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Defining Cognitive Competencies for Breast Augmentation Surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Breast augmentation is the most performed aesthetic procedure in the United States yet one that surgical trainees have limited exposure to. This creates a lack of confidence in performing this key procedure among graduates. It …
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Aesthetic Limitations in Direct-to-Implant Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Prepectoral direct-to-implant reconstruction has become an alternative to staged subpectoral expander-based reconstruction. Although the surgical safety of this technique has been shown, aesthetic limitations have not been well…
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Teaching and Assessing Cognitive Competencies in Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Cognition, part of surgical competence, employs forward planning, error prevention, and orchestration of technical skills. Thus, an understanding of mental processes used by experts throughout patient care is essential to teach…
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Skin-Reducing Mastectomy with Immediate Prepectoral Reconstruction: Surgical, Aesthetic, and Patient-Reported Outcomes with and without Dermal Matrices.
[BACKGROUND] Prepectoral breast reconstruction is being increasingly popularized, largely because of technical advances. Patients with ptotic breasts and active cancer require mastectomies through a mastopexy excision pattern to achieve pro…
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Toward Competency-Based Training: To What Extent Are We Competency-Based?
[BACKGROUND] Time-based training models in plastic surgery vary in exposure, resulting in low confidence levels among graduates. The evolution of postgraduate medical education into a competency-based model to address these issues requires …
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Death by Implants: Critical Analysis of the FDA-MAUDE Database on Breast Implant-related Mortality.
[UNLABELLED] Since the 1992 moratorium by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the debate on the association of breast implants with systemic illnesses has been ongoing. Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma has also r…
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Nonbiological Microsurgery Simulators in Plastic Surgery Training: A Systematic Review.
[BACKGROUND] Simulation has gained notable recognition for its role as an effective training and assessment modality in the present era of competency-based medical education. Despite the well-documented efficacy of both live and cadaveric a…
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Breast Implant Mycobacterial Infections: An Epidemiologic Review and Outcome Analysis.
[BACKGROUND] Epidemiologic evidence of periprosthetic mycobacterial infections is limited. The recent boom in cosmetic surgery tourism has been associated with a rise of surgical-site infections in returning patients. This review aims to ex…
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What Does the Public Think? Examining Plastic Surgery Perceptions through the Twitterverse.
[BACKGROUND] Twitter is a recognized social media platform for communication of health information. Rime reported that emotion is the main motive for social sharing. This study is a content analysis of Twitter that was performed to identify…