Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Nov 2012
Multicenter StudyHow "successful" is calvarial reconstruction using frozen autologous bone?
The authors investigated the long-term outcome of frozen autologous bone cranioplasty in patients who had undergone decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury. ⋯ Therapeutic, IV.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Nov 2012
Quality of life long-term after body contouring surgery following bariatric surgery: sustained improvement after 7 years.
Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity results in massive weight loss and improvement of health and quality of life. A downside of the major weight loss is the excess of overstretched skin, which may influence the patient's quality of life by causing functional and aesthetic problems. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the patient's quality of life long-term after body contouring following bariatric surgery. ⋯ Therapeutic, IV.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Nov 2012
Advanced cranial reconstruction using intracranial free flaps and cranial bone grafts: an algorithmic approach developed from the modern battlefield.
The objective of this study was to report outcomes after initiation of an algorithmic approach (Bethesda protocol) using intracranial free flaps, cranial bone autografts, and dermal/fat grafts to treat warfare-related cranial frontofacial defects after war-related decompressive craniectomy. ⋯ Therapeutic, IV.