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All publications by 'Iqbal A'



Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – St Helens & Knowsley Staff

Implant-Based Reconstruction following Mastectomy in Patients Who Have Had a Previous Breast Augmentation

Background Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic procedure, and increasingly women in this group present with breast cancer or request risk-reducing surgery, but their optimal management is unclear. The authors explored the clinical and patient-reported outcomes of patients undergoing immediate implant-based breast reconstruction following previous augmentation and compared..

Published: 09/02/2022
Authors: Kiernan T, Clifford R, Chagla LS, Iqbal A

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Implant-Based Reconstruction following Mastectomy in Patients Who Have Had a Previous Breast Augmentation

Background Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic procedure, and increasingly women in this group present with breast cancer or request risk-reducing surgery, but their optimal management is unclear. The authors explored the clinical and patient-reported outcomes of patients undergoing immediate implant-based breast reconstruction following previous augmentation and compared..

Published: 01/02/2022
Authors: Kiernan T, Clifford R, Chagla LS, Iqbal A

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1549 Patient Perception on Hand Trauma Management Through a Plastic Surgery Trauma Clinic

Aim We assessed patient perceptions of hand trauma management through a plastic surgery trauma clinic. We also assessed effects of educating patients about outcomes of their condition on their desire to have prompt surgery. Method A prospective survey review was conducted at our plastic surgery trauma clinic. Patients included were..

Published: 12/10/2021
Authors: Khan M, Iqbal A

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Minimal Access Tendon Harvesting without a Harvester

Abstract Tendon grafting is a key component of hand reconstructive procedures. Commercially produced tendon harvesters facilitate this grafting process but are not always available. We present an innovative technique that allows tendon harvest to be undertaken using equipment readily available in all hospitals. Only a scalpel blade and a plastic..

Published: 09/12/2020
Authors: Asmar O, Iqbal A

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Minimal Access Tendon Harvesting without a Harvester

Abstract Tendon grafting is a key component of hand reconstructive procedures. Commercially produced tendon harvesters facilitate this grafting process but are not always available. We present an innovative technique that allows tendon harvest to be undertaken using equipment readily available in all hospitals. Only a scalpel blade and a plastic..

Published: 01/12/2020
Authors: Asmar O, , Iqbal A

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Technical refinements to a validated autologous fat harvesting technique

Abstract Autologous fat transfer is used for a wide variety of reconstructive purposes and in the areas of hand, facial and breast aesthetics, primarily to treat contour and volume deficits and for tissue rejuvenation.1,2 Modifications to the originally described fat harvesting techniques have aimed to achieve a method which is..

Published: 24/09/2018
Authors: Iqbal A,

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Inferiorly based lotus petal flap & laser therapy in difficult pilonidal sinus management

​Aim To assess the efficacy of the lotus petal flap in difficult pilonidal sinus management. Background Pilonidal sinuses may be difficult to treat. Five year recurrence rates range from 18% to 50% Recurrence rates fall with primary closure rather than healing by secondary intention. Techniques such as z-plasty however, distort natal architecture...

Published: 24/08/2018
Authors: Hamnett K, Iqbal A, Nagarajan M

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Postoperative Patient-Controlled Analgesia

​ The latissimus dorsi has been the workhorse flap in breast reconstruction for several decades. The flap has a high reliability but is becoming less frequently used because of the recognized limitations of this flap. These disadvantages include functional impairment such as reduced shoulder mobility and strength. The rate of seroma..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Iqbal A, Shaaban H

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Vertical scar skin pattern

​ Abstract Immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy has become increasingly common. Skin-sparing mastectomies (SSM) and risk reducing mastectomies are becoming more commonly performed.1–3 Where radiotherapy is not anticipated, implant-based reconstruction may be performed. One problem associated with implant-based reconstructions has long been lower pole coverage and support. A number of techniques..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Iqbal A

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The Chicken Hand

​ Yao, SZJ; Iqbal, A; Bell, D. (2014).  The Chicken Hand: A training model for hand surgery . Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery,. 67 (8), e214-16

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Yao S, Iqbal A, Bell D

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Latissimus Dorsi (MSLD) and Latissimus Dorsi (LD) flap breast

​ Introduction:  The Muscle Sparing Latissimus Dorsi (MSLD) flap utilizes only the lateral segment of the muscle containing the descending branch of the thoracodorsal artery with its thoracodorsal artery perforators to supply the skin paddle and fascial components of the flap. The aim of this study was to determine the postoperative..

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: , Shaaban H, , Iqbal A

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Merkel cell carcinoma

​   Tehrani, H; Iqbal, A; Hancock, K. (2013).  Merkel cell carcinoma of the hallux: A case report . European Journal of Plastic Surgery. 36 (1), 63-64  

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Tehrani H, Iqbal A,

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Facial Nerve Branches

​ Lymperopoulos, N; Lappas, D; Gisakis, I; Juszczyk, A; Karkanevatos, A and Iqbal, A. (2012).  Anatomical variations in facial nerve branches in a mediterranean population - A cadaver study . European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 269 (4), 1385

Published: 19/07/2016
Authors: Iqbal A, Lymperopoulos NS

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