American Association of Plastic Surgeons

2009 List of Posters

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC SURGEONS
88th Annual Meeting and Symposium
March 21-25, 2009
The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa ~ Rancho Mirage, California

† Indicates posters included in the Resident Poster Competition

† P1. Large Series Results Supporting the Merits Of Transabdominal Breast Augmentation (TABA)
Reena A. Bhatt, MD, Rachel Sullivan, MD, Richard Zienowicz, MD
Rhode Island Hospital/ Brown University, Providence, RI

† P2. Aesthetic plastic surgery volume and its relation to the U.S. market indices: A 17-year retrospective analysis
Chad R. Gordon, DO, Paul X. Benedetto, MD, Landon Pryor, MD, Ahmed Afifi, MD, Frank Papay, MD, Randall Yetman, MD, James E. Zins, MD.
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

P3. The Practice Implications of Third-Party Reimbursement for Breast Reconstruction: A National Survey of Plastic Surgeons
Amy K. Alderman, MD, MPH¹, Rachel Streu, MD, MS², Dunya Atisha, MD³.
¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

P4. Salvage of Tissue Expander in the Setting of Mastectomy Flap Necrosis (MFN): A 13-year Experience Using Timed Excision with Continued Expansion
Anuja K. Antony, MD, Babak Mehara, MD, Colleen McCarthy, MD, Toni Zhong, MD, Nina Kropf, MD, Joseph Disa, MD, Andrea Pusic, MD, Peter Cordeiro, MD.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

P5. Acellular human dermis (AHD) Implantation in 153 Consecutive Immediate Tissue Expander Breast Reconstructions: What is the rate of seroma and infection
Anuja K. Antony, MD, Ester Teo, BS, Colleen McCarthy, MD, Beth Aviva Preminger, MD, Andrea Pusic, MD, Babak J. Mehrara, MD, Joseph J. Disa, MD.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

P6. The Standardization of Aesthetic Breast Surgery through Mammometrics: The First Application of this Concept to Evaluate Pseudoptosis in Reduction Mammoplasty Patients
Nolan Karp, MD, Mihye Choi, MD, Oren Tepper, MD, Kevin Small, MD, Jacob Unger, BS, Daniel Feldman, BS, Naveen Kumar, MD.
NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY.

† P7. Preferences in Choosing Between Breast Reconstruction Options: A Survey of Female Plastic Surgeons
Hani Sbitany, MD, Ashley N. Amalfi, BA, Howard N. Langstein, MD.
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

† P8. Management of the Infected or Exposed Breast Prosthesis: A Single-Surgeon's 15-year Experience with 69 Patients
Mitchel Seruya, MD, Scott L. Spear, MD.
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

† P9. Peritoneo-cutaneous perforators in deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps (DIEP): A cadaveric dissection and Computed Tomographic Angiography study
Iain S. Whitaker, BA(Hons) MA Cantab MBBChir MRCS¹, Warren M. Rozen, MBBS BMedSc PGDipSurgAnat², Jeroen M. Smit, MD³, Angeliki Dimopoulou, MD⁴, Mark W. Ashton, MBBS MD FRACS², Rafael Acosta, MD EBOPRAS⁴.
¹Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Swansea, United Kingdom, ²Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia, ³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

† P10. Africa Has Unique And Urgent Barriers To Cleft Care: Lessons From The Survey Of Practitioners Attending The Pan-African Congress On Cleft Lip And Palate
Oluwaseun A. Adetayo, MD, Mark C. Martin, MD, DMD, FRCSC, Subhas Gupta, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS.
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA.

† P11. Primary Reconstruction of Alveolar Clefts Using Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenic Protein-2: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes.
Michael A. Fallucco, MD, Michael H. Carstens, MD, FACS.
Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Saint Louis, MO.

