This review was prompted by continued public and professional interest of necrotizing fasciitis
as well as worldwide increases in the incidence of streptococcal invasive infections. Our …

… No attempt was made to quantify viable and nonviable bone ratios. Subjectively, however,
grafts of membranous origin appeared to have a greater percentage of viable bone, …

Recent studies have shown that the Furlow doubleopposing Z-plasty has several advantages
that make it an attractive procedure for cleft palate repair and treatment of velopharyngeal …

Principles of microvascular anastomotic surgery are uncertain in contrast to the standardized
suture methods for the repair of large arteries. Complications of early thromboses or late …

The use of the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap has come to the
forefront for breast reconstruction following mastectomy. Despite our ability to create …

… The data in this article was collected while Rebecca Hardesty was employed at the University
of California San Diego. The opinions expressed in this article are the authors' own and do …

Twenty-one patients with gigantic defects of the scalp and middle third of the face and palate
following excision of neglected or recurrent tumors, burns, and infections have undergone …

Background: The structured breast implant uses different technology than saline or silicone
gel implants, making it a third type of implant. The US Food and Drug Administration and …

PURPOSE To measure diagnostic performance and preference of two three-dimensional
CT reconstruction modalities (voxel-gradient and surface-projection) displayed two ways (…

… Users experience their own “presence” in that world, and the “co-presence” of others—often
as virtually embodied presences via avatars (Schroeder 2002; Hardesty 2016). Research …