A Simple Alternative: A Minimal-Touch Technique for Placing Breast Implants.

This is a single-surgeon experience detailing the senior author's (J.G.) minimal-touch technique for placement of breast implants.

Local Infiltration of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in Liposuction: A Single-Surgeon Outcomes Analysis and Considerations for Minimizing Postoperative Donor Site Ecchymosis.

Background: Tranexamic acid (TXA) has gained increasing recognition in plastic surgery as a dependable adjunct capable of minimizing blood loss, ecchymosis, and edema. To date, there have been limited data on the utilization of TXA to mitigate liposuction donor site ecchymosis.

Objectives: The authors sought to investigate whether infiltration of TXA into liposuction donor sites safely reduces postoperative ecchymosis.

Inferior pedicle breast reduction and long nipple-to-inframammary fold distance: How long is safe?

Background: Free nipple grafting indications in breast reduction surgery are outdated. Safety of inferior pedicle technique for large resections and long pedicles has not been clearly defined. We evaluated patients who underwent inferior pedicle reduction mammoplasty to define the safety constraints of the inferior pedicle.

Risk Factors for Lymphedema after Thigh Sarcoma Resection and Reconstruction.

Unlabelled: Secondary lymphedema can be a lifelong and debilitating consequence of lower extremity oncologic resection and reconstruction. The goal of this study was to identify risk factors for the development of lymphedema in patients treated for thigh sarcoma.

Methods: A retrospective review analyzed all patients who underwent thigh sarcoma resection and reconstruction by a plastic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic between 1997 and 2014.

Complications after thigh sarcoma resection.

Background And Objectives: Standard treatment for extremity sarcoma is limb-sparing surgery often with radiation, but complications occur frequently. We sought to determine factors predictive of wound complications after thigh sarcoma resection and reconstruction while analyzing trends over time.

Methods: We reviewed all thigh defects requiring plastic surgeon reconstruction following sarcoma resection at our institution from 1997 to 2014.

A reconstructive algorithm after thigh soft tissue sarcoma resection including predictors of free flap reconstruction.

Background: Reconstruction of defects of the thigh after oncologic resection plays a vital role in limb salvage. Our goal was to evaluate our institution's experience on thigh sarcomas to develop evidence-based recommendations to guide the reconstructive surgeon, including factors that would predict the need for free flap reconstruction.

Methods: We reviewed all thigh defects requiring plastic surgeon reconstruction following sarcoma resection at our institution from 1997 to 2014.

Management of a late breast implant rupture in the setting of previous radiation.

Management of ruptured breast implants is scarcely discussed in the literature, especially in the setting of previous breast cancer and radiation. The authors present an uncommon presentation of late breast implant rupture with seroma and history of prior radiation. It is important to acknowledge the increased risk of wound healing complications in patients who are several years' postradiation therapy for breast cancer and should be an important factor when discussing treatment options with the patient.

Tissue Expanders in Skin Deficient Ventral Hernias Utilizing Component Separation.

Skin deficient complex ventral hernias are complicated surgical cases that have multimodal approaches. There is no current consensus on the management of those patients who also have concomitant stomas or enterocutaneous fistula. We present 2 cases in which the senior authors were able to apply tissue expanders above and between the abdominal wall in patients with an enterocutaneous fistula or stoma.

What's new in objective assessment and treatment of facial hyperpigmentation?

Facial hyperpigmentation is common and challenging to treat in darker-skinned populations. A Medline literature search of articles published up to October 2013 reporting the objective assessment of and/or treatment for melasma, postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, dermatosis papulosa nigra, lichen planus pigmentosus, and erythema dyschromicum perstans was reviewed. Objective assessment was only reported for melasma and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.

2-[(Naphthalen-1-yl-methyl-idene)amino]-5-methyl-phenol.

The title compound, C(18)H(15)NO, is a Schiff base prepared from an acid-catalyzed condensation reaction between 1-naphthaldehyde and 6-amino-m-cresol. Intra-molecular hydrogen bonding occurs via an O-H⋯N inter-action, generating an S(5) ring motif. Neighboring phenol groups participate in inter-molecular hydrogen bonding through an O-H⋯O inter-action, forming chains.