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4.
J Cell Physiol ; 230(3): 489-95, 2015 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25294367

ABSTRACT

Stem cells have potential in the retrieval and repair of injured tissue and renovation of organ function. To date, several studies have been carried out to elucidate how differentiation of stem cells can be used in regenerative medicine applications. Adipose tissue is an abundant and accessible source of stem cell, useful for regenerative therapeutic use. Adipose stem cells (ASCs) are favorable for future translational research and can be applied in many clinical settings. Adipose tissue repair has been recently adopted in clinical trials to prove that ASCs can be successfully used in patients. Variability in cell culture procedures (isolation, characterization, and differentiation) may have an influence on the experimental outcome. In this report, we consider the selection mechanisms of ASCs using flow cytometry, cell culture, freezing/thawing, cell cycle evaluation, histochemistry/immunofluorescence, and differentiation of ASCs. Both researchers and regulatory institutions should consider a new policy for GMP procedures and protocols, paying special attention to stem cell bio-physiology, to facilitate more clinically oriented studies. ASCs show angiogenic properties, with prospects of repairing tissue damaged by radiotherapy, as well as possessing the ability to heal chronic wounds. They can also be useful in surgical practice. We focus on the potential clinical application of ASCs that are currently available regarding translational medicine and the methods and procedures for their isolation, differentiation, and characterization.


Subject(s)
Adipose Tissue/cytology , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology , Tissue Engineering , Translational Research, Biomedical , Cell Culture Techniques/methods , Humans , Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation/methods , Regenerative Medicine
6.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 36(3): 666-79, 2012 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22042359

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Excess body fat, localized adiposity, and cellulite represent important social problems. To date, techniques using radiofrequencies, cavitation and noncavitation ultrasound, and carbon dioxide have been studied as treatments for noninvasive body contouring. Ice-Shock Lipolysis is a new noninvasive procedure for reducing subcutaneous fat volume and fibrous cellulite in areas that normally would be treated by liposuction. It uses a combination of acoustic waves and cryolipolysis. Shock waves, used normally in the treatment of renal calculi and musculoskeletal disorders, are focused on the collagen structure of cellulite-afflicted skin. When used on the skin and underlying fat, they cause a remodeling of the collagen fibers, improving the orange-peel appearance typical of the condition. Cryolipolysis, on the other hand, is a noninvasive method used for the localized destruction of subcutaneous adipocytes, with no effects on lipid or liver marker levels in the bloodstream. The combination of the two procedures causes the programmed death and slow resorption of destroyed adipocytes. METHODS: In this study, 50 patients with localized fat and cellulite were treated with a selective protocol for the simultaneous use of two transducers: a Freezing Probe for localized fatty tissue and a Shock Probe for fibrous cellulite. RESULTS: The procedure significantly reduced the circumference in the treated areas, significantly diminishing fat thickness. The mean reduction in fat thickness after treatments was 3.02 cm. Circumference was reduced by a mean of 4.45 cm. Weight was unchanged during the treatment, and no adverse effects were observed. Histologic and immunohistochemical analysis confirmed a gradual reduction of fat tissue by programmed cell death. Moreover, the reduction in fat thickness was accompanied by a significant improvement in microcirculation, and thus, the cellulite. The safety of the method also has been highlighted because it is accompanied by no significant increase in serum liver enzymes or serum lipids. CONCLUSION: The study aimed to observe the effects of the new technique in the treatment of localized fat associated with cellulite in order to assess adipose tissue alterations, cellular apoptosis, and levels of serum lipid or liver markers. The findings show that the action of Ice-Shock Lipolysis is a safe, effective, and well-tolerated noninvasive procedure for body contouring. In particular, the authors believe that this could be an ideal alternative to liposuction for patients who require only small or moderate amounts of adipose tissue and cellulite removal or are not suitable candidates for surgical approaches to body contouring.


Subject(s)
Freezing , High-Energy Shock Waves , Lipectomy/methods , Adipose Tissue/pathology , Adult , Equipment Design , Female , Humans , Lipectomy/instrumentation , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult
7.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 31(6): 663-5, 2007.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17721719

ABSTRACT

The classic mini-abdominoplasty is a surgery generally indicated for cases in which cutaneous laxity of the abdomen's inferior region is associated with adiposity. However, in some cases, the characteristics of the abdomen are such that resort to a traditional mini-abdominoplasty would involve an unsatisfactory final result due to the unavoidable caudalization of the navel. In answer to this problem, Pontes developed the type 4 modified mini-abdominoplasty. This procedure adds to the classic technique a complete resection of the navel and its transposition so that it leaves a residual vertical scar. With our version of the technique, the scar is more aesthetic in shape and appearance, horizontal, and parallel to the suprapubic scar.


