Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2020 Functionally, the lip serves to prevent food and drink from spilling out of the beginning of the gastrointestinal tract, and it is also used for vocalization. In addition, the lip has cosmetic importance as part of the face involved in making expressions,
Tomoki Kiuchi +3 more
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Outcomes of Closed versus Open Rhinoplasty: A Systematic Review
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2022 Open and closed rhinoplasty are two main approaches to perform nasal modifications. According to current literature, there is no current consensus among plastic surgeons and otolaryngologists on which technique is preferred in terms of aesthetic result ...
Rohun Gupta +9 more
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Surgical resection of symptomatic calcinosis in a patient with systemic sclerosis [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2019 Introduction: Systemic sclerosis is a rare, autoimmune, progressive disease that affects connective tissues and internal organs by inflammation, which can cause calcinosis cutis.
Caio Pundek Garcia +4 more
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Reducing Donor Site Morbidity When Reconstructing the Nipple Using a Composite Nipple Graft [PDF]
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2012 Background Numerous procedures are available for nipple reconstruction without a single gold standard. This study presents a method for reducing donor-site morbidity in nipple reconstruction using a composite nipple graft after transverse rectus ...
Taik Jong Lee +3 more
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Obliteration of Radical Cavities and Total Reconstruction Procedure Without Staging After Canal Wall Down Mastoidectomy: Long-term Results [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2015 ObjectivesWe evaluate the long-term surgical and hearing results using a canal wall down mastoidectomy technique followed by cavities obliteration, canal wall reconstruction and ossiculoplasty without staging.MethodsA total of 44 patients between January
Shao-Cheng Liu +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Women who underwent vaginal pelvic reconstructive surgery with or without mesh consecutively between 2004 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed to determine the learning curve in vaginal pelvic reconstructive surgery.
Chin-Jui Wu +5 more
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Comparison of Sole to Palm Reconstruction Using the Combined Medial Plantar and Medial Pedis Free Flaps and Abdominal Pedicle Flap for Extensive Palm Injuries [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2010 The coverage of soft- tissue defects of the hand specially volar side needs special consideration. Although certain local flaps have been described and used for resurfacing the palm, Extensive injury requires distant or free flaps for coverage. abdominal
Masoud Yavari +3 more
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Radical resection of giant chondrosarcoma of the anterior chest wall [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2008 Background. Chondrosarcomas represent approximately 30% of primary malignant bone tumors, the most frequent of which is on anterior thoracic wall. Case report.
Stanić Vojkan +7 more
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Usefulness of V-Y Advancement Flap for Defects after Skin Tumor Excision [PDF]
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2012 BackgroundAfter skin tumor excision on the face, extremities, or trunk, the choice of treatment for a skin defect is highly variable. Many surgeons prefer to use a local flap rather than a skin graft or free flap for small- or moderately-sized circular ...
Ki Hyun Kwon +5 more
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Four Limb Shaped Auricular Chondrocutaneous Composite Graft for the Alar and the Columellar Defects [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2017 Background Composite grafts have advantages for small nasal defect coverage. However, if the the outer skin defect and the inner skin defect have a different location, conventional composite grafts encounter considerable limitations.
Seok Min Yoon +5 more
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