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Scalp reconstruction. Scalp reconstruction is a surgical procedure for people with scalp defects. Scalp defects may be partial or full thickness and can be congenital or acquired. Because not all layers of the scalp are elastic and the scalp has a convex shape, the use of primary closure is limited. Sometimes the easiest way of closing the ...
86.7. [edit on Wikidata] Flap surgery is a technique in plastic and reconstructive surgery where tissue with an intact blood supply is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient site. Flaps are distinct from grafts, which do not have an intact blood supply and relies on the growth of new blood vessels.
Cranioplasty is carried out by incision and reflection of the scalp after applying anaesthetics and antibiotics to the patient. The temporalis muscle is reflected, and all surrounding soft tissues are removed, thus completely exposing the cranial defect. The cranioplasty flap is placed and secured on the cranial defect. The wound is then sealed ...
Burt Brent is a retired reconstructive plastic surgeon best known for his work in reconstructing the absent outer ear. He built upon the techniques of his mentor, Dr. Radford Tanzer [1] of the Mary Hitchcock Clinic at Dartmouth Medical School and repaired ear defects in 1,800 patients, most of them children born with ear deformities such as microtia.
Rhinoplasty (Ancient Greek: ῥίς, romanized: rhī́s, nose + Ancient Greek: πλάσσειν, romanized: plássein, to shape), commonly called nose job, medically called nasal reconstruction, is a plastic surgery procedure for altering and reconstructing the nose. [1] There are two types of plastic surgery used – reconstructive surgery ...
The condition typically begins with hair loss but can develop into a significant bump on the top of the head. In the case report, published Thursday in the medical journal BMJ, a man in his early ...
The nearly five-minute video consists entirely of close ups of the infestation and footage of the maggots being pulled from the ear. The video, posted earlier this year to YouTube, has more than ...
D015626. [edit on Wikidata] Tissue expansion is a technique used by plastic, maxillofacial and reconstructive surgeons to cause the body to grow additional skin, bone, or other tissues. Other biological phenomena such as tissue inflammation can also be considered expansion (see tissue inflammation below). [citation needed]