Z-plasty is a versatile plastic surgery technique that is used to improve the functional and cosmetic appearance of scars. It can elongate a contracted...

scar. It also gives a good result in the release of linear contractures. Z-plasty is of paramount importance to the plastic surgeon and a frequently used...

performed by Z-plasty, also used in reconstructive surgery to loosen constricting scar tissue following traumatic burns. However, Y-plasty and Z-plasty require...

includes an additional resection technique – such as the five-flap Z-plasty ("jumping man plasty") – to establish a regular and symmetric shape for the reduced...

-tomy : surgical incision (see List of -otomies) -pexy : to fix or secure -plasty : to modify or reshape (sometimes entails replacement with a prosthesis)...

decided. With a triangular flap, more skin can be created. Z-plasty or W-plasty: "Z-plasty is a plastic surgery technique that is used to improve the...

post-surgical scar lines. A common corrective technique involves using Z-plasty. [citation needed] East Asian blepharoplasty – Cosmetic surgery for creating...

PMID 17293292. Hikade KR, Bitar GJ, Edgerton MT, Morgan RF (2002). "Modified Z-plasty repair of webbed neck deformity seen in Turner and Klippel–Feil syndrome"...

Z-plasty can be used. Transposition flap: skin flaps of the index finger and/or the thumb are moved to the web space. Four-flap or five-flap Z-plasty:...

caused by circumcision, the preferred method of surgical treatment is a z-plasty. The preferred time for surgery is between the ages of 6 and 18 months...

These are typically supplied by a random blood supply. Examples include Z-plasty, deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flaps, and V-Y advancement...

with a reconstructive flap technique, such as a "cleft lift" procedure or Z-plasty, usually done under general anesthetic. This approach is especially useful...

opened with a zig-zag incision but straight incisions with or without Z-plasty are also described and may reduce damage to neurovascular bundles. All...

menstrual blood. A thicker transverse vaginal septum can be treated with Z-plasty. A blind vagina will require a partial or complete vaginoplasty. Hematosalpinx...

reconstructive surgery. In 1856 he independently performed the second Z-plasty operation for treatment of lower lid ectropion, after Horner in 1837. He...

groove turned out to be ineffective. Excision of the groove followed by z-plasty could relieve pain and prevent autoamputation in Grade I and Grade II lesions...

methods that give patients higher satisfaction are the single or double Z-plasty or V-Y advancement flap because they also can increase the penile length...

Podoplanin-Negative Lymphatic Vessels in Patients With Lipo-Lymphedema". ePlasty. 14. HMP Global: e11. PMC 3944717. PMID 24741382. Wollina, Uwe; Heinig,...

so created by mucosal graft obtained from tongue and Z-plasty. In this procedure multiple deep z-shaped incisions are made into fibrotic tissue and then...

advancement flap Cutaneous Advancement Rhinoplasty Worthen forehead flap Cutaneous Rotation Forehead excisions/defects Z-plasty Cutaneous Transposition scars...

Attic Reconstruction, Tympanoplasty with or Without Ossiculoplasty, Canal Plasty and Cortical Mastoidectomy as Part of Intact Canal Wall Technique for Attic...

(2015). "Correction of Pincer Nail Deformities Using a Modified Double Z-Plasty". Dermatologic Surgery. 41 (6). Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health):...

Giunta R, Geisweid A, Lukas B, Feller AM (November 2000). "[Perforator flap-plasty and applications to hand surgery]". Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir (in German)...

Giraldo F, Gonzalez C, de Haro F. Central wedge nymphectomy with a 90-degree Z-plasty for aesthetic reduction of the labia minora. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004...

of the first webspace; this is done by simple closure or closure with Z-plasties. Literature shows that cleft hand is described centuries ago. In City...

formation of a medial canthal web, which can be corrected with two opposing Z-plasties, technique which relieves the disfiguring tensions exerted by the scar...

different lingual roots. Contents A B C D E F G H I J–K L M N O P Q–R S T U V W X–Z Roots of the body Roots of color Roots of description Roots of position Prefixes...

S53. doi:10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S53. PMC 3851064. PMID 24267789. Abdool Z, Sultan AH, Thakar R (July 2012). "Ultrasound imaging of the anal sphincter...

functional comparative evaluation of vermilionectomy using the classic and W-plasty techniques" (PDF). Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia. 86 (1): 65–73. doi:10...

Morton L; Wilhelmi, Bradon J (8 October 2008). "Glomus Tumors of the Hand". ePlasty. 8: e48. PMC 2567120. PMID 18997858. Macaluso JN, Jr; Sullivan, JW; Tomberlin...