We would like to thank Dr. Freshwater for his comments regarding our article “Clinical
Experience with Complications of Hand Rejuvenation.” As with our previous publications,
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most patients in our present work were referred to our institution from other hospitals.
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We totally agree with Dr. Freshwater that knowing the exact fillers injected is important
to give patients proper treatments. As a tertiary medical center in our country, we
received a letter of medical request without exceptions. Among those patients, 15
patients treated at our institution with prior medical records including proven injected
materials were selected in this work. Actually, our clinical observations were also
supported by histopathologic findings which was performed in most cases. Unfortunately,
we could not find consistent characteristics of various fillers on physical examination
or ultrasonographic examinations. Again, we thank Dr. Freshwater for insightful commentary
and hope that Dr. Freshwater will apply our proposed algorithm to his clinical practice
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Published online: August 03, 2012
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© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Comment: Clinical experience with complications of hand rejuvenationJournal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic SurgeryVol. 65Issue 12
- PreviewI am indebted to Park et al. for continuing to share their experience treating complications of fillers.1 The article did not mention where the initial treatment was rendered. In their facial filler article, Park et al. wrote that all of those patients had their initial injections elsewhere.2 I assume that some, if not all, of their hand patients were initially treated elsewhere as opposed to having been treated at Park et al.'s institutions where the prior records should have been readily available.
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