Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Jul 1991
Early excision and skin grafting of selected burns of the face and neck.
Since 1979, 16 patients with facial and neck burns have been treated with excision and skin grafting within the first 4 days of injury. The injuries were tangentially excised and immediately covered with split-thickness skin grafts. Detailed consecutive results are presented. ⋯ Small areas had to be regrafted. Ectropion and microstomia developed. It is concluded that in selected cases of deep dermal and subdermal burns, early excision and skin grafting will result in faster healing and less scarring than expectant treatment.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Jun 1991
Letter Case ReportsDifficult laryngoscopy masked by previous cosmetic surgery.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · May 1991
Case ReportsNeuroleptic malignant syndrome: occurrence in a child after reconstructive surgery.
The occurrence of the rare but potentially fatal neuroleptic malignant syndrome must be considered by the surgeon treating a patient who develops hyperthermia, mental abnormalities, autonomic instability, and muscle rigidity after exposure to phenothiazines or other neuroleptic drugs. The dopamine agonist bromocriptine appears to be the treatment of choice in adults and seemed to be effective and well tolerated in our patient. Although the syndrome cannot be prevented, recognition is crucial, since effective general and specific therapy is available. Differentiating neuroleptic malignant syndrome from malignant hyperthermia allows early appropriate treatment with bromocriptine.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Apr 1991
The bipedicled osteocutaneous scapula flap: a new subscapular system free flap.
Thirty-six adult dissections (14 cadaver and 22 operative) demonstrate the constant presence of the angular branch of the thoracodorsal artery as a vascular pedicle to the inferior pole of the scapula. This vessel originated in all cases just proximal or distal to the serratus branch of the thoracodorsal artery and arborized to the periosteum 6 to 9 cm from the bony branch of the circumflex scapular artery. In eight patients, scapular osteocutaneous flaps were raised preserving the angular branch and the circumflex scapular artery and dissecting up to the subscapular vessels. ⋯ In all six cases where the angular branch was the sole supply to bone, technetium-99m scans demonstrated perfusion. Addition of this vascular pedicle to scapula bone allows two separate bone flaps with one microanastomosis and provides a longer arc of rotation between skin supplied by the circumflex scapular artery and bone. Donor-site morbidity was no greater than with the standard scapula flap.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Mar 1991
Letter Biography Historical ArticleAn historical note on endotracheal intubation.