proper speech functioning in human being, depends on the precise coordination and timing balances in a series of complex neuro nuscular movements and actions. starting from the prime organ of energy source of expelled air from respirato y system; deliver such air to trigger vocal cords; swift changes of this phonatory episode to a comprehensible sound in resonace and final coordination of all h...

PURPOSE To describe a reconstructive technique of the superior eyelid with flaps and free grafts after excision of a basal cell carcinoma. METHODS Single case report of a 79-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with a basal cell carcinoma of the upper eyelid margin with initial erosion. RESULTS A large and full-thickness excision of the carcinoma was performed. The reconstruction te...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of upper-eyelid surgery (limited myectomy, blepharoplasty, and levator aponeurotic advancement) on patients who demonstrated a suboptimal response or residual heaviness of the upper eyelids after botulinum toxin eyelid injections for facial dyskinesia. DESIGN Retrospective study. SUBJECTS Charts of 358 patients with a diagnosis of benign essential blephar...

PURPOSE To determine whether satisfactory results of both eyelid surgery and strabismus surgery can be obtained when these procedures are performed in the same setting in selected patients. METHODS Nine patients (16 eyelids) who had undergone surgery in the same setting for eyelid malposition and strabismus of the horizontal rectus muscles, with or without concurrent vertical rectus muscle su...

to 60m.m.Hg. and with no ill effects at the end of the anaesthesia and the tremination of the operation the drops of the serum which contains 15mg. Wyamin will be in­creased to rise the blood pressure, now if the anaesthetic drug is Halothane recovery is quick and if Ether is used it is a little pro­longed. If while operating there is need for further injection of Adrenaline solution in the ope...

PURPOSE To evaluate eyelid measures before and after upper blepharoplasty surgery using a digital image system. METHODS Eighteen eyelids of 9 patients with dermatochalasis were evaluated at the Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu-UNESP regarding eyelid measures before and after upper blepharoplasty. All patients were female, aged between 40 and 75 years. The images were acquired by a photograph...

1 Department of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, County Emergency Hospital, Ploiesti, Romania 2 „Carol Davila” Universiy of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania 3 Department of Dermatovenerology, Elias Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 4 Department of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Emergency County Hospital Constanta, Romania 5 Department of ...

facial reconstruction is one of the most challenging problems faced by a reconstructive surgeon. we present a case of complex facial reconstruction with a composite trauma to the nose resulting in near total loss of skin and lining along with complete loss of left eyebrow with exposed frontal bone and partial loss of the left eyelid. we combined a temporoparietal fascial flap for reconstruction...

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department o...

OBJECTIVES To summarize the types and causes of unsatisfactory double eyelid results after double-eyelid blepharoplasty in Asian patients and to explore the corrective methods. METHODS Various methods are used to repair different types of unsatisfactory double-eyelid results following double-eyelid blepharoplasty. The basic principles are that scar adhesions should be released as much as poss...