Hybrid columellar strut using nasal crest bone of the maxilla and conchal cartilage for nasal tip stability in rhinoplasty for East Asian patients [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2023 Background Proper nasal tip projection and rotation are essential for an aesthetically pleasing nose. However, East Asians usually have thicker skin and underdeveloped nasal cartilage compared to Caucasians.
Min Young Kim +3 more
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Sparing internal thoracic vessels in thoracoscopic or submuscular correction of pectus carinatum: a porcine model study [PDF]
, 2016 Supplementary data to this article can be found online at http://dx. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.07.023.Background: External compression is used for pectus carinatum (PC) treatment, but many patients are noncompliant. Costal cartilage resection (CCR)
Coelho, Tiago Henriques +5 more
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Correction of severe columella and tip retraction in silicone implanted Asian short noses. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Silicone Implants and other alloplastic materials are frequently used in rhinoplasty to augment Asian short noses. However, nasal deformities as a result of implant-related infections are increasing in incidence.
Pasche, P. +2 more
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021 Summary:. Nasal reconstruction in very elderly patients is challenging. We attempted subtotal nasal reconstruction with an expanded double forehead flap and autologous costal cartilage support in a 91-year-old woman presenting with subtotal nasal defects
Yuta Nakajima, MD +2 more
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Mechanical properties of extensive calcified costal cartilage: An experimental study
Heliyon, 2023 Background: Autologous costal cartilage is widely used as nasal augmentation or nasal reconstruction material. However, no study has focused on the mechanical difference between no calcified costal cartilage and extensive calcified costal cartilage at ...
Xin Wang +6 more
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Prevention of Mandible Reconstruction Plate Exposure by Costal Cartilage Wrapping
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2017 Summary:. After mandibulectomy in cancer surgery, reconstruction is often performed with a reconstruction plate covered with a soft-tissue free flap in patients in poor condition. However, the rate of complications for mandibular reconstruction is higher
Motonao Iwasawa, MD, PhD +2 more
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The use of a prefabricated radial forearm free flap for closure of a large tracheocutaneous fistula: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2015 The closure of complex tracheocutaneous fistulae is a surgical challenge. We describe a staged approach for management of a patient with a large tracheocutaneous fistula in the setting of prior surgery and local radiation ...
Moore, Michael G. +4 more
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Auricular cartilage versus costal cartilage as a grafting material in experimental laryngotracheal reconstruction [PDF]
The Laryngoscope, 1995 AbstractAuricular cartilage has been used clinically as an alternative material to costal cartilage for implantation during laryngotracheal reconstructive surgery. Little information is available concerning the healing characteristics or the durability of these two types of graft. The authors of this study examined the rate of epithelialization and the
D. G. Heatley +3 more
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Costochondral Grafts in the treatment of Temporomandibular joint ankylosis: a Clinical Study [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis usually requires adequate excision of the involved ankylotic block (arthroplasty) without interposing any material (gap arthroplasty) or interpositional arthroplasty using ...
Arora, Srimathy +5 more
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Augmentation Rhinoplasty with Rib Cartilage Graft
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2015 Objective: To investigate the outcome and complications of augmentation rhinoplasty with rib cartilage grafts Methods: Study Design: Retrospective study Setting: Tertiary Government Hospital Participants:
Elaine Marie A. Lagura +2 more
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