Augmentation Mastopexy: A Five-step Standardized Strategy Approach.

Unlabelled: Planning a combined procedure requires ensuring an optimal fill of the reduced breast skin envelope, which in turn requires a system to quantify skin excess to ensure that the selected implant achieves that optimal fill. This has led us to develop a five-step approach that a surgical team can use to assess patients scheduled to undergo an augmentation mastopexy and arrive at an optimal surgical strategy.

Methods: This retrospective study included 50 consecutive cases where layered mastopexies combined with augmentation mammaplasties were performed.

Mastopexy: with or without Acellular Dermal Matrix?

Unlabelled: In the years after unilateral breast reconstruction, the reconstructed breast resists ptosis more than natural breast tissue in the native contralateral breast. As acellular dermal matrix (ADM) becomes fully incorporated into the recipient's anatomy, thus reinforcing the inferior pole of the uplifted breast, we combined our mastopexy cases with ADM in an attempt to reduce the rate of recurrent ptosis.

Method: This was a prospective randomized analysis of a cohort of 24 patients, divided into two groups (A and B); all underwent primary unilateral mastopexy to correct grade III breast ptosis.

Lower Pole Breast Reconstruction Using Muscle-sparing Latissimus Dorsi Flap in Postburn Breast Deformity.

Background: Full-thickness burns of the anterior chest wall during childhood are a devastating problem that results in significant distortion of the developing breast. This deformed burnt breast represents a serious aesthetic problem, and can lead to functional impairment as well as severe emotional trauma for patients.

Methods: Patients with postburn scarring affecting the lower pole of the breast were included.

Rotating the Tip in Long Noses: A Strategy rather than a Single Technique.

Background: Rhinoplasty is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic surgical procedures in plastic surgery, the incidence of which has increased up to approximately 1 million cases in 2016 according to the recent International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery survey. This study aimed at defining the importance of each sequential procedure within the same surgery, the extent to which a procedure can be performed, and those that can be omitted.

Methods: In this descriptive study, 27 candidates (18 women; nine men; age range, 20-48 years) for primary rhinoplasty between September 2016 and September 2019 were included.

Systematic Approach for Management and Prevention of Boxy Breast.

Background: Although a boxy breast is a common aesthetic problem following breast reduction and mastopexy, literature regarding this deformity is scarce. It is vaguely described as a definitive postreduction deformity. To address this complication, it is important to fully analyze the problem, understand and predict its causes, and then try to prevent it.

Alar Flare Preservation Using the Sandwich Technique as an Adjunct to Alar Base Reduction.

Unlabelled: Achieving an aesthetic balance and natural appearance when modifying soft tissues of the nasal tip, alae, and nostrils is fundamental to the success of rhinoplasty surgery. The present study aimed to investigate the ability of a simple "sandwich" technique combined with external alar base reduction to preserve the alar flare and achieve a natural and appealing alar contour.

Methods: The study included 40 patients who reported dissatisfaction due to excessive nasal flaring.

Antia-Buch versus Franssen-Frechner Technique.

Unlabelled: We performed a retrospective study comparing 2 patient groups. Each cohort included 22 cases of skin cancer of the external ear. Each patient required resection of the affected part of the external ear, followed by flap reconstruction.

Distally-based Peroneus Brevis Turnover Muscle Flap in the Reconstruction of Soft Tissue Defects.

Unlabelled: Reconstruction of the distal 3rd of the lower leg requires either local or free flap coverage if tendons or bones are exposed. The distally based, pedicled peroneus brevis (PB) flap has been shown to be a valid option in the management of distal 3rd lower limb injuries. Herein, we present 21 cases treated with distally-based PB muscle flaps between May 2017 and September 2019.

Effect of Platelet Rich Plasma versus Saline Solution as a Preservation Solution for Hair Transplantation.

Background: Hair transplantation is the only method available to regrow new hairs; hence, enhancing the results of this procedure using state-of-the-art methods has become mandatory in clinical practice. Recent studies have suggested that significant improvements in hair density and stimulation of hair growth occur when follicular units are pretreated with platelet plasma growth factors before implantation. This study aimed to investigate and compare the outcomes of this procedure using platelet-rich plasma (PRP)-preserved hair grafts and saline-preserved hair grafts.