Publications

Charles Nduka continues an active research interest and has contributed to 4 books on minimally invasive surgery. Over the last 12 years he has published over 50 scientific papers and monographs. Topics of these include the description of technical innovations, methods to raise the accuracy of pre-operative assessment, and ways of improving safety. A selection of scientific publications over the last 10 years include:

• Painless steroid injections for hypertrophic scars and keloids.
  British Journal of Plastic Surgery 2003 Dec;56(8):842
• Non-Invasive Volumetric Assessment of Keloid Scars in Response to Intra-lesional Steroid Injections.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2005 Sep 1;116(3 Suppl):34-35.
• Application of 3D Imaging in Objective Assessment of Scar Pliability:
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2005 Sep 1;116(3 Suppl):33.
• Nurse-Led management of hypertrophic and keloid scars.
  Nursing Times 2004;100(5):40-45
• Intraoperative fracture fixation made easy.
  British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2002 Jul;55(4):365.
• Comparative breaking strength of non permanent sutures.
  British Journal of Plastic Surgery 2004 Mar;57(2):186.
• Digital Photography for rhinoplasty.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2003;110:1366 (short report)
• Current burn charts underestimate breast burns.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2004 May;113(6):1591-7.
• No-touch free flap monitoring.
  British Journal of Plastic Surgery 2003 Dec;56(8):835
• The use of botulinum toxin in treating a twitching TRAM flap.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2004 Jun;113(7):2224.
• Uses and Abuses of Digital Manipulation in Plastic Surgery.
  Nouraei R, Frame J, Nduka C.
  International Journal of Surgery 2005;3(4):254-7.
• Feasibility of transcutaneous mandibular distraction using an internal device.
  Viterbo F, Palhares A, Neto AM, Stip L, Zanini SA, Nduka C.
  J Craniofac Surg. 2006 Mar;17(2):337-9.
• Intra-lesional injections of collagenase are ineffective in the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars.
  Kang N, Sivakumar B, Sanders R, Nduka C, Gault D.
  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(7):693-9.
• Delayed leech-borne infection with Aeromonas hydrophilia in escharotic flap wound.
  Ardehali B, Hand K, Nduka C, Holmes A, Wood S.
  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59:94-95
• Bilateral breast reduction surgery in England: a postcode lottery
  Wraight WM, Tay SK, Nduka C, Pereira JA.
  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(9):1039-44.
• The Asplund-Davies vertical scar breast reduction technique preserves the sub-areolar skin thickness in the long term: a matched comparative study with the inverted T technique.
  Ardehali B, Nouraei SA, Lim A, Lysakova L, Dex E, Nduka C, Asplund O.
  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(12):1309-12.
• Objective assessment of keloid scars with three-dimensional imaging: quantifying response to intralesional steroid therapy.
  Ardehali B, Nouraei SA, Van Dam H, Dex E, Wood S, Nduka C.
  Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Feb;119(2):556-61.
• Stereophotogrammetric Measurement of the Nasolabial Fold in Repose: A Study of Age and Posture-Related Changes.
  See MS, Foxton MR, Miedzianowski-Sinclair NA, Roberts CE, Nduka C.
  European Journal of Plastic Surgery. May 2007; 29(8): 387-393.
• Age- and gravity-related changes in facial morphology: 3-dimensional analysis of facial morphology in mother-daughter pairs.
  See MS, Roberts C, Nduka C.
  J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008 Jul;66(7):1410-6.
• 3D Stereophotogrammetry Quantitative Lip Analysis.
  Sawyer AR, See M, Nduka C.
  Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2008 Jun 27. [Epub ahead of print
• Assessment of the Reproducibility of Facial Expressions Using 3D Stereophotogrammetry.
  Sawyer A, See M, Nduka C.
  Accepted Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (Aug 2008)
• 3D Stereophotogrammetry Quantitative Lip Analysis.
  Sawyer A See M, Nduka C.
  Accepted Aesth Plast Surgery (April 2008)
• Intra-lesional injections of collagenase are ineffective in the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars.
  Kang N, Sivakumar B, Sanders R, Nduka C, Gault D.
  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(7):693-9.
• The Asplund-Davies vertical scar breast reduction technique preserves the sub-areolar skin thickness in the long term: a matched comparative study with the inverted T technique.
  Ardehali B, Nouraei SA, Lim A, Lysakova L, Dex E, Nduka C, Asplund O.
  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(12):1309-12.
• Objective assessment of keloid scars with three-dimensional imaging: quantifying response to intralesional steroid therapy.
  Ardehali B, Nouraei SA, Van Dam H, Dex E, Wood S, Nduka C.
  Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Feb;119(2):556-61.
• Stereophotogrammetric Measurement of the Nasolabial Fold in Repose: A Study of Age and Posture-Related Changes.
  See MS, Foxton MR, Miedzianowski-Sinclair NA, Roberts CE, Nduka C.
  European Journal of Plastic Surgery. May 2007; 29(8): 387-393.
• Age- and gravity-related changes in facial morphology: 3-dimensional analysis of facial morphology in mother-daughter pairs.
  See MS, Roberts C, Nduka C.
  J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008 Jul;66(7):1410-6.
• Assessment of the reproducibility of facial expressions with 3-D stereophotogrammetry.
  Sawyer AR, See M, Nduka C.
  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jan;140(1):76-81
• 3D stereophotogrammetry quantitative lip analysis.
  Sawyer AR, See M, Nduka C.
  Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2009 Jul;33(4):497-504

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