† P12. Autologous Bone Grafting With Adjunctive Use Of Acellular Dermal Matrices For Alveolar Cleft Defects: Early Outcomes
Julio A. Clavijo-Alvarez, MD, PhD, Lisa Vecchione, DMD, MDS, Gary DeCesare, MD, Chetan Irwin, BS, Darren M. Smith, MD, Joseph E. Losee, MD.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

P13. Local and regional flap repair of soft tissue defects following myelomeningocele reduction: a 15-year retrospective review
Samuel Lien, BS¹, Steven R. Buchman, MD¹, Steven J. Kasten, MD¹, Karin M. Muraszko, MD², Cormac O. Maher, MD².
¹University of Michigan Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery, Ann Arbor, MI.

P14. Intra-Operative Temporary Rigid Fixation of Mandible Fractures Allows Dynamic Occlusal Assessment and Makes Maxillomandibular Fixation Unnecessary
Mark C. Martin, MD, DMD, FRCSC, Gustavo R. Machado, MD, David C. Cho, MD, Brinda Thimmappa, MD, Grigoriy Arutyunyan, BS.
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA.

P15. A Simple Set of Clinical Criteria to Guide Utilization of Maxillofacial CT in Trauma Patients
Thomas J. Sitzman, MD, Summer E. Hanson, MD, Nila H. Alsheik, MD, Lindell R. Gentry, MD, John F. Doyle, DDS, Karol A. Gutowski, MD.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.

P16. Analysis of Frontal and Orbital Osteotomy Fixation Using a Novel Adhesive Resorbable Plating System for Craniofacial Reconstruction
Jeffrey Weinzweig, MD¹, Jeffrey Manchio, MD¹, Shawkat Sati, MD¹, Sonu Jain, MD¹, Kip Panter, PhD², Qian Wu, MD¹, Anshuman Shrivastava, PhD³, Stephen McCarthy, PhD³.
¹Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, ²USDA, Logan, UT, ³University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA.

P17. BMP-2 within CAD/CAM customized bilaminar resorbable mesh promote cranial defect bone healing
James P. Bradley, MD, Henry K. Kawamoto, MD, DDS, Hurig Katchian, BA.
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

P18. Health State Preference (Utility) in Facial Transplantation: Population-based Survey
Hani Sinno, MD, Stephanie Thibaudeau, Anil Duggal, MD, M.Sc., Marie-Lucie Lessard, MD,FRCSC,FRCSC,FACS.
McGill University, MUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada.

P19. Composite Skull Base Reconstruction Utilizing the Anterolateral Thigh Free Flap
Justin M. Sacks, MD¹, Matthew M. Hanasono, MD¹, Neha Goel, BS², Martina Ayad, BS³, Roman J. Skoracki, MD¹, Peirong Yu, MD,MS¹.
¹MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX.

P20. Trans-Oral Robotic Free Flap Reconstruction of Oropharyngeal Defects
Jesse C. Selber, MD, MPH¹, Joseph M. Serletti, MD¹, Gregory Weinstein, MD¹, Bert O'Malley, MD¹, Geoff Robb, MD², Christopher Holsinger, MD².
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

P21. Evolution and extended indications of the Supraclavicular Island Flap: A personal 14 years single surgeon's experience
Norbert Pallua, MD Ph.D., Erhan Demir, MD.
University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

P22. Staged Excision of Melanoma-in-situ and Lentigo Maligna Melanoma: A 10 Year Experience
Mark W. Bosbous, MD¹, William W. Dzwierzynski, MD¹, Marcelle Neuburg, MD².
¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Plastic Surgery, Milwaukee, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Dermatology, Milwaukee, WI.

