Saoussen Salhi
MDCM, MSc, FRCSC
Investigator and Plastic Surgeon, BC Children's Hospital
Plastic Surgery
Wei, S. and Forbes, D. and Hartley, R.L. and Salhi, S. and Fraulin, F.O.G. and Harrop, A.R. and Arneja, J.S.
DOI: 10.1177/22925503221085076Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
Geisler, E.L. and Jeffers, J. and Salhi, S. and Perlyn, C.A.
DOI: 10.1177/1055665621991739Hand Clinics
Berger, A. and Salhi, S. and Payares-Lizano, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2018.06.007Global Reconstructive Surgery
Salhi, S. and Berger, A.J.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-52377-6.00040-9JPRAS Open
Salhi, S. and Meunier, F. and Cordoba, C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpra.2017.04.004JPRAS Open
Salhi, S. and Cordoba, C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpra.2015.06.007Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Salhi, S. and Tantawi, S. and Bou-Merhi, J. and Bernier, C. and Danino, M.A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.11.002JPRAS Open
Salhi, S. and Cordoba, C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpra.2015.04.001McGill Journal of Medicine
Tahiri, Y. and Salhi, S. and Sinno, H. and Luc, M.
Hand
Salhi, S. and Cardin-Langlois, E. and Luc, M.
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-011-9355-3Cleft palate is the most common craniofacial disorder. Following cleft palate surgery, 10-40% of patients will develop VPI (velopharyngeal insufficiency). VPI impacts a child’s speech intelligibility and acceptability affecting their education, relationships, and self-image. Two main types of surgery exist for VPI (palate re-repair and pharyngoplasty), and both have been reported with various efficacies at resolving speech, and potential risks of patients developing obstructive sleep apnea. This is a North American multicenter prospective observational study comparing the effectiveness of palate re-repair with pharyngoplasty for the treatment of VPI. The knowledge gained from this study will enable surgeons to select the most effective, least harmful surgical procedure for each patient.
During surgical repair of a cleft lip, a plastic surgeon will use a surgical pen to mark their planned incisions. The lip height can be estimated using a calculation known as the Fisher’s formula. However, surgeons will often adjust the lip height using their clinical experience. This study aims to determine if the adjusted lip height can be calculated by a new mathematical formula. This will enable plastic surgery trainees to more effectively use the Fisher anatomic subunit repair technique.
Patients with injured tissues and/or organs, such as major burns covering >40% total body surface area (TBSA) can be treated by replacing damaged areas with a biological substitute. Biological substitutes cultured from a patient’s own cells have yielded promising results in early clinical trials; however their manufacturing time leads to treatment delays. Allogenic skin substitutes are an alternative, yet there is a risk of immune rejection. Therefore the identification of immune rejection-resistant skin cells could offer a solution. The main cells of skin are fibroblasts, and thus make up a large component of biological skin substitutes. Our preliminary studies identified a specific type of mouse fibroblasts that are resistant to transplant rejection. In this study, we are using skin samples obtained during the planned removal of excess tissue (e.g. extra digits, ear tags), to identify human fibroblasts that also resist rejection.
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