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Efficacy, Influencing Factors and Prediction Models of Type A Botulinum Toxin in Treating Glabellar Lines.
[BACKGROUND] Botulinum Toxin Type A (BoNT/A) injection for glabellar lines is popular due to its minimally invasive nature, safety, and efficacy. However, injection techniques and factors influencing outcomes need further study. This study …
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Treatment of severe scalp avulsion injury through microsurgical vascular anastomosis, subarea multi-tubenegative pressure drainage, and anchoring sutures: a case report.
[BACKGROUND] Severe scalp avulsion injury is a rare and surgically challenging due to extensive wounds, calvarial exposure, and associated soft tissue damage. Historically, management has evolved from skin grafting to microsurgical replanta…
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Comparison of Clinical Features and Surgical Outcomes of Cystic and Solid Vestibular Schwannoma.
[BACKGROUND] Whether surgical intervention is optimal for the treatment of cystic vestibular schwannoma (CVS) remains an area of debate and active clinical research. This study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes between CVSs and solid v…
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Recommendations on Ultrasound-Guided Hyaluronic Acid Soft Tissue Augmentation of the Upper Face in Asians.
[BACKGROUND] Ultrasonography allows real-time imaging of facial soft tissue during hyaluronic acid (HA) filler injections. However, there is currently limited guidance relating to ultrasound-guided HA filler placement in the upper face. [A…
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The Assessment, Strategy, and Treatment Protocol: Nasolabial Fold Assessment, Strategy, and Treatment With Hyaluronic Acid Fillers in Chinese Patients.
[BACKGROUND] Causes contributing to nasolabial fold (NLF) appearance can be multifactorial, hence requiring distinct dermal filler strategies. We devised 4 assessment, strategy, and treatment (AST) injection protocols, incorporating NLF eti…
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Foodborne Botulism Caused by Subtype A5(b3) by Self-Packaged Vacuum Spicy Rabbit Heads.
Botulism is a severe muscle paralysis disease mediated by the botulinum toxin. Here, we reported a foodborne botulism case caused by subtype A5(b3) from self-packaged vacuum spicy rabbit heads. Treatment for this case was delayed due to mi…
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Advances in Transdermal Delivery Systems for Treating Androgenetic Alopecia.
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most prevalent form of alopecia areata. Traditional treatment options, including minoxidil, finasteride, and hair transplantation, have their limitations, such as skin irritation, systemic side effects, in…
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Parotid Gland Suspension Combined with Rhytidectomy to Recontour the Lower Face and Neck Enlargement Caused by Benign Parotid Hypertrophy.
[BACKGROUND] Lower face and neck aging and facial shape changes are usually caused by soft tissue descent. During lower face and neck enlargement, parotid hypertrophy is an important influence factor of morphologic changes in the periauricu…
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Human Parathyroid Hormone (1-34) accelerates skin wound healing through inducing cell migration via up-regulating the expression of Rac1.
Delayed wound healing is a public issue that imposes a significant burden on both society and the patients themselves. To date, although numerous methods have been developed to accelerate the speed of wound closure, the therapeutic effects …
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Comparison of the efficacy and adverse effects of unilateral or bilateral botulinum toxin injections for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
[PURPOSE] This study aims to aggregate and analyze existing clinical evidence to compare the efficacy and adverse effects of unilateral or bilateral botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD). [METH…
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Nerve Block Guided by Anatomic Landmarks Only Reduces Pain in Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment for Glabellar and Forehead Wrinkles.
[BACKGROUND] Botulinum toxin type A is widely used to treat glabellar and forehead wrinkles, but the pain caused by multiple injections often deters patients from receiving long-term treatment. Despite several methods used to alleviate this…
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The Reverse Dual Plane: A Novel Technique for Endoscopic Transaxillary Breast Augmentation.
[BACKGROUND] Quite a few Asian patients prefer axillary incision for breast augmentation. However, this surgery needs improvement. [OBJECTIVES] To introduce a reverse dual-plane technique through a transaxillary approach and compare it wit…
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Outer Fascia of Orbicularis Oculi Muscle (OFOOM)-Orbicularis (OOM)-Aponeurosis Fixation Approach in Double-Eyelid Blepharoplasty Revision.
[BACKGROUND] Incisional double-eyelid blepharoplasty is the main surgical technique to obtain an artificial crease. Postoperative complications decrease patients' satisfaction, and patients with prominent depressed groove and persistent pre…
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The Effect of Functional Rhinoplasty on Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
[BACKGROUND] The purpose of the study was to comprehensively review the effect of functional rhinoplasty on quality of life. [METHODS] Eligible studies before December 2022 were identified by searching PubMed, Ovid, and Embase databases. T…
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A Reversal Forehead Free Flap Transplantation Without Interrupted Perfusion for Esthetic Repairing the Mentocervical Scar Deformity.
