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Adipocytes Viability After Suction-Assisted Lipoplasty: Does the Technique Matter?
Suction-assisted lipoplasty (SAL; liposuction) is an established aesthetic procedure in plastic surgery. The main parameters differentiating one method of lipoplasty from another are safety, consistency of res...
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Radiotherapy-Induced Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Scalp: Are They Genetically Different?
The treatment of tinea capitis using radiotherapy was introduced at the beginning of the twentieth century. In Israel, between 1949 and 1960, approximately 17,000 children underwent radiotherapy treatments for...
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Silicone Nipple Shields: An Innovative Postoperative Dressing Technique After Nipple Reconstruction
The newly reconstructed nipple is extremely sensitive to mechanical pressure and shearing forces, which can cause flap necrosis and sloughing of the skin, eventually promoting infection. Current available dres...
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Systemic dysregulation of CEACAM1 in melanoma patients
It was previously shown that CEACAM1 on melanoma cells strongly predicts poor outcome. Here, we show a statistically significant increase of serum CEACAM1 in 64 active melanoma patients, as compared to 48 pati...
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Measuring Alterations in Intra-Abdominal Pressure During Abdominoplasty as a Predictive Value for Possible Postoperative Complications
The purpose of this study was to measure the changes in Intra-Abdominal Pressure (IAP) during abdominoplasty and the relevance of these changes to the immediate postoperative recovery period. Eighteen patient...
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The Effect of Reduction of the Peripheral Fat Content by Liposuction-Assisted Lipectomy (SAL) on Serum Leptin Levels in the Postoperative Period: A Prospective Study
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a decrease in the peripheral fat content by suction-assisted lipectomy (SAL) and serum leptin levels. Twenty-two healthy females who under...