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| Charles S HultmanSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Prospective, before-after cohort study to assess the efficacy of laser therapy on hypertrophic burn scarsCharles Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 70:521-6. 2013..Best practices for management continue to evolve. Lasers have recently been added to treatment algorithms, but indications and efficacy have not been fully defined. We studied the impact of laser therapies on hypertrophic burn scars...- Logistics of building a laser practice for the treatment of hypertrophic burn scarsCharles Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 70:581-6. 2013..We report the logistics of building a laser practice for the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars... - Sometimes you can't make it on your own: the impact of a professionalism curriculum on the attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of an academic plastic surgery practiceCharles Scott Hultman
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
J Surg Res 180:8-14. 2013..The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of a professionalism curriculum in an academic plastic surgery practice... - Get on your boots: preparing fourth-year medical students for a career in surgery, using a focused curriculum to teach the competency of professionalismCharles S Hultman
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Surg Res 177:217-23. 2012..The goal of this project was to enhance the attitudes and knowledge of medical students regarding professionalism, to help them understand the role of professionalism in a surgical practice... - To everything there is a season: impact of seasonal change on admissions, acuity of injury, length of stay, throughput, and charges at an accredited, regional burn centerC Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 69:30-4. 2012..The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the changing seasons on admissions to and resource utilization at an accredited burn center, with the goal of optimizing patient throughput and matching supply with demand... - Utility of the omentum in pelvic floor reconstruction following resection of anorectal malignancy: patient selection, technical caveats, and clinical outcomesCharles S Hultman
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Ann Plast Surg 64:559-62. 2010.... - Does voltage predict return to work and neuropsychiatric sequelae following electrical burn injury?Shruti Chudasama
Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 64:522-5. 2010..When comparing high and low voltage injuries, similarities in endpoints such as neuropsychiatric sequelae, the need for late reconstruction, and failure to return to work challenge previous notions that voltage predicts outcome... - Comprehensive management of hot-press hand injuries: long-term outcomes following reconstruction and rehabilitationCharles Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Ann Plast Surg 64:553-8. 2010..Hot-press hand burns can be devastating, but return to work is possible for most patients. We recommend early wound excision, aggressive perioperative hand therapy, low threshold for reconstructive procedures, and rehabilitative support... - America's fertile frontier: how America surpassed Britain in the development and growth of plastic surgery during the interwar years of 1920-1940James F Fraser
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 64:610-3. 2010.... - Management of recurrent hernia after components separation: 10-year experience with abdominal wall reconstruction at an academic medical centerCharles S Hultman
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Plast Surg 66:504-7. 2011..Although the safety and efficacy of this technique have been established, less is known about long-term outcomes. This article focuses on the management of recurrent hernia after components separation for abdominal wall reconstruction... 
Utility of the omentum in the reconstruction of complex extraperitoneal wounds and defects: donor-site complications in 135 patients from 1975 to 2000C Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599 7195, USA
Ann Surg 235:782-95. 2002..To examine donor-site complications after omental harvest for the reconstruction of extraperitoneal wounds and defects...