Subject(s)
Abdomen/surgery , Plastic Surgery Procedures/methods , Surgical Flaps , Umbilicus/surgery , Adult , Cicatrix/surgery , Female , Humans , Treatment Outcome
8.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 30(5): 538-40, 2006.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17001502

ABSTRACT

Total intravenous anesthesia and the new parameter for administering the most recent drugs, target-controlled infusion, as well as the introduction of new short half-life molecules that do not accumulate have made anesthesia in day surgery safer. In this study, the use of auditory-evoked potentials monitoring made it possible to determine the target plasma concentration of propofol that induces a narcosis sufficiently deep and strictly necessary for effectiveness, thus minimizing the anesthesiologic risk linked to the use and the dosing of the drug, reducing the hospitalization time, and decreasing the side effects for patients undergoing day surgery mammoplasty.


Subject(s)
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures , Anesthetics, Intravenous/administration & dosage , Evoked Potentials, Auditory/drug effects , Mammaplasty , Propofol/administration & dosage , Adult , Female , Humans , Infusions, Intravenous , Monitoring, Intraoperative , Propofol/blood
9.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 30(3): 348-9; discussion 350, 2006.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16733779

ABSTRACT

Stahl syndrome, known also as "Satiro's ear", is a deformation of the auricle described in the nineteeth century by Stahl who included it in a classification of various deformities of ear:-Helix transversus spleniformis-Crus anthelicis trifurcata-Crus superior turgidumAt present Stahl's ear is included in the second group for the abnonnal cartilaginous pleat which extends from the Crus anthelix to the edge of elix deforming in this way the regular curvature of ear and amplifying the triangular hole. It's frequently associated to other aesthetic deformities of the auricle itself and above all among oriental peoples; the pathogenetic origin of this deformation has to be connected with an hereditary, familial character confirmed by the diffusion of this deformation among the members of the same family, reaching its highest expression in identical twins where its manifestation is about at seventy-five percent. Besides the hereditary-familial hypothesis, we find a second hypothesis according to which the cartilaginous deformity is connected with an altered growth of an instrinsic muscle of ear, the transverse muscle [1,4]. The solution of the problem is surgical, through the Chongcet technique [9], modified and applied in the post-operating using particular remedies.


Subject(s)
Ear, External/abnormalities , Ear, External/surgery , Surgical Flaps , Surgical Procedures, Operative/methods , Adolescent , Adult , Ear, External/anatomy & histology , Female , Functional Laterality , Humans , Male , Middle Aged
10.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 29(3): 181-3, 2005.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15959685

ABSTRACT

Three different methods of sedation or sedoanalgesia using remifentanil, Propofol, or midazolam to increase intra- and postoperative comfort and to reduce neuroendocrine stress in patients who had undergone typical ambulatory cosmetic surgery under local anesthesia were studied. A sample of 90 patients who underwent upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty to correct baggy eyelids or otoplasty to correct protruding ears was selected according to standard criteria for the study. Remifentanil provided the best tolerability profile and the most effective perioperative pain control among the substances studied, demonstrating it to be a valid drug for modern sedoanalgesia aimed at increasing the well-being of patients undergoing ambulatory cosmetic surgery.


Subject(s)
Blepharoplasty , Conscious Sedation/methods , Hypnotics and Sedatives , Otologic Surgical Procedures , Piperidines , Plastic Surgery Procedures , Propofol , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Hemodynamics/drug effects , Humans , Hypnotics and Sedatives/pharmacology , Male , Middle Aged , Piperidines/pharmacology , Propofol/pharmacology , Remifentanil
11.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 29(3): 184-9, 2005.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15959689

ABSTRACT

Cosmetic surgery represents a particular application of plastic surgery, in which the operative competence of the discipline is focused not on the correction of pathological disorders, but on the correction of some morphologic traits not accepted by the patients, or not adherent with the aesthetic canons of the time, although they are absolutely compatible with the norm. As a consequence, cosmetic surgery recognizes subjective indications. According to a particular literature on the subject, patients seeking these interventions would live a dualism between (their own) body image and inner self-image. Very psychotic case histories would come out of this. A base psychological approach adopted by the surgeon, competent both in the surgical and the psychological level, is absolutely needed. In this study, the psychological features of patients seeking cosmetic surgery were explored in an attempt to define common profiles or prevalent characteristics, and to isolate major psychiatric disorders. Patient self-esteem and physical self-perception also were investigated.