The forehead flap is widely used to repair facial defects. The traditional method would transfer some hair to the recipient area, where the reconstructed beard lies in a misplaced position. The authors designed a reversal forehead free flap…
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Treatment of brainstem and fourth ventricle lesions by the full neuroendoscopic telovelar approach.
[OBJECTIVE] To explore the surgical techniques, advantages, and disadvantages of neuroendoscopic telovelar approach in the treatment of brainstem and fourth ventricle lesions. [METHODS] The clinical data of 5 patients treated by neuroendos…
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[Rac1 promotes the formation of heterotypic cell-in-cell structure].
Heterotypic cell-in-cell structures (heCICs) are closely related to tumor development and progression, and have become a new frontier in life science research. Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1) belongs to the classic Rho GTP…
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Modified Progressive Tension Sutures for Closing the Wounds of Large Subcutaneous Tumor in Upper Back.
Large subcutaneous tumor removal in the upper back could leave "dead space" and increase postoperative complications. The progressive tension suture (PTS) has long been used in abdominoplasty to close dead space and reduce the complications…
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Oncologic outcomes of transoral laser microsurgery versus open partial laryngectomies in the management of early stage glottic carcinoma.
[BACKGROUND] The oncologic outcomes between transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) and open partial laryngectomy (OPL) using comprehensive analysis in one clinical center is rare. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oncologic outcomes…
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Hengli Chinese Botulinum Toxin Type A for Treatment of Patients With Overactive Bladder: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Hengli Chinese botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A; 100 U) in Chinese patients with overactive bladder. This study was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Chinese patients w…
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The Effect of Different Treatment Methods on Acute Acquired Concomitant Esotropia.
[OBJECTIVE] The application of botulinum toxin type A (BTXA) in the treatment of paralytic strabismus has been recognized, but there are few studies on the treatment of acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE). This study was aimed to inves…
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Ultrasound-guided injection of botulinum toxin type A blocks cardiac sympathetic ganglion to improve cardiac remodeling in a large animal model of chronic myocardial infarction.
[BACKGROUND] Strategies to improve various cardiovascular diseases by blocking cardiac sympathetic ganglion have been increasingly available currently. Botulinum toxin type A (BTA), a typical neurotoxin, has been shown to block neural trans…
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The application of chimeric deep circumflex iliac artery perforator flap for oromandibular reconstruction: A case report.
[RATIONALE] The free fibular flap is considered the gold standard, particularly for a mandibular defect combined with a significant soft tissue defect. However, the fibular flap has the disadvantages of a lack of height for postoperative de…
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Hypopharynx reconstruction for primary hypopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study and literature review.
[BACKGROUND] The study aims to retrospectively evaluate disparate reconstructive choices for defects in patients with primary hypopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing tumor resection. [METHODS] One hundred and twenty-five patients of primary hy…
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Cost-effectiveness analysis in patients with an unruptured cerebral aneurysm treated with observation or surgery.
[OBJECTIVE] The main goal of preventive treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) is to avoid the morbidity and mortality associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A comparison between the conservative approach and the…
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Dual-plane epicanthoplasty in Chinese blepharoplasty.
[BACKGROUND] The ethnically characteristic upper eyelids of many Chinese individuals include medial epicanthal folds, substantial fatty tissue, a laxity of pretarsal skin, and a lack of superior palpebral folds. Different epicanthoplasty te…
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Endothelial Mitochondrial Preprotein Translocase Tomm7-Rac1 Signaling Axis Dominates Cerebrovascular Network Homeostasis.
Objective- Mitochondria are the important yet most underutilized target for cardio-cerebrovascular function integrity and disorders. The Tom (translocases of outer membrane) complex are the critical determinant of mitochondrial homeostasis …
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Development and evaluation of an up-converting phosphor technology-based lateral flow assay for rapid and quantitative detection of aflatoxin B1 in crops.
Contamination of grains and other crops by aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a highly toxic aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, poses a serious threat to human health and is an important food safety issue. In this study…
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Comparison of the postoperative incidence rate of capsular contracture among different breast implants: a cumulative meta-analysis.
[BACKGROUND] A large number of clinical studies have reported that the different materials used in breast implants were a possible cause of the different incidence rates of capsular contracture observed in patients after implantation. Howev…