P23. The Effects of Neurturin on Recovery from Botulinum Toxin Poisoning in a Mouse Model
Rahul Kasukurthi, BA, Ying Yan, MD, Matthew R. MacEwan, BSE, Amy M. Moore, MD, Susan E. Mackinnon, MD, Terence M. Myckatyn, MD.
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

P24. Plastic Surgeon Compliance with National Quality Forum and Surgical Care Improvement Projects in Patients at Risk in an Academic Community Hospital
Emily A. Peterson, MD, Joshua, M. Adkinson, MD, James F. Reed, III, PhD, Robert X. Murphy, Jr., MD, MS.
Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA.

P25. Is Wound Care Profitable for Academic Medical Centers
J. Bradley Strawn, MD, M.B.A., William Hoffman, MD, David Young, MD.
U.C.S.F., San Francisco, CA.

P26. Outcome Analysis of Factors Impacting the Plastic Surgery Match
Jeyhan Wood, MD, Lisa David, MD.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.

P27. The Use of Artificial Skin Substitute (IntegraTM) in Complicated Non-burn Wounds.
James C. Yuen, MD¹, Julio Hochberg, MD².
¹University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ²Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI.

P28. The Effects of Graded Densities of Lipoaspirate on Fat Graft Survival
Robert J. Allen, Jr., MD, Orlando Canizares, MD, Phuong D. Nguyen, MD, Carrie Scharff, BA, Vishal D. Thanik, MD, Stephen M. Warren, MD, Pierre B. Saadeh, MD, Sydney R. Coleman, MD, Alexes Hazen, MD.
New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.

P29. Gene Expression of Proinflammatory and Tolerogenic Cytokines in Face Allograft Transplants Under Different Cells Therapies: Preliminary Report
Joanna Cwykiel, MSc, Mikael Hivelin, MD, Erhan Sonmez, MD, Maria Siemionow, MD.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

P30. Antinflammatory and Neuroprotective Properties of the Epineural Sheath Promote Regeneration After Lumbar Root Injury in the Rat Model
Grzegorz Brzezicki, MD, Krzysztof Siemionow, MD, Aleksandra Klimczak, Ph.D., Maria Siemionow, MD, Ph.D., DSc.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

P31. A Cost-Utility Analysis of Reconstruction vs Amputation for the Treatment of Type IIIB and IIIC Tibial Fractures
Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS, Steven C. Haase, MD, Melissa J. Shauver, MPH, Daniel Saddawi-Konefka, BS.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

P32. Aldosterone and Ligands of Elastin Receptor Trigger the Common Signaling Pathway Resulting in Deposition of New Elastic Fibers by Fibroblasts Derived from Patients with Severe Stretch Marks and Dermal Scars
Thomas F. Mitts, MD¹, Aleksander Hinek, MD, PhD².
¹Human Matrix Sciences, LLC, Visalia, CA, ²University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.

P33. The Nature and Location of Nearby Lymphatics Influence the Metastatic Propensity of a Tumor
Ramin Shayan, MD¹, Tara Karnezis, BSc, PhD¹, Mark W. Ashton, MD², G Ian Taylor, MD², Marc G. Achen, BSc, PhD¹, J Brian Boyd, MD³, Steven A. Stacker, BSc, PhD¹.
¹Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne, Australia, ²Brockhoff Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ³Division of Plastic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, LA, CA.

P34. Evaluation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Multiple Sources for Optimal Osteoinduction on Nanofiber Scaffolds
Salim C. Saba, MD, John A. van Aalst, MD, MA, FACS¹, Courtney R. Reed, BS¹, Monteserrat Caballero, PhD¹, Anthony Andrady, PhD², Li Han, PhD², Elizabeth G. Loboa, PhD³.
¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²RTI, International, Durham, NC, ³North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

P35. The Role of Ginsenoside RG1 in Augmenting Survival of the Ischemic Skin Flap: In Vitro Studies of Cell Proliferation and Capillary Tube Formation and In Vivo Effects
Xiao Tian Wang, MD, Bella Avanessian, BS, Chuan Hao Chen, MD, Jin Bo Tang, MD, Paul Y Liu, MD.
Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI.

