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R L Ruberg

Publications and source records attributed to R L Ruberg.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources
PubMed1980

Impaired weight gain in cleft palate infants.

The weight records for the first six months of life of 37 infants with cleft palates were reviewed in an effort to quantitate their early feeding difficulties. None of the families had had special feeding training until problems were well established. The median birth weight (plotted against standard curves) was at the 30th percentile. At the end of one and two months of age, the median weight ranking had fallen to the 20th percentile, and did not recover to birth levels (30th percentile) until the sixth month. This information is useful in counseling families of cleft children and in introducing special feeding instruction as soon as possible after birth.

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PubMed1979

Mass lesion of the breast after augmentation mammoplasty.

Examination of the breast after augmentation mammoplasty may be relatively easy, but the evaluation of a mass lesion presents particular possibilities and problems. Closed compression capsulotomy occasionally results in rupture of the gel prosthesis, and when silicone contacts the surrounding breast tissue, a firm granuloma can result. A patient after augmentation mammoplasty had a mass lesion of the breast following trauma. At operation, the gel prosthesis was found to have ruptured and resulted in a silicone granuloma. A history of closed compression capsulotomy or trauma is important in the preoperative evaluation of such patients, and both the surgeon and the patient should be prepared to procede with replacement of the implant at the time of biopsy.

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PubMed1978

Effect of proteins depletion on the surviving length in experimental skin flaps.

Protein depletion appears to augment, rather than decrease, the length of a skin flap surviving in rats. We were able to document a lowering of serum viscosity in these animals. The augmentation of flap survival produced by protein depletion may even be greater than that produced by the delay phenomenon. A reduction in the total weight of flaps is present in the protein-depleted animals, and this may contribute to the augmentation of flap survival in them.

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