The reconstructive ladder and the reconstructive elevator have withstood the test of time as didactic tools for resident education. Over time, many alternative models have been suggested to incorporate the technological advances in plastic surgery, but none of them have focused on the patient. Changes in practice and the trend toward personalized health care demand a 360-degree evaluation and s...

Charles Du Qin1, Sujata Saha1, Ryan Meacham2, Sandeep Samant2, Jon P Ver Halen3,* and John YS Kim1 1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA 2Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA 3Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, ...

1 BACKGROUND Surgical correction of elongated labia minora (LM) is one of the most sought reconstructive procedures after plastic surgery.1,2 The illusion of simplicity of such operations and failure to observe important technical aspects often lead to total resection of the labia, causing suffering of patients and problems for operating doctor. In such cases, reconstructive surgery is the only...

Cross-finger flaps have been performed by our group in more than 200 patients. Subjective questioning and objective testing in a random group of 23 of these patients confirms the value of this procedure for reconstruction of the injured finger. It is reliable and flexible in its application. The patients usually report their flaps to be functional, durable, and free of pain. Cold intolerance, a...

We presented 59 fingertip injury cases that we treated and followed up. Among the 59 patients, 50 were male and 9 were female. The methods we chose for reconstruction were as follows: repairing by a skin graft (n:3), a V-Y advancement flap (n:17), a cross-finger flap (n:19), a thenar flap (n:5), an abdominal interpolation flap (n:8) and infraclavicular flap (n:2). We performed 35 operations und...

Today, we have high standard of plastic and reconstructive surgery. but it has gone through many milestones. The first earliest milestone is found in Ayurveda, the science of life since ancient Indian era. Shalyatantra, the main surgical branch of Ayurveda, which is a constant source of surgical knowledge till now. Various plastic and reconstructive surgical procedures are mentioned in Shalyata...

ABSTRACT Objective: Surgical procedures are critical components of healthcare services; however, they usually neglected during public health interventions due to misperceived high costs and limited benefits. Estimating surgical needs for refugee individuals in the host country would help humanitarian aid planning strategical development national surgery capacity resource allocation. The present...

The German Society of Plastic and Reconconstructive Surgery DGPW takes pride in announcing the launch of our new scientific online journal "GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW" at the beginning of our 50th anniversary. Our main focus has always been the interdisciplinary discussion of plastic and reconstructive aspects of surgery. DGPW today therefore represents 700mem...