P36. Soft Tissue Coverage of Open Tibia Fractures: A Regional Trauma Center's Decade of Experience.
Erik A. Hoy, MD¹, Christopher J. Got, MD², Anthony Delsignore, BS³, Charles A. Adams, MD⁴, Scott T. Schmidt, MD¹.
¹Dept of Plastic Surgery, Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ²Dept of Orthopaedics, Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ³Warren G. Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Dept of Surgery, Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.

P37. Gunshot wounds to the hand: An Urban Level-I Trauma Center Ten Year Experience
Clifford Pereira, MD, FRCS(Eng)¹, J. Brian Boyd, MD FRCS FRCSC FACS¹, Mark Gelfand, MD², Brant Putnam, MD¹.
¹Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

P38. The Combined use of the Ilizarov Method and Microsurgical Techniques for Limb Salvage
Scott T. Hollenbeck, MD, Shoshana L. Woo, BS, Siang Ong, MD, Fitch D. Robert, MD, Detlev Erdmann, MD, L .Scott Levin, MD.
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

P39. Intermediate to Long-term Outcomes of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects Repaired with Human Acellular Dermal Matrix
Justin M. Sacks, MD, Charles E. Butler, MD.
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

P40. Quadriceps Muscle Function following Harvest of the Rectus Femoris Muscle as a Myofacial Flap for Complex Groin Wound Reconstruction
Hani Sbitany, MD, Peter F. Koltz, MD, Nirav Patel, BA, John A. Girotto, MD, Stephen J. Vega, MD, Howard N. Langstein, MD.
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

P41. Reconstruction of Post-Burn Antebrachial Contractures Using Pedical Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flap
Fatih Uygur, Assistant Professor, Celalettin Sever, Serhan Tuncel, Ahin Alag�z, Ersin �lk�r.
G�lhane Military medical academy Haydarpa, a Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

P42. An Algorithm Optimizing Aesthetic Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction In North American Patients: Focusing On The Donor Site
Laurence C. Yeung, MD, Grigoriy Arutyunyan, BS, Adam Freeberg, MPH, Mark Martin, MD, DMD, FRCSC.
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA.

