasty for oncoplastic reconstruction of a central tumor defect. Our technique involved a deepithelialized L-shaped medial inferior based flap with removal of lateral breast …
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Reduction Mammoplasty: Intraoperative Weight Versus Pathology Weight and Its Implications.
Despite the efficacy of reduction mammoplasty and demonstration that resection weight does not predict symptomatic relief of macromastia, many insurers still rely on the Schnur scale or predetermined resection weight for reimbursement. Insu…
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Safe Plastic Surgery of the Breast II: Saving Nipple Sensation.
Since its inception, reduction mammoplasty has matured considerably. Primary evolution in clinical research and practice initially focused on developing techniques to preserve tissue viability; breast parenchyma, skin, and nipple tissue tha…
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Pseudoptosis Correction With the 270° Pedicle Reduction Mammoplasty: An Anatomic and Clinical Study.
: Reduction mammoplasty techniques have evolved considerably. Today, aesthetically pleasing results and preservation of nipple sensation and vascularity are emphasized. Achieving the aforementioned goals for the patient with pseudoptosis re…
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Safe Tummy Tuck: Anatomy and Strategy to Avoid Injury to the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve During Abdominoplasty.
[BACKGROUND] Abdominoplasty is one of the most common aesthetic procedures performed in the United States. While poor contour and unsatisfactory cosmetic result have been recognized, neuropathic pain from lateral femoral cutaneous nerve inj…
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Review of nipple reconstruction techniques and introduction of v to y technique in a bilateral wise pattern mastectomy or reduction mammaplasty.
[INTRODUCTION] Nipple-areola complex reconstruction (NAR) is the final procedure in breast reconstruction after the majority of mastectomies. Many methods of NAR have been described, each with inherent advantages and disadvantages depending…
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Plastic Surgery of the Breast: Keeping the Nipple Sensitive.
[INTRODUCTION] Since its inception, reduction mammaplasty has matured considerably. Primary evolution in clinical research and practice has focused on preserving tissue viability. Surgery involves preserving not only tissue viability but al…
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Nasal Sculpting: Calculated and Predictable Tip Elevation With Cephalic Trim.
[BACKGROUND] Rhinoplasty techniques to affect nasal tip rotation are well described. Cephalic alar trim is a powerful method for achieving tip elevation. Previous studies and texts provide aesthetic guidelines for nasolabial angles. Often, …
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The safe zone for placement of chin implants.
[BACKGROUND] Alloplastic chin augmentation requires the surgeon to predict the location of the mental foramen and the origin of the mentalis muscle to avoid the postoperative sequelae lower lip parasthesia, lower lip incompetence, or chin p…
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Anatomical landmarks to avoid injury to the great auricular nerve during rhytidectomy.
[BACKGROUND] An estimated 116 086 facelifts were performed in 2011. Regardless of the technique employed, facial flap elevation carries with it anatomical pitfalls of which any surgeon performing these procedures should be aware. Injury to …
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A new technique involving a spherical stainless steel device to optimize positioning of the umbilicus.
[BACKGROUND] Creating an aesthetically pleasing umbilicus may be challenging due to various factors that involve the patient limitations and suboptimal techniques available to the surgeon. Although many techniques aim to locate the umbilicu…
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Bony anatomic landmarks to avoid injury to the marginal mandibular nerve.
[BACKGROUND] Marginal mandibular nerve injuries are more likely to be symptomatic than other facial nerve injuries following facelift procedures. The marginal mandibular nerve courses over the facial artery in the region of the mandible. Th…
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Locating the cervical motor branch of the facial nerve: anatomy and clinical application.
[BACKGROUND] Platysma innervation has various clinical applications. Although some patients have unsightly platysmal bands, others suffer from hyperkinetic motility disorders of the platysma that constitute both an aesthetic and functional …
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Follicular anatomy of the anterior temporal hairline and implications for rhytidectomy.
[BACKGROUND] Incisions made perpendicular to the hair follicles during anterior frontal hairline brow lifts or forehead shortening procedures help produce an inconspicuous forehead scar. The success of this "hidden" incision relies on the a…
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Surgical design and algorithm for correction of earlobe ptosis and pseudoptosis deformity.
A previously described classification system for earlobe ptosis and criterion for earlobe pseudoptosis deformity was based on height measurements of the two earlobe components: the free caudal segment and the attached cephalic segment. The …
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The "pixie" ear deformity following face lift surgery revisited.
[BACKGROUND] The "pixie" ear deformity can be recognized by its "stuck on" or "pulled" appearance, which is caused by the extrinsic pull of the medial cheek and jawline skin flaps at the earlobe attachment point, the otobasion inferius. The…