Surgical management of HIV-associated lipodystrophy: role of ultrasonic-assisted liposuction and suction-assisted lipectomy in the treatment of lipohypertrophyC Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 58:255-63. 2007..Medical treatment of fat redistribution is usually ineffective. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of the surgical management of HIV lipodystrophy...- Skin-sparing mastectomy flap complications after breast reconstruction: review of incidence, management, and outcomeC Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 50:249-55; discussion 255. 2003..Patients with elevated BMI, diabetes, and previous irradiation may be at increased risk for SSM flap complications... - Salvage of infected spinal hardware with paraspinous muscle flaps: anatomic considerations with clinical correlationC Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 57:521-8. 2006..This study provides an anatomic and clinical investigation of posterior midline trunk reconstruction using paraspinous muscle flaps as the primary method of repair... - Restoration of fecal continence after functional gluteoplasty: long-term results, technical refinements, and donor-site morbidityC Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 56:65-70; discussion 70-1. 2006..We present our comprehensive experience with gluteoplasty, highlighting technical refinements, donor-site morbidity, and functional outcomes... - Multidisciplinary approach to abdominal wall reconstruction after decompressive laparotomy for abdominal compartment syndromeC Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 54:269-75; discussion 275. 2005..This study investigates the role of plastic surgeons in the management and reconstruction of these abdominal wall defects... - STARplasty for reconstruction of the burned web space: introduction of an alternative technique for the correction of dorsal neosyndactylyC Scott Hultman
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 54:281-7. 2005..We present a new technique for neosyndactyly release: the STARplasty (Syndactyly Treatment After Release), named after the appearance of the reconstructed web... - Comparison of outcome after mesh-only repair, laparoscopic component separation, and open component separationWinnie M Y Tong
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Plast Surg 66:551-6. 2011..To demonstrate the management of complications after MICS, we reported our experience of using MICS to repair a recurrent incisional hernia in a 63-year-old man after a perforated ulcer... - Changing characteristics of facial fractures treated at a regional, level 1 trauma center, from 2005 to 2010: an assessment of patient demographics, referral patterns, etiology of injury, anatomic location, and clinical outcomesKatherine S Roden
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ste 7038, Burnett Womack, CB 7195, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 68:461-6. 2012..This study examines the changing characteristics of facial fractures treated at a regional, level I trauma center, from 2005 to 2010... - Acute and persistent postoperative pain after breast surgeryKaramarie Fecho
Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7010, USA
Pain Med 10:708-15. 2009..This study's primary aim was to determine levels of acute and persistent postoperative pain and the incidence of severe postoperative pain after mastectomy. A secondary aim was to examine factors associated with postoperative pain... - Staged sentinel lymph node biopsy before mastectomy facilitates surgical planning for breast cancer patientsNancy Klauber-Demore
Division of Surgical Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3010 Old Clinic Bldg, CB No 7213, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Am J Surg 190:595-7. 2005..The purpose of this study was to determine how performing an SLN biopsy (SLNB) before the definitive operation would influence subsequent surgical procedures... - Do patients and providers agree about the most important facts and goals for breast reconstruction decisions?Clara N Lee
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7195, USA
Ann Plast Surg 64:563-6. 2010..Surgeons should ask each woman which goals and concerns are most important to her. Specifically, they should inquire as to how women feel about using a prosthesis, and how they feel about their appearance with and without clothes... - Significance of intraabdominal compartment pressures following TRAM flap breast reconstruction and the correlation of resultsAlbert Losken
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 109:2257-64. 2002..Tension-free mesh closure seemed to have a protective effect. Symptomatic trends and certain complications were associated with, and possibly explained by, an elevated intraabdominal pressure... - The contemporary management of electrical injuries: resuscitation, reconstruction, rehabilitationMaureen Kidd
North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and Division of Plastic Surgery, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Plast Surg 58:273-8. 2007..This study is a comprehensive institutional review of a prospectively gathered database of patients with electrical injuries, from initial resuscitation through final impairment ratings... - Real-time monitoring of keratin 5 expression during burn re-epithelializationKevin J Bruen
Department of Surgery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7050, USA
J Surg Res 120:12-20. 2004..This transgenic model allows noninvasive, real-time assessment of in vivo K5 expression and will be useful in the study of wound healing... - Inhibition of rho-kinase impairs fibroblast stress fiber formation, confluence, and contractility in vitroDouglas H Gates
Department of Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7228, USA
J Burn Care Res 28:507-13. 2007..In addition, our confluence study suggests that patients need not necessarily be pretreated with Y-27632... - Eczema mimicking child abuse: a case of mistaken identityT Ryan Heider
North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7210, USA
J Burn Care Rehabil 23:357-9; discussion 357. 2002..Multidisciplinary evaluation of suspicious burns helps prevent both the underreporting and the misdiagnosis of child abuse by burning. We report a case of pediatric eczema mimicking an abusive burn...