50 Studies Every Plastic Surgeon Should Know

C. Scott Hultman, MD, MBA, FACS, Ethel and James Valone Distinguished Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

FOUNDATIONS Use and Uses of Large Split Skin Grafts of Intermediate Thickness The Theory and Practical Use of the Z-Incision for the Relief of Scar Contractures Surgical Replacement of the Breast Clinical Definition of Independent Myocutaneous Vascular Territories Classification of the Vascular Anatomy of Muscles: Experimental and Clinical Correlation HAND SURGERY The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Seventeen Years' Experience in Diagnosis and Treatment of Six Hundred Fifty-Four Hands. Primary Repair of Lacerated Flexor Tendons in "No Man's Land" Reconstruction of the Thumb by Transposition of an Adjacent Digit Immediate Thumb Extension following Extensor Indicis Proprius-to-Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon Transfer Using the Wide-Awake Approach Nerve Transfers for the Restoration of Hand Function after Spinal Cord Injury: Case Report CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY Refinements In Rotation-Advancement Cleft Lip Technique Cleft Palate Repair by Double Opposing Z-Plasty Lengthening the Human Mandible by Gradual Distraction Technical Advances in Ear Reconstruction with Autogenous Rib Cartilage Grafts: Personal Experience with 1200 Cases The Definitive Plastic Surgical Treatment of the Severe Facial Deformities of Craniofacial Dystostosis. Crouzon's and Apert's Syndrome HEAD AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION A Two-Stage Method for Pharyngoesophageal Reconstruction with a Primary Pectoral Skin Flap The Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap: A Versatile Flap for Reconstruction in the Head and Neck A 10-Year Experience in Nasal Reconstruction with the Three-Stage Forehead Flap A Review of 60 Consecutive Fibula Free Flap Mandible Reconstructions Comprehensive Management of Pan-Facial Fractures BREAST RECONSTRUCTION Comparison of Radical Mastectomy with Alternative Treatments for Primary Breast Cancer. A First Report of Results from a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy Using the Temporary Expander Meta-Analyses of the Relation between Silicone Breast Implants and the Risk of Connective-Tissue Diseases Breast Reconstruction with a Transverse Abdominal Island Flap Vertical Mammaplasty and Liposuction of the Breast MICROSURGERY Thumb Replacement: Great Toe Transplantation by Microvascular Anastomosis Early Microsurgical Reconstruction of Complex Trauma of the Extremities The Radial Forearm Flap: A Versatile Method for Intra-Oral Reconstruction Conventional TRAM Flap versus Free Microsurgical TRAM Flap for Immediate Breast Reconstruction Have We found an Ideal Soft-Tissue Flap? An Experience with 672 Anterolateral Thigh Flaps TRUNK RECONSTRUCTION "Components separation" Method for Closure of Abdominal-Wall Defects: An Anatomic and Clinical Study Multivariate Predictors of Failure after Flap Coverage of Pressure Ulcers High-Lateral-Tension Abdominoplasty with Superficial Fascial System Suspension Utility of the Omentum in the Reconstruction of Complex Extraperitoneal Wounds and Defects: Donor-Site Complications in 135 patients from 1975 to 2000 Body Contouring by Lipolysis: A 5-year Experience with over 3000 Cases BURN SURGERY The Treatment of the Surface Burns The Use of a Topical Sulfonamide in the Control of Burn Wound Sepsis Early Excision and Grafting versus Nonoperative Treatment of burns of Indeterminant Depth: A Randomized Prospective Study Improved Net Protein Balance, Lean Mass, and Gene Expression Changes with Oxandrolone Treatment in the Severely Burned Pulsed Dye Laser Therapy and Z-plasty for Facial Burn Scars: The Alternative to Excision AESTHETIC SURGERY The Superficial Musculo-Aponeurotic System (SMAS) in the Parotid and Cheek Area Spreader Graft: A Method of Reconstructing the Roof of the Middle Nasal Vault following Rhinoplasty A Placebo-Controlled Surgical Trial of the Treatment of Migraine Headaches Subfascial Endoscopic Transaxillary Augmentation Mammaplasty Treatment of Glabellar Frown Lines with C. botulinum-A Exotoxin INNOVATIONS The Vascular Territories (Angiosomes) of the Body: Experimental Study and Clinical Applications Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method for Wound Control and Treatment: Clinical Experience Facial Augmentation with Structural Fat Grafting A Prospective Analysis of 100 Consecutive Lymphovenous Bypass Cases for Treatment of Extremity Lymphedema Near-Total Human Face Transplantation for a Severely Disfigured Patient in the USA