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Pakistanis Celebrate the Country’s First Oscar
Posted from NYT > Plastic Surgery 82 days ago
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Used to bad news, Pakistanis were overjoyed as a filmmaker from Karachi won the country’s first Academy Award, for a documentary following a plastic surgeon helping victims of acid attacks. (original story)
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Intraoperative Angiography Using Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Imaging to Map Perfusion of Forehead Flaps [Original Article]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 82 days ago
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Objective To quantify the perfusion of forehead flaps and compare blood flow from the supratrochlear artery with vascular in-growth at the recipient bed.Methods Patients with nasal defects necessitating forehead flap closure were prospectively enrolled to study flap perfusion dynamics. Laser-assiste... (original story)
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Increasing the Viability of Fat Grafts by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor [Original Article]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 82 days ago
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Objective To increase the viability of fat grafts using vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in a calcium alginate microsphere controlled release system.Design Twenty-four rats were divided into 4 groups of 6 rats each. Group 1 was the preconditioning group in which VEGF was applied prior to th... (original story)
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Biomechanical Properties of the Facial Retaining Ligaments [Special Topics]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 82 days ago
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Objective Osteocutaneous facial retaining ligaments play an important role in the aging face. We sought to better characterize the biophysical properties of these ligaments and, in doing so, provide an empirical basis for the natural descent seen in facial aging.Methods Five fresh frozen cadaver hea... (original story)
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Perceived Age Change After Aesthetic Facial Surgical Procedures: Quantifying Outcomes of Aging Face Surgery [Original Article]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 82 days ago
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Objective To quantify the degree of perceived age change after aesthetic facial surgical procedures to provide an objective measure of surgical success.Methods Sixty patients undergoing various aging face surgical procedures were randomly chosen for analysis. Preoperative and postoperative photograp... (original story)
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Risk Factors Associated With Repair of Orbital and Lateral Skull Defects [Original Article]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 128 days ago
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Objective To explore the complications and associated risks factors after orbital exenteration and lateral skull base defect repair.Methods Patients who had undergone a reconstruction of their orbital cavity and lateral skull base defects were selected from our departmental database. The outcome of ... (original story)
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Split-Face Double-blind Study Comparing the Onset of Action of OnabotulinumtoxinA and AbobotulinumtoxinA [Original Article]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 128 days ago
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Objective To report and discuss the outcome of a prospective, internally controlled, randomized, double-blind, split-face study comparing the onset of action of 2 commercially available botulinum neuromodulators.Methods Ninety individuals with moderate-to-severe lateral orbital rhytids were treated ... (original story)
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No Need to Fear Evidence-Based Medicine [Special Topics]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 128 days ago
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to clinical decision making. The notion seems noble in its purpose, yet there are some apprehensions and misconceptions among physicians, especially those in a predominantly surgical field such ... (original story)
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Histopathologic Findings of the Orbicularis Oculi in Upper Eyelid Aging: Total or Minimal Excision of Orbicularis Oculi in Upper Blepharoplasty [Original Article]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 128 days ago
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Objective It is well known that gradual loss of elastic fibers and skin relaxation cause the aging process, but whether changes in the orbicularis oculi muscle may contribute to the aging of the upper eyelid is not known. The aim of the present study was to use histopathologic examination to investi... (original story)
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Laser Facial Nerve Welding in a Rabbit Model [Original Article]
Posted from Archives of Facial Plastic ... 139 days ago
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Objective To assess the feasibility of laser tissue welding for repair of facial nerve injury. Methods In a prospective in vivo animal survival surgery model, rabbit facial nerve injury was followed by either standard suture neurorrhaphy or laser tissue welding using a diode laser (808 ±... (original story)
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