scholarly journals Treatment With Oxygen-Enriched Olive Oil Improves Healing Parameters Following Augmentation-Mastopexy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Santorelli ◽  
Marco Bernini ◽  
Lorenzo Orzalesi ◽  
Stefano Avvedimento ◽  
Paolo Palumbo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Surgical Wound ◽  
Surgical Scar ◽  
Scar Assessment ◽  
Lower Pain ◽  
Aesthetic Results ◽  
Scar Quality ◽  
Augmentation Mastopexy

Abstract Background Breast augmentation-mastopexy can yield an aesthetically attractive breast, but the 1-stage procedure is prone to unsatisfactory outcomes, including poor wound healing. Objectives The authors evaluated whether postsurgical application of a polyurethane bra cup coated with oxygen-enriched olive oil (NovoX Cup; Moss SpA, Lesa, Novara, Italy) would decrease pain associated with augmentation-mastopexy and improve the quality of the surgical scar. Methods This retrospective study was conducted at a single center from January 2016 to June 2019. All patients underwent 1-stage augmentation-mastopexy with the inverted T incision. For 2 weeks postsurgically, wounds were dressed either with the oxygen-enriched olive oil bra or with Fitostimoline (Farmaceutici Damor SpA, Naples, Italy). Patients indicated their pain intensity on postoperative days 2, 3, and 10, and patients and independent observers scored scar quality on the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) 6 and 12 months after the procedure. Results A total of 240 women (120 per study arm) completed the study. All the patients had satisfactory aesthetic results, and there were no tolerability concerns with either postoperative dressing. Compared with patients in the Fitostimoline group, patients who received the oxygen-enriched olive oil bra cup had significantly lower pain levels, and their surgical scars were given better scores on the POSAS. Conclusions The results suggest that maintenance of the surgical wound in a film of oxygen-enriched olive oil for 2 weeks is a safe, effective modality for suppressing pain and promoting healing following augmentation-mastopexy.

Assessment of Scar Quality after Cleft Lip Closure

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franceline A. Frans ◽  
Paul P.M. van Zuijlen ◽  
J.P.W. Don Griot ◽  
Chantai M.A.M. van Der Horst
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Cleft Palate ◽  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Scar Assessment ◽  
Scar Quality ◽  
Cleft Lip Repair ◽  
A Prospective Study

Objective To assess scar quality after cleft lip repair. Design The linear scars of patients with cleft lip with or without cleft palate were evaluated in a prospective study using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale. Linear regression was performed to identify which scar characteristics were important according to patients and observer. Setting Regular outpatient follow-up visit with the cleft palate teams of two tertiary centers. Patients All consecutive patients were asked to participate in this study after informed consent, minimally 1 year postsurgery. Main Outcome Measure Scar characteristics influencing patient and observer opinion after cleft lip repair. Results A total of 86 patients with cleft lip with or without cleft palate were included, resulting in evaluation of 99 scars. Two scar characteristics, itching and pain, were seldom a concern for the patients. Linear regression showed that scars assessed longer after surgery had a better outcome. Conclusion Scar itching and pain did not seem to have an effect on patient opinion of the quality of the scar, and the majority of the patients were more satisfied with the outcome of their scar than the observer was.

Scar Quality of Skin Graft Borders: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded Evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-534
Author(s):  
Kevin J Zuo ◽  
Nisha Umraw ◽  
Robert Cartotto
Keyword(s):  
Skin Graft ◽  
Normal Skin ◽  
Burn Patients ◽  
Female Age ◽  
Scar Assessment ◽  
Wound Margin ◽  
Scar Quality ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Double Blinded

