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The Plastic Surgery In-Service Examination: A Scoping Review.
[INTRODUCTION] The Plastic Surgery In-Service Examination (PSITE) is a valuable assessment modality for programs and trainees. Obtaining objective metrics and measuring performance longitudinally is how programs leverage the PSITE. This stu…
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Local practice variations and payer differences underlie state-wide disparities in oncoplastic breast surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Little is known about disparities in oncoplastic breast surgery delivery. [METHODS] The Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database was queried for patients who received lumpectomy for a diagnosis of breast cancer. Oncoplastic sur…
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Health Care Value in Plastic Surgery Practice.
As value-based care gains traction in response to towering health care expenditures and issues of health care inequity, hospital capacity, and labor shortages, it is important to consider how a value-based approach can be achieved in plasti…
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Is nerve coaptation associated with improved sensation after microvascular breast reconstruction? A systematic review.
[BACKGROUND] Sensation after autologous breast reconstruction is an increasingly important outcome. Several studies demonstrated improved sensation with flap neurotization but utilized heterogenous measures and follow-up intervals. This rev…
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Cost communication in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery: Public perceptions in the United States.
[BACKGROUND] There is a need to better understand the financial toxicity of surgery on patients. Recent data demonstrated that plastic surgeons seldom discuss out-of-pocket costs with patients. Not much is known regarding the public percept…
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Public Perceptions of Breast Implant Complications and the FDA Boxed Warning on Implants.
[UNLABELLED] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a boxed warning on breast implants in October 2021, requiring communication of certain risks to patients. This study assessed how this boxed warning may impact public perceptions…
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Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction in the Setting of Cryolipolysis.
The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap is a safe and reliable autologous breast reconstruction option for patients undergoing surgical treatment for breast cancer. Success of the procedure relies on adequate flap perfusi…
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The effect of sarcopenia on perioperative complications in abdominally based free-flap breast reconstruction.
[PURPOSE] The identification of patient-specific risk factors, which predict morbidity following abdominally based microvascular breast reconstruction is difficult. Sarcopenia is a proxy for patient frailty and is an independent predictor o…
- Response to comment on "the effect of sarcopenia on perioperative complications in abdominally based free-flap breast reconstruction.
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Human acellular dermis increases surgical site infection and overall complication profile when compared with submuscular breast reconstruction: An updated meta-analysis incorporating new products.
[BACKGROUND] Human acellular dermal matrix (HADM) is an increasingly used adjunct to breast reconstruction. Previous meta-analyses demonstrate increased risks of complications, but these studies largely represent one product. The purpose of…
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Pain after breast surgery: Etiology, diagnosis, and definitive management.
[BACKGROUND] Breast procedures are among the most common surgeries performed by Plastic Surgeons. The prevalence of persistent pain remains unknown. Our experience has been that persistent breast pain is often related to intercostal nerve t…
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Preventing Elevated Radix Deformity in Asian Rhinoplasty with a Chimeric Dorsal-Glabellar Construct.
[BACKGROUND] Asian facial aesthetic surgery should enhance, but not change, natural features. Augmentation rhinoplasty is a hallmark of Asian cosmetic surgery. In the authors' experience, I-shaped implants can elevate and efface the radix, …
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Liposuction devices: technology update.
Since its introduction by Illouz and others over 30 years ago, suction-assisted lipectomy/liposuction/lipoplasty has evolved tremendously and has developed into one of the most popular procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery. Liposuction is…
- Successful DIEP flap for breast reconstruction in a patient with prior abdominoplasty.