Postbariatric Brachioplasty with Posteromedial Scar: Physical Model, Technical Refinements, and Clinical Outcomes.

Background: Brachioplasty is an increasingly performed procedure following massive weight loss. A visible scar is the main hindrance to this surgery. The aims of the study were to develop a physical model to investigate the ideal location of the surgical incision and to present the authors' technical refinements with the posteromedial scar approach.

Medial thigh lift in post-bariatric patients: Our encouraging experience.

Background: A high rate of postoperative complications following inner thigh lift is reported in the medical literature. The authors present the results of a study on the validity of inner thigh contouring, with liposuction and concomitant skin excision, in postbariatric patients.

Methods: This study examined the charts of 46 postbariatric female patients, who underwent medial thigh lift with a 'T' scar technique and concomitant liposuction, between February 2010 and February 2013.

Assessment of the 18-month permanence of onlay tip cartilage grafts following rhinoplasty.

Augmentation rhinoplasty requires addition of materials of various natures to reshape the nasal pyramid. Onlay tip grafts are single or multilayered grafts placed horizontally over the alar domes. The aim of the present study was to assess the 18-month permanence of onlay septal cartilage grafts.

Reduction of the opposite breast in patients with a breast reconstructed with an implant: validity of the inverted "T", superior pedicle technique, with an inferiorly-based dermal adipose flap.

We reviewed 28 cases of breasts reconstructed with implants and reduction mammaplasty on the other side for symmetry, with the aim of assessing the stability and aesthetic result in the reduced breasts five years postoperatively. An inverted "T", superior pedicle technique, with an inferiorly-based dermal adipose flap was used in patients who did not have overstretched Cooper's ligaments. At the 5-year follow-up, the sternal notch-to-nipple and inframammary fold-to-nipple distances were measured and the degree of ptosis was evaluated (Regnault's classification).

Digital photography in plastic surgery: how to achieve reasonable standardization outside a photographic studio.

Accurate photographic documentation has become essential in reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery both for clinical and scientific purposes. Digital imaging systems currently are popular, being reasonably affordable and much improved in quality. They offer multiple advantages in terms of quality, easy image storage and retrieval.