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Using Facial Recognition Software to Quantify Perceived Age Reduction in Patients Undergoing Blepharoplasty.
[INTRODUCTION] Changes to periorbital morphology, including decreased skin elasticity and ptosis, contribute to the appearance of an aging face. Consequently, many patients seek blepharoplasty surgery to address these changes. However, obje…
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Differences in accessibility and cost of plastic surgery sub-internships and away rotations for international and US medical students.
[BACKGROUND] Sub-internships are crucial for plastic and reconstructive surgery (PRS) residency matching. However, access is affected by economic and systemic barriers, particularly for international medical graduates (IMGs) and medical stu…
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Are We Speaking the Same Language? A Systematic Review on the Use of Consistent Language in Reporting Fat Necrosis in Autologous Fat Grafting of the Breast.
[BACKGROUND] Autologous fat grafting is a widely adopted approach to optimize outcomes in breast reconstruction and augmentation. Although fat necrosis is a well-known consequence of autologous fat grafting, it remains inconsistently define…
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Reintroducing Flap Reconstruction: One Institution's Safe Return to Flap Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
[BACKGROUND] Prevention of nosocomial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection for patients undergoing flap-based reconstructive surgery is crucial to providing care and maintaining operative volume and income to support plastic surge…
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Evaluating Diversity Promotion on Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program Websites and Instagram Accounts.
[BACKGROUND] Medical students applying to residency, including those from underrepresented groups, strongly value cultural fit and program diversity. Program websites and social media are thus an influential information source for prospecti…
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A Systematic Review on the Implementation and Educational Value of Resident Aesthetic Clinics.
[BACKGROUND] Resident aesthetic clinics (RACs) provide plastic surgery residents with hands-on aesthetic surgery training. Although RACs have demonstrated successful surgical outcomes without compromising patient care, few studies have eval…
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Thinking Outside the Black Box: Current Perceptions on Breast Implant Safety and Utility.
[BACKGROUND] There is growing public concern surrounding breast implant safety. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently proposed changes to breast implant labeling, which include a boxed warning. Given such efforts to increa…
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An Analysis of Gender Bias in Plastic Surgery Resident Assessment.
[BACKGROUND] Previous studies have shown men and women attending physicians rate or provide operating room (OR) autonomy differently to men and women residents, with men attendings providing higher ratings and more OR autonomy to men reside…
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The Zoom Boom: How Video Calling Impacts Attitudes Towards Aesthetic Surgery in the COVID-19 Era.
[BACKGROUND] The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the widespread adoption of video calling. A parallel growth in aesthetic surgery demand has been documented. [OBJECTIVES] The authors sought to identify associations between video call engageme…
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Patient-Related Risk Factors for Worsened Abdominal Well-Being after Autologous Breast Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Patient-reported lower satisfaction with the abdomen preoperatively is a strong predictor of undergoing DIEP flap surgery. The authors evaluated physical well-being of the abdomen before and after flap-based breast reconstructi…
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Women Continue to Be Underrepresented in Surgery: A Study of AMA and ACGME Data from 2000 to 2016.
[OBJECTIVE] In the past decade women have comprised nearly half of U.S. medical school graduates. However, women remain underrepresented among surgical residents and practicing surgeons. We conducted the current study to assess recent trend…