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The fetal cleft palate: v. elucidation of the mechanism of palatal clefting in the congenital caprine modelJeffrey Weinzweig
Department of Plastic Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Mass 01805, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 121:1328-34. 2008..The present study defined the mechanism of clefting in the congenital caprine model by evaluating the temporal sequence of palatal shelf fusion...- Cranial vault expansion in the management of postshunt craniosynostosis and slit ventricle syndromeJeffrey Weinzweig
Division of Plastic Surgery, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 122:1171-80. 2008..Excessive intracranial decompression may result in ventricular collapse with the formation of slit-like ventricles and cranial vault collapse with secondary craniosynostosis... 
The fetal cleft palate: IV. Midfacial growth and bony palatal development following in utero and neonatal repair of the congenital caprine modelJeffrey Weinzweig
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Mass 01805, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 118:81-93. 2006....- The fetal cleft palate: III. Ultrastructural and functional analysis of palatal development following in utero repair of the congenital modelJeffrey Weinzweig
Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children s Hospital, 2 Dudley Street Suite 380, Providence, R I 02905, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 109:2355-62. 2002..Although repaired velar muscle does demonstrate some evidence of ultrastructural change compared with control muscle, these findings are significantly less pronounced than those observed in the unrepaired clefted muscle... - Role of TGF-beta and FGF in the treatment of radiation-impaired wounds using a novel drug delivery systemChad Tattini
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Craniofacial Biology and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachussetts 01805, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 122:1036-45. 2008..The authors used a novel sustained-release delivery system to examine the effect of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) on radiation-impaired wound healing in a rodent model... - Posttraumatic maxillomandibular reconstruction: a treatment algorithm for the partially edentulous patientStephen B Baker
Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 20007, USA
J Craniofac Surg 21:217-21. 2010.... - Metopic synostosis: Defining the temporal sequence of normal suture fusion and differentiating it from synostosis on the basis of computed tomography imagesJeffrey Weinzweig
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 19104, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 112:1211-8. 2003..A metopic notch was not seen in any nonsynostotic patient. The morphologic and normative craniofacial data presented permit diagnosis of metopic synostosis based on computed tomography images obtained beyond the normal fusion period... - Duration of smoking cessation and its impact on skin flap survivalJeffrey V Manchio
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Mass 01805, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 124:1105-17. 2009..The ideal duration of preoperative smoking cessation is unclear. The present study evaluates the effect of various durations of smoking cessation on skin flap survival in a rat model... - Role of sagittal reformatted computed tomographic images in the evaluation of orbital floor fracturesJeffrey V Manchio
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Chicago Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Craniofac Surg 21:1153-7. 2010..Today, the ability to easily create high-quality sagittal reformations requires reassessment of the importance of this view in the evaluation of orbital floor fractures... - Applications of a new carbonated calcium phosphate bone cement: early experience in pediatric and adult craniofacial reconstructionStephen B Baker
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 19104, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 109:1789-96. 2002..Although this material seems to be promising as a bone substitute, further follow-up will be necessary to evaluate its potential role in craniofacial surgery... - Long-term fate of transplanted autologous fat in a novel rabbit facial modelMichael Brucker
Craniofacial Biology and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Mass 01805, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 122:749-54. 2008..The present study evaluated the long-term fate of transplanted autologous fat using a novel facial augmentation model the authors have developed in the rabbit... - Immediate versus delayed midface distraction in a primate model using a new intraoral internal deviceJeffrey Weinzweig
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 109:1600-10. 2002..In addition, immediate distraction may abbreviate the distraction period without adverse sequelae... - Evaluation of a new 4-strand flexor tendon repair in a cadaveric porcine modelJeffrey V Manchio
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA 01805, USA
J Hand Surg Am 34:102-7. 2009..The present study compares ultimate tensile strength, gap strength, and surgical time in the Lahey repair, a new 4-strand flexor tendon repair, to 2 previously described techniques... - Role of the sagittal view of computed tomography in evaluation of the nasofrontal ducts in frontal sinus fracturesSonu A Jain
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
J Craniofac Surg 21:1670-3. 2010..Anatomically, we propose that this is better evaluated by coronal and sagittal CT views. We evaluated the role of sagittal CT scan views in determining the status of the nasofrontal ducts in patients with frontal sinus fractures... - An anatomic and histologic analysis of the alar-facial crease and the lateral crusJagruti C Patel
Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Plastic Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Hasboro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI 02905, USA
Ann Plast Surg 52:371-4. 2004..These elastin fibers were predominantly orientated vertically (anterior-posterior) rather than horizontally (cephalo-caudad). This study demonstrates a higher ratio of elastin to collagen fibers in the region of the alar-facial crease... - Investigation of the growth and metastasis of malignant melanoma in a murine model: the role of supplemental vitamin AJeffrey Weinzweig
Department of Plastic Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02905, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 112:152-8; discussion 159-61. 2003..The animals supplemented with vitamin A demonstrated decreased tumor growth and metastasis. This in vivo model may indicate a potential prophylactic and therapeutic role for supplemental vitamin A in the treatment of malignant melanoma... 
Effect of cleft palate repair on the susceptibility to contraction-induced injury of single permeabilized muscle fibers from congenitally-clefted goat palatesErik P Rader
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 45:113-20. 2008..As an initial step to determining the validity of this theory, we tested the hypothesis that, in most cases, repair induces the transformation to type 1 fibers, thus diminishing susceptibility to injury...- Contractile properties of single permeabilized muscle fibers from congenital cleft palates and normal palates of Spanish goatsMichael C Hanes
Section of Plastic Surgery, Division of Geriatric Medicine, and Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 119:1685-94. 2007..The authors hypothesized that levator veli palatini muscle dysfunction inherent to cleft palates could affect the timing and outcome of cleft palate repair... - Contraction-induced injury to single permeabilized muscle fibers from normal and congenitally-clefted goat palatesErik P Rader
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2200, USA
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 44:216-22. 2007..We tested the hypothesis that, compared with single permeabilized levator veli palatini muscle fibers from normal palates of adult goats, those from cleft palates are more susceptible to lengthening contraction-induced injury... - The effect of cleft palate repair on contractile properties of single permeabilized muscle fibers from congenitally cleft goat palatesMichael C Hanes
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2200, USA
Ann Plast Surg 60:188-93. 2008..No differences in sF(0) were observed. nP(max) increased with presence of type 2 fibers. The persistent state of type 2 fibers following palatoplasty leads to increased fatigue in the LVP of MRP subjects and may cause VPI symptoms... - Designing a virtual reality model for aesthetic surgeryDarren M Smith
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 116:893-7. 2005..This study emphasizes the role of three-dimensionalization of the soft tissues of the face in the evolution of aesthetic surgery... - Delayed cranial vault reconstruction for sagittal synostosis in older children: an algorithm for tailoring the reconstructive approach to the craniofacial deformityJeffrey Weinzweig
Department of Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 110:397-408. 2002..However, it is essential that the extent of the deformity be carefully evaluated preoperatively to permit selection of the appropriate technique for reconstruction...