Nak Kwan Sung, Eun Soo Park President of the the Korean Toxin-Filler Research Association of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, SungNakKwan Plastic Surgery, Seoul; 2 Manager of the the Korean Toxin-Filler Research Association of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea LETTER http://dx.doi....

DEAR EDITOR Plastic surgeons are surgical artists and innovators who constantly strive for innovative solutions to the ever challenging management of both congenital and acquired defects and deformities.1-3 Historically reconstructive ladder was described as the standard algorithmic approach to choose the most appropriate solution in this regard. The emphasis was on adopting a logical approach ...

Genitourinary tuberculosis (GUTB) is an important public health problem in India. Surgery still has a role in management of GUTB. Both reconstructive surgery and extirpative surgery are required to manage the sequel of the disease. We present our experience of role of surgery in managing such cases.We retrospectively reviewed 21 cases of GUTB in our institution from January 2009 to December 201...

Reconstruction of severe composite defects of the face is challenging for reconstructive surgeons. Despite several reconstructive techniques, the functional and aesthetic results of these patients are not acceptable. As a major organ, face, has an utmost importance in daily life. The specific characteristics of face require not a reconstruction, but a replace with same tissue. With the evolutio...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the apparent trends in cleft lip and palate (CLP) studies published over last 10 years, assesses effectiveness studies. 
 Materials Methods: SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) data were utilized select journals with a high SJR indicator each orthodontics, pedodontics, general dentistry, speech therapy, clinical genetics, pediatrics, plastic es...

OBJECTIVES To review a series of nasal reconstructive procedures in elderly patients, and to discuss management issues related to reconstructing nasal defects in patients 80 years and older. DESIGN Retrospective review identifying patients 80 years and older undergoing significant nasal reconstructive surgery. SETTING University and private practice settings. PATIENTS Patients 80 years an...

OBJECTIVE Speech impairment often occurs in patients after treatment for head and neck cancer. New treatment modalities such as surgical reconstruction or (chemo)radiation techniques aim at sparing anatomical structures that are correlated with speech and swallowing. In randomized trials investigating efficacy of various treatment modalities or speech rehabilitation, objective speech analysis t...

The list of indications to adjuvant radiation therapy for breast cancer patients was extended in recent years, regardless the type reconstruction. Surgeons and radiologists have choose most appropriate sequence reconstruction reduce risk complications. Radiotherapy is one main factors causing complications undergoing reconstruction, vice versa, implant might hinder radiotherapy, preventing prop...