Long-term Analysis of Lip Augmentation With Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System (SMAS) Tissue Transfer Following Biplanar Extended SMAS Rhytidectomy.

Importance: To our knowledge, long-term, objective results of lip augmentation using superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) tissue transfer beyond 1 year have not been previously described.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, longevity, and safety of lip augmentation using SMAS tissue transfer.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective single-blind cohort study was designed to evaluate all patients who underwent surgical lip augmentation using SMAS following rhytidectomy between January 1, 2000, and November, 16, 2015, at a private facial plastic surgery practice in Birmingham, Alabama.

Mouse genome-wide association study identifies polymorphisms on chromosomes 4, 11, and 15 for age-related cardiac fibrosis.

Dystrophic cardiac calcinosis (DCC), also called epicardial and myocardial fibrosis and mineralization, has been detected in mice of a number of laboratory inbred strains, most commonly C3H/HeJ and DBA/2J. In previous mouse breeding studies between these DCC susceptible and the DCC-resistant strain C57BL/6J, 4 genetic loci harboring genes involved in DCC inheritance were identified and subsequently termed Dyscalc loci 1 through 4. Here, we report susceptibility to cardiac fibrosis, a sub-phenotype of DCC, at 12 and 20 months of age and close to natural death in a survey of 28 inbred mouse strains.

Reconstruction of Full-Thickness Scalp Defects Using a Dermal Regeneration Template.

Importance: Large full-thickness scalp defects pose a reconstructive problem and commonly require microvascular free flap reconstruction.

Objective: To describe a novel and effective reconstructive technique for full-thickness scalp defects that can be performed quickly without general anesthesia or free flap reconstruction.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A retrospective review of 10 patients at a single medical center who underwent surgical resection of a cutaneous lesion.

Functional reconstruction of large medial canthal defects.

The aim of this study is to describe a surgical technique for the reconstruction of large medial canthal defects involving the lacrimal apparatus following excision of medial canthal tumors. Many different techniques for constructing a neopassage from the lacrimal sac to the nasal sinuses have been investigated and described in the literature. However, there continues to be difficulty with successful functional reconstruction of the lacrimal outflow tract without the long-term use of an indwelling tube.

Management of pediatric subglottic cysts using the Bugbee fulgurating electrode.

Importance: Subglottic cysts are an important cause of pediatric airway obstruction. We describe the typical presentation and management of subglottic cysts, with historical recurrence rates between 12.5% and 71.