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Surgery, reconstructive surgery

S. Bruce Malkowicz · Current Opinion in Urology · 1997

Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, First Floor, Rhoads Pavilion, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

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Reconstructive Surgery

Matthew B. Klein, Mathias B. Donelan, Robert Spence · Journal of Burn Care & Research · 2007

Reconstructive surgery is defined as surgery that takes something that is abnormal and tries to make it as normal as possible, which is in contrast to aesthetic surgery, in which one takes something “normal” and tries to improve upon it. Burn reconstruction addresses the deformities and dysfunction resulting from burn injury. These pathologic conditions typically develop from hypertrophic scars, contractures, disorders of pigment, and loss of anatomic parts. Although the purpose of burn reconstruction is to attempt to make the burn survivor appear and function as normal as possible, the current state of the art is that we can only approach normalcy. There is a clear need to identify novel approaches and management strategies for burn deformities so that we can achieve better results. As Dr. Glenn Warden stated in his American Burn Association presidential address, burn reconstruction is the “last frontier” in burn treatment.1 The unprecedented survival after severe burn injury has emphasized the importance of reconstructive surgery in the ultimate outcome of the burn patient. In addition, burn patients today are surviving more extensive and severe burn injuries and, consequently, have more severe sequelae that require management over time. Although acute postinjury patient care efforts focus on survival, wound closure, and abrogating the negative effects of the hypermetabolic response, the long-term care provided by the reconstructive surgeon seeks to optimize the aesthetic and functional outcomes of each patient. Despite the greatest attention to matters of function and appearance during the period of acute burn management, the healing process, including scar deposition and contraction, as well as individual patient motivation and other psychosocial factors, may conspire to compromise outcome.

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Reconstructive surgery (?)

Loreta Pilipaitytė · Lithuanian University of Health Sciences · 2017

Aprašyta iš programos.

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RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

E. SHEEHAN · Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 1928

In this paper, I have endeavored to present a rounded picture of reconstructive surgery as it is seen in the clinic from day to day, with special reference to certain features. The recent developments may be said to include: (1) a different attitude toward the importance of the preoperative period; (2) a simplification of the more familiar procedures in the interest of the patient, with a view to shortening the stay in the hospital; (3) the devising of new methods of replacement and new uses for certain tissues; (4) some new factors in the problems of postoperative care; (5) the confidence with which the principles of reparative surgery can be carried into use in certain fields of major surgical intervention, and (6) the ever increasing concern for the restoration of function as the end-result of all reconstructive procedures. I shall endeavor to illustrate the significance of the

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Reconstructive Surgery

Alexis B. Olsson, Antonia Kolokythas, Sanjay P. Reddi · Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery · 2012

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Reconstructive surgery

Dean E. Boyce, Kayvan Shokrollahi · BMJ · 2006

Many surgical options are available to a reconstructive surgeon when faced with a difficult wound. However, any decision about management should be holistic and take into account factors such as the occupational circumstances of the patient and likely period of time off work, comorbidity, likelihood of success, donor morbidity, functional outcome, and the risks of surgery and anaesthesia. The basic principles of wound management apply to all wounds.

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Reconstructive Surgery

Christopher S. G. Khoo, B.N. Bailey · 1990

The management of pressure sores has always reflected the prevailing beliefs about their cause. Fabricius (1593) held that skin ulceration was caused by a ‘pneuma’ resulting from loss of nerve and blood supply to the skin. Even Charcot (1868, 1879) believed that pressure ulcers resulted from the action of a neurotrophic factor which caused tissue necrosis. As late as 1940 Munro stated that pressure sores were inevitable following paraplegia, owing to the loss of protective reflexes, and should therefore not be treated.

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Reconstructive Surgery

Thomas J A Lehman · 2009

Abstract Rebecca’s parents were very nervous. Rebecca had severe arthritis that had affected her hips. Despite taking multiple medications from a variety of physicians, things had slowly gotten worse over the past year. Now Rebecca was in my office. She and her parents had hoped that I would have a medication to reverse all of her problems and allow her to walk normally again. Unfortunately, it wasn’t so. Rebecca’s hip pain was so bad that she rarely ventured out of the house except to go to school. She had begun to use a wheelchair to get from class to class. Careful review of her X-rays made it clear that medications would cause no improvement. Rebecca needed hip replacements.

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