1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2Department of Gynecology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 3Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 4Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Cent...

A 3-month-old Schnauzer was presented with congenital defects of the secondary palate. On the clinical examination, coughing, sneezing, drainage of nasal discharge from the external nares and poor growth were found. Vital signs and results of blood examination were within normal ranges. Thoracic radiography revealed mild pneumonia in the right lung lobes. In a puppy suffering from cleft palates...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that relief of nasal obstruction in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) would lead to reduce OSA severity and to discuss the available evidence on the clinical efficacy of nasal surgery as a treatment modality for OSA. STUDY DESIGN Twenty-five subjects who had reduced patency of nasal cavity and narrowing of retroglossal or retrop...

Arthur W Perry, Michael Sosin Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medi...

Figure 2 Cross-hair laser level. Plastic surgery relies on accurate preoperative evaluation and planning. The simple marker pen and tape measure have been essential tools of the trade, but modern tradesmen in engineering and other fields have moved on to more sophisticated devices. One such device is a laser level that emits a laser line (as opposed to a single dot), which can be orientated wit...

P lastic surgery is one of the most ancient forms of surgery, and its roots can be traced back to the time of Sushruta, the father of surgery (600 BC), 1 who is credited with performing the first ever reported plastic surgical procedures. The name, however , defies a clear understanding and an appropriate definition that could cover the entire scope of activities performed at the present moment...

1 Gavin Chun-Wui Kang, MD Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Singapore Jung-Ju Huang, MD Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Plastic Surgery Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan, Taiwan Chun-Shin Chang, MD Graduate Institute...

Introduction In most parts of the African continent, plastic and reconstructive surgery remains among the least developed surgical specialties, with training opportunities available only abroad. As a result, this specialty still depends largely on the abilities of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), philanthropic individuals, and organised surgical safaris/ camps to meet the reconstructive ne...

A s aesthetic surgeons, we have an interest not only in the appearance of our patients but also in their general health. Obesity undeniably has a great impact on both. As radical but effective procedures to treat obesity become more common, as is happening now, our surgical expertise in treating the after-effects of massive weight loss will be in greater demand. This is likely to foster the dev...