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Oncoplastic resection of breast cancers located in the upper-inner quadrants: a safe and effective surgical technique
The combination of breast conserving surgery (BCS) together with plastic surgery techniques (oncoplastic breast surgery) is a useful surgical tool matching the radical oncological excision while preserving bre...
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Serratus Anterior Fascia Flap Versus Muscular Flap for Expander Coverage in Two-stage Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy: Early Post-operative Outcomes
The demand for reconstructive breast surgery after mastectomy is increasing among women and the two-stage option remains the most commonly performed technique. We conducted a self-controlled prospective clinic...
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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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Simple Continuous Suture Versus Continuous Horizontal Mattress Suture for Plication of Abdominal Fascia: Which is Better?
Abdominal fascia plication using a simple continuous suture can sometimes cause tears in the fascia. This problem can be circumvented when the continuous horizontal mattress suture is used. No data exist from ...
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Evading a Surgical Pitfall: Mastopexy––Augmentation Made Simple
Many women have a dwindled ptotic breast. The surgical solution for these two concurring problems has two separate procedures: augmentation and mastopexy. Combining these two procedure into one surgery is cons...
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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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Effect of Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition by Doxycycline on Myocardial Healing and Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction
The aim of conducting this study was to assess the clinical relevance of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibition by doxycycline, an effective MMP inhibitor, in a rat model of extensive myocardial infarction ...
