Publications by authors named "T Rettenbacher"
Ultrasound visualization of augmentation rhinoplasty using diced cartilage framework: A pictorial study.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Diced cartilage (DC) is important in rhinoplasty for creating a framework used in nasal dorsal augmentation, and two methods of applying DC were tested in 15 patients.
- Postoperative ultrasounds showed that all patients had detectable DC, with a notable reduction in perifocal edema over the year, while the grafts remained intact and did not migrate.
- High-resolution ultrasound and color Doppler imaging proved effective for visualizing DC and detecting new blood vessel formation in the grafts post-surgery.
In centers with access to high-end ultrasound machines and expert sonologists, ultrasound is used to detect metastases in regional lymph nodes from melanoma, breast cancer and vulvar cancer. There is, as yet, no international consensus on ultrasound assessment of lymph nodes in any disease or medical condition. The lack of standardized ultrasound nomenclature to describe lymph nodes makes it difficult to compare results from different ultrasound studies and to find reliable ultrasound features for distinguishing non-infiltrated lymph nodes from lymph nodes infiltrated by cancer or lymphoma cells.
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- A case of subcutaneous dirofilariasis was identified in a young woman from Austria, confirmed through ultrasound and histological examination.
- The specific parasite, Dirofilaria repens, was identified using polymerase chain reaction techniques.
- Climate change is likely to increase the occurrence of human dirofilariasis by expanding the range of suitable mosquito vectors.
Tularaemia is a rare zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis in humans. In Europe infections of humans and animals are mainly caused by F. tularensis subspecies holarctica.
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