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72건 · 최신순- [The significance of research in the Brazilian plastic surgery].
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An efficient way to correct recurrent rectus diastasis.
[BACKGROUND] Recurrent rectus diastasis is a troublesome complication because its correction requires an extensive procedure. [CASE REPORTS] Two patients with recurrent rectus diastasis secondary to abdominoplasty corrected by plication of…
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Sensibility of the abdomen after abdominoplasty.
Abdominal skin hypesthesia may occur after abdominoplasty. The purpose of this study was to find out (1) which sensibility modalities are decreased and (2) which areas of the abdominal wall are affected, so that patients can be warned preop…
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The use of tissue adhesive for skin closure in body contouring surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Abdominoplasty and mammoplasty are cosmetic surgeries that demand relatively more time for skin closure. [METHODS] Skin closure with 4.0 Mononylon (Ethicon, Summerville, NJ, USA) continuous subcuticular suture and with Dermabo…
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Pregnancy after abdominoplasty.
A case of a 25-year-old while female, who had undergone abdominoplasty and got pregnant two and a half years later, is described. The pregnancy was uneventful and the baby was delivered at 38 weeks of pregnancy. Fifteen months after the bab…
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Advancement of the external oblique muscle flap to improve the waistline: a study in cadavers.
Waist definition is an important goal of abdominoplasty. The purpose of this report is to study the effect of advancement and rotation of the external oblique muscles in the waistline. Twenty cadavers were dissected. Two parameters were ana…
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A pragmatic way to treat abdominal deformities based on skin and subcutaneous excess.
An objective classification for abdominoplasty based on subcutaneous and skin deformities is described. Type 0 patients are those who present excess fat with very little excess skin or without surplus skin, on which liposuction is indicated…
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An aesthetic classification of the abdomen based on the myoaponeurotic layer.
An objective classification for abdominoplasty based on myoaponeurotic deformities is described. Types A, B, C, and D correspond to different myoaponeurotic deformities. Patients with type A display rectus diastasis secondary to pregnancy, …
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Nylon versus polydioxanone in the correction of rectus diastasis.
Nylon and polydioxanone are two sutures commonly used to correct rectus diastasis. Polydioxanone, as an absorbable suture, has the advantage of not being palpable in thin patients. Because several forces act against the plication, an absorb…
- How to deal with the umbilical stalk during abdominoplasty.
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The role of plastic surgery in congenital cutis laxa: a 10-year follow-up.
The clinical features and the plastic surgery management of a 23-year-old woman with cutis laxa are presented. Two rhytidectomies were performed in this patient within 1 year. The first was associated with a SMAS flap; the second employed a…
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Should diastasis recti be corrected?
The plication of the anterior rectus sheath is a procedure that is performed by most surgeons during abdominoplasty. A main concern is whether the correction of recti diastasis is really effective and if it is stable. In order to verify the…