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Secondary reduction mammaplasty: does initial pedicle design matter?
Reduction mammaplasty is one of the most common plastic surgical procedures performed in the United States. Occasionally patients will require a second reduction to address persistent or recurrent symptomatic macromastia. When the vascular …
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Pharmacokinetics of 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol. III. In vitro skin penetration comparisons using the excised skin of humans, rats, and rabbits.
Excised skin from Fischer 344 rats, New Zealand White rabbits, and human females (obtained from mammoplasty patients) were compared for their in vitro skin penetration potential with 2-[14C]-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol (EHD). EHD was applied as bo…
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Use of double gloves to protect the surgeon from blood contact during aesthetic procedures.
The potential for blood contact with nonintact skin puts operating room personnel at an increased risk of exposure to hepatitis or HIV virus. Frank needle-stick injury to the surgeon has been shown to occur once every 20-40 operations. It h…
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Potential dangers of oxygen supplementation during facial surgery.
The use of local anesthesia and intravenous sedation has made same-day outpatient surgery a viable option for many aesthetic and reconstructive procedures. These procedures often include the use of supplemental oxygen. Oxygen-enriched envir…
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Two-staged breast reconstruction in patients with symptomatic macromastia requiring mastectomy.
Patients with symptomatic macromastia undergoing mastectomy for the treatment of malignant breast disease are candidates for a two-staged operation resulting in breast reconstruction and contralateral breast reduction. Five patients with sy…
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Partial mastectomy and breast reduction as a valuable treatment option for patients with macromastia and carcinoma of the breast.
The essential goals of every reconstructive procedure of the breast are to create a breast mound and establish symmetry. Breast conservation operation is now a widely accepted treatment for carcinoma of the breast. Four patients who present…
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Risk of blood contact through surgical gloves in aesthetic procedures.
Evidence of glove perforation, and therefore blood contact, was evaluated in 100 consecutive pairs of gloves used in aesthetic surgical procedures. The surgeon (38.3%) was more likely than the assistant (22.5%) to have exposure. In only 15%…