상처열개 Dehiscence

Over an 8-month period a cleft project was organised across Uganda. The aim of the project was to travel to as many districts as possible in the available time and repair all the cleft patients who could be mobilised. Local surgeons were tr…

Fifty consecutive patients who underwent breast reduction have been audited to determine whether or not using drains adversely affected their outcome. The mean age of the patients was 32 years and the mean mass of breast tissue excised was …

A new genioplasty technique has been described and performed on 16 patients since 1995. The technique has been developed to avoid some undesired results of the current osseous genioplasty techniques and to achieve a more natural appearance …

The critical points which should not be overlooked when performing reduction mammaplasty are to minimize scar on the breast and to ensure a sufficient blood supply for the viability of the nipple-areolar complex. Periareolar reduction mamma…

Octyl-2-cyanoacrylate is a long carbon chain cyanoacrylate derivative that is stronger and more pliable than its shorter chain derivatives. One hundred and eleven patients underwent elective surgical procedures by the same surgeon using eit…

We report the use of a subcuticular purse-string suture for closure of surgical skin defects, a simple maneuver that we have found to be very useful in closing difficult wounds and reducing scarring. The purse-string suture is performed wit…

Chin correction is an important procedure in orthognathic and facial plastic surgery. Whereas simple genioplasty can be easily performed by sliding or jumping osteotomies, extreme chin advancement, i.e., an advancement greater than 10 mm, r…

[BACKGROUND] Local complications that require additional surgical procedures are an important problem for women with breast implants. [METHODS] We studied 749 women who lived in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and received a first breast implan…

In reconstructive breast surgery, the permanent tissue expander has become popular because it avoids expander-implant exchange and gives the patient some control over the final breast size. It may, however, be associated with a number of co…

Sternal wound infection can be a problem in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery and is usually treated with local flaps. Severe macromastia can cause a large wound dehiscence by inferolateral tension on the skin suture…

A small contribution is made to the dependable keyhole pattern in breast reduction. A double dermal modified keyhole closure is described. It is a simple, versatile, and adaptable method of closure regardless of the pedicle technique used f…

Ptosis is a complication that can arise after blepharoplasty resulting in lid asymmetry. It should be recognized early and intervention directed at its underlying anatomical cause. Ptosis can be secondary to lid edema, hematoma, septal leva…

Although the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap is a safe and reliable technique for breast reconstruction, its versatility is limited when large cutaneous units are needed to resurface a heavily irradiated or scarred breast and chest wall.…

Irradiated human dura mater, a commercially available preparation of dura mater (Tutoplast), and irradiated rabbit dura mater were implanted in subcutaneous pockets in the pinna and forehead of New Zealand white rabbits and evaluated for th…

Ten patients with microgenia had their chins augmented with HTR polymer implants. The implants were inserted intraorally and fixed rigidly with a titanium screw. The postoperative course was uneventful except in one patient who had wound de…

Major sternal wound infection occurs in nearly 2% of patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The relationship of this complication to gender has not been reported in detail, nor has female breast size previously been implic…

Seven patients who had breast reduction surgery and whose preoperative physical examinations were unremarkable were found to have breast carcinoma. In the five in whom mastectomy was performed, most closures were difficult, and in one patie…

The authors discuss the results of 29 cases of tissue expansion, using 40 expanders, at the head and neck level, in an attempt to achieve a constructive self-criticism. The results have been classified into excellent (18 over 28 cases), goo…

Classically, V-wedge excision of the lip allows direct closure of defects less than a third of its width. But undue tension may cause dehiscence of the suture lines responsible of narrowing of the mouth and excessive scarring especially on …

Skin expansion was used in three horses, one heifer, and one dog to aid in the repair of cosmetic defects. Skin expansion was produced by inserting an expandable silicone device subcutaneously and gradually inflating the device with saline.…