Prepectoral Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction Without ADM Using a Subfascial Approach.

Background: Immediate prosthetic reconstruction has evolved to a prepectoral position. A technique is described where the pectoral and serratus fascia is raised from superiorly. Initially, Vicryl mesh was used to close the superior fascial defect, but later abandoned by using primary closure for tissue expanders, or creating a pocket in the infraclavicular pectoralis muscle after prosthesis (DTI) insertion.

The Role of the Inframammary Fold (IMF) in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery: A Critical Analysis and Surgical Solution.

Introduction: The inframammary fold (IMF) is a critical structure in breast aesthetics and is affected by various types of breast surgery. The ideal IMF has a semi-elliptical shape, which may become attenuated with age and descends in macromastia. The aim of this study was to analyse the IMF and retain/restore its shape with sutures.

The Value of Tumescent Infiltration in Bilateral Breast Reduction: Optimizing Vasoconstriction.

Unlabelled: Surgical adjuncts should improve surgical outcomes but should not increase complications. Epinephrine reduces bleeding in breast reduction, but various doses and volumes have been used. The ideal dose of epinephrine is still debated.

Post-treatment Follow-up, Imaging, and Outcome Scores: Proceedings of the International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle.

Background: The evidence supporting best practice guidelines in the field of cartilage repair of the ankle are based on both low quality and low levels of evidence. Therefore, an international consensus group of experts was convened to collaboratively advance toward consensus opinions based on the best available evidence on key topics within cartilage repair of the ankle. The purpose of this article is to report the consensus statements on Post-treatment Follow-up, Imaging and Outcome Scores developed at the 2017 International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle.

Efficacy and safety of saxagliptin in older participants in the SAVOR-TIMI 53 trial.

Objective: To examine the safety and cardiovascular (CV) effects of saxagliptin in the predefined elderly (≥65 years) and very elderly (≥75 years) subpopulations of the Saxagliptin Assessment of Vascular Outcomes Recorded in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 53 (SAVOR-TIMI 53) trial.

Research Design And Methods: Individuals ≥40 years (n = 16,492; elderly, n = 8,561; very elderly, n = 2,330) with HbA1c ≥6.5% (47.

The effect of lunate morphology on the 3-dimensional kinematics of the carpus.

Purpose: To assess carpal kinematics in various ranges of motion in 3 dimensions with respect to lunate morphology.

Methods: Eight cadaveric wrists (4 type I lunates, 4 type II lunates) were mounted into a customized platform that allowed controlled motion with 6 degrees of freedom. The wrists were moved through flexion-extension (15°-15°) and radioulnar deviation (RUD; 20°-20°).

Rationale and design of the Pan-African Sudden Cardiac Death survey: the Pan-African SCD study.

Background: The estimated rate of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in Western countries ranges from 300,000 to 400,000 annually, which represents 0.36 to 1.28 per 1 000 inhabitants in Europe and the United States.

Images in cardiovascular medicine: myocardial inflammation in viral peri-myocarditis detected by tissue Doppler echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.

This case report demonstrates the value of tissue Doppler echocardiography and contrast-enhanced cardiac mag-netic resonance in the diagnosis and management of patients with myocarditis.