Lipoplasty Combined with Percutaneous Radiofrequency Dermaplasty: A New Strategy for Body Contouring.

Background: A new technique in plastic surgery termed percutaneous radiofrequency dermaplasty (PRD) is described. Customized radiofrequency energy is applied via the percutaneous route to produce skin tightening and fascia contraction at body temperature, avoiding thermal injury. We combine PRD with lipoplasty and call this combined procedure dermaplasty-assisted lipoplasty (DAL).

The universal serial bus endoscope: design and initial clinical experience.

Endoscopic forehead lift is a well-established procedure in aesthetic plastic surgery. Many agree that currently available video-endoscopic equipment is bulky, multipieced and sometimes cumbersome in the operating theater. A novel system, the Universal Serial Bus Endoscope (USBE) was designed to simplify and reduce the number of necessary equipment pieces in the endoscopic setup.

Challenging the limits: build your own reliable double microvascular clamps.

This report describes the detailed construction, experimental basis, and clinical application of a reliable double microvascular clamp that can be built from inexpensive parts that are readily available. Twenty-five clinical free-tissue transfers were performed using this clamp with an acceptable free-flap survival rate.

Percutaneous selective radio-frequency neuroablation in plastic surgery.

A new technique in aesthetic plastic surgery called Percutaneous Selective Radio-frequency Neuroablation (PSRN) is proposed. Radio-frequency energy is applied via the percutaneous route to interrupt selected terminal fibers of the facial nerve in order to modify the facial dynamics. An easy-to-construct electronic system is used to perform both three-dimensional perioperative location (by means of electrical stimulation) and percutaneous electrofulguration of the target nerve.