† Indicates posters included in the Resident Poster Competition
† P1. Large Series Results Supporting the Merits Of Transabdominal Breast Augmentation (TABA) Reena A. Bhatt, MD, Rachel Sullivan, MD, Richard Zienowicz, MD Rhode Island Hospital/ Brown University, Providence, RI
† P2. Aesthetic plastic surgery volume and its relation to the U.S. market indices: A 17-year retrospective analysis Chad R. Gordon, DO, Paul X. Benedetto, MD, Landon Pryor, MD, Ahmed Afifi, MD, Frank Papay, MD, Randall Yetman, MD, James E. Zins, MD. The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
P3. The Practice Implications of Third-Party Reimbursement for Breast Reconstruction: A National Survey of Plastic Surgeons Amy K. Alderman, MD, MPH¹, Rachel Streu, MD, MS², Dunya Atisha, MD³. ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
P4. Salvage of Tissue Expander in the Setting of Mastectomy Flap Necrosis (MFN): A 13-year Experience Using Timed Excision with Continued Expansion Anuja K. Antony, MD, Babak Mehara, MD, Colleen McCarthy, MD, Toni Zhong, MD, Nina Kropf, MD, Joseph Disa, MD, Andrea Pusic, MD, Peter Cordeiro, MD. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
P5. Acellular human dermis (AHD) Implantation in 153 Consecutive Immediate Tissue Expander Breast Reconstructions: What is the rate of seroma and infection Anuja K. Antony, MD, Ester Teo, BS, Colleen McCarthy, MD, Beth Aviva Preminger, MD, Andrea Pusic, MD, Babak J. Mehrara, MD, Joseph J. Disa, MD. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
P6. The Standardization of Aesthetic Breast Surgery through Mammometrics: The First Application of this Concept to Evaluate Pseudoptosis in Reduction Mammoplasty Patients Nolan Karp, MD, Mihye Choi, MD, Oren Tepper, MD, Kevin Small, MD, Jacob Unger, BS, Daniel Feldman, BS, Naveen Kumar, MD. NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY.
† P7. Preferences in Choosing Between Breast Reconstruction Options: A Survey of Female Plastic Surgeons Hani Sbitany, MD, Ashley N. Amalfi, BA, Howard N. Langstein, MD. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
† P8. Management of the Infected or Exposed Breast Prosthesis: A Single-Surgeon's 15-year Experience with 69 Patients Mitchel Seruya, MD, Scott L. Spear, MD. Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.
† P9. Peritoneo-cutaneous perforators in deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps (DIEP): A cadaveric dissection and Computed Tomographic Angiography study Iain S. Whitaker, BA(Hons) MA Cantab MBBChir MRCS¹, Warren M. Rozen, MBBS BMedSc PGDipSurgAnat², Jeroen M. Smit, MD³, Angeliki Dimopoulou, MD⁴, Mark W. Ashton, MBBS MD FRACS², Rafael Acosta, MD EBOPRAS⁴. ¹Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Swansea, United Kingdom, ²Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Melbourne, Australia, ³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
† P10. Africa Has Unique And Urgent Barriers To Cleft Care: Lessons From The Survey Of Practitioners Attending The Pan-African Congress On Cleft Lip And Palate Oluwaseun A. Adetayo, MD, Mark C. Martin, MD, DMD, FRCSC, Subhas Gupta, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS. Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA.
† P11. Primary Reconstruction of Alveolar Clefts Using Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenic Protein-2: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes. Michael A. Fallucco, MD, Michael H. Carstens, MD, FACS. Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Saint Louis, MO.
† P12. Autologous Bone Grafting With Adjunctive Use Of Acellular Dermal Matrices For Alveolar Cleft Defects: Early Outcomes Julio A. Clavijo-Alvarez, MD, PhD, Lisa Vecchione, DMD, MDS, Gary DeCesare, MD, Chetan Irwin, BS, Darren M. Smith, MD, Joseph E. Losee, MD. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
P13. Local and regional flap repair of soft tissue defects following myelomeningocele reduction: a 15-year retrospective review Samuel Lien, BS¹, Steven R. Buchman, MD¹, Steven J. Kasten, MD¹, Karin M. Muraszko, MD², Cormac O. Maher, MD². ¹University of Michigan Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery, Ann Arbor, MI.