Subject(s)
Plastic Surgery Procedures/psychology , Self Concept , Abdomen/surgery , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , MMPI , Male , Middle Aged , Psychological Tests , Rhinoplasty/psychology
12.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 29(1): 32-3, 2005.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15759092

ABSTRACT

Poland syndrome comprises a unilateral absence of the large pectoral muscle, ipsilateral symbrachydactyly, and occasionally other malformations of the anterior chest wall and breast. The condition is more frequent among males, and usually occurs on the right hemithorax in the unilateral form. The syndrome is believed to be caused by a genetic disorder that reduces the embryonal circulation in the interior chest artery: the stronger the interaction, the more severe the pathology. This article analyzes an unusual pathologic case in which the 17-year-old patient lacked the large pectoral muscle on the left side, but showed no arterial alteration. This case raises questions as to the true pathogenesis of this syndrome.


Subject(s)
Breast/abnormalities , Pectoralis Muscles/abnormalities , Poland Syndrome/diagnosis , Adolescent , Breast/pathology , Breast/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Male , Pectoralis Muscles/pathology , Pectoralis Muscles/surgery , Poland Syndrome/pathology , Poland Syndrome/surgery
13.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 28(6): 431-4, 2004.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15529207

ABSTRACT

This study examined the results obtained with a modern apparatus for laser hair removal (neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet [Nd:YAG] laser at long impulses with a wave-length of 1,064 nm; Q-switched laser) over a follow-up period of 3 years. A large heterogeneous group of 480 patients was taken into consideration. These patients were treated according to a standard protocol with monthly checkups and a personalized protocol at deferred appointments. The results, discovered by means of the most objective procedure possible, were retrieved and put into a graph showing two different curves for the repopulation of hair. In their clinical travels, the authors observed an average variable regrowth of 40% to 65%, allowing them to affirm that laser hair removal using Nd:YAG at long impulses is decisively efficient in obtaining long-term results. The use of a protocol (denominated "prolonged monthly checkup") with laser sessions at ever-decreasing periods permits, among other things, more outstanding and advantageous results for the patient. Thanks to more efficiently synchronized phases of the biologic hair cycle, this shortens and moves the telegenic phases closer and also renders the anagenic phases (those in which the selective photoermolysis on the pilipheric follicle proves to be efficient) more efficient. Personalization of the treatment relative to the monthly health checkup sessions is of fundamental importance to the scope of obtaining the best results in terms of cost-benefit rate, provided submassimal fluxes are (i.e., those well-tolerated by the patient) used. All this allows hair removal that is not definitive, but which becomes progressively permanent (i.e., characterized by ever-growing periods of lack of hair sustained by sporadic maintenance laser sessions based on the individual's necessity).


Subject(s)
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures , Hair , Laser Therapy/methods , Adult , Aluminum Compounds/administration & dosage , Equipment Design , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Laser Therapy/instrumentation , Male , Middle Aged , Neodymium/administration & dosage , Radioisotopes/administration & dosage , Yttrium Radioisotopes/administration & dosage
14.
Aesthetic Plast Surg ; 28(3): 174-6, 2004.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15383887

ABSTRACT

Erythropoietin is the most important factor in the regulation of erythropoiesis. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of rhuESF for patients undergoing plastic surgical procedures during which notable blood loss is expected (reduction mammoplasty in cases of macromastia and abdominoplasty obese patients) to improve the full blood count and reduce the need for transfusion. The levels of hemoglobin were significantly greater for patients pretreated with erythropoietin and iron than for the control group.


Subject(s)
Blood Loss, Surgical/prevention & control , Erythropoietin/administration & dosage , Iron/administration & dosage , Mammaplasty/adverse effects , Obesity/surgery , Adult , Blood Transfusion, Autologous , Female , Hemoglobins/metabolism , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Recombinant Proteins , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome
15.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses ; 17(13): 1241-7, 2001 Sep 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11559423

