Reconstructive application of the endotine suspension devicesJames H Boehmler
Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, PHC Bldg, 3800 Reservoir Rd, First Floor, Washington, DC 20007
Arch Facial Plast Surg 9:328-32. 2007
..To illustrate the potential reconstructive opportunities that the Endotine suspension devices can provide for patients with soft tissue ptosis secondary to facial nerve dysfunction, posttraumatic deformity, and postablative deformity...
Decreased narcotic use with an implantable local anesthetic catheter after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstructionJames H Boehmler
Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 1st Floor PHC, 3800 Reservoir Rd, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Ann Plast Surg 62:618-20. 2009
..03). The use of an implantable local anesthetic catheter placed in the abdomen can decrease narcotic use in the postoperative period after deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstruction...
- Options in reconstructing the irradiated breast
Scott L Spear
Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 122:379-88. 2008
..As radiation therapy becomes more prevalent in the treatment of breast cancer, more patients requesting breast reconstruction for mastectomy defects will have a history of radiation therapy...
- The role of the latissimus dorsi flap in reconstruction of the irradiated breast
Scott L Spear
Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 119:1-9; discussion 10-1. 2007
..The role of the latissimus dorsi flap with a prosthesis in reconstruction of the previously irradiated breast is examined in this retrospective review of one surgeon's 10-year experience...
- Repairing esophageal perforations with a transverse cervical musculofascial flap
Steven P Davison
Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Ann Plast Surg 57:164-8. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: The transverse cervical artery musculofascial flap can be an ideal method for repair of small cervical esophageal perforations, although spinal hardware should be removed if felt to be the etiology of the perforation...
- Vascularized rib for facial reconstruction
Steven P Davison
Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Otolaryngology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 114:15-20. 2004
..Six flaps were used in five patients over a 20-month period. All patients had stable support of the orbit at follow-up with adequate soft-tissue coverage, and there were no incidences of visual changes...
- Augmentation/mastopexy: a 3-year review of a single surgeon's practice
Scott L Spear
Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 118:136S-147S; discussion 148S-149S, 150S-151S. 2006
..Augmentation/mastopexy is of considerable interest to plastic surgeons who perform breast surgery because of its complexity as well as its high rate of legal claims...
- The infected or exposed breast implant: management and treatment strategies
Scott L Spear
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1 PHC, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, D C 20007, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 113:1634-44. 2004
..Although an attempt at implant salvage may be offered to a patient, device removal and delayed reinsertion will always remain a more conservative and predictable option...
