High Definition Liposculpture in Male Patients Using Reciprocating Power-Assisted Liposuction Technology: Techniques and Results in a Prospective Study.

Background: High-definition liposculpture (HDL) consists of techniques developed to emulate an athletic and attractive surface anatomy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe our experience, including techniques and postoperative outcomes, when performing HDL with power-assisted liposuction (PAL) technology in male patients.

Methods: In this prospective study PAL was used for fat extraction and to perform HDL.

Reverse Distraction Cranioplasty for Treatment of Hydrocephalic Megalocephaly.

Macrocephaly resulting from untreated hydrocephalus is a rare but difficult condition to treat. The patient presented is a 6-year-old boy who had progressively increasing head size since birth secondary to untreated hydrocephalus with associated developmental delay. His initial head circumference was 69 cm, and computed tomography scan showed evidence of obstructive hydrocephalus.

Quality and safety outcomes of ambulatory plastic surgery facilities in California.

Background: Although most cosmetic surgery procedures are performed at outpatient surgery facilities, there is little published literature on the quality and safety of such facilities. Furthermore, regulation of such facilities varies widely and may leave room for poor outcomes. The authors sought to determine whether all outpatient surgery facilities that are licensed by the California Department of Public Health have similar rates of postoperative complications.

Risk of adverse outcomes when plastic surgery procedures are combined.

Background: The ability to study population-level outcomes of outpatient cosmetic procedures has been limited by a lack of longitudinal data. This study aimed to describe the rates of adverse events in patients who underwent an isolated cosmetic surgery procedure compared with those who had a combination of two procedures.

Methods: Retrospective longitudinal analysis was performed of the 2005 to 2010 California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Ambulatory Surgery Database.

Statewide multicenter analysis of the incidence of secondary surgeries after isolated cleft palate repair.

Introduction: Previous smaller studies have reported a wide range, 15% to 45%, of secondary palate surgery. The goal of this study was to report the true incidence of secondary surgery derived from a large statewide database as well as study the timing and risk factors for secondary surgery.

Methods: Retrospective longitudinal analysis was performed of the 1995 to 2010 California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development patient discharge database, which allows patients to be followed up over time.

Incidence of oral clefts among different ethnicities in the state of California.

Introduction: Several population-based epidemiologic studies have been conducted to evaluate the incidence of oral clefts in different ethnicities in the United States and other countries. The largest studies were performed in white (non-Hispanic) subjects. The highest incidence rates have been reported in Asians and Native Americans.