Previous Cesarean Section Delivery Increases the Risk for Seroma Development in Abdominoplasty Patients: Our Experience With 746 Patients.

Background: Complications after body-contouring surgery are a field of great interest. Recognition of patient-related characteristics contributing to a greater risk for complication is of the utmost importance in improving the quality of care and safety profile of aesthetic procedures. Previous history of cesarean section (CS) and its impact on adverse events after abdominoplasty has yet to be investigated and defined.

Silicone Lymphadenopathy Following Augmentation Mammoplasty With Silicone Implants.

Background: Silicone implants are by far the most widely used implant globally for breast augmentation. Despite technological advancements, complications persist, with silicone lymphadenopathy (siliconoma) being a noteworthy concern. This phenomenon has been inadequately addressed in the existing literature.

Updated trends of breast implant surgeries: An Israeli analysis.

Introduction: Breast augmentation remains one of the most prevalent procedures in plastic surgery. While most patients experience high satisfaction with the outcomes, a subset may encounter various complications or dissatisfaction with achieved results necessitating subsequent surgical intervention including implant removal or exchange.

Materials And Methods: We collected information from three pivotal private medical centers in Israel where a considerable number of breast surgeries are performed.

Silicone breast implant rupture is more prevalent in the dominant limb side: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Breast implant rupture is associated with multiple risk factors such as implant age, manufacturer, and a history of trauma to the breast. However, the exact mechanism of breast implant rupture remains unclear. We hypothesize that repetitive minor mechanical forces on the implant collectively play a significant role in the cascade that eventually leads to its rupture.

Social Media as a Tool to Educate Plastic Surgeons on Patients' Concerns Before and After Cosmetic Breast Surgeries.

Background: The rapid evolution of the social media platform has had a major effect on the field of medicine.

Objective: To identify patterns, trends and patients' concerns before and after aesthetic surgeries involving breast implants, by analyzing social media posts.

Methods: We examined comments posted on popular Israeli online public forums between January 2019 and May 2021, regarding: breast augmentation, mastopexy-augmentation and breast implant removal.

Breast Implantation Rates in Israel: Is There a Change in Trend?

Background: Breast implant illness (BII) is a rising concern among many patients. Although not fully understood, a connection between silicone breast implants and systemic diseases may be present. This connection may influence the types of breast surgeries performed.

Pregnancy Reverses Abdominoplasty Aesthetic Outcome: Myth or Misconception? A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: The common recommendation for female abdominoplasty candidates is to conclude family planning before undergoing the procedure. However, no evidence demonstrates a correlation between aesthetic outcome compromise, risk for fetal complications, or risk for maternal complications when abdominoplasty is followed by pregnancy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate maternal, fetal, and aesthetic outcomes among pregnant females with a history of abdominoplasty.

Inferiorly Based Preauricular Flap for Anterior Ear Reconstruction.

Background: The anterior aspect of the auricle is a complex 3-dimensional structure. Each anatomical component in this region has an essential role in the aesthetic appearance of the ear and face. The reconstruction of defects in this region is challenging because of the lack of mobile, excess skin for primary closure, and the inability to skin graft overexposed cartilage.

Sub-muscular plane for augmentation mammoplasty patients increases silicone gel implant rupture rate.

Background: Breast augmentation is one of the most common aesthetic procedures performed worldwide. One of the worst associated complications is implant rupture, a topic that will be addressed in the present study. The risk of developing silicone gel breast implant rupture following breast augmentation is associated with multiple factors, including: older generation implant, increased implant age, implant type, specific manufacturer, severe capsular contracture (Baker grade III or IV), and the presence of local symptoms.

Preoperative Implant Size Is Strongly Associated With Alternations of Implant Size During Secondary Breast Augmentation.

Background: Breast augmentation is one of the most popular cosmetic surgeries performed worldwide. In turn, there has been an increasing number of secondary breast augmentation procedures in recent years. Implant selection at secondary breast augmentation can be a challenge and is affected by a number of factors.

Poly Implants Prosthèse Breast Implants: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.

Background: Silicone breast implants from the French manufacturer Poly Implants Prosthèse (PIP) were recalled from the European market after the French regulator has revealed the implants contain non-medical-grade silicone filler. In December 2011, following a large increase in reported rupture rate and a possible cancer risk, the French Ministry of Health recommended consideration of the PIP explantation, regardless of their condition. In 2012, the Israel Ministry of Health recommended to replace the implants only upon suspected implant rupture.

Suction drains in esthetic breast implant exchange are associated with surgical site infections: A retrospective cohort study.

Background And Objective: Surgical site infection (SSI) following esthetic breast implant exchange occurs in up to 2% of procedures. The effect of suction drains on SSI risk in these cases remains controversial. This study aimed to assess the SSI risk in the presence of suction drains after esthetic exchange of breast implants.

