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The role of the plastic surgeon in dealing with soft tissue injuries: experience from the second Israel-Lebanon war, 2006.
During the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, 282 Israeli soldiers were evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus. Of these, 210 were admitted for observation or treatment, and 15 of these were admitted to the Department of Plastic and Recon…
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Different models of training and certification in plastic surgery.
A varying period of training followed by examinations is the usual way to become a specialist in one of the many fields of Medicine. Plastic Surgery is one of the surgical fields that require good technical and cognitive skills. The best wa…
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Breast augmentation under general anesthesia versus monitored anesthesia care: a retrospective comparative study.
Breast augmentation is one of the leading esthetic surgeries, enjoying high satisfaction rates. Pain, nausea, and vomiting are frequent shortcomings of the immediate postoperative period. The aim of this study was to compare breast augmenta…
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Pharmacokinetics of high-dose diluted lidocaine in local anesthesia for facelift procedures.
The maximal recommended local anesthetic dose of lidocaine is 7 mg/kg; higher doses are used in tumescent liposuction. The objective of this study was to characterize the pharmacokinetics of high-dose diluted lidocaine administered together…
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The oral board examination for plastic surgery: seeking a better way.
Passing written and oral certifying examinations is a prerequisite to obtaining the license required from the Ministry of Health to start practicing as a Plastic Surgeon in Israel. In recent years, residents have complained about the unfair…
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Enhancing the take of injected adipose tissue by a simple method for concentrating fat cells.
Injection of aspirated fat for the correction of tissue defects is a common procedure in plastic surgery. The reported rates of fat cell survival vary greatly in the medical literature, and different techniques of harvesting, processing, an…
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Searching for the favorable donor site for fat injection: in vivo study using the nude mice model.
[BACKGROUND] The use of suctioned fat grafts for correction of soft tissue defects is a widespread procedure in esthetic and reconstructive surgery. The main disadvantage of this simple and sensible procedure is the unpredictable absorption…
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Superextended facelift: our experience with 3,580 patients.
Our experience using the "Superextended" facelifting technique in 3580 female patients is presented herein. The technique is based on extended subcutaneous facial and neck skin undermining, extensive superficial musculoaponeurotic system (S…
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Fate of exposed breast implants in augmentation mammoplasty.
Exposure of silicone breast implants usually leads to infection and extrusion. According to the literature, implant extrusion rates are not higher than 2% 1 and removal of the implant is recommended. 2 During the past 3 years, the authors d…
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Evaluation and comparison of aesthetic results and patient satisfaction with bilateral breast reduction using the inferior pedicle and McKissock's vertical bipedicle dermal flap techniques.
In the last two decades, McKissock's technique for reduction mammaplasty was largely replaced by Robbins's inferior pedicle technique. However, a substantial number of plastic surgeons still perform McKissock's technique in the belief that …
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Prophylactic antibiotics in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
The widespread use of antibacterial agents for prophylaxis has altered surgical practice markedly in the past 20 years and now represents one of the most frequent uses of antibiotics in hospitals, accounting for as many as half of all antib…
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Aesthetic results and patient satisfaction with immediate breast reconstruction using tissue expansion: a follow-up study.
Immediate breast reconstruction with the tissue expander is now established as an accepted procedure after mastectomy, and large series have been published concerning the technique and its complications. Unfortunately, only scarce informati…
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The surgical anatomy of the fat in the upper eyelid medial compartment.
The surgical anatomy of the upper eyelid fat in the medial compartment was investigated in 388 patients and in 12 cadavers. We found two individual fat pads comprising this compartment. The difference among the investigated cases was found …
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Closure of an open high below-knee guillotine amputation wound using a skin-stretching device.
A skin-stretching device (SSD) which is designed to harness the viscoelastic properties of the skin using incremental traction is described. It has proved to be of value in securing closure, within 72 h, of an open high below-knee guillotin…
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Postirradiation extensive cicatricial scalp alopecia treated by tissue expansion.
The scalp of a 20-year-old woman with extensive cicatricial alopecia caused by x-ray irradiation for tinea capitis has been reconstructed by the use of tissue expansion. Two stages were required to reconstruct the large defect. The hair-bea…