Amin Kalaaji

Oslo plastikkirurgi clinic

The goals of a corrective procedure for inverted nipples include restoring the aesthetic appearance of the nipple, minimizing ductal disruption, preserving the ability to breastfeed, and reducing recurrence rates.The promising novel technique described in this chapter involves central tunnelization of the retracted fibers/ducts, using fat grafting...

The topic of genital rejuvenation has been very controversial. Reports around the ever-increasing interest in female cosmetic genital surgery raise questions and concerns about these procedures’ indications and safety, as well as the patients’ motives in their decision-making.Research, in the form of a questionnaire of patients who received care at...

The use of fat grafting in breast surgery has become a well-established method with several indications. Although the roots of autologous fat grafting have hypoplasia indications, there are new, aesthetic, and revisional indications emerging that include conversions (e.g., breast implant replacement with fat) and hybrid/composite augmentation (e.g....

Chin augmentation has been a dominant procedure in facial aesthetic surgery for more than 100 years. Individuals with retracted chins or disharmonized profiles tend to prefer different chin augmentation methods to achieve a more prominent and balanced mental region.Alloplastic implants are commonly used to achieve the desired results. Nonetheless,...

Gluteal augmentation, also referred to as the Brazilian butt lift (BBL), has seen an intense increase in popularity, with more than a 3200% increase from the early 2000s to 2015. At the same time, it accounts for a significantly higher mortality rate compared to other cosmetic procedures—1 in 3448 vs. 1 in 55,000. Many of these deaths are associate...

The surgical nurse’s tasks in a major plastic surgery procedure with fat transplantation are vital to the patient’s safety and experience, as well as the overall success of the surgical team. The forthcoming guidelines can help the surgical nurse understand how to properly prepare the equipment and this patient group for fat augmentation procedures...

We retrospectively evaluated the indications and compared different fat processing methods for aesthetic breast augmentation. Oslo Plastikkirurgi Clinic has performed 204 breast augmentations using autologous fat grafting for implant conversion and hybirid/combined augmentation or to treat hypoplasia mammae, breast asymmetry, as well as deformities...

In this chapter, we analyze the causes of the increase in complications related to gluteal fat augmentation and identify the risk factors related to fatal outcomes. We also make recommendations in order to prevent those complications decreasing the morbidity and the mortality of the procedure.

Background Inverted nipples are prevalent in 3-10% of women and can often cause functional, psychological, and aesthetic problems. Objective Treating inverted nipples and restoring the aesthetic appearance of the nipple, whilst minimizing ductal disruption, preserving the ability to breast feed and reducing recurrence rates. Methods A retrospecti...

Patient satisfaction after rhinoplasty is a growing area of research. The FACE-Q Rhinoplasty Module, used to assess these values, requires translation to national languages. Methods: Fourteen questions assessing the Satisfaction with Nose Scale and Adverse Effects Checklist of FACE-Q Rhinoplasty Module were translated to Norwegian with adherence...

Background Female cosmetic genital surgery is rapidly growing. However, controversy reports raised around these procedures question their indications, motives, and safety. Warning against performing this surgery might unjustly restrict surgical alleviation of symptoms. Objectives Through anonymous exploration, the authors explored patient characte...

Background Use of gluteal augmentation with fat increased by 3267% from 2002 to 2015, and the rate of death is highest compared with other aesthetic procedures: 1 in 3448 patients dies, compared with 1 in 55,000. Objectives To retrospectively investigate patients who underwent this procedure at Oslo Plastic Surgery Clinic, to review international...

Background Research regarding quality of life (QoL) among women who underwent breast aesthetic surgery is expanding. A comparative, anonymous study between two main breast aesthetic procedures is needed. Objective The authors compared patient characteristics and aspects of QoL among women who underwent breast enlargement with implants (BI group) a...

Background: Quality of life (QOL) among breast augmentation patients is a growing research area, with newly worrisome data on psychological health in this group. Objectives: The authors investigate characteristics of breast implant patients, including motivations for surgery, depression rate, effect of surgery on daily activity and work activity, a...

An anonymous questionnaire was sent to 118 women who had their breasts reconstructed at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, from 1992-2001. The questionnaire included 36 questions scored on 6-point scales. Seventy-nine women returned a filled-in questionnaire. Five reconstruction methods had been used, but only im...

Skin defects can reduce functions and can be aesthetically unpleasant. Tissue expansion for reconstruction of skin defects was introduced as a method in the plastic and maxillofacial surgery department, Ullevaal University Hospital, in autumn 2002. Patient health records and registration forms for expansion procedures were studied for all the 16 pa...

A 17-year-old man was severely injured including a fractured pelvis and a degloving injury to the lumbar, sacral, and gluteal regions. After multiple revisions, a 6 x 7 cm wide x 10 cm deep defect in the sacral area was successfully treated by transfer of a reversed turnover latissimus dorsi muscle flap. He is now fully mobilised three years later.

Tibial bone grafts were studied in 137 patients with clefts of the lip and palate. Twenty-one had clefts of the lip and primary palate and 116 had complete unilateral clefts of the lip and palate. Bone grafting was performed secondarily or late secondarily. Bone was harvested from the proximal part of the tibia distal to the tuberosity through an i...

To compare outcomes of bone grafting performed before eruption of the lateral incisor to outcomes of grafting performed before eruption of the canine and to evaluate the long-term results of bone grafting combined with delayed closure of the hard palate during mixed dentition. Seventy consecutive patients (52 men and 18 women) with complete unilate...

Objective To compare outcomes of bone grafting performed before eruption of the lateral incisor to outcomes of grafting performed before eruption of the canine and to evaluate the long-term results of bone grafting combined with delayed closure of the hard palate during mixed dentition. Design Seventy consecutive patients (52 men and 18 women) wit...

The free lateral arm flap has become a well-defined and reliable flap for various reconstructive purposes. Little attention has been paid, however, to the possibility of preservation of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm (nervus cutaneus antebrachii posterior) sacrifice of which results in numbness of the dorsal part of the forearm. In th...

This long-term study was a follow-up of 46 patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate treated with secondary or late secondary bone grafting. Surgeons with different degrees of experience in this procedure had operated on these patients. Morphology of the clefts prior to the grafting was assessed with regard to width of cleft, stage of...

Secondary bone grafting of a residual alveolar cleft has become a well established procedure. However, little attention has been paid to the benefits of these bone grafts in patients with clefts of the lip and alveolus only. This retrospective and comparative study includes 21 patients who had received a secondary or a late secondary bone grafting...