A novel short-scar breast reduction technique in large breasts.

Background: Short-scar breast reduction techniques have become very popular in the last two decades. These techniques cannot be used very often in patients with exceptionally large breasts because of the excessive amounts of redundant skin. In this article we describe our new approach for dealing with the extra skin remaining in patients with very large breasts so that they may also benefit from the short-scar breast reduction procedure.

Triage and air evacuation strategy for mass casualty events: a model based on combat experience.

Background: Management of combat casualties should optimize outcomes by appropriate patient triage, prehospital care, and rapid transport to the most capable medical facility, while avoiding overwhelming individual facilities.

Methods: Planning the medical support for the campaign was done by the medical department of the IDF Southern command in cohort with the medical department of the Homefront command. Data collection and analysis were done by the Trauma Branch of the Medical corp.

Stretch test: effectiveness in identifying basal cell carcinoma borders.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common malignant tumor in the world. Total tumor ablation is the gold standard of treatment. Our aim in this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a new clinical method, we dubbed the "stretch test," in reducing the incidence of incomplete excision of BCC.

Effect of aspirin pre- and postburn on survival of experimental intermediate burns in rats.

Background: Burns are a major health care problem. Early treatment increases survival of intermediate burn zones, thus decreasing morbidity, mortality, surgery, and hospitalization. Previously, aspirin was shown to improve burn perfusion and increase failing flap survival.

QuikClot Combat Gauze use for hemorrhage control in military trauma: January 2009 Israel Defense Force experience in the Gaza Strip--a preliminary report of 14 cases.

Background: Standard gauze field dressings and direct pressure occasionally are inadequate for the control of hemorrhage. QuikClot® Combat Gauze™ (QCG) combines surgical gauze with an inorganic material and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration and by the Israeli Standards Institute for external hemorrhage control. The purpose of this article is to report clinical use of this dressing during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip during January 2009.

Lack of complications in skin surgery of patients receiving clopidogrel as compared with patients taking aspirin, warfarin, and controls.

Clopidogrel, a new antiplatelet agent that irreversibly inhibits platelet aggregation, is widely used today. This prospective work was conducted to evaluate the safety of performing skin surgery on patients taking clopidogrel. Patients undergoing surgery for excision of skin or subcutaneous lesions under local anesthesia taking clopidogrel were the study group.

Our experience with a "homemade" vacuum-assisted closure system.

Background: Negative-pressure therapy for the closure of wounds, a technique to accelerate secondary wound healing, is clinically available as the V.A.C.

[Diagnostic accuracy of skin lesions excised by a plastic surgeon].

Background: Skin tumors are the most common malignancies in the western population, with surgical excision as the definitive treatment.

Objectives: The author's objectives were to estimate the precision of clinical diagnosis of skin tumors by a plastic surgeon in a community clinic.

Methods: The study includes clinical and histological data of patients operated on solely by one plastic surgeon, between November 2001 to July 2003.

Effect of hyaluronic acid on random-pattern flaps in rats.

Background: Hyaluronic acid is a common component of the extracellular matrix, has many medical applications, and is widely used as a soft tissue filler in patients who simultaneously or eventually undergo cosmetic procedures to the areas treated.

Objective: The objective was to study the effect of hyaluronic acid on wound healing and viability of random-pattern flaps in rats.

Methods And Materials: Twenty-six male rats were randomly divided into two groups.

Complications of minor skin surgery performed under local anesthesia.

Background: Minor surgical procedures performed under local anesthesia are the most common surgical procedures routinely carried out in every plastic surgical practice.

Objective: The objective was to evaluate the prevalence of immediate local and systemic complications of such procedures.

Methods And Materials: Records of 2,600 procedures performed under local anesthesia on 2,431 patients between November 2001 and May 2004 were reviewed.

Imaging of lower extremity stress fracture injuries.

Stress reactions and stress fractures in the lower extremities occur frequently in military and athletic populations. As the clinical symptoms of stress fracture may mimic other less severe musculoskeletal injuries, the diagnosis of stress fracture can often be delayed. The following article reviews the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the various imaging tools available to detect stress fracture of the lower limbs in order to clarify their utility when diagnosing this condition.

Psychostimulants and military operations.

Sleep-deprived individuals appear to have decreased psychological and physical capabilities. Studies have shown how major psychological aspects, such as alertness, complex mental performance, and memory, are strongly affected by sleep deprivation. Military use of psychostimulants dates back many years, especially in units that operate over long hours and deprive soldiers of sleep.

[Exercise induced rhabdomyolysis--characteristics, mechanisms and treatment].

Rhabdomyolysis is defined as a syndrome resulting from skeletal muscle injury with release of muscle cell contents into the plasma. One of the main causes of rhabdomyolysis is eccentric exercise against high resistance. There are mechanical as well as metabolic causes in exercise induced rhabdomyolysis.