Quantitative assessment of microhemodynamics in ischemic skin flap tissue by intravital microscopy.

Skin flaps are susceptible to ischemia, which may result in tissue necrosis particularly in areas deprived of their original anatomic blood supply. The pathophysiology of skin flap failure has been debated for many years, but due to methodological insufficiencies, every proposed theory has remained hypothetical. The aim of this study was to gain more evidence for the mechanisms involved in flap ischemia by assessing quantitatively hemodynamic parameters such as diameter, flow velocity, and volume flow in the microcirculation of a flap.

[Face lift--indications, contraindications and operation].

The face lift procedure is often performed in aesthetic plastic surgery. It corrects the stigmata of age, i.e.

Breast reduction improves symptoms of macromastia and has a long-lasting effect.

A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the long-term results of reduction mammaplasties. Of special interest was the extent to which the amount of breast tissue removed correlated with pain relief after reduction mammaplasty. One hundred fourteen patients underwent an average reduction of 1,266 g.

Autologous fat injection for soft tissue augmentation in the face: a safe procedure?

Autologous fat injection for soft tissue augmentation in the face is claimed to be a safe procedure. However, there are several case reports in the literature where patients have suffered from acute visual loss and cerebral infarction following fat injections into the face. Acute visual loss after injection of various substances into the face is a well-known complication of such interventions.