Hauben DJ

Studies of breast volume and size have failed to take into account the aesthetic value of the nipple-areola-breast proportion. These data are important to plastic surgeons in planning breast reduction, augmentation, and reconstruction. In t…

We retrospectively reviewed 421 burn patients treated in our burn unit in the past 3 years, focusing on breast burns in female patients. The aim of our study was to review the epidemiology, establish the mechanism of breast burn occurrence,…

Recurrent cicatricial entropion of the upper eyelid creates a surgical problem. We present a 53-year-old patient with complicated postsurgical fibrotic and scarred upper eyelid entropion. Double-opposed Z-plasty incisions were used at the a…

Body contouring for patients who have experienced massive weight loss requires multiple and extensive operations. A one-stage operative procedure was performed on 10 patients who have been followed for at least 18 months postoperatively. Co…

Reconstructive plastic surgery provides a surgical solution for congenital and acquired abnormalities. Donor site distortions may occur and recipient sites will be adversely affected as a result of contraction in the wound healing process. …

Victor von Bruns was an active surgeon in Germany during the nineteenth century. His work is accompanied by many illustrations, and a selected few are presented in this survey. His original contributions to plastic and reconstructive surger…

The supero-medial dermal pedicle was reported only once in a small group of patients. Further experience and refinements have shown the technique, with a relative thick pedicle augmenting the medial quadrant, to offer good areolar support a…

Blasius was a famous teacher and surgeon. Apart from his own writings on surgery and his new methods for reconstructions, such as the replacement of nose, lips, and eyelids, some theses were also inspired by him. His main work is his three-…

Liston's background and life during the 19th century are described. Highlights in his career are reviewed in an attempt to provide an understanding of the man and his work. His work and his contributions to plastic surgery are presented.…

The subpectoral approach, better called retropectoral, in breast augmentation procedures has been used in 52 patients with either hypoplastic or ptoticatrophied breasts, with excellent results. Breasts remained soft in all but 1 patient (wh…

Repeated postaugmentation capsular formation following retromammary silicone implantation led surgeons to seek an alternative procedure. In 1968 Dempsey and Latham first reported the "subpectoral" route for location of the implant. Since th…

Skin graft procedures had already been performed prior to Reverdin's great discovery. Skin grafting apparently originated with the Hindus 3,000 years ago, but until the beginning of the nineteenth century only a few trials were reported. In…