P14. Intra-Operative Temporary Rigid Fixation of Mandible Fractures Allows Dynamic Occlusal Assessment and Makes Maxillomandibular Fixation Unnecessary Mark C. Martin, MD, DMD, FRCSC, Gustavo R. Machado, MD, David C. Cho, MD, Brinda Thimmappa, MD, Grigoriy Arutyunyan, BS. Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA.
P15. A Simple Set of Clinical Criteria to Guide Utilization of Maxillofacial CT in Trauma Patients Thomas J. Sitzman, MD, Summer E. Hanson, MD, Nila H. Alsheik, MD, Lindell R. Gentry, MD, John F. Doyle, DDS, Karol A. Gutowski, MD. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
P16. Analysis of Frontal and Orbital Osteotomy Fixation Using a Novel Adhesive Resorbable Plating System for Craniofacial Reconstruction Jeffrey Weinzweig, MD¹, Jeffrey Manchio, MD¹, Shawkat Sati, MD¹, Sonu Jain, MD¹, Kip Panter, PhD², Qian Wu, MD¹, Anshuman Shrivastava, PhD³, Stephen McCarthy, PhD³. ¹Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, ²USDA, Logan, UT, ³University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA.
P17. BMP-2 within CAD/CAM customized bilaminar resorbable mesh promote cranial defect bone healing James P. Bradley, MD, Henry K. Kawamoto, MD, DDS, Hurig Katchian, BA. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
P18. Health State Preference (Utility) in Facial Transplantation: Population-based Survey Hani Sinno, MD, Stephanie Thibaudeau, Anil Duggal, MD, M.Sc., Marie-Lucie Lessard, MD,FRCSC,FRCSC,FACS. McGill University, MUHC, Montreal, QC, Canada.
P19. Composite Skull Base Reconstruction Utilizing the Anterolateral Thigh Free Flap Justin M. Sacks, MD¹, Matthew M. Hanasono, MD¹, Neha Goel, BS², Martina Ayad, BS³, Roman J. Skoracki, MD¹, Peirong Yu, MD,MS¹. ¹MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX.
P20. Trans-Oral Robotic Free Flap Reconstruction of Oropharyngeal Defects Jesse C. Selber, MD, MPH¹, Joseph M. Serletti, MD¹, Gregory Weinstein, MD¹, Bert O'Malley, MD¹, Geoff Robb, MD², Christopher Holsinger, MD². ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
P21. Evolution and extended indications of the Supraclavicular Island Flap: A personal 14 years single surgeon's experience Norbert Pallua, MD Ph.D., Erhan Demir, MD. University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
P22. Staged Excision of Melanoma-in-situ and Lentigo Maligna Melanoma: A 10 Year Experience Mark W. Bosbous, MD¹, William W. Dzwierzynski, MD¹, Marcelle Neuburg, MD². ¹Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Plastic Surgery, Milwaukee, WI, ²Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Dermatology, Milwaukee, WI.
P23. The Effects of Neurturin on Recovery from Botulinum Toxin Poisoning in a Mouse Model Rahul Kasukurthi, BA, Ying Yan, MD, Matthew R. MacEwan, BSE, Amy M. Moore, MD, Susan E. Mackinnon, MD, Terence M. Myckatyn, MD. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
P24. Plastic Surgeon Compliance with National Quality Forum and Surgical Care Improvement Projects in Patients at Risk in an Academic Community Hospital Emily A. Peterson, MD, Joshua, M. Adkinson, MD, James F. Reed, III, PhD, Robert X. Murphy, Jr., MD, MS. Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA.
P25. Is Wound Care Profitable for Academic Medical Centers J. Bradley Strawn, MD, M.B.A., William Hoffman, MD, David Young, MD. U.C.S.F., San Francisco, CA.
P26. Outcome Analysis of Factors Impacting the Plastic Surgery Match Jeyhan Wood, MD, Lisa David, MD. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
P27. The Use of Artificial Skin Substitute (IntegraTM) in Complicated Non-burn Wounds. James C. Yuen, MD¹, Julio Hochberg, MD². ¹University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ²Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI.
P28. The Effects of Graded Densities of Lipoaspirate on Fat Graft Survival Robert J. Allen, Jr., MD, Orlando Canizares, MD, Phuong D. Nguyen, MD, Carrie Scharff, BA, Vishal D. Thanik, MD, Stephen M. Warren, MD, Pierre B. Saadeh, MD, Sydney R. Coleman, MD, Alexes Hazen, MD. New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY.
P29. Gene Expression of Proinflammatory and Tolerogenic Cytokines in Face Allograft Transplants Under Different Cells Therapies: Preliminary Report Joanna Cwykiel, MSc, Mikael Hivelin, MD, Erhan Sonmez, MD, Maria Siemionow, MD. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
