Surgery, Plastic - Methods
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Custom-made Reduction Mammaplasty.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Macromastia is a health problem that requires the coordination of surgical and medical specialists. Goals of reduction mammaplasty are to alleviate physical, emotional and psychosocial discomforts and to restore a conical-shaped breast, ... Read more...

Lipoabdominoplasty.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Abdominoplasty is one of the most common aesthetic operations. Wide bibliographic research has revealed that there is a safe method whereby two techniques--liposuction and abdominoplasty--can be associated in the same procedure. The ... Read more...

Island composite nasal flap for nasal dorsum skin defects.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Skin defects on the nasal dorsum remain a challenge for the plastic surgeon. There are few local nasal flap options for the repair of proximally positioned nasal skin defects. METHODS: During a 3-year period, 22 patients were treated ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Surgery, Plastic - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Custom-made Reduction Mammaplasty. 30 Aug 2009
• Discussion. Lipoabdominoplasty. 30 Aug 2009
• Lipoabdominoplasty. 30 Aug 2009
• Island composite nasal flap for nasal dorsum skin defects. 30 Jul 2009
• Managing the psychological aspects of plastic surgery patients. 30 Jul 2009
• 20-year experience with the Conrad modification of the Freer elevator as a pull-in suture introducer. 29 Jun 2009
• The utility of ultrasound in the evaluation of submental fullness in aging necks. 29 Jun 2009
• Hand-washing practices of facial plastic surgeons. 29 Jun 2009
• [Significance of blepharoplasty in dermatologic surgery] 29 Jun 2009
• Do postsurgical interventions optimize ultimate scar cosmesis. 30 May 2009
• Current role of resurfacing lasers. 30 May 2009
• Diastasis recti: clinical anatomy. 30 May 2009
• Time-honored techniques: a fitting tribute--the Stephen Mathes reconstructive symposium. 30 May 2009
• The "no-touch technique": an important lesson learned from general surgery. 30 May 2009
• Free superficial inferior epigastric artery flap for aesthetic correction of mild pectus excavatum. 30 May 2009
• Opportunity cost: a systematic application to surgery. 28 May 2009
• Plastic surgery after solid organ transplantations. 18 May 2009
• Polymethylmethacrylate facial implant: a successful personal experience in Brazil for more than 9 years. 10 May 2009
• The purse-string reinforced SMASectomy short scar facelift. 29 Apr 2009
• Maximizing aesthetics and safety in circumferential-incision lower body lift with selective undermining and liposuction. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Surgery, Plastic'

Definition: The branch of surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, or improvement of defective, damaged, or missing structures.

Descriptor UI: D013518

Alternative terms: Surgery, Plastic; Plastic Surgery; Esthetic Surgery; Esthetic Surgeries; Surgeries, Esthetic; Surgery, Esthetic; Surgery, Cosmetic; Cosmetic Surgery;

Related Mesh Headings: Reconstructive Surgical Procedures;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; adverse effects; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; utilization; veterinary;

Tree Number: H02.403.810.788;

Technical Notes: SPEC; do not confuse with RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES, the technique; not for -plasty in internal surgery: Manual 26.18