Clinical Advances in Reconstructive Surgery: Innovations and Outcomes for Improved Patient Care

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "General Surgery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 676

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The Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10016, USA
Interests: reconstructive surgery; cleft surgery; cleft lip; cleft palate

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, entitled "Clinical Advances in Reconstructive Surgery: Innovations and Outcomes for Improved Patient Care", focuses on the latest advancements in reconstructive surgery, with a strong emphasis on their clinical applications and impact on patient care. This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of innovative techniques, technologies, and approaches that have significantly improved surgical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

This Special Issue aims to feature articles highlighting advancements in various areas of reconstructive surgery, including, but not limited to, cleft lip repair, breast reconstruction, facial reconstruction, hand surgery, and burn reconstruction. The articles within this Special Issue will delve into topics such as minimally invasive procedures, patient-specific treatment planning, advances in anesthesia and pain management, and the integration of regenerative medicine in reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Rami S. Kantar
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Keywords

  • reconstructive surgery
  • clinical advances
  • innovations
  • surgical outcomes
  • patient care
  • cleft lip repair
  • breast reconstruction
  • facial reconstruction
  • hand surgery
  • burn reconstruction
  • minimally invasive procedures
  • patient-specific treatment planning
  • anesthesia and pain management
  • regenerative medicine

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Quality of Life After Microvascular Alveolar Ridge Reconstruction with Subsequent Dental Rehabilitation
by Katharina Zeman-Kuhnert, Alexander J. Gaggl, Gian B. Bottini, Joern Wittig, Christoph Steiner, Wanda Lauth and Christian Brandtner
J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13(20), 6229; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13206229 - 18 Oct 2024
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Background/Objectives: Defects in maxillary and mandibular alveolar ridges are common in maxillofacial practice. Reconstruction with microvascular bone grafts and subsequent prosthetic rehabilitation is the gold standard treatment. This study investigated patients’ quality of life (QoL) after microvascular alveolar ridge reconstruction with subsequent dental [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Defects in maxillary and mandibular alveolar ridges are common in maxillofacial practice. Reconstruction with microvascular bone grafts and subsequent prosthetic rehabilitation is the gold standard treatment. This study investigated patients’ quality of life (QoL) after microvascular alveolar ridge reconstruction with subsequent dental rehabilitation. The effect of the underlying disease and success rates of the prosthetic treatment on QoL were analysed. Methods: OHIP-49 was used to evaluate oral health-related QoL (OHrQoL). The SF-36 was used to assess disease-nonspecific QoL. Results: Fifty-eight patients were enrolled and divided into four diagnostic (malignancy, osteoradionecrosis, benign disease, and cleft palate) and five prosthetic groups (no prosthetics, removable partial dentures, complete dentures, implant-supported removable dentures, and implant-supported fixed dentures). There was a significant difference between the diagnostic groups in the total score of their OHIP-49 (p = 0.008). Patients with malignant disease and osteoradionecrosis had worse QoL scores than those with benign diseases and cleft palate. Implant-supported prostheses had the best OHrQoL. Removable partial dentures and patients in whom dental rehabilitation was not possible had the worst OHrQoL (p = 0.042). The SF-36 subscale score showed no statistically significant differences between the diagnostic and prosthetic groups (p > 0.05). Conclusions: OHrQoL after microvascular alveolar ridge reconstruction differs significantly based on underlying diagnoses and prosthetic restorations. Benign diseases and implant-supported dentures have the highest scores. Full article
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