The present study aimed to discuss the method and effect of posterior internal fixation of thoracolumbar fractures strengthened by the vertical stress pedicle screw fixation of fractured vertebrae. Patients with single thoracolumbar fractures were examined retrospectively. Fourteen patients (group A) had been treated with vertical stress pedicle screw fixation of a fractured vertebra and sixtee...

Reduction mammaplasty combining a superomedial pedicle with a circumareolar/vertical pattern skin excision avoids an inferior pedicle that can interfere with vertical scar technique, yet it is flexible enough to allow for a short transverse skin excision. This technique is suitable for small to moderate-size reductions.

PURPOSE To describe and illustrate the prostatic arterial anatomy from human cadaveric specimens, highlighting implications for prostatic arterial embolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Dissection of 18 male pelves from white adults 35-68 years old was performed in the anatomy laboratory. Arterial branches were identified according to standard dissection technique using a 20-diopter magnifying l...

Breast reduction is one of the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures, and pedicle deepithelialization remains a time-consuming step of the operation. This is especially true when using an inferior pedicle. We present a novel technique of intradermal infiltration of the breast pedicle with local anesthetic to facilitate efficient, bloodless deepithelialization. The senior author use...

STUDY DESIGN The internal architecture of cervical spine pedicles was investigated by thin sectioning and digitization of radiographic images. OBJECTIVES To provide quantitative information on the internal dimensions and cortical shell thicknesses of the middle and lower cervical pedicles. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although there have been a number of studies presenting data on the externa...

We read with great interest the article entitled A Comparison of Complication Rates in Large and Small Inferior Pedicle Reduction Mammaplasty by O'Grady et al. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 115: 736, 2005). We commend the authors for dealing with this matter, and also for producing a very valuable report. We would like to present our own experience on the matter, focusing on some of the complications...

The breast-feeding practices of a series of postpartum women, who had undergone prior reduction mammaplasty by means of an inferior pedicle approach, are reported in this retrospective study. Also identified are the factors that influenced the decision to breast-feed postoperatively. From a patient pool of 544 individuals who elected to have reduction mammaplasty between 1984 and 1994 (age rang...

Abstract Injury to inferior epigastric vessels during tacking is the Achilles heel of traditional IPOM method Lap ventral hernia repair. Although surface marking preoperatively with USG guidance and / or other ingenious methods are described, none them in real time hence, not fool proof. We hereby describe transillumination technique localising pedicle avert a catastrophe.

BACKGROUND Aesthetic surgery of female genitalia is an uncommon procedure, and of the techniques available, labia minora reduction can achieve excellent results. Recently, more conservative labia minora reduction techniques have been developed, because the simple isolated strategy of straight amputation does not ensure a favorable outcome. This study was designed to review a series of labia min...