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Plastic Haikus

When I was a hand fellow in Louisville, one of my fellow slaves, as we were called, was Douglas Halsted, who was a great nephew of William S. Halsted, the father of modern American surgery. Douglas once made the insightful observation that hand surgeons were like ‘old fashioned’ auto mechanics in their requiring skills in both diagnosis and repair of parts as opposed to routine replacement. While driving to the hospital last Saturday morning I was listening to Car Talk, a program on our public radio network. This is a humorous program in which two MIT educated brothers, who own an auto repair facility in Cambridge Massachusetts diagnose and recommend treatments for the various ills that plague the cars of the listeners who call in. This past Saturday they had a segment on ‘Auto Haiku…

Book Review

Facial plast Surg 2010; 26: 174-174DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253508© Thieme Medical PublishersGet connected:Table of contents  |  Full text (Source: Facial Plastic Surgery)

The Surgical Approach to the Mediterranean Nose

Facial plast Surg 2010; 26: 119-130DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253498ABSTRACTThe Mediterranean nose possesses some specific characteristics of the ethnic group in question that can appear unduly accentuated in some cases and reflect a situation of authentic nasal deformity. The problems most frequently encountered consist of a prominent hump and protruding dorsum, a ptotic tip, an acute nasolabial angle, and thick, sebaceous skin. The surgeon in his approach to the Mediterranean nose must be able to recognize these deformities and to resolve them in accordance with the aesthetic canons peculiar to this ethnic group. To this end, this article describes prudent and progressive criteria for selection of the most appropriate techniques to correct the various flaws while seeking to preserve the struct…

Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by an anomalous muscle belly of the index finger lumbrical

Abstract  Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common neuropathy of the upper extremity. It usually occurs without any extrinsic cause;
sometimes it is due to aberrant anatomy. A case of an anomalous first lumbrical muscle belly in a 52-year-old woman is described.
This patient was operated on without success. During the first intervention, nothing abnormal was observed. Due to the persistence
of symptoms, she was operated on again. In the second surgery, an anomalous first lumbrical muscle was detected and resected
with a good clinical result. These rare anatomical situations can cause symptoms and should be explored and corrected.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Case ReportDOI 10.1007/s00238-010-0430-8Authors
Marta Garcia Redondo, Hospital La Paz Madrid SpainRuben…

Aesthetic Improvements in Poland’s Syndrome Treatment with Omentum Flap

DiscussionDOI 10.1007/s00266-010-9515-9Authors
João Carlos Sampaio Góes, Rua Campos Bicudo 98-conj. 111 Sao Paulo SP 04536-010 Brazil

Journal Aesthetic Plastic SurgeryOnline ISSN 1432-5241Print ISSN 0364-216X (Source: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery)