- Mozart ear: diagnosis, treatment, and literature reviewKen Yamashita
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Ann Plast Surg 67:547-50. 2011..We also reviewed and described the origin, current concept, and treatment method of Mozart ear...
- Correction of lobule-type microtia: I. The first stage of costal cartilage graftingTakatoshi Yotsuyanagi
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
Plast Reconstr Surg 133:111-20. 2014..The authors describe an improved technique for harvesting costal cartilage with minimal morbidity and a new procedure for fabricating a cartilage frame that ensures a refined shape and rigid structure of the constructed ear...
- Double combined Z-plasty for wide-scar contracture releaseTakatoshi Yotsuyanagi
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S1W16, Chuo Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060 8543, Japan
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 66:629-33. 2013..We performed this technique on eight patients. All wounds healed well and scar contracture was satisfactorily released. This procedure is very useful for wide-scar contracture, compared to conventional Z-plasty...
- The reverse superficial temporal artery flap from the preauricular region, for the small facial defectsMakoto Yamauchi
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, South 1 West 16, Chuo Ku, Sapporo 060 8543, Japan
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 65:149-55. 2012..For the reconstruction of facial defects, the retroauricular flap is generally used. However, this flap has disadvantages, such as venous return disturbance and reddish skin colour peculiar to the retroauricular region...
- One-stage reconstruction of a large defect of the lower lip and oral commissureMakoto Yamauchi
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu cho, Hirosaki 036 8216, Japan
Br J Plast Surg 58:614-8. 2005..The appearance was acceptable. In the other case, leakage of oral contact and air occurred at the oral commissure because of the thickness of the forearm flap but improved after minor correction some 8 months after the surgery...
- The usefulness of the collagen and elastin sponge derived from salmon as an artificial dermis and scaffold for tissue engineeringYoshitaka Matsumoto
Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
Biomed Res 32:29-36. 2011..Because of the safety, the abundance of the resources, and the possessing same ability as TERUDERMIS, the biomedical materials derived from marine products may be a substitute for those derived from mammals...
- Reconstruction of congenital and acquired earlobe deformityTakatoshi Yotsuyanagi
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan
Clin Plast Surg 29:249-55, vii. 2002..A reconstructive technique for congenital or acquired deformity of the earlobe is described. In addition, the postauricular chondrocutaneous flap is very convenient for reconstruction of various auricular parts...