Physician

Plastic Surgery

Rudolf Buntic is an expert in the field of Plastic Surgery. He received 3 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Rudolf F. Buntic, MD is a published doctor. He published 45 publications, including: 'Successful replantation of an amputated tongue.' He accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Long Term Results and Costs of Muscle Flap Coverage with Ilizarov Bone Transport in Lower Limb Salvage.
• Microvascular approach to scalp replantation and reconstruction: A thirty-six year experience.
• Transverse upper gracilis flap as an alternative to abdominal tissue Breast reconstruction: technique and modifications.
• Refining outcomes in dorsal Hand coverage: consideration of aesthetics and donor-site morbidity.
• Standardized protocol for artery-only Fingertip replantation.
• A simple and reliable technique for harvesting Skin from a "spare part" by a single operator.
• Bilateral Breast reconstruction: the simultaneous use of autogenous tissue and identical twin isograft.
• Microsurgical reconstruction of the burned Hand.
• Patterns in blast injuries to the Hand.
• Resurfacing of a complex upper extremity injury: an excellent indication for the dorsal thoracic fascial flap.
• Microsurgical scalp reconstruction after a mountain lion attack.
• The free partial superior latissimus muscle flap: preservation of donor-site form and function.
• Simultaneous coverage of two separate dorsal digital defects with a syndactylizing venous free flap.
• Use of the venous flap for salvage of difficult ring avulsion injuries.
• Creation of a four-joint-digit after second toe to digit transplantation: restoration of form and function.
• Index Finger salvage with replantation and revascularization: revisiting conventional wisdom.
• Use of circular external fixation to maintain foot position during free tissue transfer to the foot and ankle.
• Partial muscle harvest: our first 100 cases attempting to preserve form and function at the donor site.
• Ring avulsion: injury pattern, treatment, and outcome.
• Determination of the vascular configuration in autogenous Breast reconstruction using abdominal tissue: simple but not necessarily easy.
• Detection of perfusion disturbances in digit replantation using near-infrared spectroscopy and serial quantitative fluoroscopy.
• Induction of tolerance to composite tissue allograft in a rat model.
• Free partial medial rectus muscle flap for closure of complex extremity wounds.
• Salvage of a radial forearm flap transferred onto a by-pass graft with conversion from a high-to-low-resistance circulatory pattern: case report.
• An aesthetic perquisite of rectus muscle transplantation in extremity reconstruction.
• Dextran-related complications in head and neck microsurgery: do the benefits outweigh the risks?
• Pediatric mutilating Hand injuries.
• Composite tissue allografting (CTA).
• Cross-facial and functional microvascular muscle transplantation for longstanding facial paralysis.
• The harvest and clinical application of the superficial peroneal sensory nerve for grafting motor and sensory nerve defects.
• Salvage of the severely traumatized lower extremity.
• Successful replantation of an amputated tongue.
• The effect of an Implantable Doppler probe on the salvage of microvascular tissue transplants.
• Using the Internet for rapid exchange of photographs and X-ray images to evaluate potential extremity replantation candidates.
• Mechanical evaluation of anastomotic tension and patency in arteries.
• Microvenous thrombosis rates following anastomosis with vein grafting and a knotted suture.
• Biodegradation of the polyurethane foam covering of Breast implants.
• Purification of the yellow fluorescent protein from Vibrio fischeri and identity of the flavin chromophore.
• How often is the superficial inferior epigastric artery adequate? An observational correlation.
• Simultaneous double second toe transplantation for reconstruction of multiple digit loss in traumatic Hand injuries.
• Severe frostbite of the knees after cryotherapy.
• Artery-vein-artery venous flap for simultaneous soft-tissue repair and radial artery reconstruction: case report.
• Use of a venous flap from an amputated part for salvage of an upper extremity injury.
• The safety of major head and neck surgery in patients taking clopidogrel (plavix).

Schools

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• McGill University Faculty Of Medicine

• Stanford University Medical Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Adjacent Tissue Transfer
• Breast Reconstruction
• Carpal Tunnel Release
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated

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• Benign Skin Lesion
• Capsular Contracture of Breast Implant
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• De Quervain's Disease
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Hand Surgery
• Plastic Surgery of the Hand
• Plastic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Regional Top Doctor
• Fellow (FACS)
• Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare

Education

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• Stanford University
• McGill University Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• California Pacific Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1497745202
Last Name Of The Provider	BUNTIC
First Name Of The Provider	RUDOLF
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