ABSTRACT

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the etiological agent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), shows a variety of biological properties, which may constitute an obstacle to development of effective vaccines or antiretroviral therapy. To characterize Brazilian strains of HIV-1, we studied 24 viruses isolated from blood samples of HIV-1-positive patients from different regions of the country. To examine the cell tropism and the virus ability to form syncytia, primary macrophages and the CD4+ T cell line MT-2 were infected with these viruses. We found that 22 isolates replicated well in macrophages (macrophage-tropic isolates), 2 infected only MT-2 cells (T cell line tropic variants), while 6 of them grew in both cells. We found 8 syncytium-inducing (SI) and 16 non-SI (NSI) isolates. Continuous cultures of 18 isolates were established in the CCR5+/CXCR4+ cell line PM-1, and SI/NSI features of these viruses were confirmed by cell fusion assay with uninfected CD4+ T cell lines (PM-1, MT-2, H9, and SUP-T1). The coreceptor usage of 18 isolates was investigated by infecting U87 cells transfected with CD4 and chemokine receptors, and we found that 11 isolates infected only CCR5+ cells, 3 only CXCR4+ cells, whereas 4 used both coreceptors. We also observed that X4 isolates were more sensitive to neutralization by dextran sulfate than R5 or R5X4 viruses. Our findings show that the Brazilian isolates are phenotypically similar to those prevalent in other regions, which could mean that therapeutic strategies based on HIV-1 phenotypic properties would be efficient in Brazil, as in other countries.


Subject(s)
HIV Infections/virology , HIV-1/isolation & purification , HIV-1/metabolism , Receptors, CCR5/metabolism , Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism , Brazil/epidemiology , Cell Line , Dextran Sulfate/pharmacology , Giant Cells/drug effects , Giant Cells/metabolism , Giant Cells/virology , HIV Infections/epidemiology , HIV-1/drug effects , HIV-1/genetics , Humans , Macrophages/drug effects , Macrophages/metabolism , Macrophages/virology , Substrate Specificity
16.
Minerva Chir ; 53(7-8): 645-50, 1998.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9793355

ABSTRACT

Lip carcinoma is a relatively unique malignant disease because the lip is a junctional structure. The lip is bounded externally by the facial skin and it is in continuity with the buccal mucosa of the oral cavity. The lymphatic drainage of the upper and lower lips is primarily directed to the mandibular group of lymph nodes. To a lesser extent, drainage may go to submental intraparotid, or internal jugular lymph nodes. Lip carcinoma is almost exclusively a squamous cell carcinoma, the major etiologic factor being prolonged iar exposure. Treatment for lip carcinoma is usually surgical, in the form of full-tickness excision. Neck dissection is also performed when clinically palpable lymph nodes are present.


Subject(s)
Lip Neoplasms/surgery , Humans , Lip Neoplasms/diagnosis
17.
Minerva Stomatol ; 45(10): 477-83, 1996 Oct.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9026693

ABSTRACT

The anatomical characteristics of the orbital-eyelid region are responsible for many traumas of different kinds, like road, domestic and sports accidents, especially in the last years. Therefore different kinds of lesion of the soft and hard tissues in the orbital region and the diagnoses and the therapeutics according to plastic and maxillo-facial surgery are examined.


Subject(s)
Eyelids/injuries , Orbit/injuries , Eyelids/pathology , Eyelids/surgery , Humans , Orbit/pathology , Orbit/surgery , Orbital Fractures/pathology , Orbital Fractures/surgery , Soft Tissue Injuries/pathology , Soft Tissue Injuries/surgery , Wounds, Nonpenetrating/pathology , Wounds, Nonpenetrating/surgery , Wounds, Penetrating/pathology , Wounds, Penetrating/surgery
18.
Minerva Stomatol ; 44(11): 521-30, 1995 Nov.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8868586

ABSTRACT

Every cancer can produce bone metastases. Metastatic tumors to the maxillo-facial bones are rare, mandible is the most frequent place of these bones. Often metastases represent the first symptom of malignant tumors.


Subject(s)
Mandibular Neoplasms/secondary , Adult , Aged , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Female , Humans , Kidney Neoplasms/pathology , Male , Mandibular Neoplasms/pathology , Mandibular Neoplasms/surgery , Middle Aged , Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology , Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Uterine Neoplasms/pathology
19.
Minerva Stomatol ; 44(7-8): 335-44, 1995.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8538581

ABSTRACT

The authors describe the most common clinical characteristics and main parameters of classification of rhabdomyosarcoma in the maxillo-facial area. They draw the most actual therapeutic iter with particular reference to surgical directions, and they examine different prospects of applicability and of prognostic result.


Subject(s)
Facial Neoplasms/therapy , Head and Neck Neoplasms/therapy , Rhabdomyosarcoma/therapy , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/therapy , Adult , Child , Combined Modality Therapy , Facial Neoplasms/classification , Facial Neoplasms/mortality , Head and Neck Neoplasms/classification , Head and Neck Neoplasms/mortality , Humans , Prognosis , Rhabdomyosarcoma/classification , Rhabdomyosarcoma/mortality , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/classification , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/mortality
20.
Calif Nurse ; 81(6): 1, 10-3, 1985.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3849320
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