Abstract Prominent scars may remain around the border of a mature skin graft (SG) at the interface of the SG with normal skin. The border of a SG may be constructed by either exactly approximating (A) or slightly overlapping (O) the edge of the SG on the wound margin. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether A or O affects the quality of the border scar of SGs applied to burn patients. This prospective study was a within-border design in which adult burn patients requiring SGs served as their own control. Half of each study border was fashioned using O and the immediately adjacent other half was made using A. We randomly assigned O or A to the proximal or distal halves of vertical borders and the medial and lateral halves of horizontal borders. Both halves of the study border were identically fixated with staples or sutures and were managed in the same fashion postoperatively. Blinded evaluations at 3, 6, and 12 months of O and A borders were performed using the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), the observer component of the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS), and a global binary assessment of which half of the study border “looked better.” Blinded patients also rated each half of the study border with a 10-point Likert scale. Values are reported as the mean ± SD or median (interquartile range), as appropriate. There were 34 borders studied in 15 subjects (46.7% female, age 29 [22,57], % TBSA burn 9.7 ± 5.3, and no inhalation injuries). Study borders were constructed at 7 (5,11) days postburn, had a total length of 12 (9.3,14.5) cm, and all involved split thickness SGs of thickness 13 (12,14)/1000th of an inch. Sheet grafts were applied in 27% and meshed grafts in 73%. SGs were applied immediately after excision in 75% or after allografting in 25%. Border scars matured between 3 and 12 months with reductions in total VSS from 8 (7,8) to 4 (3,6) for O borders (P < .001) and from 8 (7,9) to 4 (1,6) for A borders (P < .001). However, there were no significant differences between O and A borders in total VSS at 3 months (P = .165), 6 months (P = .602), and 12 months (P = .358) or in total OSAS at 3 months (P = .681), 6 months (P = .890), or 12 months (P = .601). At 12 months, 60% of O borders and 40% of A borders were globally rated as “better” (P = .258). There were no significant differences in the patients’ subjective ratings of the O and A borders at 3 months (P = .920), 6 months (P = .960), and 12 months (P = .66). The scar quality at the border of a skin graft does not appear to be affected by the surgical technique used to construct the border at the time of grafting.

Irrigation effects on phenolic profile and extra virgin olive oil quality of ''Chemlali'' variety grown in South Tunisia

2021 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 322-329
Author(s):  
Jihed Faghim ◽  
Mbarka Ben Mohamed ◽  
Mohamed Bagues ◽  
Kamel Nagaz ◽  
Tebra Triki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Oil Quality ◽  
Virgin Olive Oil ◽  
Extra Virgin Olive Oil ◽  
Phenolic Profile ◽  
Olive Oil Quality ◽  
Irrigation Effects ◽  
South Tunisia

Relationship Between Pretransplantation Liver Status and Health-Related Quality of Life After Grafting: A Single-Center Prospective Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 2770-2773 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Kotarska ◽  
J. Raszeja-Wyszomirska ◽  
E. Wunsch ◽  
T. Chmurowicz ◽  
A. Kempińska-Podhorodecka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

A Single Center's Clinical Experience With Ergonomix Breast Implants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Botti ◽  
Chiara Botti ◽  
Francesco Ciancio
Keyword(s):  
Capsular Contracture ◽  
Breast Implants ◽  
Early Experience ◽  
High Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Important Improvement ◽  
Aesthetic Results ◽  
Capsular Contractures ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Augmentation Mastopexy

Abstract Background This retrospective study reports on the early experience of a private surgical center with Motiva Ergonomix SilkSurface SikSurface breast implants. Objectives to examine the incidence of complications and satisfaction levels in women who received primary and revision breast augmentation or augmentation-mastopexy with this device. Methods 356 consecutive patients received Motiva Ergonomix breast implants from April 2014 to October 2018 by 3 different surgeons and were followed-up for a minimum of 12 months. Complications were assessed by measuring the rate of rupture, capsular contracture, malposition, late seroma, double capsule, reoperation, symmastia, ptosis, extrusion, and infection. Satisfaction with aesthetic results was assessed by both surgeon and patient, using the Likert scale. Results Only six major complications were observed in these 356 patients (712 implants). One unilateral implant ptosis (“bottoming out”) at 12 months (0.14 %) and 2 capsular contractures (0.28 %), one at 14 months and the other at 2 years. At all time-points, 98% of the patients were “extremely satisfied or very satisfied” with the aesthetic results and surgeons categorized the outcomes as “very important or important improvement” in 96% of the cases. Conclusions Motiva Ergonomix SilkSurface devices provided high patient satisfaction up to more than 5 years postoperatively with very few complications. These data are consistent with other reports in the literature. The observed favorable outcomes might be attributed, at least in part, to Motiva Ergonomix’s bio-engineered “cell-friendly” surface.

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