Contents1 Subgroups of Tummy Tuck Patients2 Type I Patients3 Type II Patients4 Type III and Type IV Patients5 Type IV Subtypes6 Tummy Tuck Articles Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Subgroups of Tummy Tuck Patients Patients anatomically can be grouped into types I, II, III, IV. A type I patient has […]
Read MoreContents1 Risks Particularly Associated with Tummy Tuck2 Limitations in Tummy Tuck3 Good Candidates for Tummy Tuck4 Poor Candidates for Tummy Tuck5 Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Tummy Tuck Articles: Risks Particularly Associated with Tummy Tuck seroma (fluid collection, which typically must be drained with a needle and syringe) dehiscence (breakdown […]
Read MoreThe Effect of Radiation on Complication, Reoperation, and Capsular Contracture Rates in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction with the Introduction of Skin-Sparing Mastectomy (SSM) Techniques Introduction Skin-sparing mastectomy with expander/implant reconstruction has been evaluated little in the literature. A PubMed search of “skin sparing mastectomy” AND “tissue expansion” OR “implant” revealed 30 […]
Read MorePhotography in Aesthetic Head and Neck Surgery Kenneth Hughes, MD Introduction Photography is essential to documenting results in all forms of facial plastic surgery: brow lift, upper and lower eyelid surgery, face and neck lift, facial fat grafting and stem cell rejuvenation, rhinoplasty, chin implants, chin liposuction, and ear correction […]
Read MoreThe Evolution of Saline and Textured Implants The inflatable saline-filled implant was first reported by Arion in France in 1965. The saline implant allowed for smaller incisions due to the fact that the implant could be placed and then filled once the pocket had been dissected. Saline implants were subsequently […]
Read MorePhysical Exam in the Tummy Tuck Patient If there is skin laxity, the lower abdominal skin should be pinched to determine the amount that can safely be excised. If the umbilicus is neither mobile nor ptotic and is not distorted by pinching the redundant infraumbilical tissue, the umbilicus usually does […]
Read MoreContents1 The Vascular Territories of the Tummy Tuck2 The Nerve Supply of the Abdominal Wall3 Physical Exam for the Tummy Tuck Patient4 Browse Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Tummy Tuck Articles at Hughes Plastic Surgery: The Vascular Territories of the Tummy Tuck The abdomen is divided into three vascular zones. […]
Read MoreTelemedicine: Risks, Benefits, and Pitfalls in the Postoperative Care of Plastic Surgery Patients and Review of the Literature Background As a practice grows in volume and reputation, a plastic surgeon may be asked to perform surgical procedures on patients from neighboring states, other areas of the country, and even other […]
Read MoreThe use of acellular dermal matrices, available since 1994, has become more widely accepted in abdominal wall and breast reconstruction procedures and its indications continue to expand.1 Complicated breast augmentations, particularly secondary, may require dermal matrix coverage. Revision augmentation that may require more soft tissue coverage from tissue thinning may be good candidates as well. […]
Read MorePreoperative Evaluation in Aesthetic Head and Neck Surgery Kenneth Hughes, MD Anatomical Norms A general recognition of facial norms and proportions has great relevance for the plastic surgeon during the preoperative assessment. The face can be divided into roughly equal thirds consisting of the trichion to nasal root, the nasal […]
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