P30. Antinflammatory and Neuroprotective Properties of the Epineural Sheath Promote Regeneration After Lumbar Root Injury in the Rat Model Grzegorz Brzezicki, MD, Krzysztof Siemionow, MD, Aleksandra Klimczak, Ph.D., Maria Siemionow, MD, Ph.D., DSc. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
P31. A Cost-Utility Analysis of Reconstruction vs Amputation for the Treatment of Type IIIB and IIIC Tibial Fractures Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS, Steven C. Haase, MD, Melissa J. Shauver, MPH, Daniel Saddawi-Konefka, BS. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
P32. Aldosterone and Ligands of Elastin Receptor Trigger the Common Signaling Pathway Resulting in Deposition of New Elastic Fibers by Fibroblasts Derived from Patients with Severe Stretch Marks and Dermal Scars Thomas F. Mitts, MD¹, Aleksander Hinek, MD, PhD². ¹Human Matrix Sciences, LLC, Visalia, CA, ²University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
P33. The Nature and Location of Nearby Lymphatics Influence the Metastatic Propensity of a Tumor Ramin Shayan, MD¹, Tara Karnezis, BSc, PhD¹, Mark W. Ashton, MD², G Ian Taylor, MD², Marc G. Achen, BSc, PhD¹, J Brian Boyd, MD³, Steven A. Stacker, BSc, PhD¹. ¹Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne, Australia, ²Brockhoff Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, ³Division of Plastic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, LA, CA.
P34. Evaluation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Multiple Sources for Optimal Osteoinduction on Nanofiber Scaffolds Salim C. Saba, MD, John A. van Aalst, MD, MA, FACS¹, Courtney R. Reed, BS¹, Monteserrat Caballero, PhD¹, Anthony Andrady, PhD², Li Han, PhD², Elizabeth G. Loboa, PhD³. ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²RTI, International, Durham, NC, ³North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
P35. The Role of Ginsenoside RG1 in Augmenting Survival of the Ischemic Skin Flap: In Vitro Studies of Cell Proliferation and Capillary Tube Formation and In Vivo Effects Xiao Tian Wang, MD, Bella Avanessian, BS, Chuan Hao Chen, MD, Jin Bo Tang, MD, Paul Y Liu, MD. Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI.
P36. Soft Tissue Coverage of Open Tibia Fractures: A Regional Trauma Center's Decade of Experience. Erik A. Hoy, MD¹, Christopher J. Got, MD², Anthony Delsignore, BS³, Charles A. Adams, MD⁴, Scott T. Schmidt, MD¹. ¹Dept of Plastic Surgery, Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ²Dept of Orthopaedics, Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ³Warren G. Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Dept of Surgery, Brown University-Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.
P37. Gunshot wounds to the hand: An Urban Level-I Trauma Center Ten Year Experience Clifford Pereira, MD, FRCS(Eng)¹, J. Brian Boyd, MD FRCS FRCSC FACS¹, Mark Gelfand, MD², Brant Putnam, MD¹. ¹Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
P38. The Combined use of the Ilizarov Method and Microsurgical Techniques for Limb Salvage Scott T. Hollenbeck, MD, Shoshana L. Woo, BS, Siang Ong, MD, Fitch D. Robert, MD, Detlev Erdmann, MD, L .Scott Levin, MD. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
P39. Intermediate to Long-term Outcomes of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects Repaired with Human Acellular Dermal Matrix Justin M. Sacks, MD, Charles E. Butler, MD. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
P40. Quadriceps Muscle Function following Harvest of the Rectus Femoris Muscle as a Myofacial Flap for Complex Groin Wound Reconstruction Hani Sbitany, MD, Peter F. Koltz, MD, Nirav Patel, BA, John A. Girotto, MD, Stephen J. Vega, MD, Howard N. Langstein, MD. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
P41. Reconstruction of Post-Burn Antebrachial Contractures Using Pedical Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flap Fatih Uygur, Assistant Professor, Celalettin Sever, Serhan Tuncel, Ahin Alag�z, Ersin �lk�r. G�lhane Military medical academy Haydarpa, a Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
P42. An Algorithm Optimizing Aesthetic Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction In North American Patients: Focusing On The Donor Site Laurence C. Yeung, MD, Grigoriy Arutyunyan, BS, Adam Freeberg, MPH, Mark Martin, MD, DMD, FRCSC. Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA.