Aesthetic plastic surgery
-
Aesthetic plastic surgery · Apr 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudySmall-wave incision method for linear hypertrophic scar reconstruction: a parallel-group randomized controlled study.
The usual hypertrophic scar reconstruction methods such as Z- and W-plasties can leave noticeable scars and involve excessive normal skin excision, particularly in long linear hypertrophic scars longer than 10 cm. Thus, we invented and applied the small-wave incision method for patients with linear hypertrophic scars. ⋯ The small-wave method can meet both the functional and the cosmetic requirements of long linear hypertrophic scar reconstruction while reducing complication risks.
-
Aesthetic plastic surgery · Apr 2012
Extended abdominoplasty: applications and a new classification system for abdominoplasty.
Aesthetic deformities of the abdomen requiring skin resection are usually treated with procedures limited to the abdomen and in some cases with circumferential abdominoplasty. There are some patients who require an intermediate procedure between abdominoplasty and circumferential abdominoplasty; these patients have been neglected in the plastic surgery literature. ⋯ Extended abdominoplasty is a safe procedure with highly satisfactory results that should become common practice in plastic surgery. There is a group of patients who are best served by this procedure and a new classification system of the abdominal contour deformities that includes these patients is needed and is proposed by the authors.