Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 

About: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is an academic journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Breast reconstruction & Medicine. It has an ISSN identifier of 0032-1052. Over the lifetime, 41601 publications have been published receiving 1089440 citations. The journal is also known as: Plast. Reconstr. Surg..

Hemangiomas and vascular malformations in infants and children: a classification based on endothelial characteristics.

Abstract: … Those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked up the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to ourselves. That we have first raids a dust and then complain we cannot see.

Soft tissue tumors

Abstract: This text provides a clinical reference on soft tissue tumours, addressing tumours of the muscle, fat and connective tissue. New to this third edition is a chapter on the molecular biology of soft tissue tumours. Many non-tumerous lesions relevant to the differential diagnosis are also examined.

Lengthening the human mandible by gradual distraction.

Abstract: Lengthening of the mandible by gradual distraction was performed on four young patients (average age 78 months). The amount of mandibular bone lengthening ranged from 18 to 24 mm; one patient with Nager's syndrome underwent bilateral mandibular expansion. Following the period of expansion, the patients were maintained in external fixation for an average of 9 weeks to allow ossification. The patients were followed for a minimum of 11 months to a maximum of 20 months with clinical and dental examinations as well as photographic and radiographic documentation. The technique holds promise for early reconstruction of craniofacial skeletal defects without the need for bone grafts, blood transfusion, or intermaxillary fixation.