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[INTRODUCTION] Significant efforts during the past decades have led to growing racial diversity in the field, resulting in more underrepresented minorities (URM) in training. To highlight areas for improving URM inclusion and training, we s…

[OBJECTIVE] Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) are sparsely represented within plastic and reconstructive surgery (PRS) and recent changes including the elimination of step 1 scoring have further disadvantaged DO applicants. The demograp…

[BACKGROUND] Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most fields of study. In surgery, it is thought to provide surgeons with skills to conduct high-quality research and advance academically. How…

[BACKGROUND] Postmastectomy breast reconstruction in patients with a history of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and radiotherapy is challenging, with a paucity of literature on the outcomes of different breast reconstructive techniques. The…

[BACKGROUND] Machine learning has been increasingly used for surgical outcome prediction, yet applications in head and neck reconstruction are not well-described. In this study, we developed and evaluated the performance of ML algorithms in…

[BACKGROUND] A radical parotidectomy with facial nerve sacrifice results in facial nerve paralysis as well as a volume and often cutaneous defect. Prior experience with nerve grafting and static suspension has yielded suboptimal results. Th…

[BACKGROUND]  Following implant-based breast reconstruction (IBR) infection and explantation, autologous reconstruction is a common option for patients who desire further reconstruction. However, few data exist about the outcomes of seconda…

[BACKGROUND] ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence language model developed and released by OpenAI (San Francisco, CA) in late 2022. [OBJECTIVES] The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of ChatGPT on the Plastic Surgery In-Se…

[SUMMARY] Patients with significant loss of abdominal wall soft tissue represent a reconstructive challenge. The purpose of this study was to describe the authors' experience using microvascular free tissue transfer to repair complex abdomi…

[UNLABELLED] Although abdominally-based free flaps have long been the gold standard, the profunda artery perforator (PAP) flap has emerged as an important alternative option for autologous breast reconstruction. The aim of this study was to…

[BACKGROUND] Implant-based breast reconstruction infections often require implant explantation. Whereas some plastic surgeons pursue autologous reconstruction following the first implant-based breast reconstruction failure caused by infecti…

[BACKGROUND] Despite increasing recognition, obesity continues to represent a major health issue for millions of people in the USA and worldwide. There is a paucity in the literature regarding the effect of body mass index (BMI) on microsur…

[BACKGROUND] Predatory journals have exploited the open access publishing model and are considered as a major threat to the integrity of scientific research. The goal of this study was to characterize predatory publishing practices in plast…

[BACKGROUND] The 2020 to 2021 residency and fellowship application cycles were profoundly affected by the introduction of virtual interviews. The authors investigated the impact the virtual format had on plastic surgery residency and fellow…

[BACKGROUND] As more plastic surgery clinicians pursue advanced degrees and strive to become stronger physician-scientists, an objective understanding of how such degrees influence careers becomes important. We hypothesized that having a ma…

Proper management of symptomatic textured implant patients is critical to identify and treat associated oncologic disease. Textured surface breast implants were first introduced more than 50 years ago in an effort to decrease high rates of …

[BACKGROUND] Although the profunda artery perforator flap has gained popularity in breast reconstruction, it has not been well described for reconstruction of head and neck defects. The authors report their experience with free profunda art…

[BACKGROUND] The journal impact factor (IF) is one of the most widely adopted metrics to assess journal value. We aimed to investigate the trends in the IF and ranking of plastic surgery journals (PSJs) over a 22-year period. [METHODS] The…

[BACKGROUND] In 2020, Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) changed to a pass/fail reporting. Step 1 has been one of the main factors for both inviting applicants for interviews and for ranking in Plastic Surgery…

[BACKGROUND] Medical and surgical fields continue to be marred by gender disparities. The "leaky pipeline" effect, representing a gradual decline in female representation along the academic ladder, has been well documented in plastic surger…

[PURPOSE] The use of two operating microsurgeons has been shown to improve the efficiency and reduce the operative duration of microsurgical breast reconstruction (MSBR). However, the impact of this practice on healthcare cost has not been …

[BACKGROUND] Publication of research in highly regarded journals is a laborious journey that requires a considerable amount of effort and time. The objective of this article is to obtain insight into the time required for articles to be acc…

[BACKGROUND] The use of eye-tracking technology in plastic surgery has gained popularity over the past decade due to its ability to assess observers' visual preferences in an objective manner. [OBJECTIVES] The goal of this study was to pro…

[BACKGROUND] Citation skew refers to the unequal distribution of citations to articles published in a particular journal. [OBJECTIVES] We aimed to assess whether citation skew exists within plastic surgery journals and to determine whether…