End-of-Skin Grafts in Syndactyly Release: Description of a New Flap for Web Space Resurfacing and Primary Closure of Finger DefectsRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India
Hand (N Y) 4:29-34. 2009
..The V-Y advancement flap based upon the subcutaneous pedicle in the region of the web allows adequate creation of a new web space. The careful de-fattening of skin flaps allows the separated fingers to be closed primarily...
Supratrochlear artery island paramedian forehead flap for reconstructing the exenterated patientRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Orbit 30:154-7. 2011
..Thus an islandised ipsilateral paramedian forehead flap based upon supratrochlear vessels is another option to close an exenteration defect...
Extended posterior auricular artery flap for coverage of a large temporo-parietal defectRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 63:e775-8. 2010
..This allowed ample movement of the flap and also permitted a V-Y closure of the donor site. The flap also received additional blood supply from the ipsilateral superior auricular artery...
Coverage of post-burn exposed nasal bones with a galeal frontalis myofascial flapRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Burns 32:385-6. 2006
Occipital artery island V-Y advancement flap for reconstruction of posterior scalp defectsRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 63:410-5. 2010
..The islanded flap is based upon the ipsilateral occipital artery in the substance of occipitalis muscle. The donor site/s can be closed primarily and the operation performed in a single stage..
Width of cleft palate and postoperative palatal fistula--do they correlate?M Alam Parwaz
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 62:1559-63. 2009
..41. Thus, the concept of wide-cleft is not vague or irrelevant but has a bearing on postoperative fistula formation, as shown in this study...
The long-term fate of pedicled buccal pad fat used for interpositional arthroplasty in TMJ ankylosisSunil Gaba
Department of Plastic Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 65:1468-73. 2012
..The pedicled buccal pad of fat (BPF) has also been used successfully for this purpose. The aim of this study was to assess the fate of BPF following interpositional arthroplasty...
Submental tracheal intubation in oromaxillofacial surgeryRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India
Indian J Plast Surg 41:15-9. 2008
..We utilized submental endotracheal intubation in such situations and the experience has been very satisfying...
Lateral approach to the levator veli palatini: a preliminary reportVipul Nanda
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 46:292-4. 2009
..This lateral approach helps in the complete release of the levator from all abnormal attachments and ensures reconstruction of an effective sling. This technique is of particular benefit in a palate re-repair...
Special considerations in paediatric burn patientsRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Indian J Plast Surg 43:S43-50. 2010
..If special care is taken during the initial management of paediatric burn injuries, these children can be effectively integrated into the society as very useful and productive members...
Assessment of the abdominal wall function after pedicled TRAM flap surgery for breast reconstruction: Use of modified mesh repair for the donor defectChacko Cyriac
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Indian J Plast Surg 43:166-72. 2010
..The entire width of the muscle and the overlying wide disk of anterior rectus sheath were harvested with the TRAM flap in all our patients and the anterior rectus sheath defect was repaired by a Proline mesh...
Problems of middle ear and hearing in cleft childrenRamesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India
Indian J Plast Surg 42:S144-8. 2009
..These patients should have careful otological and audiological surveillance with appropriate interventions whenever required. The review article discusses the current status of hearing management in patients with cleft palate...
Costal cartilage necrosis--an unusual complication of electric injuryVipul Nanda
Department of Plastic Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India
Burns 31:665-7. 2005
Contrary intermittent skin release of complete syndactyly without skin graft in adultsRamesh Kumar Sharma
Ann Plast Surg 56:698; author reply 698. 2006
Is there any need to localize the perforator of the anterolateral thigh flap?Ramesh Kumar Sharma
Plast Reconstr Surg 119:2328-9; author reply 2329-30. 2007
Full-thickness skin graft as a one-stage debulking procedure after free flap reconstruction for the lower legRamesh Kumar Sharma
Plast Reconstr Surg 119:2330; author reply 2330-1. 2007
Old is still gold: use of deltopectoral flap for single-stage pharyngeal reconstructionRamesh Kumar Sharma
Plast Reconstr Surg 117:691-2. 2006
Frontal reconstruction with frontal musculocutaneous V-Y island flapRamesh Kumar Sharma
Plast Reconstr Surg 121:1855; author reply 1855-7. 2008
Use of polypropylene mesh for anchoring transferred autogenous soft tissue in the correction of hemifacial atrophyRamesh Kumar Sharma
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 61:471-2. 2008
The perforator "plus" flap: a simple nomenclature for locoregional perforator-based flapsRamesh Kumar Sharma
Plast Reconstr Surg 116:1838-9. 2005
Cranial defect after sliding of bone flap: a preventable complicationRamesh Kumar Sharma
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 60:1356-7. 2007