Butler PD

[BACKGROUND] There are many pathways to leadership, but few historically were designed with women in mind. This study aimed to report on common trends, characteristics, pathways, and achievements among successful women plastic surgery leade…

[BACKGROUND] Brassiere (bra) size is commonly used when patients and plastic surgeons discuss breast procedures. Variations in sizing between manufacturers can affect patient-surgeon communication and postoperative satisfaction. This study …

[BACKGROUND] Implant-based breast reconstruction is the most common reconstructive approach after mastectomy. Prepectoral implants offer advantages over submuscular implants, such as less animation deformity, pain, weakness, and postradiati…

[BACKGROUND] Subspecialty fellowship directors are essential to the selection and mentorship of trainees. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the gender and racial/ethnic diversity of fellowship directors across fellowship programs in …

Although the representation of women and ethnic minority students in the US medical schools has recently increased, discrepancies in representation among plastic surgery residents and faculty continue. The state of sex and ethnic diversity …

[BACKGROUND] Impostor phenomenon occurs when high-achieving individuals have persistent self-doubt despite objective measures of competence and success, and has been associated with professional burnout and attenuated career advancement in …

[BACKGROUND] This study evaluates the racial distribution in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) publication authorship and illustrates the impact underrepresented in medicine (URiM) mentorship has on increasing diverse trainee contrib…

[BACKGROUND] Breast implant illness (BII) is a poorly understood heterogeneous disorder treated with implant removal; however, patient-reported symptoms and outcomes after treatment remain unclear. [METHODS] A retrospective review of patie…

[BACKGROUND] Optimal reduction mammoplasty techniques to treat patients with gigantomastia have been debated and can involve extended pedicles (EP) or free nipple grafts (FNG). [OBJECTIVES] The authors compared clinical, patient-reported, …

[BACKGROUND] A comprehensive comparison of surgical, aesthetic, and quality of life outcomes by reduction mammaplasty technique does not exist. We sought to ascertain the effect of technique on clinical, aesthetic, and patient-reported outc…

[BACKGROUND] Racial representation among medical trainees translates into physicians that are able to communicate with diverse patient populations and are perceptive to health disparities. This is important within plastic surgery where an o…

Online patient education materials play an important role in plastic surgery, and surgeons should ensure that materials accurately reflect their patient population. This study compared the skin tone of images in online materials from the Am…

[BACKGROUND] Academic advancement in plastic surgery necessitates creation of opportunities for rising faculty, which are pivotal for women in their efforts to close prominent gender gaps in higher ranks. We study positions of academic pres…

[BACKGROUND] Breast cup size is often used in conversations between patients and their surgeons to communicate about goals and expectations for postoperative results. Cup size, however, is a poorly defined concept. The goal of this study wa…

[BACKGROUND] Previous studies have demonstrated that nonwhite race and disadvantaged socioeconomic status negatively impact outcomes following lower extremity reconstruction. The authors sought to characterize differences in outcomes betwee…

[BACKGROUND] Racial and socioeconomic disparities in access and quality of surgical care are well documented in many surgical subspecialties, including plastic surgery. [OBJECTIVES] The authors aimed to determine if demographic disparities…

[INTRODUCTION] Reduction mammaplasty is a mainstay in the treatment of symptomatic macromastia, with a well-described positive impact on patient quality-of-life (QoL). Absorbable dermal staplers have the potential to improve the efficiency …

The persistence of health care disparities along racial and ethnic lines highlights the complex and multifactorial nature of this national concern. The paucity of physicians ethnically underrepresented in medicine to treat an ever-growing h…

[BACKGROUND] The lack of underrepresented in medicine (UIM) physicians in academic plastic surgery is emerging as a critical issue. Lack of diversity has a negative effect on patient care and on the culture of our health care system. This s…

[BACKGROUND] Plastic surgeons are not as diverse as expected in relation to the increasingly diverse patient and medical student population. The authors assess the state of diversity in 8 primary surgical specialties in the United States an…

[BACKGROUND] A disparity exists in patients receiving panniculectomies. We evaluated this disparity and assessed if it persists once patients are integrated into the healthcare system through bariatric surgery. [METHODS] All patients who r…

[INTRODUCTION] Despite a national health care policy requiring payers to cover breast reconstruction, rates of postmastectomy reconstruction are low, particularly among minority populations. We conducted this study to determine if geographi…

[INTRODUCTION] While recent studies project a national shortage of plastic surgeons, there may currently exist areas within the United States with few plastic surgeons. We conducted this study to describe the current geographic distribution…

[BACKGROUND] Plastic surgery has been dedicated to advancing academic surgery in education, research, innovation, and patient care. Thus, as U.S. health care disparities persist, it would be befitting for plastic surgery to assume the lead …