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Allergic contact dermatitis to synthetic rubber following breast augmentation.
Allergic reactions associated with silicone injection and implant were examined in a 50-year-old woman with a granulomatous reaction following breast silicone-gel prosthesis rupture who developed a delayed hypersensitivity to rubber compoun…
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Effects of zafirlukast on capsular contracture: controlled study measuring the mammary compliance.
Capsular contracture is a highly distressing, difficult complication after breast augmentation for both the patient and the surgeon. Although capsular contracture is a multifactorial process, one common denominator in the successful treatme…
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Changes over time in mammary compliance values after breast augmentation.
Capsular contracture is the most troublesome and distressing complication after breast augmentation for both the surgeon and patient. The etiology of capsular contracture remains unclear. Clinical treatment for this complication is based on…
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The effects of zafirlukast on capsular contracture: preliminary report.
Capsular contracture after breast augmentation is a distressing, troublesome event both for the patient and the surgeon. Fibrosis transforms the prosthesis into a hardened sphere, turning the initially satisfactory cosmetic result into a de…
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Anchor-line abdominoplasty: a comprehensive approach to abdominal wall reconstruction and body contouring.
[BACKGROUND] Classic abdominoplasty leads to disappointing aesthetic results in patients with preexisting supraumbilical scars. Various techniques involving vertical and horizontal incisions have been described. The authors point out the va…
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[Obesity and plastic surgery].
The number of the bariatric surgical procedures to obtain a body weight loss is increasing, and will be higher in the years to come. The plastic surgeons are witnessing in parallel a meaningful growth of requests for surgical procedures to …
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Mammary compliance: an objective measurement of capsular contracture.
Capsular contracture is the most unpredictable complication after mammary augmentation. It presents an uncertain evolution, and is one of the most difficulty complications to treat. Evaluation of this condition usually was relegated to the …
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The legacy of Capt. Gino Pieri: a forgotten Italian contribution to the study of cutaneous blood supply during World War I.
Among the many scientists who studied the cutaneous blood supply, Gino Pieri, an Italian Army surgeon operating during World War I, deserves attention. During those times, amputations were frequent, and flaps used to cover stumps were often…
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Breast reconstruction with abdominal flaps after abdominoplasties.
After the reported safe transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap after liposuction of the abdomen, two cases of bipedicled reconstruction with this flap after abdominoplasty were successfully performed. This operation has not pr…
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Neophalloplasty in female-to-male transsexuals with the island tensor fasciae latae flap.
In the past 60 years, several different procedures have attempted to achieve a postoperative neophallus that is as aesthetic and as functional as possible after penile amputation or sex reassignment. Recently, with improvements in free tiss…
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Pectus excavatum in adults: destructive surgery or simple correction of an aesthetic defect?
Pectus excavatum, a congenital depressive malformation of the sternum, is described since 1594 by Johannes Schenk and has successively been the subject of many studies because of its various inherent problems. The repercussions on the respi…
- The use of an island chondromucosal flap in eyelid reconstruction: preliminary report.
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[Glaucoma as etiopathogenic hypothesis of amaurosis after blepharoplasty. Apropos of a clinical case].
Amaurosis after blepharoplasty is a complication which is considered to be rare, but which nevertheless deserves extreme attention. Although various hypotheses have been proposed (and sometimes proved) its etiopathogenesis is still uncertai…
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Reconstruction of hypospadias with a vertical preputial island flap. A follow-up study of 127 patients.
The preputial island flap technique presented here was described by Scuderi for a one-stage repair of hypospadias. The operation utilizes a subcutaneous pedunculated preputial flap, designed dorsally along the vertical axis of the penis and…
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[Role of plastic surgery in male sterility].
The Authors discuss the problems related to male infertility, pointing out their different clinical and therapeutical features. They stress the importance of plastic surgery in the treatment of disorders such as penile chordee, hypospadias …
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Acute normovolemic hemodilution in aesthetic plastic surgery.
Acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) is indicated and useful in all procedures of plastic surgery in which great blood loss is expected. Here we present the advantages of ANH such as avoidance of incompatibility reaction, no risk of diseas…
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Breast reconstruction with dermofat flaps after subcutaneous mastectomy.
Several techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of the breast after mastectomy. The authors present their experience with 19 patients; dermofat flaps were the preferred procedure. The authors discuss their technique of preparing an…